In the essay “Highway of Lost Girls” by Vanessa Veselka, she talks about her past events that took place when she was a runaway teenager and the time she came face to face with a serial killer. She supported her claim by using anecdotes to prove that her story is true. It was first published in The GQ magazine, New York, October 24, 2012. She is a novelist, union organizer, and author, which gives her the authority to write on this subject. She wrote this essay for the general public to read about her life story and to make money for it. She explained the situation she faces throughout her teenage life and the time she hitched a ride from Robert Ben Rhoades, who was later convicted as a serial killer. She uses strong tones to grab her reader’s…
“She handed over Nathaniel as if he was a piece of meat or a sack of potatoes, no regrets” (90).…
After the movies, Two-Bit, Ponyboy, and Johnny offer to walk Cherry and Marcia home in Chapter 3 and they accept. Then their boyfriends see them and take Cherry and Marcia home in their Mustangs, but not without some confrontation. Darry gets angry at Ponyboy for coming home late and hits him. Ponyboy runs away with Johnny to the park.…
The book starts with the narrator and co-protagonist, Ponyboy Curtis, the youngest member of the Greasers (Lower class) going back home after an outdoor movie night. He is encountered by one of the Socs (Higher class), and attacked until his gang arrives to help. The Greasers and Socs need no other party’s provocation to fight. The next day, the Greasers visit the movie theatre once again and find Soc’s girlfriends hanging out. After a failed attempt by the older members of the Greasers to flirt with them, Ponyboy unprecedentedly succeeds in a long-talk and escorts them to the girls’ home, only to encounter the Soc’s, who are extremely mad. Fortunately, the girls stop the fight and Ponyboy runs back home, where Dally is waiting anxiously for him. Dally is extremely mad by the fact that such a young boy like…
When a bunch of drunken Socs approach ponyboy and johnny, Pony spits on them after they harass him. Bob sheldon and some other socs beat up Johnny and Pony, but bob ends up drowning him in a fountain. As johnny lies anxious and afraid, he confronts Bob, and stabs him. accidentally killing him.…
The film starts off with the protagonists’ encounter in a baseball tournament. Invitation communication begins with Gary asking Brooke if she would like to have a hotdog. On relationship meaning level, it reflects Gary’s interest in knowing Brooke. By the end of the tournament, Gary tries to ask her out, exploring the possibilities for a relationship with her. Despite Brooke calling him “crazy”, she still chuckles and responds to Gary’s pick-up lines, hinting that Brooke is not totally uninterested. It is quickly followed by the opening credits with intimate photos that captured the intensifying communication stage between the protagonists. Their long term commitment takes the form of cohabitation, thus completing the escalation phase of the romantic relationship. After which it goes straight to the topic “The Break-up”, which showcases how the navigating phase foiled, resulting in the deterioration phase.…
Susanna Kaysen, in her memoir Girl, Interrupted, recounts her eighteen-month stay at a psychiatric hospital in Massachusetts. The events in the book took place in the 1960’s, meaning outside the hospital’s reinforced walls, the world was bustling with racism, social activism, and the Vietnam War. The story is not told as a chronological series of events, but rather as a collection of memories, darting between various periods of Kaysen’s visit. Throughout her stay at the hospital, Kaysen met a variety of women who influenced her life profoundly, including a self-proclaimed sociopath, a girl with a face disfigured by burns, and a meth addict. In Girl, Interrupted, author Susannah Kaysen achieves her purpose of elaborating on the dangers of confusing unconventionality with insanity, through characterization, impressionism, symbolism, and her…
During our lifetime, we have relationships with many people and all of these relationships are different. Whether it is with significant others, family, acquaintances, or friends, it is important to know how to have a healthy relationship. Sometimes, being in a relationship helps us to recognize our mistakes and our strengths; consequently, it can makes us a better person. In the movie “The Break Up”, the two protagonists go thru the six stages of interpersonal relationships, so they can find their happiness.…
The intimate bond that Ponyboy has with Johnny is also similar to the friendship he shares with the Soc, Sherry ‘Cherry’ Valance. The formation of the friendship between Pony and Cherry is one which breaks the barriers society appears to have set them, proving that Socs and Greasers can be friends. Both Pony and Cherry share similar ideas and concepts, within a few hours of knowing each other they begin to reveal some of their inner most deep thoughts. “‘I never told anyone that. I think you’re the first person I’ve ever really gotten through to... (3.47)’”. Cherry also has the ability to show Pony that the Socs aren’t as spoilt as they appear to be, “‘Things are rough all over... (2.43)’”. Cherry continues to honour her friendship with Pony, even after Johnny kills Bob, Cherry’s boyfriend.…
Borderline personality disorder is characterized by intense shifts in mood. This is often accompanied by periods of intense aggression, substance abuse, and self damaging behaviors. People with borderline personality disorder will sometimes attempt suicide impulsively in periods of extreme depression or anger. Often times people with borderline personality disorder feel extremely bored, empty, mistreated and alone. Intense feelings of loneliness usually are followed by frantic efforts to avoid being alone.…
anybody. He witnesses a young girl getting shot by a SS officer for running around, he witness a lady getting whipped for trying to pick something up, and he was whipped because he was hiding. Tadek knew that if he did not continue to follow the orders of cleaning out the trains, then he would have been punish because of not following the orders.…
As of now, I am reading a realistic fiction text known as 'Girl in Pieces' by Kathleen Glasgow. In the text, Charolette Davis whom is the main character, has a passion for drawing. The first reason that supports this is because Davis lost track of time when she began to sketch. Her love for art made time fly, so she stayed up until the sun started to rise. The second reason that justifies Charolette's passion for drawing is because she is insecure about herself, except for her talent. Art is the one thing that Davis takes pride in, symbolizing that she is passionate about her gift. The third reason why I believe Charolette has a passion for drawing is because she persistantly imagines what she will sketch next. This indicates that Davis…
The New Woman was conveyed through the artists illustrations beginning in the 1880’s and continuing through the years, ending in the 1920’s. These images such as the works titled, “What Are We Coming To”, “In a Twentieth Century Club”, “Picturesque America”, and “Women Bachelors In New York”, all conveyed this idea of a “New Woman”. The qualities that a New Woman must have included a woman who pursued the highest education and made effort to move up in the professional world. “She (the New Woman) also demonstrated new patterns of private life, from shopping in the new urban department stores, to riding bicycles, and playing golf.” (pg. 374) The artists attempted to create this perfect all around woman who’s lives closely resembled what the men of that time were doing. Such as in figure 6.8 titled “In a Twentieth Century Club” which shows women dressed in clothing which closely resembled that of a mans attire for that era, at leisure, socializing with other woman. This “club” looked very similar to a men’s drinking and eating club. “ Although role reversal still provides the humor, the women waitresses and patrons are physically attractive, while the women’s unladylike posture and clothing would have been viewed as shocking equally significant is the cross dressing entertainer.” (pg. 374) Not only did artists attempt to convey a way that the New Woman should act, but they also created this popular physical image of what one should look like such as the Gibson Girls pictured in image 6.9. Most all of the illustrations showed a white woman of the leisure class, however African American women still envisioned and strived to become a New African American Woman.…
Imagine being blind. Now imagine being kidnapped while being blind. Cheyenne has to endure a difficult situation that most normal people would just give up. Instead she stays hopeful and strong that she can make it. In the story Girl, Stolen the author teaches us that nothing is impossible, and you should never give up hope.…
Emily Dickinson seems to be in dismay, contain grief, be confused, and even jealous that it wasn't her or another that died in the woman's place. With all of these emotions in place, Justin Bryant’s note seems appropriate. He noted, “"The speaker never has one solid and stated attitude toward the woman's death". She switches her attitudes back and forth throughout the poem in her utter confusion.…