...situation. We all have seen whites before but have never had much to do with them. But the ten white girls we encounter at the camp are closer to us and, therefore, more real and capable of exciting envy and hatred. At the end of the first day at camp, Arnetta reports she heard one of the white girls refer to Daphne, a black girl, as "a nigger." On prompting by Arnetta, Daphne, a quiet girl, nods her head to confirm that the derogatory term was used. Arnetta tells the other girls that they cannot let the white girls get away with using that word about them. She told us that we must teach the white girls a lesson. Janice suggests that they put daddy-long-legs in the white girls' sleeping bags, and when the girls awake, beat them up. Arnetta told Janice, to shut up and then announced that we are going to hold a secret meeting. She then turned to me and asked if I had plans to tell Mrs. Margolin, who was our troop leader, about the situation. On the second day of camp, our troop ate our sandwich lunch by a stream that borders the field hockey lawn. Arnetta, for some reason, eyed the white...
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...Sally and Steve have been dating for about a month or so, and things seem to be going smoothly, besides the fact that Steve says that Sally is constantly pissing him off. She is always texting him and never giving him space, she overreacts about every little thing he does wrong, she expects him to read her mind constantly, when he compliments her she denies the compliment, and worst of all, she never stops talking. Like Sally, most women are always pointing the finger at men for causing problems in their relationship; they claim that men do not communicate or meet their every need, but in reality women are the problem. Men do not know how to handle women most of the time because women piss them off so much. In order to prevent this from happening, women need to know how they piss men off so that they can prevent themselves from doing these things. 1. Constantly text them and never give them space. Men need space just as much as women do, and when women are constantly nagging them, they do not get the space they need. Women tend to constantly text their boyfriend, “What are you doing? Where are you? Who are you with? Why aren’t you responding?” This is not going to make their boyfriend reply any faster than he would have before. This step tends to piss off men because sometimes they just need time alone from their girlfriends to gather themselves before confronting her about where he has been for the past three hours. Ladies, starting “World War III” because they do not reply...
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...New Narcissism 1. Introduce the subject of ”New Narcissism” by giving a brief account of the phenomenon as it is described in text 1. The term “New Narcissism” springs from the story about Narcissus who fell in love with his own reflection. The term “narcissism” as a mental condition was first recognized by Sigmund Freud. Today we use the term about a person who is vain and self-centered. Text 1 is written by Sarfraz Manzoor and is called “Me, Me, Me”. It describes “new narcissism” as a phenomenon mainly created by the media. The internet has made it possible for people all over the world to write blogs and have websites about them and their lives. If you only talk about yourself in the real world you can count on people to tell you to shut up. That will not happen in cyberspace, sure people can write a comment to your blog or website but you can simply just delete it and forget it. That’s a bit more difficult to do in the real world because there’s no “delete”. Sarfraz Manzoor uses Chris Crocker as an example of the phenomenon “new narcissism” and he’s a perfect example. The unknown Chris Crocker was on everyone’s lips after his Youtube-clip about Britney Spears. It was because of Britney Spears’ performance at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2007 Chris Crocker got famous. He was a big fan of Britney Spears and because of that he defended her. 2. Compare the views on narcissism presented in texts 2 and 3, and comment on how those views are substantiated. Text 2, “Students narcissism...
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...Sunday Bingo Mitchell Hall Doors open 1.30pm/Games Start 3pm 18 NOV 2012 | | | | Half Time | 9 ON PACKS | $9.00 | SUPER CHAMP #1 (24 regular games, 3 for jackpots 1,2,3) | $24.00 | $15.00 | 6 ON PACKS | $6.00 | SUPER CHAMP #2 (36 regular games, 6 for jackpots 1,2,3) | $29.00 | $20.00 | JACKPOTS 1, 2 & 3 | $2.00 ea | SUPER CHAMP #3 (48 regular games, 9 for jackpots 1,2,3) | $34.00 | $25.00 | JACKPOT 4 | $4.00 | SUPER CHAMP #4 (96 regular games, 15 for jackpots 1,2,3) | $50.00 | $30.00 | JACKPOT 5 | $3.00 | SPECIAL: 2 SUPER CHAMP #4 in same machine | $80.00 | | NITE OWLS | $1.00 ea | *NOTE: Jackpots 4 & 5 are not included in any package | | | PICK 7s | $1.00 ea | And must be purchased separately. | | | HOT BALL | $1.00 | | | | SMALL DABBERS | $1.50 | | | | LARGE DABBERS | $2.00 | | | | 1. CheckMark, (Blue Border Cards)------------------------------------------------------------------- | $100.00 | 2. Small Crazy Kite (Orange Border Cards)----------------------------------------------------------- | $100.00 | 3. 4 Corner Brackets, 1 Wild Number (Green Border Cards)--------------------------------------- | $100.00 | JACKPOT #1 Small Picture Frame (14 numbers or less)(Orange Screen Cards)------------------ | $1000.00 | Consolation: | $100.00 | 4. Double Crosses (Yellow Border Cards)-------------------------------------------------------------...
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...of a whole family with a missing farther and a mentally sick mom. Ree is a Dolly. Family is very important in the society in Missouri where she lives with her mother and two brothers. The setting in Missouri has made Ree who she is. She is stubborn, brave determined and responsible. With a criminal as a farther she is forced to be a grown up and to think and act as a mother at 16. She also breaks a family pattern of crime by living on the right side of the law and helping her siblings through school. When her daddy disappears and the police comes to take the house instead, it is her mission to go against the norms of society to safe her family. Ree lives in a closed lawless society, most people are related inbreds and everyone knows each other. It is a community where the goal is survival therefore the common man earns his living by cooking crank in his basement and it is very normal to take drugs. In the society there is not anything to fall back on, no safety-net for poor families making it the ideal “every man for himself” society. There are many unwritten rules you have to follow. Because of all the crime it is very important to shut your mouth, mind your own business and to not ask any question. The consequences of not following these unwritten rules can be deadly as it is seen at (p.140) “Jessup went’n turned snitch, and that’s only the biggest ancient no-no of all, ain’t it?” because of his disregard of these rules he is killed and Ree is left alone with a family to feed...
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...With savagery being a strong human impulse, it can abruptly arise and entirely change a person’s state of mind. William Golding develops the theme that savagery is a delicate human trait, where it can be contained but not abolished through Jack progressively becoming more violent and cruel. ‘“I went on. I thought, by myself —“ The madness came into his eyes again. “I thought I might kill.”’ (Golding 51). This passage shows Jack being exposed to the savagery within him. Golding develops savagery as a symbol using various methods. Golding uses savagery as a central theme in Lord of the Flies. Jack uses hunting as an outlet for his rage, putting it over other imperative projects. “The fire’s only been out an hour or two. We can light up again.”...
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...It was the year of 1903 and the Exeter’s where having a kid. They did not know what gender it was but no matter what they already knew what to call it. If a boy Lawrence Exeter JR a girl Emily. They were so happy that they got so many things that they almost went broke jest that day! But if you know the Exeter’s they got more money the next day. They really got about $5000 dollars the next day! They got whatever they thought he/she would ever want. They got it toy cars, toy trains, beach balls, and a playground. The playground they thought was the best for the kid. The day was here! After 9 months and 1 week and 3 days. It was here! It was a boy! They went out to get more toys and shoes for it (you can't really know what size the shoes would be). They used cash for it they needed to get more checks. The checks where here (they really did not like using cash). They got more toys for the kid (with checks this time). This time it was the year of 1909 and the kid is now 6 year old! And today is his first day of school! See, because they are rich they he is going to a border school. He will be not see his parents for a whole year. It is going to be hard on everyone school and everything. Today they are getting him a bicycle and are taking him home for the year. 6 years have gone by and the kid is now 11 years old and he is a bad sassy kid that is going to Columbia Military Academy. He is going to school there and he very much so hates it. By the time he is 17 years old he has a...
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... “Finally, you got it to shut up, Sven.” The Viking that was arguing with Erik earlier said. I was about to point out that it was his fault for waking the baby in the first place when Audin asked what I hadn’t really thought about, “Hey, Sven, is the baby a boy or a girl?” “I don’t know, haven’t checked.” As soon as those words left my mouth, bets were being made. “I bet 2 sheep it’s a boy!” yelled a Viking whom I believe is named Egil. “No, no, it’s definitely a girl.” “3 sheep it’s a girl!” “1 cattle it’s a boy!” the bets were rolling in, someone had even bet their wife on whether it was a boy or a girl, until on Viking yelled, “Well, what are you waiting for, Ragnarok? What gender is the baby?” I started to un-wrap the baby. It shivered as I un-wrapped more layers of the cloth. As I removed the last layer of cloth I looked up from the baby, “Well, it’s definitely not a boy.” I started to wrap the baby back up again. My last statement had caused quite the uproar. Many were yelling and weapons were thrown around. “Oh be quiet you eldhusfifl fifl!” growled Ivar, “we are home!” a chorus of cheers followed as we all got off the ship with all the loot...
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...IF YOU WERE TO FILL THE OCEAN, I WOULD DRINK IT DRY [12.20.00] leopard printed sheets stained invisibly red with the jagged pieces of a million broken hearts. stacks of books and records creating makeshift tables covered in empty shot glasses and spare dice from a dozen board games. an old acoustic guitar nicked and scratched shoved in the corner and half obstructed by clothes. a lone coffee table full of markers and papers and aspirin and bottles and bracelets. we find ourselves in the strangest of places, our heads all full of thoughts. i always seem to find myself exactly here, hands on the ever warming keyboard or wrapped around an icy glass of the strongest thing i can find behind the makeshift bar. nothing is ever permanent here, always transitioning, always changing. i used to fear my knuckles making contact with the black door, his ode to the rolling stones. i used to wonder if someone long and lean and blonde would be on the other side. but it was always him, looking down at me with dark eyes and a slow smile like expectation. he asks the questions you're supposed to ask. how are you, what are you doing with yourself, how is so and so. there's hesitation in that whiskey thickened voice when he reaches a particular name. i cough and mumble through a response before pushing my way past him, seeking that pack of cigarettes that's forever lying on the table. they're mine to steal, the way he said i did his heart in the beginning. it was mine, taken before it was given...
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...Draft 1 Zain Baig Joe Oliveira CARLOS- a laid back construction worker JASON- a stressed business man TIME-present PLACE- Baltimore, Maryland SETTING- a local department store (JASON enters the store, on the phone and walks to CARLOS) JASON: Well if he doesn’t show up at 8 o’clock sharp tomorrow-uh-hello? Wow! Battery died. CARLOS: (Looking up and down the shelf) Do you know where the beef ramen noodles are? JASON: I was just looking for those myself. (Looks up and down shelf) CARLOS: Maybe they are all out. (Door shuts and locks) JASON: (lifts head) …what was that, a lock? (Lights turn off and CARLOS and JASON jump) JASON: Oh no! There goes the lights (JASON runs to the door and struggles to unlock it) CARLOS: Face it man, there’s no use, since we are going to be here for a while, what’s your name? JASON- Jason. How about you? CARLOS- The names Carlos. Nice to meet you bro. (CARLOS puts his arm on the counter) CARLOS: Hey look! There’s a key here! (Grabs key) JASON: Here give me that. (CARLOS throws key and JASON catches and then proceeds to try to unlock door) NO! It’s not working! CARLOS: Just shut up bro get over it and for now let’s make the best of this (Opens fridge and grabs two sodas) JASON: But…But…But...this is theft. This is just wrong. CARLOS: Does it look like I care? (Sits down) JASON: Okay- I guess-whatever (sits, opens soda and...
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...whom we love? Why do rules forbid to love someone of your own blood, may it be brother, sister, cousin or parent? In fact, rules will always be able to hinder a relationship, but they'll never be able to fight feelings. Because the heart doesn't lie and can't be silenced. So then, why is society forcing us to shut up our feelings, to shut up this desire? Why are we not allowed to love someone so much older than ourself? Why are people who love someone of their own sex looked down upon? I wake up and I look at this boy I love. He's normal. My age, not connected to me by blood at all, not my gender, not even violent. I'm following all the rules there are to love in this world. But he still won't turn to look at me at all, won't love me back. I keep realizing that I wish I could wake up and be another person, peel off my skin to find someone else underneath. That's what love is. A coincidence. You can't tell your heart for just whom it should pound. It could be just anyone and you're just the prisoner of your feelings. If it's forbidden to love who we want to, then just whom shall we love? Someone, we will never be able to give our heart completely because we're still hung up on someone else? What's with that, society? I think that even though there are lines you shouldn't cross, everyone shouldn't need to suppress their feelings because suppressing them is what truly corrupts people and makes...
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...Brownies: Criticism Bryan Aubrey Thomson Gale David Wiegand Brownies: Topics for Further Study Brownies: What Do I Read Next? Brownies: Bibliography and Further Reading Brownies: Pictures Copyright Brownies: Introduction PrintPDFCite . “Brownies” is a story by ZZ Packer, a young African American writer. It appears in Packer’s short story collection, Drinking Coffee Elsewhere, which was published in 2003 to great acclaim. The story is about a Brownie troop of fourth-grade African American girls from suburban Atlanta, Georgia, who go to summer camp. At the camp, they encounter a troop of white girls and believe that one of the white girls addressed them with a racial insult. The African American girls resolve to beat up the white girls. “Brownies” is a story about racism as it is experienced by young girls, but it has a twist. The African American girls discover that the situation is not as clear-cut as they had believed, and as they return home on the bus, Laurel, the African American girl who narrates the story, tells them of an incident in her family involving a white Mennonite family. As she tells the story, she comes to an unsettling realization about racism and the nature of human life. Brownies Summary “Brownies” takes place at Camp Crescendo, a summer camp for fourth graders near the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. The story is told in the first person by an African American girl named Laurel, known to the other girls by her nickname, Snot. Laurel...
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...verbal behavior and interaction, physical behavior and gestures and who stand out the most. Mike – Observation Mike is an African-American, boy around the age of nine or ten dark brown skin with curly hair and black eyes short a little overweight. Mike blue tank top had yellow stains on it as for his pants they were fine. I noticed as I was observing Mike he wasn't really interacting with his group he wasn't participating in his group. His also yells out without being called on, doesn't use kind words to fellow classmates using inappropriate words for example Mike and the rest of the class was asked to get in groups at their table to work on an art project I overheard what Mike said to the boy that was next to him telling him to shut up and wait for the glue. After the teacher gives Mike a fair warning, I notice that he was changing his behavior but, first was told by his teacher that he had to apologize to Kevin. Chris – Observation Chris is a Latino, boy about the age of ten light skin with black hair and brown eyes and slim. As I was observing Chris I noticed his was well mannered and respectful to the other classmates at his group well as his teachers. Another thing I noticed that Chris likes to work along, for example Chis was asked can he work with another classmate with their math homework his response was I want to do my homework by myself today and the other classmate yelled at him and walked away. Chris did not yell back instead of yelling back he told the...
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...A Real Life Nightmare By: Danyelle J Lieneck The full moon lit up the water that night. The water was calm and there was not another boat in sight. As my parents, my sister Brianna, my friend Alissa and I traveled home from Fire Island; there was not a sound except for the engine of the boat running. As I looked up in the distance I saw a light and kidding around with Brianna and Alissa I said, “hey look a UFO” and they both laughed. All of a sudden I heard a bang. I closed my eyes and grabbed onto the pole right next to me. The boat was spinning; I heard screaming, and my Dad say something. Then everything came to a sudden stop; I got up and looked at the horrifying scene that surrounded me. I saw my father pulling himself up onto his seat, his eyes swollen shut, blood pouring down his face; he was confused and incoherent. Next to me was my mother, grabbing onto the side of the boat, her arm only attached by a few pieces of skin, her flesh cut open, her bone sticking out, blood pouring down from her face. My friend was screaming and I quickly snapped at her to shut up. This was not the time for her to be acting like this. There was an even bigger problem then the bloody scene around me; everyone was accounted for except for my sister. I looked around and realized that lying on the floor underneath the canopy that used to be the top of my boat was my sister, motionless and decrepit. I immediately went to her side and lifted off the heavy canopy and pushed it away. She was...
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...specialist.” “Dude, you’re a garbage man” says Felix from behind Matthew. “Leave my Matty alone” says Miranda. Miranda and Matthew had been dating for nearly a year now after Durhams’ girlfriend Morgan, who just happens to be Miranda’s sister, introduced them. “Yo Durham, you and Matt ever get bored and just decide to switch up sisters for a night?” “HA HA very funny Felix” “What? You two are twins. It’s bound to happen sooner or later” says Felix laughingly. Just then the bell rings and students begin to flood the hallways as everyone tries to leave as quickly as possible for the weekend. Just then Durhams father comes around the corner. “You boys ready for the big game tonight? Sarasota aint no joke.” Felix feeling confident as always quickly responds “you know it coach those Sarasota boys aint got nothing on us.” “Yeah pops no one can take us with the way Matty is pitching this year. He’s unhittable.” “Hey Matty, if your done sucking face with the Wilson girl id like you all to get down to the field and take some batting practice now.” “Leave my Matty alone.” “Is that all you know how to say?” “NO! I know how to say shut up...
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