Girl Through Glass Book Report

She was born in Hong Kong, but came to America with her family when she was five-years-old just like Pearl was, when she arrived with her family. Jean Kwoks parents lost all their money when they moved to America, so like Pearls parents they had to work at a factory, where they had to work hard every day to make a living. In addition to that did Jean Kwok also dance as a professional ballroom dancer when she was younger and so does Pearl in Where The Gods Fly in contradistinction to Kwok, Pearls is a ballet dancer. Therefore, there is many similarities between Pearl and Jean Kwok lives. It is difficult to say if Where The Gods Fly is based on Jean Kwoks own life despite all the similarities.

The struggle in Angelou’s life started when she was young. At the age of 8 Angelou was left mute for several years after a traumatic rape that also resulted in the murder of her rapist (Britannica 2). Though fastforwarding to 1940, Angelou moved to San Francisco with her mother working a variety of odd jobs until she became a professional dancer and also changing her name (Britannica 3). Work till this point of her life was all she knew and proceeded to continue this trend in order to achieve her dreams. Another look into her future Angelou now working as a professor of an American studies at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Britannica 6).

The return of "it girl" Serena van der Woodsen to the Upper East Side serves as the first season's focal point. Serena's disappearance and sudden return are announced by the anonymous blogger that everyone follows named “Gossip Girl”. The news reaches Blair Waldorf who was Serena’s former best friend before she suddenly disappeared. However, Blair confronts Serena and the rift resolves in reconciliation between the two and temporary peace follows. Meanwhile, siblings Dan and Jenny Humphrey who are Brooklyn residents, are fascinated by the opulent wealth of their classmates.

Just as her mother describes when she sees her dance for the first time “She flew, she turned and leapt like water in motion, weightless and infinitely powerful. She had been made of stone and now was freed.” The mother is aware that doing ballet is something that brings her daughter incredible joy and it pains her that she has to deny her from continuing it. “I know this will be the blow hat finally severs already the tenuous bonds between us.” She sees the relationship between her and her daughter as strained and blames this on herself and that she spend too much time working at the factory and wasn’t there enough for her daughter.

After graduating The Imperial Theatrical School, Nijinsky went on to it’s associated company, The Mariinsky Ballet, one of the world 's leading ballet companies and soon became a soloist. There, he sensationally performed memorable ballets such as Giselle, Swan Lake, and Sleeping Beauty. At the age of eighteen, Nijinsky met Serge Diaghilev. The two started both a romantic and professional relationship, as Nijinsky became both his lover and a dancer in his company, the Ballet Russes. This was favourable for both men, as Vaslav would soon play an essential role in the success of the Ballet Russes, just as the company would add to

Mambo Girl (1957), a movie musical, follows Kailing, a talented young woman widely admired for her singing and dancing capabilities, as she searches for acceptance after learning the truth about her background. Shall We Dansu? (1996) follows Mr. Sugiyama, a Japanese accountant who goes on a secretive and intimate journey into the world of ballroom dance. Both Mambo Girl and Shall We Dansu? emphasize the close relationship between intimacy and Latin dance by linking Kailing and Mr. Sugiyama’s manners of dancing Latin to the emotional connection each has with other characters.

The Resilience of Lisa Jura The Children of Willesden Lane, by Mona Golabek, is about a girl named Lisa Jura who is 14 at the time she is sent on the Kindertransport. When she gets to London she never gives up the hope of seeing her family again. Over the course of the story Lisa makes wonderful friends, is reunited with one of her sisters, and earns a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music. By the end of the story Lisa is around 20-21 and is reunited with her older sister, her sister’s husband, their daughter, and has made her first debut. Even though there are many times Lisa wants to give up she never does using love, bravery, music, hope and just pure resilience to pull her though.

She attended the ball, despite her wicked stepmother and her ugly daughters, and meets the prince, fell in love and had to leave because the clock struck midnight, which was the time all the magical things her fairy godmother gave her would turn

Mambo in Chinatown follows Charlie Wong’s journey to establish balance between her often seemingly contradictory Chinese and American identities as she trains as a professional ballroom dancer. Twenty-two-year-old Charlie lives in a cramped New York Chinatown apartment with her widowed father and younger sister. With a slew of botched receptionist jobs behind her, Charlie manages to secure a position as a receptionist at Avery Dance Studios. She loves her new job because the dancers remind her of her mother, who had been a star ballerina with the Beijing Dance Academy before immigrating to America with Charlie’s father. However, Charlie must keep her new job a secret from her father, who is wary of any Western conventions, including Western

In being the first to value a foreigner, others follow in Rose 's footsteps. These associations become a symbol of peace at a time when politics have prevented any policy of trust. At the eighth grade of Rose she begins to feel the gloominess because of her best friend Daisy. When Rose and Daisy are both little one they had been joined at the hip, they are like a twin sister but Rose never noticed how hard it would be to maintain a relationship that allows only one center.

In the world of ballet the issue of sacrifice comes up daily. Skipping sleepovers, parties, family vacations, and living an average teenage lifestyle to participate in practices and rehearsals, is something that every serious ballet dancer must deal with in their life. Others have to deal with sacrifice when facing tough decisions. Will someone sacrifice their spot in society or even their life to protect and honor what is right? In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, as well as the documentary series by Teen Vogue titled Strictly Ballet, the core topic of sacrifice is prominent.

A Declaration of Independence Every time I visit Great Aunt Nora in her assisted living home in the center of Manhattan, I know she will fascinate me with her extraordinary stories about travel and life as a dancer on Broadway. Despite her failing memory, she exploits her rich past with occasional jewels of information that reveal her many sides. A theme that pervades all of her stories and her life is independence. Nora Bristow went against the grain of society by being an independent woman in the mid-twentieth century.