Throughout The Bluest Eye, “Adults, older girls, shops, magazines, newspapers, window signs—all the world had agreed that a blue-eyed, yellow-haired, pink-skinned doll was what every girl child treasured” (page 20). The characters live in an the mid-1900s where only girls with blonde-hair, blue-eyes, and white skin are considered beautiful. Throughout The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison explains that beauty is on the inside. In the novel, the influence of popular media is unveiled through the effect of advertisements on the standards of beauty that appear in the text, which are based on one’s skin color, eye color and hair color. The effect of advertisement on girls in the story is negative, because of their reactions to what society deems beautiful.…
Brigette who has red hair. I learned that she’s a cheerleader. Jazyn sat next to Gina when she walked into class, she seemed a little upset, and Chase sat behind Jazlyn he looked mad. I sat on the other side of Jazlyn next to these four guys named Alan, Anthony, Blake, Chance. The teacher said we could to our classmates, so I talked to those four boys that sat near me. I sat next to Alan, who has blond hair and he’s short and learned that he is on the school swim team, and he also skateboards,…
She wears blouses and slacks to work, but at home she is more casual with jeans and cute shirts that match her shoes, which are usually flats. She doesn’t wear, or need a lot of make-up, she wears light shades in more of a natural palat. She has shoulder length red hair with highlights, which is always in wispy curls. Linda on the other hand is more of a glamorous girl. To work she wears eye catching business suits and outside of work she wears a lot of skirts and blouses. She always has on…
"Catherine! Wake up! You overslept. Don 't want to be late on the first day of school, you have 30 minutes!" My over excited mum squeaked. I was 17 and yet she acts like I am a 10 year old on their birthday. So far, I have been to literally 12 different schools in the last 3 years, so it is hard being excited for another one. After about another 5 long minutes, I decided to finally get out of bed. "Honey, you have 5 minutes before we have to leave!" My mum yelled at the top of her lungs. "You…
This incident happened in the City of Auburn, County of King, Washington. On 4-6-2016 at about 1955 hrs I was dispatched to 12704 SE 295th ST for the report of a stolen vehicle. Dispatched advised the reporting party, Ikhra Mohamed, was 911 to report that her vehicle was stolen and she believed that her brother, Diriye Mohamed, was the likely suspect. I knew all involved parties as I was recently at the address for a dispute and sighting of a juvenile runaway. During that incident, Ikhra…
I have a older brother Kyle and everyone thinks I look like him. We both had long hair at one point but mom had to give us a buzz cut. Kyle is a sophomore in college… I guess it’s not college it’s called an Apprentice Program. The Apprentice Program is like a College but he says it is better than a college. He is a plumber and that is why he is going to Apprentice Program. He can not work by himself on the Job I mean job not the name Job, because he is not able to until he goes there 5 years of…
Running down a dark, damp alleyway trash all around me. My long red hair pulled back into a ponytail, which was unusual for me, but I had to keep it out of my deep green eyes. At the time I wasn’t sure what I was chasing, all I knew was, it had to be stopped. I had run five blocks exhausted, I stopped to take a breather. Then I heard it a bang! A loud sound behind me. I thought if the shot had come from behind me, who was the target? I looked down and saw a gaping hole through my stomach. I…
She is a cheerleader at Ponyboy’s school. She was pretty to Ponyboy, with nice red hair and beautiful red eyes. She was Bob’s girlfriend. She is a Soc, but she is nice to everyone, including greasers. She doesn’t judge people for who they are or what they look like.In the quote, “Things are rough all over” (page 35), Cherry is explaining how even though the Socs get everything they want, it is still pretty hard for them. Cherry shows the theme with how she is a Soc. She is in the the cool crowd,…
281. After they enjoyed a nice hearty meal, the Gamer stood up and said “Hear ye, hear ye! For I have a tale to tell whilst we are traveling so we can all be amused,” and it went something like this Once upon a time in an olden middle school, there was the schoolboy, who was very scrawny, and weak, and very lacking in confidence. He was always trying to get everything done on time, which he did, but wasn’t very good at anything that he did. He has had a very big dream to become better than…
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to lose your parents or not have much money and be in a never ending battle? Then this book and the movie might be for you so if you don’t want spoilers I recommend you watch the movie and read the book. In this paper I will Tell you the differences from the movie and the book of the Outsiders. There are many differences and similarities in the book and the movie. The three characters that look different that the book described is Dally, Two-Bit, and…