She makes a more child-like connection with her use of repetition, for example: “they never tell you is that when you’re eleven, you’re also ten, and nine, and eight, and seven, and six, and five, and four, and three, and two, and one.” Also she repeats that she wishes that she was one hundred and two several times. The use of this technique reminds the reader that it is still a young introverted girl writing this story. Occasionally, whether a person is forty five or thirteen they might cry like they are three
In the story “The Payoff” by Susan Perabo, the narrator Anne is drawn into a scheme well beyond her years. As a sheltered young girl she is acutely aware of her naïveté of the complexity of adult life and adult relationships. But after stumbling upon her principal and young art teacher in a sexual act, Anne by the urging of her more mature best friend Louise, joins in the plan to blackmail them for just twenty dollars. Louise is obviously an influence on Anne and pushes her in a direction Anne knows would make her parents disappointed. However, she agrees to the plan without much resistance, probably because she is fascinated by the sexual relationship she now finds herself innocently involved in, unbeknownst to the adults involved.
The book “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” was extraordinary. The author Ann Brashares did an amazing job connecting to teenage girls. I felt that the girls in the story went through many of the same struggles that girls my age go through. This author, Ann Brashares won the Quill Award for Young adult/teen and the Book Sense Book of the Year Award for Children's Literature. I think she wrote this book to connect to younger readers, and maybe see if they can connect with the same problems that the girls in the story were going through.
In the centre of the book there are fourteen photographs, snapshots from Marina’s childhood. The photographs provide a visual interpretation of Nemats life and provide the reader with an insight into the author‘s idyllic childhood. These pictures help add another dimension to Nemat’s memoirs and help the reader identify with the author. The book takes us to a time when Nemat is a sixteen year old schoolgirl from a middle-class Christian family living in Tehran. The reigning
Clint Woods English IV AP 4th period January 30, 13 “Eleven” Sandra Ciscerno develops the remarkable characteristics that are portrayed by Rachael through the use of multiple literary techniques. Rachael, though only eleven years old, has the intellect of a woman that is much older than she is, however, her diction does reflect the typical level of language for an eleven year old. Rachael is able to explain the difficulties of growing up with pinpoint precision as she describes her embarrassment, hopelessness, and agony that she feels because of her ruthless teacher Mrs. Price. However, even while she is suffering through such a painful experience Rachael continues to remind herself of the birthday celebration that awaits her when
Although Georgeann is only ten years old, she has a mind and attitude of a mature young lady. Georgeann shows her maturity by the respect she gives Rose Johnny from everyone else, defending herself from her classmates, having
She moved to San Antonio where she has she is now lecturing to students at a local arts center. “Much as the writer Esperanza promises to return to Mango Street at the end of that novel, Cisneros has continually returned to her community, showing the powerful connection between art, politics, and everyday life”(Juffer). "The House on Mango Street" begins with Esperanza’s experience of constantly moving from one poor area of Chicago to the next. In the first paragraph, Esperanza’s memory of the street names on which her family has lived emphasizes how important the concept of "home" is throughout the story. The reader is introduced Esperanza’s family
The use of sarcasm amuses readers and also is appropriate because they are teenagers. Josie’s description of her teacher and the way she acts towards her is ironic because of the discussion about sex (for example page 3) and her teacher being a nun. There are also quite a few one-liners in the novel and it creates an effect of suspense and keeping readers interested in the novel. Emotive language is an important language technique used in this novel. There are many situations in this novel where Josie has either felt sad, angry, frustrated, excited or happy.
As a teenager there will be a time where breaking the bonds of childhood, entering a world of rebellion, and being obsessed with popularity will be normal. For teenage girls, in order to acquire this popularity they need to be thin, busty, and wear revealing clothing while gossiping about peers and spending time worrying about boys and parties rather than their academics. But, where did this image of how to be a popular teenage girl come from? For decades, teen films have portrayed popular teenage girls this way and the film Mean Girls is no exception. This film not only displays how the world expects teenage girls to act, but also how difficult it is for teenage girls to resist acting this way.
Casey Rakaczky Mrs. Smith- 3 AP Lang & Composition 20 January 2011 P. 240, # 3 Cheer Think Two, four, six, eight ,who does everyone love to discriminate? “Cheer think” is a set of ideas about what comprises cheerleader behavior. Cheerleaders are supposed to be blonde and skinny. Cheerleaders are thought of as dumb and ditzy. They are known to be petite and popular.