...The new girl Summary The new girl is based on real story which is told by Marc Mitchell from the collection of biographical texts: True Tales of American life by Paul Auster from 2001. The story takes place in the neighborhood Prospect Street where a lot of white families live. The story is about an eight-year old boy. He and his friend Allison, who is ten, are riding their bikes on a warm summer day. He is not really sure if he actually likes her, but there is not anyone else he can play with. One day he sees a younger girl standing in the neighborhood across her bike, she is watching them playing with the bikes. The little black girl has recently moved in with her family, and Allisons mother has told Allison, that the new family was going to ruin their house. The boy in the story smiles at the girl and she smiles back. Allison tells the girl to get out of the neighborhood while the little girl says ‘hi’ to her. The boy looks at Allison and tries to imitate the older girl’s expression, but he does not look into the little girl’s eyes. The little girl wants to play with them, but Alison just spits after her. She says scornfully that she does not play with niggers. The younger girl walks hurt into the house and they can after a few minutes see a person from the inside looking out at them. The boy is expecting that the girl’s mother will appear from the house and demand them to make it up to her daughter. It never occurs. The boy does see the girl from time to time, and he...
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...Essay on "The New Girl" by Marc Mitchell "I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls." This quote was said by Martin Luther King, Jr., in his famous speech "I have a dream". Martin Luther King Jr. was a black man, who fought against both apartheid and segregation. His dream came true, as we live in a world where it is accepted by most to have different skin colour, a different culture and religion. The short story "The new girl" by Marc Mitchell, is a good example that children can be more accepting of others, but also how easily parents can affect their children's opinions. The story takes place in a suburb in Alabama around the 1970's, as the story is the narrators flashback from 20 years before the story was written, and the band 'Hall and Oates' was founded in the late 1960's, and it is mentioned that Allison has an interest in that specific band. In this story the narrator is also the protagonist as it is being told in a 1st person point of view. The narrator lived on a street by the name Prospect Street, in a "white lower-middle class neighborhood" (p. 22, l. 15.) In this story, there is the protagonist, Allison and the new girl, whose name we do not know. The protagonist was eight in the beginning of the story and was, together with Allison, one of the only children on the block, so they "were best friends by default." (p. 1, ll. 7-8). The two children spent a lot of time together, as it is written in...
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...The New Girl Af Marc Mitchell Johannes 1u. To believe in yourself, and believe in your own will, may not always be as easy as it sounds. The effects that a person you look up to, can have on your own acts, are not to be underestimated. In “The New Girl”, our narrator experiences that these effects can result in a forever lasting knot. You can always regret what you have said, but can you live with it? “The New Girl” is a short, simple story, which brings up some themes we all know about, and feelings we may have experienced on our own. Friendship is a big theme in the story. The narrator clearly looks up to Allison (l. 8-9), but it seems like their relationship has certain problems. Apparently the narrator does not believe, that they really liked each other (l. 11-12). They just played together, back then. Allison is a little older than the narrator (l. 6-7), which makes him a mix between a good friend, and a younger brother to Allison. It seems like they don’t really care about each other, as actual good friends do, but just spent time together, because they have nothing else to do. This is not a great starting-point for a friendship, and the narrator confirms that it did not last long, as he points out that he “(…) never spoke to Allison after my family left Prospect Street (…)”(l. 84-85). Marc Mitchell’s style of writing is very simple, which makes it easy for the reader to capture the meaning and message of the story, rather than wondering about what each line...
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...Essay – One Friday Morning ”One Friday Morning” is written by Langston Hughes in 1950’s. When I was reading the story I couldn’t stop thinking about racism and difference between black people and white people and how the black people have to fight for them self all the time, back then but also now a days. The main character is Nancy Lee. She goes to school a white school, called George Washington High and she seems proud of being a Negro American. She also seems to be a calm and friendly girl, a girl that knows what she wants, and is following her dreams. I can see that because the last line in the text is “that is the land we must make” when I read that, I could see she is a real fighter and a girl who wants to change the country. The theme of the text is racism and difference between black people and white people, because the committee found out that Nancy Lee was black and then they changed their plans about her getting the “art scholarship of the year”. Analysis - composition: The text starts with in medias res, because we don’t get an introduction or a presentation. It is a chronological order, and the end is open. Because Nancy Lee could have done something and I think that it is obvious that she would, with the last words she is thinking. Story-teller: it is a 3.Person story-teller. I think the story-teller knows about Nancy Lee’s feelings, or maybe it is a person who knows her very well. And it is always this person’s point of view we see in the story...
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...’The New Girl’ analysis The story takes place in a white lower-middle-class neighborhood. The neighborhood is called Prospect Street. Only 2 kids live in the block, Allison and the narrator, so they have to be friends whether they like it or not. Allison is 10 years old while the narrator is only 8, so Allison is a kind of role model to him. A day like any other, where they almost crash, the narrator hears a laugh and turns his head to find a small girl. They smile at each other, though the peace soon being disturbed by Allison. She calls the girl nigger and scares her away. The girl tries explaining that she thought they could play but Allison calls her nigger again. The girl walks back to her house. As Allison and the narrator slowly leaves they talk about who she was. She moved in a week ago and Allison’s mom claims it’ll ruin their house if they stay. As they drove away from the house the little girls mother looks out the window with eyes filled with rage. The story takes place in USA, Prospect Street. It’s the narrators, and writers, childhood setting. The narrator says, ‘It was a hot, bright day’. He tells us how the sun is shining and warming up the place, which makes it seem like summer. Therefor we can say that the setting is a summer day in USA, Prospect Street probably around the 1940’s. There are 3 important characters in the story the narrator, Allison and the little girl. The narrator is an 8.year-old boy. He’s innocent, in the way that he doesn’t judge...
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...Analysis and interpretation of “The new Girl” Allison is a girl at the age of ten, who lives on Prospect Street with her parents and likes to play with Barbies and listen to Hall and Oates. Prospect Street is a street placed in a lower middle-class white neighborhood, where most of the houses are about seventy years old. In the start of the story the environment is described: It’s a hot day, the sun is shinning and everything is burning. The burning part is a symbol of this intense conflict, which is about to appear later in the text between the new girl, the narrator and Allison. Allison’s mother does not like the new neighbors, it seems. She is prejudiced against them, because of the color of their skin. She thinks that they are going to ruin their house, meaning that the new neighbors will make the prices of the neighborhood fall, because no white person wants to share the same street with a ‘nigger.’ Allison has of course inherited the same hatred towards African Americans. You see that clearly in the text; “I said get out of here, nigger, or I’ll beat you up.” As for the narrator: he doesn’t feel that same spitefulness that Allison and her mother have for African Americans, at all. I am by the way assuming that the narrator is a boy, from the three facts that the narrator doesn’t share Allison’s interest in Barbies, they have been pretending to be married and then there is the fact that they are already friends, yet the narrator is wondering if she likes him. The...
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...FORMELSAMLING FOLKESKOLENS AFSLUTTENDE PRØVER I MATEMATIK FORMELSAMLING FOLKESKOLENS AFSLUTTENDE PRØVER I MATEMATIK Redaktion og tilrettelæggelse af indhold for Skolestyrelsen: Lektor Hans Jørgen Beck, adjunkt Thomas Kaas og fagkonsulent Klaus Fink Grafisk tilrettelæggelse: Schwander Kommunikation – www.schwander.dk Foto: Colourbox 1. udgave, februar 2010 ISBN (WWW) 978-87-92140-60-9 Internetadresse: www.skolestyrelsen.dk Publikationen findes kun i elektronisk format Udgivet af Styrelsen for Evaluering og Kvalitetsudvikling af Folkeskolen (Skolestyrelsen) Eventuelle henvendelser af indholdsmæssig karakter rettes til Skolestyrelsen, Kontor for Afgangsprøver, Test og Evalueringer Indhold Tal og algebra Geometri i et koordinatsystem 6 6 6 8 8 10 10 12 14 46 48 50 Tal Primtal Sammensatte tal Intervaller Brøker Kvadratrødder Potenser Parentesregler Procent Økonomi 18 18 20 Rente Sammensat rente Valuta Geometri 22 22 24 26 26 26 28 30 32 32 32 32 34 Trekanter Linjer ved trekanten Areal af en trekant Ensvinklede trekanter Ligebenet trekant Ligesidet trekant Retvinklet trekant Trigonometri Firkanter Rektangel Parallelogram Trapez Cirkler Rumfang og overflade 36 36 36 38 38 38 Kasse Prisme Cylinder Kegle Pyramide Kugle Geometri – flytninger 40 40 42 Spejling Parallelforskydning Drejning Koordinatsystemet Ligning for ret linje Grafisk ligningsløsning Funktioner ...
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...Tiffany O’Dillon Professor Rhym English 1101.13 19 February 2014 New Girl New Girl is based on a school teacher, Jessica Day (played by Zooey DesChanel), who after going through a rough breakup with her cheating ex-boyfriend Spencer, moves in with 3 single men whom she has never met before. One independent woman living with 3 unfamiliar men who isn’t thought less of for being a female, is a big step for American culture, considering back in our past, she would not have even been able to get an education to pursue her teaching career. Through 3 ongoing seasons, her best friend CeCe and her roomies, Nick, Schmidt and Winston, struggle to help her overcome it and teach her some things about life and along the way builds a family with them. Each episode Jess is experiencing her new single life with some tough reality tossed her way and pulls through with the help of her new companions. Nick, being the grumpier, emotional roommate, is a “cooler” for Jessica, as she is to him. He is a law school dropout that’s now a local bartender. Nick and Jess have an obvious connection that will evidently lead them together. Winston is a former (but still overly competitive) basketball player who doesn’t know what he should do with his life, but whatever it is he’s confidant to be the best. The last but maybe the best of Jess’ roommates, Schmidt, is egotistical, well groomed and well dressed, a high standard perfectionist, and germaphobe. Back in his college days he was fat, until he...
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...Five years ago, I met a 16-year-old girl at the new Boys & Girls Club I had just moved too, and I didn’t know much about her. I only knew she was the oldest of four, lived in housing and with a single-parent, and didn’t want to attend the Club anymore. I started thinking “great that’s already one kid I lost that I never got to know,” boy was I wrong. Every day after school she would come to the Club located inside the housing complex she lived in and help any way that she could. It was like having an extra worker there but she's still a member of the Club. One day she came telling me she no longer was going to help me after school but would still take part in the Youth of the Year competition. She was 16, a sophomore in high school, and of...
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...http://www.girlscouts.org/who_we_are/history/timeline/default.asp GIRLS SCOUTS TIMELINE- DECADE BY DECADE: Overview: Founder Juliette Gordon Low poses with some of the nation's first Girl Scouts. For nearly a century, Girl Scouts of the USA has served as a vital movement in America's history. Come explore the story of the Girl Scouts—and America—through the decades. 1912-1919: Girl Scouts team up to preserve fruits and vegetables to prevent food shortages. Jeannette Rankin, from Montana, was elected to Congress even before women were given the right to vote. Minimum wage laws were being passed and industrial safety codes enacted. The fox trot and tango were the hottest dance steps of the time. But the progressive energy of the country was changed in April 1917, when Germany sank three U.S. ships, and America entered World War I. • On June 10, 1915 the organization was incorporated as Girl Scouts, Inc. under the laws of the District of Columbia • During World War I, girls learned about food production and conservation, sold war bonds, worked in hospitals, and collected peach pits for use in gas mask filters. • After the war came The Golden Eaglet, a feature film about Girl Scouting shown in theaters across the country, and The Rally (later called The American Girl), a monthly magazine for girls published by Girl Scouts. • A troop for physically challenged Girl Scouts was established. • Girls could earn more than 25 badges, including Child Nurse. • The Executive...
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...of 2009, Cover Girl released a new ad campaign featuring Ellen DeGeneres promoting a new anti-aging product. In the advertisements featuring Ellen, the advertisers at Cover Girl uses ethos, logos, and pathos in an attempt to convince women to buy their products. By identifying the ways in which Cover Girl’s new advertisements appeal to their audience, students of rhetoric can gain a more complete understanding of how advertisers employ rhetorical principles as tools of persuasion in order to motivate their audience to buy new products. Choosing Ellen DeGeneres as the new spokesperson for Cover Girl most overtly appeals to authority. Many women trust Ellen both because she maintains a level of respect both personally and professionally. On a personal level, Ellen presents herself as an average woman who happens to be funny. Cover Girl hopes that women will identify with Ellen because of her positive and prominent personal reputation. Furthermore, Ellen hosts a talk show that, among other things, establishes her as an honest and reliable source of information. Several American women watch Ellen’s talk show daily and trust her as an authoritative and reliable source of helpful information. For example, Ellen recently included a segment giving advice to her audience about how to save money on Valentine’s Day. Several women rely on Ellen for important consumer information. Therefore, when women see Ellen featured in a Cover Girl advertisement endorsing Cover Girl products, they...
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...perspective. The video of School girl attacks identifies an attack on school girls in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Zahira, who is a 13-year-old, is interviewed by NBC told her story about the attack. Zahira, who always showed excitement about attending school, lost her joy after the attack on her and five other girls. The attack took place during the girls walk from school. Men on motorcycles drove by tossed acid in the girls faces. The Taliban’s are known to be the rivals to Afghanistan’s. “The Taliban’s felt girls were unholy if they attend school” (NBC News, 2011). At the time of the attack Zahira thought it was a prank incident. However, it cause the girls to not attend school for five days, left Zahira cousin Chauncy partially blind, mood changes has been altered, still a desire to learn, but fear has been instilled in the girls. Functionalists theoretical clarify the involvement to social stability in Afghanistan (NBC News, 2011). Specific components of the perspective used in the evaluation. Manifest functions of institutions are open, stated, and conscious functions. They involve the intended, recognized consequences of an aspect of society. The stated and conscious function is the school existence, which was to educate the girls. The conscious function was the girls going to school along with their desire to improve themselves and get an education and be a part of the future success of their country. Taliban attacks was to discourage girls from going to school in Kandahar...
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...In the story St Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, the author, Karen Russell uses literary device of conflict to show external and internal problem of girls. The usage of conflict helps to develop the central idea of it’s always hard to forget your past, but in order to survive you must to move on. Russell points out St Lucy’s home as an external problem for girls. The environment is complicated for girls because they came from wildlife. “Our itchy jumpers...our noses ached beneath an invisible assault. Everything was smudged with a human odour...Our own scent had become foreign in this strange place”(238). This demonstrates how the girls were having some difficulties to get know the new place. Also, they had fears in the new environment...
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...Hostel, Vijaynagar, Near Veeresh theatre, Bangalore - 40 Post Matric Hostel, Yelahanka, Uuppanagar, Bangalore Post Matric Hostel, Chollanayakana Nagar, Hebbal, Bangalore Post Matric Hostel, Dr. Chandrashekar Kambara Building, Kengeri, Bangalore Post Matric Hostel, Bhatarahalli, K.R.Puram, Bangalore Boys/Girls Girls Girls Boys Boys Boys Sanction Strength 75 75 100 100 50 1 6 Post Matric Hostel, Above Adarsha Bakery, 2nd Floor, Sulibele Road, Hoskote Boys 50 2 7 Post Matric Hostel, Syndicate Bank Building, 3rd Floor, Opp. J.P Hospital, Behind Mysore Bank, Paramanna Layout, Nelmangala Pre Matric Hostel, Bagalkote Town Pre Matric Hostel, Ilakala, Hunaganda Taluk Pre Matric Hostel, Bijapur Road, Near Murgod Petrol Bunk, Jamakhandi Pre Matric Hostel, Badami, Badami Taluk. Post Matric Hostel, Sector No.45, Navanagar, Bagalkote Town Post Matric Hostel, Sector No.45, Navanagar, Bagalkote Town Boys 50 8 District officer, Minority Welfare Department, District Administrative Building, Room No.104, Navanagar, Bagalkote-587101 Bagalkote District. Phone No: 0831-2407247/ 9 10 11 12 13 Boys Girls Girls Girls Girls Boys 50 50 50 50 75 50 3 H:\Website New\District wise 160 hostel list Page 1 Description Sl. No District Officer Name, Address & Phone Nos 14 District officer, Backward Classes & Minority Welfare Department, DC Office Compound, Belgaum-590001. Belgaum District Phone No: 0831-2407247 15 16 17 18 19 District...
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...parenting skills in the story “The New Mother”. Firstly, Clifford shows that children in “The New Mother” can be corrupted easily. The children Blue-Eyes and Turkey are quickly convinced by the Gypsy girl to be naughty in order for them to see the little people dance in her pear-drum. In this case, Blue-Eyes and Turkey are willing to behave disobediently to gain what they want. In order to satisfy the Gypsy girl that they are naughty enough, they also do things against their mother’s wishes. They follow the things that the Gypsy girl suggests them to do even if their behaviour hurts their mother’s feelings. They tell the Gypsy girl “We have been so very naughty, and mother says she will go away to-day and send home a new mother if we are not good” (Clifford 60A). They choose to disobey their mother through the manipulation of the Gypsy girl, making them believe that “There is no mother with a wooden tail and glass eyes and if there were we should just stick pins into her and send her away” (Clifford 60A). The two girls also break things at their house such as the tins on the wall, and window as advised by the Gypsy Girl. “We have done all the things you told us; now will show us the little man and woman?” (Clifford 60A), the children try to prove her. Her manipulation persuades them to become selfish and unkind. This demonstrates that children in “The New Mother” are corrupted. Secondly, Lucy Clifford expresses that women in “The New Mother” are out of control. It is shown...
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