get away from her hold. When she looked in the mirror, her brown hair laid perfectly in a bun on top of her head and in her brown eyes she saw the next prima ballerina. Before they left for class, the little girl ran upstairs to grab her pink ballet shoes and gracefully slipped them on. She swiftly ran down the stairs and then jumped to her mother’s car. As the little girl entered the dance studio, the smell
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then best friend received her pointe shoes, I asked my instructor every lesson if I was ready as well. The answer was always, “Your ankles aren’t strong enough yet.” In the looking glass, I could see myself as I practiced walking on the balls of my feet to strengthen my ankles and dreamed of dancing gracefully on pointe shoes. I looked into my green eyes reflected back by the mirror and thought to myself resolutely, “Today I will finally receive my pointe shoes.” At the end of the lesson, with hope
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on a weekend during the afternoon in my kitchen with my mom standing next to the sink and my dad looking at me while I was showing my purple ballerina leotard equipped with a purple tutu and purple sleeves with light purple tights and pink ballet shoes. I remember eagerly telling my mom and dad that I was very excited to perform and that this would be the outfit that I would wear. She laughed and said that we were going to see professional ballerinas perform in a production and that I would not be
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Luella Bates Washington Jones, to show him that stealing is not right. a. Roger received a face wash because of his dirty face. b. She also gave him lima beans and ham. c. Roger wanted blue suede shoes so Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones gave him ten dollars to go buy the shoes. V. Conclusion The confrontation between Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones and Roger started off corrupted, but the entire time she wanted to help him out and teach a
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THANK YOU MA’M It was a rainy and overcast day. Mrs. Luella Washington was returning her home after she had bought something for cooking. Meanwhile, Roger was loitering on the same street. First, they didn’t see each other but then, Roger recognized her big figure while she continued walking unwittingly. Roger didn’t make up his mind whether to approach her sight or run away. He was in similar dilemma over staying or running away when he was in her home a month ago. They hadn’t met after he left
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could buy the blue suede shoes that he wanted and then she walked him out before he could say goodbye. Roger: Roger’s a teenage boy and not a strong boy since he can’t get loose from Mrs. Jones grip. It’s also told in the text that he is frail and willow-wild and that means he is thin and has long arms. Roger looked like a boy that’s fourteen or fifteen years old and it’s also told in the text. “He looked as if he were fourteen or fifteen, frail and willow-wild, in tennis shoes and blue jeans”. Mrs
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Washington is probably from the middle class, as she has a house. In the story we meet two persons: The teenager boy, Roger and the woman, Mrs. Luella Bates Washington. Roger is around fourteen or fifteen years old, wearing blue jeans and tennis shoes, and he was also looking frail (p. 1, ll. 35-36). It is possible that he does not have any one to take care of him, but it is also a possibility that he is just a cheeky devil with a family that does not give him the needed attention. During the story
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Compare and Contrast Essay on Short Stories Dragons, witches, princesses and knights. These are the imaginary friends in so many children's lives. For young adults, those fairy tail characters give way to darker characters and more realistic situations. However, what do they all have in common? They live in short stories. Two short stories that are interesting are "Indian Education" by Sherman Alexie and "Thank you Ma'am" by Langston Hughes. "Indian Education" is about a boy who learned a lot
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I. Introduction a. In Langston Hughes' short story "Thank You, Ma'am" talks about a tale of a young teenager who tries to steal a woman's purse to buy himself new blue suede shoes. The woman, Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, scolds and grabs the boy, Roger, and takes him home with her. Roger thinks she might turn him over to the police, but she does not. She talks to him in an understanding way, saying she did things when she was younger that she is not proud of today. While in her boarding
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lobster, and the flounder. 6) Soft-bottom subtidal communities. 7) Soft-bottom shelf communities. 8) No they live in clumps together, marine biologists do not know why. 9) Detritus are the key food source. 10) Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus. 11) They collect food with tentacles or they actually swallow the sediment themselves. 12) Meiofauna either attach to individual particles of sediment, or move freely between them. 13) Because, deposit feeders are more common
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