... the world, but rather to the rebirth she experienced when an established geisha, Mameha, took her on as her apprentice, or younger sister. With Mameha's guidance, Sayuri transformed from a dirty girl from a poor fishing village to a wealthy successful and very well liked geisha in Gion, Kyoto. Throughout the course of her life, Sayuri leaves behind more than one family. The first ... current location, Sayuri "felt as a bird must feel when it has flown across the ocean and comes upon a creature that knows its nest" (Golden 7). In historical times, epics weren't epics unless they were wri...

• Word Count: 900
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... and Betsy," the two girls who want to befriend her. Esther is confused about her own identity and cannot answer the question of whether she wants to be a bad girl or a good girl - "sexual and defiant like Doreen, or "law-abiding and kind like Betsy" (Wagner-Martin 74). When Hilda, another guest editor comments about that she is "so glad that [the ... realization that the scholarships and prizes which brought her to New York are not enough to make her feel adequate and prepared for life. Instead of the award-winning American girl finding happiness by following society's rules, she is in ...

• Word Count: 1473
• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... of what the men want. We can see notions of these evidently at work when Carrie got a pseudonym in the play at the Earl, to perform the role of a poor girl who got elevated to a higher social standing. The renaming of Carrie here is a metaphor and subtle reminder by Drouet and Hurstwood of their role and influence in her social elevation ... 's fellow beings. For example, once Hurstwood could no longer support Carrie, she detested him and thinks of him as him as lazy. While Hurstwood declined, Carrie found a job as a chorus girl and soon afterward as a well-paid actress. Carrie then move...

• Word Count: 7760
• Approx Pages: 31
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... an ethnic minority counterpart which commonly goes ignored. The disappearance of Elizabeth Smart is a perfect example of how minority's tragedies are often pushed aside by a Caucasians. Elizabeth Smart was a young girl abducted from her suburban home, which induced a media frenzy with consistent updates on all major news networks. However, a month before Smart was kidnapped, another little ... girl, named Alexis Patterson disappeared on her way from school on day. If this name doesn't sound as familiar as Smarts, there is a reason. There was very little coverage on her ... ...

• Word Count: 950
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Lesson, written by Toni Cade Bambara examines the realization of economic equality in the 1960's through the eyes of a young African American girl named Silvia who is narrating the story. Mrs. Moore is a new teacher that has moved to the poor neighborhood in New York City and is considered strange by her new ... ...

• Word Count: 847
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... there was a once weekly show at Mabuhay Gardens. Like once a week the punks took it over, this was '76, it was really a thing of these proto-punks. There was this girl named Mary Monday, who might have been a transvestite or something. I have these vague memories of these shows I saw there. It was like transvestite cabaret or something, kind of pre-punk ... ...

• Word Count: 3241
• Approx Pages: 13
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... job I was doing. 11 Everyone at the tryouts were impressed with the job I was doing they expressed this by coming up to me at the end practice. 12 The last girl on the team that came up to me was the second baseman who I had looked up to for very long time, her name is Maria Costelli and she complimented me ... ...

• Word Count: 855
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... equal rights. An aristocratic women's duty was to live simply and modestly, abjuring luxury, and wearing only French-made clothing. As a wife, the patriotic Frenchwoman was faithful and fecund; as a girl she was required to be virgin. The truly patriotic women would live honesty and attempt to restore morality to the nation. It was with these opinions that the constitution of ... ...

• Word Count: 3295
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... Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), which was an organization in England that had existed for about 50 years (Waldfogel 71). The SPCC came to be because of one horribly abused little girl named Mary Ellen Wilson. Due to the lack of programs available for abused and neglected children, Mary Ellen was initially saved by the SPCA (University of Delaware). The historical lack ... ...

• Word Count: 1965
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... was truly the ghost of an old Hessian trooper, others might think it is Brom Bones dressed up and out to kill the one who is trying to steal his girl. The other doesn't even specify whether Ichabod dies or not, he states the opinions of the townsfolk in lines like: " brought home the intelligence that Ichabod crane was still alive ... ...

• Word Count: 1805
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate