...Be Nice To Her - Essay “Be Nice to Her“- is the title of the short story first published in Canada 1984. The title is an often mention quote in the short story. The quote is a recommendation that the 8 year old main character, Elizabeth, received from her mother. A recommendation that quickly escalated to a request, and finally an order as she kept disobeying her mother. She failed to adjust to the order her mother had commanded due to many regular fears that the mind of a child can have - the primary ones in this case being: Group pressure and the fear of one day becoming the victim. The author, the narrator and the main character is the same person, her name is Elizabeth. Elizabeth was kind of chubby and in addition to that she wore glasses. The nickname, sucky, had sticked to her ever since kindergarten because she enjoyed sucking her thumb. She had reached the third grade, and the mild form of bullying had died out over time. Luckily for Elizabeth the chances of getting picked on again was very slim - an even chubbier, shorter girl with bigger glasses was in her class, her name was Celia. Besides not having the ideal look and personality to fit into her third grade class, she was also diagnosed with diabetes (at this point in time an incurable disease). Her class mates didn’t want to play with her during recess, only if she agreed to be the ender when they were skipping. After school the other girls didn’t want to walk with her, they always outran her. They didn’t want...
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...Elizabeth Cady Stanton Biography: Where did Elizabeth Cady Stanton grow up? Elizabeth Cady was born in Johnstown, New York on November 12, 1815. She had 10 brothers and sisters, however, many of them died during childhood. Only Elizabeth and four of her sisters lived well into adulthood. Her last brother, Eleazar, died when he was 20 years old leaving her mother depressed and her father wishing that Elizabeth was a boy. Elizabeth (sitting) with Susan B. Anthony Not Fair for Women Growing up Elizabeth was exposed to the law through her father Daniel. He was a lawyer who also served as a judge and a U.S. Congressman. She learned that the law was not the same for men and women. She learned that only men could vote and that women had few rights under the law. She didn't think this was fair. She thought she was as good as any boy and should be given the same opportunities. Going to School When Elizabeth reached school age she wanted to go to school to learn. Not many women went to school in those days, but her father agreed to send her to school. At school Elizabeth was an excellent student. She won awards and proved that she could do as well or better than most of the boys. After high school, Elizabeth wanted to go to college. She quickly learned that girls were not allowed into the major universities. She ended up going to a college for girls where she was able to continue her studies. Abolitionist and Human Rights Elizabeth began to believe...
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...Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth, is a children’s book written and illustrated by E.L. Konigsburg. In 1967, Konigsburg published the book, along with her other book, From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Jennifer, Hecate won the Newbery Honor Book Award in 1968, while Frankweiler won the Newbery Medal, making Konigsburg the only author to win both awards the same year (Admin 1). The story follows Elizabeth, the new girl in town, as she makes friends with a witch named Jennifer. Together, they kindle a friendship that provides a good story, and a significant lesson. Elizabeth and her family move to a new town, and with no friends, she walks by herself through a desolate path to school. While...
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...("Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe."). Harriet Elizabeth Beecher was born on June 14, 1811, in Litchfield, Connecticut. She was one of 13 children born to religious leader Lyman Beecher. The article “Harriet (Elizabeth) Beecher Stowe.” states that Harriet’s father was a demanding father who stressed strict adherence to Puritan values in the upbringing of his children. As stated in the article “Harriet Beecher Stowe.”,...
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...MDP Paper: Black Dahlia Have you ever heard of The Black Dahlia? The story behind Black Dahlia is confusing, which is why many people don’t have a good understanding of it. This paper talks about how the early life of Black Dahlia, how she died, and the possible murderers. Elizabeth Short or also known as The Black Dahlia July 29, 1924, in Hyde Park, Massachusetts. Elizabeth was the third child out of five, born into Cleo and Phoebo. When Elizabeth was only six years old her father abandoned the family. In Elizabeth sophomore year of high school she dropped out and started working. At the young age of 16 Elizabeth was traveling around America, picking up jobs such as a waitress and working in food service. Elizabeth was also known for dating different men. Black Dahlia body was found at Leimert Park at January 15, 1947. ELizabeth body was found cut into two pieces with blood drained out of her and scratch marks found all over. Black Dahlia was missing a small patch of skin, which was later found out the murderer cut of her flower tattoo and put it inside her body. Along with missing patches of skin and bruising Elizabeth had a gash on her breast and on her mouth shaped up into a smile. “Elizabeth Short was no doubt...
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...Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton was born in New York in 1774. Though she was born into a high society, her early life was simple and often lonely. She spent a lot of time reading the bible which became a constant comfort to her. She would continue to love the scriptures for the rest of her life. In 1794 she married William (“Will”) Seton who she was deeply in love with. The first years of their marriage were peaceful and happy, but that was short lived. In four years Will’s father died leaving them in charge of the family business. Soon after the business and Will’s health were failing, and soon he had to file for bankruptcy. In a last attempt to save Will’s health, the Setons went to Italy where Will had business friends. Sadly, Will died in Italy with tuberculosis leaving Elizabeth in charge of their five children. The death of her husband drew her to the Catholic Church. In Italy, Elizabeth captivated everyone by her own kindness, patience, good sense, wit and courtesy. He desire for the bread of life was a strong force leading her to the Catholic Church. She finally joined the Catholic Church in 1802. She and two other young women, who helped her in her work, began plans for a Sisterhood. They established the first free Catholic school in America. On March 25, 1809, Elizabeth Seton pronounced her vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, binding for one year. From that time she was called Mother Seton. Although Mother Seton was now afflicted...
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...School is now in Secession: Believe it or not there are some teachers out there who really just don’t care and they have there own separate lesson plans. For example, there's Elizabeth Halsey (Cameron Diaz) is an unethical, money hungry Chicago-area middle school teacher at the John Adams Middle School who yells and uses vulgar and foul language at her students, heavy alcoholic, pot smoker, and only shows movies in class while she sleeps the entire time. Her plans are to stop teaching and marry her wealthy fiancé, but when he calls off the wedding and breaks things off after he and his accountant realizes her heavy spending and the fact she was only using him for his money. She now has to return back to her profession of teaching. She sets her goals to win over the new substitute teacher Scott Delacorte (Justin Timberlake), who is also wealthy. Amy Squirrel (Lucy Punch), a hardworking but very eager teacher and colleague of Elizabeth, also sets her sights on Scott while the school's gym teacher, Russell Gettis (Jason Segel), makes a move on Elizabeth, which she so rudely rejects his advances. (Although it’s clear he’s a far better companion for Elizabeth.) This witty and hilarious comedy features an awesome winning cast Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Lucy Punch, John Michael Higgins, and Jason Segel. Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg wrote the film on June 24th, 2011. Jake Kasdan directed the film. (imbd.com) The genre of the film is Comedy. Bad...
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...skull's no-nose-- O there's a terrifying innocence in my face drenched with the silver salvage of the mornfrost. Robert Lowell Lowell was born in Boston, Massachusetts to a Boston Brahmin family that included poets Amy Lowell and James Russell Lowell. His mother, Charlotte Winslow, was a descendant of William Samuel Johnson, a signer of the United States Constitution, along with Jonathan Edwards, the famed Calvinist theologian, Anne Hutchinson, the Puritan preacher and healer, Robert Livingston the Elder, Thomas Dudley, the second governor of Massachusetts, and Mayflower passengers James Chilton and his daughter Mary Chilton. He received his high school education at St. Mark's School, a prominent prep-school in Southborough, Massachusetts, where he met and was influenced by the poet Richard Eberhart who taught at the school. Then Lowell...
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...magazine, from her West Street bookstore. Elizabeth was one person who could bring Nathaniel Hawthorne’s work to the attention of the right people in Massachusetts literary circles. By 1839, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia were engaged. She illustrated his book The Gentle Boy. Sophia was the first of the Peabody sisters to marry. She married Nathaniel Hawthorne on July 9, 1842 at the Peabody home. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s mother and two sisters were not happy with union of the couple, all three refused to attend the wedding The following year, Horace Mann, known today as the “Father of Public Education” and Mary Tyler Peabody married in the back of Elizabeth’s bookstore. Elizabeth introduced both of her sisters to their future husbands. Although,...
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...Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Young Goodman Brown” Goodman Brown was not asleep in this short story. As I read, I believed that Goodman did indeed meet the devil in the forest. If he had indeed dreamt about the trip he was sent on and meeting the devil, I think his nervousness would have been described in more detail then it was. Concentrating more on the anxiety he was feeling would have led the reader to believe that the events were not real. I also saw this story as an allegory. I saw the allegory after reading the story two times. I think it is centered on Goodman Brown having a bumpy past and that he wants to go beyond his past and reach heaven. The characters names also show the religious allegory in the story. The names Goodman and Faith are used and the characters are then soon faced with terrifying evil. I think that Goodman Brown and his wife, Faith’s names symbolize that they are good, religious people and that Goodman is making up everyone being evil in his head. I found an essay by Alexa Carlson that described the symbolism in light vs. dark, forest vs. town, nature vs. human, and fantasy vs. reality. In her paper, Essay #1: Young Goodman Brown, she states that “…fantasy vs. reality are employed to reinforce the idea that good and evil have been set up as strict categories into which no one, not even the religious figures of the community, fit neatly.” As she later writes, if Hawthorne was apprehensive about “what he considers right and wrong in terms of human behavior, I...
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...For years, women have been oppressed by men and have long been considered man’s inferior. Kate Chopin’s short story, “The Story of An Hour”, depicts the life of a woman who feels free and empowered after receiving the news of her husband’s death. Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s “Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions” was presented to change the discrimination women were constantly faced with. Women have persistently fought for equality, specifically in education, job status, and voting rights. Kate Chopin’s “The Story of An Hour” is a anecdote about a married woman, Louise Mallard, who discovers her husband has died in a railroad accident. Louise Mallard begins to mourn her husband’s death in the bathroom, then suddenly feels a sense of freedom and empowerment. “‘Free! Body...
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...Chelsea Wolfgang ENC 1102 05C Professor Passerini 26 April 2014 Elizabeth Bishop Elizabeth Bishop is known as an original, and influential American poet. She had sixty-eight years of life experiences to fill her poems, before her death in 1979. Bishop won many awards throughout her career including the famous Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and best of all; she was the Poet Laureate of the United States from 1949 to 1950. Graduating from Vassar College in 1929, her first few poems were published while she was a student (Poets.org.). Though she continued writing poems till the end of her career, she also was a published short story author. One of her first published short stories was included in the book, Questions of Travel. While Elizabeth Bishop’s poems focused her life, they also were about her impressions of the physical world. Many of her poems are studied throughout schools, one of the most popular being, “The Fish”; which I studied throughout my education twice. I wouldn’t consider any of the poems I have read by her, “easy reads”; in fact, I would consider them fairly complicated and would require most students to use Sparknotes. The select poems I have read by her, I have not fully understood without assistance. But what I like about Bishops poems is that each one I’ve read and then understood has great meaning and becomes extremely intriguing. One of my personal favorites is the poem previous mentioned, The Fish. The Fish I caught a tremendous...
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...Edgar Allan poe is a renowned poet best known for his short stories. He is a dark writer due to his tragic childhood. This childhood ,however,is one of the main reasons he wrote his dark tells. Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 9th, 1809 in Boston. His parents were travelling actors that did not make much money. When he was just 2 years of age, his father abandoned them leaving Elizabeth to take care of their kids Edgar, his older brother Henry and his infant sister Rosalie. Soon after this things got worse. His mother, Elizabeth Poe, died from the disease tuberculosis. Within days of this Edgar’s father, David Poe, also died of the same disease. The three Poe children were split up.Henry went to live with his paternal grandparents. Rosalie was adopted by the McKenzie family. Edgar was taken in by a couple who could not have children, John and...
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...learning, creativity and dialogue” (Warren par 3). In 1785 Jane and Cassandra were sent to Abbey School House where her and her sister Cassandra were to receive a formal education, which consisted of mainly French, dancing, and music. When she came home her brothers and father took over the role of teaching her (“Jane Austen” par 4). Most of what she learned, and her love of literature came from the books that she read in her father’s library (Warren par 5). In 1800 Jane’s father moved them all to Bath where Jane was exposed to a new environment (“Jane Austen” par 24). As a result of her family environment where she was always encouraged to write and read, Jane was able to find her love for stories, which later helped her in her career as an...
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...women born in the second decade of the century might together illustrate the diversity of the twentieth-century novelist's interests. Elizabeth Taylor (1912-1975), the author the novels The Soul of Kindness and Blaming, is a refined stylist whose swift flashes of dialogue and reflection and deft sketches of the wider background give vitality to her portrayals of well-to-do family life in commuter land. Some of her later novels are In a Summer Season (1961), and The Wedding Group (1968.) Elizabeth Taylor has humour and compassion as well as disciplined artistry, and has logically been compared with Jane Austen. So has Barbara Pym (1913-1980) who tasted fame, sadly enough, only at the end of her life (her real name was Mary Crampton). Another restrained and perceptive artist, she is a master of J f ingenuous and candid dialogue and reflection which are resonant with comic overtones. Critics I called her "modern Jane Austin. Excellent Women (1952) and A Glass of Blessings (1958) were reprinted in the late 1970s when Philip Larkin and David Cecil drew attention to the quality of her neglected work. Later novels, The Sweet Dove Died (1978) and Quartet in Autumn (1978), are no less engaging in their blend of pathos and comedy. One might well put beside these two English writers the Irish writer Mary Lavin (1912-1996), whose short stories focus on the ups and downs of family life with quiet pathos and humour. Her novels, The House in Clewes Street (1945) and Mary O'Grady...
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