...Archie Smith, Boy Wonder ~Dedicated to Kielee and Ashley~ Tucked tight in his bed a young boy laid unaware of the adventures and frights he would soon fair. This is a tale to certainly ponder, about the young Archie Smith, Boy Wonder. Page Break Filling his head with stories of fairies, goblins and trolls, twelve year old Archie prepares for bed. When reading fairy tales, read between the lines for there is plenty unsaid. "Archie, hun, why are you not asleep?", asked the young boys' Mum. "It's time to dream of adventure not books.", but the young boy barely even spared her a look. For he was lost in an enchanted land, fighting dragons and winning a fair maiden's hand. "Honey come here and tuck your son in.", the woman called to her...
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...5. A Wonder Book for Girls & Boys: Hawthorne, Nathaniel, and Walter Crane. A Wonder Book for Girls & Boys. New York: Oxford UP, 1996. Print. Nathaniel Hawthorne retells a number of well-known Greek myths specifically for children and captures the fantasy and horror in an intriguing manner. One of the most compelling tales Hawthorne illustrates is Pandora’s Box. The story of Pandora’s intense curiosity leading to the unleashing all of the evils in the world is especially applicable to children. Pandora can’t help herself even when everything and everyone is attempting to convince her otherwise. In the end, the lesson is that curiosity can be dangerous. Children have and will always be curious and explore things they should not. But curiosity comes at a cost. There is a deeper message in the famous tale. There was something else in the box along with the disease and problems; it was Hope. The one thing needed to combat all of the horrors that were released is Hope. The story teaches that no matter how bad things get, there is always something to fight for, and that is a much more important...
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...Romance is a term that is described as a pleasurable feeling of excitement and wonder associated with love. With the coming of age for adolescents, it is normal to experience such emotions towards another individual. However, sometimes these feelings are misinterpreted or misdirected. In John Updike’s short story “A&P” and James Joyce “Araby”, both authors tell of a tale of teenagers and their struggles with young love. Updike allows reader’s to see through the eyes of a teenager in his story “A&P”. The story begins with Sammy, a young clerk who becomes fascinated with the arrival of three girls in his store. The girl that grabs his attention the most is Queenie, by carefully observing her walk through the aisles and talk to her friends, he goes through a tremendous change in his character. At first, Updike shows us the immature side of Sammy, he quotes “The one that caught my eye first was the one in the plaid green two-piece…where the sun never seems to hit, at the top of the backs of her legs” (pg. 835), this shows the reader that Sammy is immature concentrating on the girls instead of doing his job. However, as we go further into the story, his somewhat obsession for Queenie leads him to question his own life. His feelings become so powerful that he forms his own conclusions about Queenie and her life and wonders if he could be part of that life too. When the girls finally approach the register, they are embarrassed by Lengel. This angers Sammy and causes him to change from...
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...to which she published her article “Wonder Woman.” In her article, Steinem wrote about Wonder Woman’s background and life along with the representation of women in comic books and how these different depictions can influence and inspire predominately younger audiences regardless of gender. Steinem’s style is focused mainly on logos to relay a clear image of Wonder Woman as a character and her impact on readers. She ultimately wanted to inform the reader of the importance of Wonder Woman’s effect on youth in a platform largely directed by the patriarchy and she made a compelling case with a strong, justified logos and clear ethos. Steinem first wrote about her youth as a comic book reader and how comic books were the easily accessible and cheap building blocks to her reading comprehension along with “cereal boxes and ketchup labels” (Steinem). She discussed the psychology behind the need for superheroes in children’s mindsets as a way to better cope with reality and express their individualism but with every superhero being a man young women, like Steinem, had to project their consciousness into male characters suppressing their womanhood to only being a damsel in distress. Steinem wrote that Wonder Woman “rescued” her at the age of seven from the “weak, bosomy, blonde heroines” (Steinem) with her strength, wisdom, speed, and power to inspire love. Steinem being a young and impressionable girl who had read comic books before and after Wonder Woman is her ethos. Ethos is essentially...
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...caring, and a mother who only focused on the problems and worst things in life. But after all the times the father had let his boy down, the boy still came to him every time, he had snatched a wallet. This was a boy who was seeking the feeling of presence and love from his parents, this might be the the reason why he started pickpocketing for his father; because when he did that he felt like he had something in common with his father, and by doing it he (sometimes) made his father glad. But he was still worried about his father’s view on him; this is obvious where he thinks ”I should have counted the money I just didn’t want to know how much Pop thought I was worth” (p. 1 l.13) The mothers influence on this kid has not been much better, I guess that it must have been more depressing to have a mother, who doesn’t do much more that sitting down crying over all the things, in life that had, and could go wrong. But on the other hand she tries to give the boy a proper childhood: “My ma tried to raise me well. I have to give her credit for trying to make an honest boy.”(p.1 l. 15-16) But with this in mind she end up confusing the boy about how to be: “I never could...
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...I could not imagine what would trigger a young boy and kill an unaware and innocent man with a gun. I wonder what was going on in the young boy's mind as he peek through the telescope and take aim at the old man reading a newspaper on a bench in the park. It didn't take very long for the boy to pull the trigger and deliver the fatal shot that would end the victim's life forever. What a horrible sight! Have we really all gone so bad that even our own children are turning against us? Has society in every corner of the world been so out of touch that we do not care about others and we start living a life of predator and prey? Survival of the fittest! I am absolutely sure this young boy was not intentionally born and raised to be a murderer. No parents would want their children in any way to be a professional murderer, gun for hire! We have all from time to time witnessed disparaging and unbelievable acts of murder and violence, but nothing is more overwhelming than children, young boys and girls perpetrating this hideous and dastardly act. I would like to believe this young boy didn't do it on his own free will. I would like to believe he is not alone but was forced to do this evil act. I feel so bad and so sorry for the family of his victim who are probably at home waiting for him to be home that day. We will all die eventually and death comes unexpectedly whether we like it or not. I only pray that I live longer to spend more time...
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...In R.J. Palacio’s Wonder, Palacio tells the journey of a young boy named August, also known as Auggie Pullman, who for the first time in his life, decides to start attending school despite his facial differences. Palacio uniquely illustrates Auggie’s experience by telling his story from varying perspectives – including from the perspectives of Auggie’s, family, Auggie’s friends and Auggie himself. Notably, Palacio initially refrains from writing a chapter of Auggie’s story from the perspective of one of his peers, Julian, who is time and again referenced throughout the narrative. Julian is the classic “popular” boy in Auggie’s grade. While he gives off the appearance to his teachers that he is a sweet young boy, in actuality he is disrespectful to any of his peers who he deems are not as “cool” as he is. Julian is portrayed as thinking he is better than and above every one else, often doing whatever he wants, whenever he wants, believing there will be no repercussions. If Julian were to describe himself, I believe he would describe himself in the same way he is described by others – using words such as “cool” and “popular” to describe his status, particularly in regard to his classmates. I also believe he would speak with a snobby attitude and self-righteous tone. Additionally, I think Julian knows that he can get away with acting unkindly, which is why he continues to do so, believing even if he acts unkindly, everyone will continue to idealize him and want to be his friend...
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...Joyce makes us wonder why is there so much infatuation and frustration in adolescence. Infatuation is defined as a foolish or extravagant passion and frustration is a feeling of dissatisfaction resulting from unfulfilled needs. Can it be that being young and in love makes the adoloescent be considered as possesing maturity or immaturity? I believe it can be both. These universal realities are shown to the readers in two of his short stories “Araby” and “The boarding house”. We are able to see how the boy in “Araby” is young and portrays to be infatuated with an older girl. In “The boarding house” we have Polly who is also young and in my opinion, also shows infatuation towads Mr. Doran. Their Infatuation for the people they love leads to frustration. It develops in these two characters when trying to please the one's they care for. The people and setting that surround them also seem to drive fustration in their lives. Love in the young may be described as infatuation because in many cases they are first time crushes like the boy in “Araby”. He shows us that he has an especial affection for his friend's sister and we also are able to tell that there is an an age difference between them. Her being older is predictable on why it can be considered 'puppy love'. Most people develop a crush for an older person, it's a normal experience through our growth. I'ts a form of innocense that crosses youth from childhood. We can say that the young boy is maturing by...
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...distinction between the toys section for girls and the section for boys. Aside from the obvious pink and blue differences, there are also certain aspects that aren’t so apparent that differentiate the two genders. Companies use subliminal tactics in gender separation of toys, as well as blatant signs of what gender they expect will be using a certain toy. You can tell the difference between the toy sections in a quick glance. The color scheme of the girls is bright and pink, which give it a happy and positive atmosphere. The color scheme of the boys section is much darker and almost exclusively gray, navy, or black. Their toys also have more sounds in the packaging that are loud. This...
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...“Girls aren’t included in pre-season”, “Sorry only the boys team got funding for new equipment this year”, “I didn’t even know we had a girls’ team”. “The chief distinction in the intellectual powers of the two sexes is shown by man attaining to a higher eminence, in whatever he takes up, than woman can attain - whether requiring deep thought, reason, or imagination, or merely the use of the senses” (Darwin, 1878). When deciding to play golf for the first time and join my high school’s team as a junior, I had no idea the amount of sexism I was soon to be faced with. From lack of funding for specifically the girl’s team, the noticeably fewer number of matches scheduled, and the outdated, underwhelming quantity as well as the poor quality of...
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...Pink for girls; Blue for boys? Nowadays if we walk into a department store we can be sure that we will find pink and some blue clothes, toys and little other objects for children such as books, bikes, lunchboxes, board games, toy cookers, cash registers, even games consoles. If we look at these objects there is no wonder everybody knows that pink is specified for girls and blue for boys. But how did this become a common thought? Since when do we use colors to make a difference between genders? And why exactly did we choose pink and blue to fulfill this role? In the 1800s most infants were dressed in white and both boys and girls wore dresses or short skirts until the age of five or six. Although, there was a few small difference between boy and girl clothing. For example girls wore dresses which were buttoned up in the back while boys’ dresses were buttoned up in the front. So gender difference wasn’t highlighted just in a little scale. Why wasn’t this important in that age of time? One theory is that distinguishing boys from girls was less important than distinguishing kids from adults. Childhood was a time of innocence while adulthood typically meant working hard. By the 1850s other colors than white had started to appear in baby clothing, but gender-based distinctions were slow to emerge. For example a Times fashion report from 1880 says that boys and girls were dressed alike in shades of blue, pink, white or violet; another report from 1892 says young girls were wearing...
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...“Out,Out-“ is a miniature dramatic narrative by Robert Frost. Frost depicts the abrupt death of a young boy whose hand has been severed by a buzz-saw. “The poem was apparently based on a true story of a boy's death whilst working in New England.”(Wikpedia) The account though heart-rending is described in an objective manner by the poet. The fact that no personal comments are made on part of the poet, exemplify that he does not intend to emotionally drain the readers. Rather he intends on intellectually stimulating the readers into the inevitability of death and the futility of life. The title has been taken from Macbeth’s soliloquy in which he ruminates over the death of his wife. The hollowness and insignificance of life is hinted at in this soliloquy, by the eloquent image of the candle that mirrors the transitory nature of life: "Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing." Analysis: At the outset, the buzz-saw is shown to be snarling and rattling. The twin-sided aspects of life are echoed here .The buzz-saw at once transforms itself into the metaphor of the Giver of Life:it gives ,yet it takes. The verb ‘snarled’ echoes how it is animate, yet machine-like; human, yet devoid of emotions. The verb ‘rattled” sounds the rattle of the child and the rattle of the snake: innocence and iniquity...
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...Nagi’s Face tells the story of a young boy who appears to be in the lower/middle class. This boy went to a strict French school where the teacher would hit whoever makes a mistake. When this happens other students would act as if they had seen nothing and the day would just continue normally. One day, Nagi, a new rich student with French origins came to the school and all the students became fascinated by him. He became their leader and the day the teacher hit him they all revolted. The teacher took Nagi and went out of the classroom and then returned alone. The kids wondered what happened and told their parents; their mothers weren’t free to hear from them and their fathers reprimanded them for rebelling. The next day Nagi came and they all tried to ask what happened, but the answer they got was just a smile. They went to class and the teacher let Nagi watch over them and when the lower class boy, supposedly Nagi’s, friend talked Nagi wrote his name on the black board and the teacher hit him once he got back. The theme of the short story is mainly Power and how it enslaves people. This is portrayed in multiple incidents, first is depicted in this passage: ‘The Frere is in front of me brandishing his cane in the air. There is no way out. I extend my hand and he grips it and brings the cane down on it. I scream and cry and beg him to forgive me, but he strikes and strikes and then lets me fall back into my seat. I look tearfully at the boys around me. I call on them to be my witnesses...
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...Wonder Woman is a character initially created for comic book in 1941, the medium in which she is still most prominently found to this day. As befitting an icon of her status, she has made appearances in other forms of media and has been referenced and meta-referenced beyond the scope of traditional superhero entertainment. For several years in the 1950s, the only three superheroes to have their own comic book were Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. The cultural impact of the character, once derided by psychologists and anti-comic book crusaders as an anti-male lesbian, has steadily increased over the years, having served as an iconic exemplar of the feminist movement and a continuing symbol of female empowerment. As such, she appears in numerous media, from cereal box covers and popular magazines to being referenced both directly and indirectly in film, animation and television programming. As a cultural icon, she is the subject of several homages and parodies in many forms of media. In art Wonder Woman is the subject of a 1978 - 1979 video art piece Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman. In this work she uses appropriated images of Wonder Woman to subvert the ideology and meaning embedded in the television series. Author T.J. Demos writes, "(the) opening with a prolonged salvo of fiery explosions accompanied by the warning cry of a siren, Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman is supercharged, action-packed, and visually riveting... throughout its nearly six minutes...
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...great deal of short stories, but he also created novels, poems, plays, essays, travel books, paintings, translations, and literary criticisms. Lawrence was obviously a unique individual, and this is reflected in his short story writing. Many other authors of his time wrote with a common characteristic, passion, or setting; but Lawrence uses his unique personality to write with a common theme of intimacy, emotions, and instinct. More specifically, in D. H. Lawrence’s short stories “Tickets, Please”, “You Touched Me”, and “The Blind Man”, Lawrence reflects the characters’ level of intimacy with the sense of touch. In “Tickets, Please” D. H. Lawrence tells the story of a young boy, unfit for war and “crippled”, who tries to win over as many girls as possible. John Thomas was the only decent looking boy left at the tramway system during the war, and he used that to his advantage. Every night, John Thomas would “walk” a girl home; however, he never came close to an actual relationship. Eventually, John Thomas had been with every single girl at the station, and by that time, his girls were fed up. The ladies were tired of being used and treated poorly by John Thomas, so they all got together and came up with a plot for revenge. The girls decided that they would make him choose just ONE of them to be with. When they asked him upfront, he didn’t give an answer, so they tried something else. The girls have John Thomas turn and face the wall; then, each girl was supposed to touch...
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