“It came into my head that I cannot run away. I am who I am wherever I am”. Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman is about a 14 year old girl who's father, the lord, wants to marry her off to a rich old man with lots of land. Catherine wants to just get away from the lady life and escape, but is always held in place by her pregnant mother, and her always nagging nurse/maid Morwenna. In Catherine, Called Birdy, many women gave Birdy advice but she never really listenened to them, but when she did, she made a decision that changed her life forever.
You’re the first person I told anyone about this, I haven’t even told Jared about this and they could call me up anytime and I wouldn’t even have a chance to tell the boy. What if (inhale and exhale) what if I don’t beat this Glenys, what if I die (pause) I just don’t know what gonna happens Glenys, (pause) I mean how is the boy gonna feel when he find his mother’s crook. I’m just so worried for him and with what’s happened to Tracy (pause) I just can’t find the guts to tell him without falling apart in front of Him. Each day after Tracy’s murder, I feel like I’m losing Jared, my son, my boy why can’t Jared just finish his HSC and get a good job, live a happy life and why can’t his friends do the same why can’t they just show him the right way instead of taking him to parties all the time and getting smashed and possibly doing what they did to Tracy (pause) while I’m at home Worried sick for him. Especially Jared’s close mate Ricko I’m worried that he’s a bad influence on Jared, though Ricko was there for Jared like a big brother when Len left and I’m grateful when I wasn't there to help Jared when he was hurt down at the half pipe and Ricko was though that’s what mates are for, Ricko is one of those blokes that you shouldn't muck Around with.
Dariela Flores Paper 3 P.O.V. “The Bride,” written by Christine Granados, is a story about a Hispanic teenager whose dream wedding was interrupted by teen pregnancy. Since Rochelle was a little girl she was obsessed with having an extravagant “white wedding.” Throughout the story the younger sister Lily tries to snap Rochelle back to reality and get her to appreciate her Mexican culture. Rochelle gets married while she’s four months pregnant and although things didn’t go as she planned she was content with how she ended up. Granados implies that life won’t always go as you planned.
They manage to flee together, but ultimately the grandma must kill her beloved dog in order to protect them both. Hood emphasizes the conflicting emotions involved in unconditional love and familial commitments. The grandma shows devotion to her deceased daughter when she tends to her grave. However, she is also reminded of her offspring’s wild and difficult personality now that she is dealing with raising her daughter’s similarly difficult child. Although she greatly loves her dog, she somehow manages to sacrifice him, all to protect the unspoken higher commitments she feels for her daughter and grandchild.
She also imagines the conflict between her grandmother and the white dentist Dr. Lincoln after he said he would rather stick his hand in a dog’s mouth than treat Marguerite’s problem. By confronting racism at her very young age, Marguerite proves to be a courageous girl. Mrs. Cullican tries to call her “Mary” just because her real name “Marguerite” is too long , she breaks her white boss’s heirloom china as an act of resistance. During her stay with her father, Daddy Bailey, they go to Mexico, where he gets drunk. Not wanting to sleep in the car, Marguerite drives back to the border successfully, even though she does not know how to drive.
This is seen through themes and filming techniques. Parent vs. Children is one major theme shown throughout the film when Jess wants to succeed her dream by playing football for a girls’ team. There is one thing in her way with her parents going against the topic of football as they want Jess to grow up and stop acting like a little girl, “you must start behaving like a proper women”, says her father. In the wedding scene and the football scene the theme is being shown when Jess is at the wedding and finally wins over her father to go play football and follow her dreams. In the wedding scene and the football scene, filming techniques have been used to make the scenes more interesting and creates tension for the audience.
An example of the change in the gender roles is in the film "Bend It like Beckham". The main character is an Indian girl, Jess whose dream is to play professional football. However, Jess’s parents and her culture do not accept Indian girls playing football. Her parents expect and want her to get a good education then settle down with an Indian boy and have a family. They remind her that her responsibilities are in the kitchen, not out in the soccer field with her friends.
Paul begins to ride the rocking horse fiercely hoping that if he rides long and hard enough he can make the rocking horse take him to his destination of luck and fortune. As he rides the horse he sees the horse winners in a real horse race. So he shares this information with his Gardner, Basset, and his uncle, Oscar, because the boy thinks that they are also lucky. So as the boy begins to predict more races and wins a lot of money, Paul finally decides to give his mother one thousand pounds a year for her birthday for the next five years hoping that the voices in the house will disappear. After Paul gives his mother The money, the house noises begins to grow louder and louder.
My sister, Katniss, at the age of sixteen, her name will be in the reaping twenty times. My whole body feels numb with fear for both me, and my sister Katniss. My name, Prim Everdeen, will only appear in the reaping once, so the probability of me being chosen for the Hunger Games is very low, but not impossible. It’s my first ever reaping, so the trepidation is eating me up inside. If I get chosen, I’ll be dead.
The argument begins by little stupid issue such as who gets the remote control. The fight begins and we would run around the whole house just to chase each other and drive my mom crazy. This would last about ten minute minimum. As we both get tired I would slap her, which is the last hit. I didn’t hit her enough for her to cry because if she starts to cry, then I would get into trouble.