Sharon Holbrook's Little Girls Are Beautiful

Scout’s Aunt Alexandra want her to be more like a girl and start dressing like one. " Women were treated as delicate, fragile creatures, and they were expected to act with that treatment. Scout was anything but delicate and fragile, and a good deal of the story focuses on her attempts to fit into a world that expects tomboys to wear frilly dresses and maintain a dainty disposition. Scout always like hanging with the boys and she really didn’t like wearing girl clothes.

When Daisy made this statement she was talking about how she wishes her daughter to have less smarts and more beauty so she wouldn't have to worry about being cheated by her husband. This means that Daisy wishes herself to be unintelligent so she wouldn't have to live life worrying about the secret affair Tom has. Being unintelligent gives the advantage of not knowing the things happening in the surrounding. Knowing less, leads to a better life, in Daisy's eyes. This quote illustrates the ideals of women in the Roaring Twenties.

She begs her parents for these dolls, gets them, washes them, and covers up their flaws so they seem as if they came from an actual toy store. The little girl wants to fit in! “We have to make do with your mean-eyed Barbie and my bubblehead Barbie and our one outfit apiece not including the sock dress”, the little girl sees her doll as a measure of wealth. The better and newer the Barbie, the more well-off your family is. The Barbie dolls are causing the little girl to feel insecure so that she needs to make her Barbie’s appear as if they were new.

When I first began to read the short story “Leng Lui is for Pretty Lady” by Elaine Chiew, it appeared like a simple story about a maid’s routine or simple life is explained. As I read further, I felt that the author is not just recognizing the life of a maid but it is portraying the importance of a maid in the family. As a reader, the part that stood out to me the most was where Mr. Kong tries to seduce Alina, I was stunned because I realized that there are people who think that maids would do anything he wants them to do. From the beginning itself

Then she says, “Nurse, come back again. I have remembered me, thou’s hear our counsel.” (1.3.8-10) This quote shows that Lady Capulet feels comfortable talking to Juliet about anything around Nurse since Nurse knows Juliet better and can help make the best decision. Nurse is practically the mother figure for Juliet because her mother is not around as much.

You don't see your sister using that junk.” Connie’s mother urges her to be neat and more responsible like her older sister, June. June receives constant praise for her maturity, whereas Connie just gets insulted and nagged. Being compared to your sibling can cause you to feel inadequate and worthless. The thought of you not being good enough would always be popping into your

Basic, Boring, and Plain are just three words of how to never describe the thought provoking research book, The Smartest Kids in the World, by the author, Amanda Ripley, who logically argues that education must be reformed. She mainly underscores the need to apply the revolutionizing techniques that she deliberately unveils to the audience with a hurl of statistics and appealing testimonies from foreign exchange students to the very developed nation: The United States. Ripley urges the nation to implement more rigor into students’ coursework, hire highly educated teachers, and hold both teachers and students accountable for results in order to prepare students for the flood of trenches that lay ahead. The author quickly grasps the attention of the reader by presenting three unlikely candidates, Finland, Poland, and South Korea, as her main role models of a good educational system that the modern world should learn from.

With the constant fear of ridicule and discrimination, we still try and define ourselves, though we are always under the society’s scope. Marge Piercy, in her poem “Barbie Doll”, gives us a look at the influence of our surroundings and how something as innocent as a doll can trigger these insecurities. Our strive for acceptance and “perfection” can cause major emotional damage on anyone who identifies as a woman. Young girls look at these depictions of “perfect” bodies, such as a barbie doll for example, and compare themselves. In the poem “Barbie Doll”, Piercy talks about a young girl who she described as “...healthy, tested and intelligent...” (247) but, she was picked on by peers who said she had “a great big nose and fat legs.”

One paragraph she is saying that children with disabilities should be looked at as individuals first and then as a person with a disability. Paragraphs later she is saying, “If there is one thing that all children with or without disabilities-have in common, it is that kids don't always do what parents want. ”I do agree that children don’t always do what parents want them to. However, I think children with disabilities and those who don’t have a lot more in common than that. She keeps making a separation between the children, that does not need to be there.

Heroes can be anyone. Heroes can be a famous movie star or your next door neighbor. Heroes are anybody that puts others before themselves. They believe in helping others and making the world a better place. They are humble, compassionate, and loving.

Girls grow up with the understanding that being humble is appropriate manner and that to have self-confidence is often

How was this attachment style born? Bowlby identified a clear and predictable sequence of three emotional reactions that typically occur subsequent to the separation of an infant from its primary caregiver as explained by Levy & Blatt (1999). First emotional reaction he identified is protest that involves crying, active searching, and resistance to others soothing efforts. Followed by despair and then detachment (Levy & Blatt 1999).

What a wonderful sight it is to see a woman with great modesty! Within as well as in what she wears! Clothing and how girls/women are to dress is definitely not a grey area in the Bible. In I Timothy 2:9 and10 we are told what to adorn ourselves with.

After that day she would follow up with me to make sure that I did my homework and worked closely with my parents to assure that I would have a successful year in 3rd grade. Looking back into this experience I am glad I had Mrs. Flores in my

The Roles of Women in, “Three Girls” by Joyce Carol Oates In the story “Three Girls” by Joyce Carol Oates, the author uses the characters to define women in several ways. Three girls hide their individualities because they live in a world that is not ready to except their true identities. Oates places Marilyn Monroe, into the story to introduce the sexuality between the two young girl-poets. Their encounter with someone like Marilyn Monroe brings romance to their concealed relationship.