Jenna and her sister are close, her sister plans on attending college at the end of her senior year and wants to study to become a doctor. Jenna wants her sister to be successful, but is jealous of her because she has nothing holding her back from achieving her goals. Jenna feels that her son and recent arrest will jeopardize her future plans because if she is found guilty it will impact her ability to receive finical aid for school. Jenna had begun to feel sorry for herself and started smoking marijuana with her boyfriend. She feels trapped in her town and feels her future plans of becoming a teacher or being with the father of her son will ever
When the admissions department discovered what had happened, they were going kick her out but they were so impressed with her skills that they let Allen stay in the program. Nevertheless, that wasn’t the end of Allen’s segregation struggle. After high school, Allen hoped to attend North Carolina School of Arts, but she was rejected because her body was "unsuited" for ballet; a criticism used to discourage black dancers. The rejection hit Allen hard, and for the duration of high school, she focused mainly on her studies. She decided to pursue a B.A.
The main conflict in the story is Lin trying to fit in, a young teenage high school girl who is just trying to be accepted but her mother is making it very difficult. Her mother is very proud of her culture and she will have no shame in it unlike Lin who likes to day that she’s from Philadelphia, but she only does this so everybody else can accept her. She is willing to go far to be accepted which is not a good thing, she meets this young boy named Matt he goes over her house for a study date and they almost end up having sex, she only went along with it because she felt like in a way she has to that in the end she would possibly be accepted. This story related to the theme of power struggle because it shows what people go through in everyday life that no matter what age or how big or small the problem is they are still dilemmas that they have to over pass. Although Lin being accepted isn’t the biggest problem in the world it is still something that she has to try to get through whether if its accepting who she is or just finally finding a way to fit
Her father said “You!” and shut the door right in her face. (130) Elaine had done nothing wrong, yet she was being punished for not letting Lysandra win the poetry contest. When Elaine was in high school, she met Brett and dated him for seven weeks. The night of the spring formal, she finds Lysandra dancing with Brett. The very next day, Brett clings on to Lysandra and forgets about Elaine.
After that happens she tries to hang herself. A burglar that was intending to steal actually saved her and they fell in love. He also left Kiki leaving her with a two year old daughter, Lily, because Kiki was having the same outbursts that Ava had and he didn’t know where they came
The missing notes show how Hannah’s hope was gone. A photograph symbolizes the false friendship of Hannah and Courtney. Hannah enjoyed being friends with Courtney, until she realized that Courtney was using her to get rides to parties. Hannah felt betrayed, and even more alone, because Courtney made it clear that Hannah could not trust anyone. A photo was taken for the yearbook of Hannah and Courtney at a party together.
In the film '10 things i hate about you' directed by Gil Junger, Katarina Stratford wishes to attend Sarah Lawrence College, but her overprotective father wants to keep her close. At school she is faced with a guy who is trying to win her heart and a sister who despises the decisions she makes. In the film the director portrays Katarina or Kat in many ways through camera shots and dialogue. Kat can be described as anti-social, ill-tempered and quick-witted. Kat is a very anti-social character.
He started to perform badly at school and so, he decides to follow his sister’s steps and leave the house. However, he has nowhere to go, so he’s forced, suffering, onto the streets. With a sleeping bag, and £150 of savings of saving, he decides to travel to London. After his arrival to London, hoping for a fresh start, finding an apartment and a job were Link’s priorities. He finds an apartment advertisement with a negotiable rent, but after being bullied he is forced to take the apartment for a high price for 2 weeks leaving him with only 2/3 of his money.
Not winning a beauty pageant is telling children that are not good looking enough or they’re not special. They may begin to starve themselves just to have that ideal “perfect” image, this leads to life-long eating disorders. They are also put under a lot of stress trying to please everyone. Beauty pageants are killing the self esteem of the children involved. Many parents of these girls
In order to break free from your social background you have to be a strong character and try not to go with the flow. In this story we meet Kim who are dealing with many of those problems. We don’t get to know much about Kim’s background, besides that she is from London, where she worked at a home for deprived children, until she got kicked out because she caught Hep B and a nasty venereal disease off some random guy she had sex with. Kim is much more articulate than Andrea and Di. For example although Kim repeatingly corrects them when they mention her audition as “your thing”, Andrea and Di are not affected by it.