Addie's Parodies: A Narrative Fiction

Shakespeare’s famous play, “Much Ado About Nothing”, highlights the conventions of a Shakespearean comedy. Good morning teacher and students, I’m here to talk to you about Shakespeare’s clever comedy achieved by many techniques to amuse his audience. The main purpose of a comedy is to entertain the audience; Shakespeare has effectively achieved this through his ideas and techniques. The play mainly consists of conventional and satirical comedy that stems from the characterization of Dogberry, the absurd idea of cuckoldry, and a battle between the sexes.

Sensing the likelihood of making a pile of cash, Tiffany dramatically changed her perspective by replying rapidly, “If that’s what you and the boys’ want…” She saw their eyes light up with the prospect of gaining money for their collective suffering, and accordingly she couldn’t refute their claims by saying ‘no’. That’s why, she added compassionately, “Far be it from me to interfere in your decision, so I won’t stand in your

B. At St. Jude’s she had three years of intense chemotherapy. But what she remembers the most was how the staff treated her like their own family, daughter, son, sister or brother. She also said when she arrived Danny

A child is usually portrayed as innocent and pure. Yamila, who is now 10, has been fighting cancer ever since she was 3 years old, when she was found to suffer from ALL. Yamila, whose family lived in Puerto Rico, underwent treatment at a local hospital. But the cancer came back. This time, her doctors recommended a bone marrow transplant and referred Yamila’s family to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. St. Jude invents more clinical trials than any other children’s hospital, which is why the world looks to St. Jude for new and better ways to treat childhood cancer. At St. Jude, Yamila underwent the bone marrow transplant, with her brother serving as her donor. “My daughter began riding her bike shortly after leaving the transplant unit,” said Yahaira, Yamila's mother. “The physical therapist would come to teach her some exercises, and all she would think about was her bike” said her mother. “St. Jude is a hospital where miracles happen,” Yamila said. Yamila portrayed a sad child’s life because after she recovered from cancer she got it

Just four years ago Emily Dumler was living a happy and healthy life with her husband and three kids. Until one summer afternoon when Emily started to feel unwell, her sickness indeed up getting so bad that she checked into urgent care. From there no one could figure out what was wrong with her, and Emily had to stay in the hospital for forty three days, before it was realized that she indeed had cancer. Emily says, “Scott (her husband) and I were actually relieved to find out I had cancer because what I had been going through for the last forty three days was so rough and we wanted to find a treatment that could help me.

They had now found out that she has cancer again since one tiny cell didn’t get killed. This cancer cell has been growing through all the years and it has become worse, it was now a stage 4 cancer, the highest stage, and has now moved into her bones. She still stands strong today and she says that she made it through all the pain and feeling hopeless through God. A miracle have happened so far from 2013 to 2015 she has gotten better and is out of the hospital. She is back to her normal daily routine and enjoying life as much as she can. “I don’t plan on leaving soon, I just need to get ready for when god calls me home “. She will never give up this life and stop fighting even though every single thing, when it turns

Taylor Has been through a lot her grandfather died and so did her uncle, he died at the age of 29. She never had the chance to say how much she loved them. She always thought “What if I had said something, anything, What if I had the chance to change his outcome but I didn’t, I did nothing I just let it happen.” Now she is afraid of losing her grandmother that would be the end of the 4th of July parties, the christmas get-togethers, the Easter parties, and swimming in her lake when it's burning hot in the summer. But what breaks her heart the most is that her father has cancer. Taylor’s father mean the world to her, He means everything.

She then said, “Once they put him through those treatments he suddenly wasn’t the same. He was showing signs of depression and was constantly bleeding from his nose.” He would stay several days at the hospital, and my aunt would always stay there with him. She remembers making food for him, but he wouldn’t eat because he would throw up. “He would often starve himself,” she said. My aunt would do anything for him. She would pour her sweat in tears into putting time for him. She would shower him with many types of soaps the doctors gave her, but he would resist since he knew what they were for. She would always want him to wear a cap to school because he wouldn’t want to be seen without hair. He would get made fun at because he was bald, but the kids never knew about his illness. “One day he came home asking my aunt if he will ever be like the other kids,” she said. My aunt didn’t know what to say because he knew he was sick. After treatments, she was told that he wasn’t sick anymore. Although, she still took care of him very well. She still knew he was sick, but didn’t know why. Eventually, one day he was playing with his siblings and suddenly he just collapsed. She took him quickly to the hospital, but doctors had told her it was too late. The lung cancer in him was never cured, so it was able to stop his lungs. His lungs were already to the point of collapsing, but there was nothing they could do for him. “I

The Arizona Cancer Foundation for Children is a non profit organization that supports children with cancer. The founder, Chrisie Funari, lost her daughter, Ava, to cancer. at only 18 months, Ava was diagnosed with Stage 4 Neuroblastoma. For 3.5 years, Chrisie and her family traveled across the country searching for the best care for her daughter. Ava had gone through many toxic treatments than most adult cancer patients. Due to all the aggressive treatments, her teeth slowly disintegrated, she lost her hair, and her kidneys failed. at the age of five, Ava lost her life to cancer. After the death of her daughter, Chrisie did not lose hope. Till this very day, Chrisie assists in funding research programs that will help children and help families

Do you know the term cancer? Surely we’ve all heard the word and it dampens the air when you speak of it. We all know cancer can end lives, but we also know that it can be beat just like six year old Violet did. Violet was a normal girl at the age of six until her world was turned upside down when an ultrasound found a fist sized tumor near her kidney. She immediately underwent chemo and surgery. The life of the family changed significantly, but it’s a change they are willing to make in order to keep their precious little girl. During this time Violet and her family had to seek help from a pediatric oncologist. Pediatric oncologists save lives, here is how you can become the hero in children’s eyes.

Amser touched his cheek and then smiled. “Yeah, I guess I should,” he said backing up. He waited until she disappeared safely in the house and then started for home oblivious to a nightbird blinking out of existence. He didn’t miss the drone, its red light blinking a silent demand for attention when he walked into his flat ten minutes later. He knew they were angry; he’d sent his last report days ago. His good mood landed in the same heap as his overcoat.

Michelle, an eleven year old girl, enjoys the typical activities a girl her age would like to do. That is why I thought going to the mall with Michelle, her mother and her little brother would be a good idea. During our day at the mall and our talk after lunch, I was able to get an insight into her psychological development as a pre-teen. Not only was Michelle dealing with the transformation from childhood to teenage hood, but was also struggling with understanding her medical setbacks as a child. At age 3 Michelle’s parents found out that she was suffering from leukemia. This changed majority of Michelle’s childhood. By age 5 Michelle was free of her cancer and able to continue most her life normally. In reality, Michelle will never be able to live her life normally because she will always live the fact that she had an illness. Because Michelle had leukemia as a child, it seemed that her awareness of herself wasn’t the same as other girls her age.

Well, not quite. She doesn’t say cancer right away. Mom and Dad don’t know all the details yet, and Mom doesn’t reveal the cancer part right away. But she tells you that Henri has to have his kidney removed. And that’s scary. It’s scary to me and I’m seven years older than you are. Your little brother has cancer. You’ll cry, right there in the car, with Henri’s friend Ava in the back seat. Mom will cry a little too. Mom will cry a lot in the next year, she’s just as strong as Henri is. You get home and Henri is in the front lawn. He got to go to Burger King for lunch, in between his tests, and he got a green dinosaur toy. He’s just sitting there, playing. Happy. Looking back on that, I know now how miraculous that is. How incredible bravery is amplified by youthful innocence. You won’t understand that, and that’s ok. There are a lot of

“I’ll be waiting for you downstairs. I do not have time for her today. She’ll be iight like I said; I’m waiting for you downstairs.”