The Little Girl

to choose abortion because there is a life in the girl/ women’s womb, that option should be left for them to decide whether or not they want to keep the child. The mental and physical scars of such an act are deep and pervasive, when a women or a girl is raped. For other rape victims, the idea of continuing with a pregnancy may be unbearable or may pose a danger to her life or health particularly if she is very young. Other countries in the region have laws permitting abortion, but often create…

Society in today’s age states that all girls should have a certain image of themselves and that they all should look a certain way to fit in. Many of these images that girls are supposed to have are represented by famous models internationally. They are supposed to have golden sun-kissed skin, long perfect hair, slim toned bodies, and well defined jaw lines. Media play a large role in many self-esteem problems that many teenagers face around the world. Norman Rockwell, an artist from the early…

yourself lead to feelings of shame and inferiority. In The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison she writes in chapters naming them each season of the year. In this chapter she talks about the season Winter. There is a new girl introduced at school named Maureen Peal who is a light-skinned, wealthy black girl who the whole school loves. Claudia and Freida dislike her and the attention she receives from everyone so they search for flaws in her to make themselves feel better. They are relieved to discover…

diction to do this. The terrorist describes a “yellow jacket”, yellow often is associated with sickness or weaknesses, which can be used to describe the position these people are in. Youth is also brought into play, as the terrorist describes a little girl…

“The Yellow Wallpaper” is the story of a married couple who stays in a mansion for the summer, and the husband, John, is a physician who takes cares of his wife and her nervous condition by prescribing her a rest cure. However she is obsessed with the yellow wallpaper and she tears off the wallpaper because she believes there are women in it trying to escape. Throughout the story the dynamic between the narrator and John shows the way in which John oppresses her and belies her. Gilman explores…

and Sandra Cisneros both use imagery to create a specific mood. In “Flowers” Walker uses imagery of the setting to develop a carefree and peaceful mood that establishes understanding for the actions of the main character, Myop. For a ten year old girl, Myop has yet to experience the world. Skipping through the woods, “ nothing…

bench under an ominous and cloud speckled sky. Behind this young boy rests a little girl wearing a tomato red complexion. She is adorned with a shiny silver necklace and a shirt that literally screamed summer. Under her resting hand laid cold tiles that would leave an imprint of the frigid shapes that pressed against her soft skin. On the back of the bench lays a joyous man who playfully adds bunny ears to the little girl in front of him. The evening sky above them lines up the closing bakeries…

experience. The Lives of Girls and Women, by Alice Munro, introduces the story of a girl named Del growing into a woman. Del is a young girl who is primarily raised by her mother. Del explores her sexuality, her religious beliefs, her sense of self-empowerment, and the function of gender in society. Housekeeping, written by Marilynne Robinson, is about the life of a young girl named Ruthie and her subtle transformation into a woman. Ruth is a seemingly odd and plain girl who takes little…

Maine and am currently a Liberal Arts major but with and Education Pathway through UMPI. I am a theatre geek. The preforming arts and visual arts are a personal passion of mine. Over the summer I worked at an all-girls residential summer camp as the drama counselor. I loved working with the girls and seeing them grow over the summer. 2. What learning are you hoping to accomplish during this course and why do you think achieving these understandings will impact you as a future teacher or…

are many things a mother passes on to her daughter; morals, routines, clothes, maybe even a wedding ring. The mother in “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid tells her daughter how to follow a good path by doing “womanly” duties as opposed to doing whatever she wants. First, the mother tells her daughter a list of self-rules she should follow to flower into adulthood beautifully. The girl is told advice that her mother wants her to follow to become a mature, wife-material woman. Finally, the mother tells…