The All-American Girl When I was little, I was a bit of a weird child. I didn’t like typical girly things, like Barbies or Polly Pockets. I didn’t really play with toys at all. I prefered to boss people into playing pretend with me, where I’d always be the teacher or the surgeon or the lead actress in a play I wrote. For Christmas and birthdays, I typically asked for the usual; clothes, a pony, toys I had seen on TV. But that year all I wanted was one thing: an American Girl doll. It seemed that over the course of the year, every girl in my class had gotten one except me. I felt like the odd one out; girls in my class would throw ‘American Girl doll parties’ where they’d play dolls and eat bite sized food, and I was never invited. To a little…
As the hard winds of New York City hit my face, I looked up in adornment at the giant gold letters reading, “American Girl Place” for the first time. I faced my father, his giant frame proceeding over my small nine-year-old one, looking into his eyes waiting for the signal that meant I could go in. He smiled at me, took my hand, and led me inside. A burst of excitement filled up inside of me as I walked in and saw the arrangement of dolls lined up inside a glass case. Learning from the helpful…
The idea of the America Dream is the driving reason why immigrants make the tough transition to America. The American dream is the concept that anybody can have social/ economic mobility, if they put in enough work to move upward in society. The film, “My American Girls: A Dominican Story” directed by Aaron Matthews, tells a story about a first-generation immigrant family from the Dominican Republic, who has come to America so that they can construct a home and raise their daughters with an…
The advent of slavery has been deeply rooted in American history for a long time. From the time African slaves were set foot in Virginia, the North American colony of Jamestown in 1619, slavery has been utilized to establish the economic foundations of the American nation. The African slaves were perceived as a cheaper source of labour in comparison to the poorer Europeans who were procured as indentured servants. Since the indentured servants were later to earn their freedom, African slaves…
As an African American slave girl living under the dominion of the cruel and malevolent predator Dr. Flint, Linda frequently finds herself in a state of war. The assault on Linda’s psychological and physical well-being begins in the Flint house, which Linda describes only as a “fine residence” (Jacobs 30), with no other discernable descriptive detail that would entail any emotional attachment. Throughout Linda’s time as a slave, she is constantly subject to sexual harassment from Dr. Flint,…
The novels “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison, “Brown Girl, Brownstones” by Paule Marshall and “Citizen An American Lyric” by Claudia all are different books that tell different stories and written by different people, but one thing all 3 of these book share in common is a very old but important social issue which is Race and Racism. The way these authors use their topics as a subdivision of the theme or a social issue so that their main point becomes more clear and understandable is very…
not understand at all, but I knew I just had to have it. It was the first dress where I felt comfortable in my own skin. I looked back into the mirror, and I saw the most beautiful red dress that hugged my hips and had just enough beading to make me feel like a princess. I didn’t believe in love at first sight until I saw this dress. My heart was happy because I was going to be the girl in the red dress. When I flipped over the price tag, all of my dreams were crushed. This dress was way out of…
Christin Wood 10/13/2015 Mrs. Hobbs English Comp 1 American Girl Doll History The creation of the American Girl Doll and company was Pleasant Rowland in 1986. There are also a line of dolls that have the same name. American Girl Dolls all have their own story from different parts around the world. The dolls are about girls between the ages of 8-11 from different cultures and perspectives. The story are about different times in history, and today the dolls talk about what there life was…
unnoticed by scholars. It has become an emblem of success in Carol Neuls-Bates? Women in Music: An Anthology of Source Readings from the Middle Ages to the Present and is regarded as significant to the history of women?s musical training.[footnoteRef:23] In her article ?Gender, Professionalism, and the Musical Canon? and book Gender and the Musical Canon Marcia Citron referred to the above-quoted two scenes from the standpoint of representing barriers to women?s professionalism in…
Who would have known that on June 6, 1958, an award-winning contemporary television writer, theatrical director, college professor, columnist, college professor, and play writer would be born in Los Angeles, California? This extraordinary figures name is Elizabeth Wong or as I call her “ the woman of many hats”. It was a long journey before Wong would become the figure she is today. Wong was raised along side her brother in Chinatown, Los Angeles. As a child, Wong was not accepting of her…