FOUR GIRLS AND TWO BOYS Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto 2009024361 ABSTRACT Looking at my little cousin, ideas flew into my head-why can’t I put down something about children on paper? How can I show what goes on in the mind of children? How do children see the grown one in the world? As I have imagined all these things, I discovered that I can show this view through a play (drama). This play tried in the way it can to show the world view of
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“Money don’t grow on trees, sugarplum. We work hard to do what we do. Ya’ know why? ‘Cuz money don’t grow on trees. We do what we do with hopes to be free. But, let me explain, money don’t come to us black folks on trees.” I’m not sure it do, but that’s what my poppa told me when great-great grammie Loretta passed away. That was a sad day, yes it was. I cried. You can ask my poppa about how I cried for 2 weeks straight. Oh, how I cried. Maybe I’m getting’ way, way ahead of my-self. My name Loretta
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live, what they do for a living, how spiders can disappear and how bad do spider bites hurt. Which spiders live in South Florida? There are jumping spiders that are smarter than other spiders, there are crab spiders that got there name from there legs like fashion like crabs. There are black widow spiders that can use there invisible webs to trick their prey. There are lots of spiders in Florida that I can't name. Which spiders live in North Canada? There are wolf spiders that can use electric
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mentally. The character is named Andy Mott. He was abused physically because he had effects of being hurt. On page 165 in the book, “Man, if you want to pass up purgatory and go straight to hell… Soon as my mom would take off to work, he’d tie up my leg to the pipe under the kitchen sink, give me a big ol’ aluminium bowl to pee in, and take off with his buddies…” That means that he had been abused to the
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with a tiny body which was red and shriveled like an old man’s. Everybody thought he was going to die—everybody except Aunt Nicey, who had delivered him. She said he would live because he was born in a caul, and cauls were made from Jesus’ nightgown. Daddy had Mr. Heath, the carpenter, build a little mahogany coffin for him” (Hurst, ll. 19-24). The caul and the colors that covered Doodle is what made his family start planning a funeral. The dark, intimidating red that made his skin a war zone frightened
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It was set up when your daddy was sick to make sure you were taken care of. MARGARET Who would do such a thing? Who? Nobody I know has the money to do such a thing. Not anymore. HATTIE/JAZZ SINGER Let's say a dear friend set it up for you and leave it at that. MARGARET No!
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we sit on the phone for hours. The sound of his voice is like music to me, I could listen to him speak for hours and still not get enough. Friday has finally arrived as I am anxious all day knowing Lefty is coming over tonight. The days seem so long when he isn’t around. After my day is over, I rush home to get ready for the party before Lefty shows up. I get myself cleaned up and go to my room to finish getting ready. The theme of the party is red, which I love as my favorite color is red. I
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understand how he’s being suspended eye to eye with my father. My father’s hands are around my brother’s neck. My brother’s eyes are bulging, his face is turning a dark shade of red, and his legs are flailing. I don’t understand. I look around, but I don’t know what to do. I feel something warm running down my legs, but
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found this a bit peculiar because every night my father metamorphoses into a drill sergeant and ensures all doors and windows are locked. I looked further and saw my dad in the passage so I thought nothing of the open door. I called to him, “Daddy, Daddy, Daddy…” but he did not respond, I assumed he was checking on my sisters other friends that were still sleeping in the living room and had not yet taken up residence in my bed. I realized my dad was in jeans and a t shirt but it did not register to
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John Updike is the author of “A&P”. Sammy, the narrator, is a grocery store cashier, and he observes the store. He finds interest in girls that walk in the store with bathing suits on. Everyone in the store wonders why these girls are walking in the grocery store with bathing suits, when there is not a beach for miles. He starts to observe them as they walk up and down the aisles. Who out of the three girls is the boss? Why are they here? As he starts to feel that it is his job to observe every move
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