Nenny believes if you do not get hips you turn into a man. Esperanza fears her sister being made fun of so she comes to her defense saying that hips are scientific and that bones tell you the difference between man and woman. As they continue to play double-dutch, they decide as a group to make up their own individual rhymes. Everyone is able to complete this task except for Nenny. The innocence of young girls is shown in this vignette.
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
After realizing this, she fakes sick so she doesn’t have to go. This clip is very stereotypical of high school girls and is very overly dramatic. 1. Describe and explain the communication competence level of the characters in your scene. Although the words were hurtful, most of them were received as they were intended to be.
In the poem, the speaker states the girlchild has “wee lipsticks the color of cherry candy” (4), showing that she already wants to alter her appearance. As children grow into young adults, they become aware of outside judgments; as the girlchild was made aware in the poem. “Then in the magic of puberty, a classmate said:/ You have a great big nose and fat legs” (5-6). Girls are pressured into looking the way media portrays beauty. Unfortunately, outward appearances take on a more important role than other characteristics to teenage girls.
Good Unconventional Teaching Gryphon is a short story written by, Charles Baxter, that has to do with a substitute teacher named, “Miss Ferenczi”, that uses unconventional methods to get her students to be more active and participate. She does this by telling her students lies which hold some truth so that they are more alert in class and that they actually question things, rather than just sitting back with miserable looks on their faces and barely absorbing any knowledge. This unconventional way of teaching is what makes Miss Ferenczi such a good teacher. While substituting for “Mr. Hibler”, the student’s regular teacher who came down with a cold, Miss Ferenczi becomes popular with the students.
Another example would be the word old; this presents that the something is aged but if she would have had formal language a word like ages or ancient would have been used. Second, the author uses imagery very well. For instance, “through one sleeve of the sweater that smells like cottage cheese.” This sentence includes one of the five senses; which helps you imagine something that smells disgusting. Another example would be “all of a sudden I am crying in front of everybody.” This sentence helps you imagine a little girl just beginning to cry in the middle of class because how embarrassed she was. Finally, Sandra uses simple and short syntax.
Tanya paints the picture with her observations with an example where after she introduced herself pronouncing her last name by rolling the r; she states, she picked up on the Hispanic instructor’s “Silent snag, the momentary hesitation I’ve come to expect.” (Barrientos, 2011) This hesitation makes her feel awkward like she may have to explain why she is Hispanic and taking an introductory Spanish course. She goes on to explain the similar reactions where the “white” people in the class give her subtle questioning looks. Sharing these personal experiences, make the reader relate and creates an emotional connection where they feel for
Her maturity is proven by the end of the novel when the children lose interest in Boo Radley. Scout learns that “Most people are [real nice], when you finally see them.” and that she shouldn’t “try to understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (281, 33). These quotes are important because, over the course of the novel, these are the main lessons she learns up until the trial and afterward. However, Scout is still incredibly confused and is still trying to understand everything. The verdict of the trial is the beginning of her transformation but she does not fully become mature until closer to the end when she fully understands the reasoning behind the outcome of Tom’s
Anne Frank starts off acting like a normal 13 year old would. She is immature, loud, and rude. One example of this when Anne takes Peter’s shoes and plays with him. Anne’s emotion gradually started to change as she gets older and spends more time with Peter. One example of this is when she starts asking Margot if she thinks she is pretty and if Peter will like her.
Therefore the girls have just hit puberty and are discovering themselves in a whole new way. They are very critical of themselves from this point on. “One was complaining to the other that she thought her butt was more heart than bubble and that she wanted bubble. And her friend [Cathy] said she thought heart was the best.” (178). Later in the story, when Tina is kissing the cute boy from the poster store, she continues to judge herself while thinking “how it [the skirt] had held in her butt and if she had been wearing that plastic skirt now, and he held her butt, it would remind him of a bubble, not a heart.