The Proud Family Essays

Research Problem Disney Channel’s The Proud Family (or TPF for the duration of this paper), is an animated show about a middle class African American family that focuses mainly on fourteen-year old Penny Proud. Her family includes her father Oscar, mother Trudy, grandmother Suga Mama and baby siblings BeBe and CeCe. These characters all live under the same roof. Other main characters include Penny’s friends Dijonay, LaCienega, Zoey and Sticky. The show circulates heavily around Penny navigating

The Importance of Providing Oral Care Brushing your teeth, how do you feel when you brush your teeth? When you wake up in the morning what is your routine, get up use the restroom, brush your teeth, and then go on about getting ready for the day? How would you feel if you couldn’t brush your teeth whither it be because you don’t have access to a toothbrush or toothpaste, or what if you couldn’t even remember to brush your teeth in the morning or evenings? When you don’t brush your teeth you feel

book goes into depth about what Jun-ling thought and did to try to be loved by her family. Even though Jun-ling experiences many obstacles and unfortunate experiences, her intelligence helps her be independent of her father, and ultimately, succeed in life. Undoubtedly, Jun-ling is very intelligent and uses her attributes to succeed; first of all, she uses her intelligence to express herself, and make her family proud. For example, Adeline uses her attributes to succeed as depicted, “It was announced

To me, being Hispanic is something which I’m immensely proud of. My heritage and the history of great Hispanics before me inspire me to do better and try to make a difference in the world. As a Hispanic, I know that we are some of the hardest working people in the world, we persevere even in the face of situations in which the odds are stacked against us. It’s this knowledge that drives me every day to make not only my parents proud, but to show the world that Hispanic people like me can make a

getting accepted into a decent college is an accomplishment that my family is proud of. Being the first female Latina in my family to get accepted into college was a very huge deal to my parents. But, ever since I was a little girl there was always pressure on me to be an outstanding student and focus on a successful career. My parents have always been very supportive and have always pushed me to be an independent woman. My family had helped shaped my perspective towards college. Growing up in a Hispanic

Oh no Amy tan cried. The mister family is going to be here for dinner. I am totally secondhand embarrassed because what are they going to think of me?The theme is you should be proud of who you are and not change who you really are because the minister's family is coming to dinner . The story Fish Cheeks by Amy Tan demonstrates the theme which is you should be proud of who you are. In the text it states ‘’ The minster family is coming over for dinner i cried what would Robbert think of my

and her family, and how they are made fun of for their spanish names. In the short story “ Fish Cheeks” by: Amy Tan, it talks about how a chinese girl is embraced by her family's way of celebrating their chinese Christmas. Both stories show that sometimes your culture may be different than other peoples, but you should be proud of it and who you are. In the short story “Names/ NOMBRES” there is a spanish family that is being treated meanly because of their culture. In the story the family experienced

the fifth youngest child of the Yen family and the protagonist of the novel. The book follows her childhood from the age of four to her departure to England in her early teens. Adeline is an outcast in the eyes of much of her own family, since her birth brought upon the death of her mother. Her role in her mother's passing causes hatred between her and her older siblings and contributes to her father's disregard towards her. Aunt Baba and YeYe were the only family members who really cared for Adeline

some believe that Amy and Dan should go for the clue hunt, but others believe Amy and Dan should not go for the clue hunt. Amy and Dan should go for the clue hunt for three reasons: Amy and Dan have what it takes to do it, they would make Grace proud, and they are Madrigals. First of all, Amy and Dan have what it takes to do the clue hunt, for they are smart like a dolphin. Also, Amy and Dan can be prepared for

I have no family in America. Everyone who is biologically related to me lives in Bangladesh. Even the people who I call my family, aren’t. We are not related by blood, but rather, we are tied by our collective loneliness in this country. I think they’re what family feels like— although I suppose I wouldn 't know. In Bangladeshi-American culture, there’s a joke that we all somehow know each other. That if you give two Bengalis enough time, they’ll figure out how they’re connected. They’ll figure

committed his crime and his family should not be discriminated for his mistakes. John Proctor is a middle aged man that works on a farm. He is married to Elizabeth Proctor. He has 3 kids and a fourth one is on the way. John is a good man but doesn’t always have the time to go to church. John Proctor and i have similar traits and personalities, we are proud, hardworking, and aggressive. John Proctor and I are both proud individuals. John Proctor is a very proud man and proud of his name. He shows this

in her autobiographic essay, “Fish Cheeks”, illustrates her humiliating experience at a Christmas Eve dinner at the age of fourteen. Tan’s purpose is to interpret the idea of how her mother cared for Tan deeply and wanted her to be proud of her Chinese heritage and family. She adopts a nostalgic tone in order to engage relatable thoughts and feelings in her adult readers. Even decades after the essay had been written, readers can still relate to the embarrassing situation that Tan had to face. Tan

Annie Mae Lytle. She was my biggest cheerleader. My grandmother sacrificed so much for me and my family. She was born and raised in South Carolina. Raised by her aunts because her mother died at a young age. She never graduated from the third grade. Yet she's managed to travel the world, raising 6 kids and 10 grand kids and many great-grand children. Not to mention she could make the best banana pudding. I've known my sweet granny all my life. She was a nurturing soul. With words of wisdom. She loves

Abigail Adams is writing to her son who is voyaging with his father. At this time her son, John Quincy Adams, is a U.S. diplomat headed to France. In this letter she is telling him to be careful and do good work. To be good man and make his family proud and bring honor to his country. She uses very high level of words to help set the tone of a stern, concerned mother. Seeing that this letter was written back in the 1780, it is expected for the language to be different than what we normally hear

Never let egotistical emotions control family life. Waverly Jong’s, short story, Rules of the Game, entails a review of her life from age seven to the time she’s nine, showing her notorious upbringing in the chess world, and also the boundaries of life. The author’s message about relationship is that there always must be a sense of family and togetherness. Examples of this are when Waverly and her brothers play chess together for the first time, also when Waverly starts to become good at chess her

awhile, like the rich kids.” (Sachar 6) The is showing how Stanley’s family wasn’t filled with money. Stanley’s dad was a

the leaves, or the people, of a family tree. The quilt itself is like the tree and the stitching and mashing together of the sections of the quilt are like the trunk and branches, connecting the family together. The love and respect with which she treats the quilt as well as the immortality she assigns to it (“The Century Quilt” and “each square holds a sweet gum leaf”) show the importance the speaker places on family. With this, the speaker is implying that family is forever, and your familial identity

Ollantay Avila Speech Common Application Essay Snapshots To many people this photograph would seem like any other family picture. The little, tan, charming girl is radiating sunlight from her kind smile. They younger boy is smiling just as genuinely as the little girl. Both parents know nothing of what their children will become. In fact, they still don't know the whole story of either of their children, since the little boy is now twelve and the girl is thirteen. As you may have guessed

“The Medicine Bag” is about a boy, whose name is Martin, that is embarrassed by his grandpa, and the boy is confused about his heritage. The author of “The Medicine Bag” is Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve. “Who Are You Today Maria?” is about a girl, named Maria, that has to dress up for school and her costume consists of different aspects that makes her who is she is. The author of “Who Are You Today Maria?” is Judith Ortiz Cofer. The characters in “The Medicine Bag” and in “Who Are You Today Maria?”

Split Worlds In this essay “Living in Two Worlds” written by Marcus Mabry, I will analyse his split life by examining how his new life is affect poverty, finding a balance and self reliance. The harsh reality is many of his family members were struggling to make ends meet while he was living a modest life because of the scholarship he had received in ninth grade. This affects him from truly enjoying this experiencing considering that during the day his life was satisfying but when he got home