April Mirle Meeker's Life Analysis

April was forced to wear very ugly clothing to school.  Mrs. DeRosier also wasn't sending the mail that April was sending and receiving from Cheryl.  Jennifer, a former friend of April helped her out in both of these areas.

In remembering her seventh-grade class in 1965, Charlotte recalls how much she and her friends loved Miss Hancock. They were "backward" because they "had not yet embraced sophistication, boredom, cruelty, drugs, alcohol, or sex." Because of their innocence and their sheltered environments, Miss Hancock "was able to survive, even flourish" as their teacher. Charlotte recalls when Miss Hancock read poetry aloud, the class "sat bewitched, transformed," and they were "drugged by some words as some children are by electronic games." This description juxtaposes the end of the short story. Miss Hancock's teaching career no longer inspired the children because they were no longer the broad-minded, influenceable children they once were. Nostalgia eats away at Miss Hancock, especially in the case of Charlotte. Once so inspired by the composure of a metaphor, “grown up” Charlotte, when asked if she still wrote metaphors responded, “oh, I dunno.” Miss Hancock once knew the mesmerizing and transformative power of words; however, as she and her students aged the words lost their power, in turn she too lost power.

Having to go through sexual assault and then a year of bullying made Melinda speak up. Melinda went down a rough road in her life. Through all this Melinda grew strength and wisdom. At the school Melinda warned the girls about what Andy is capable of doing. She told Rachelle to watch out and to be careful around him. In Melinda’s later years she began writing her about story to help her express her feelings. She began warning others what sexual assault can do people and the harms of bullying. Even tho Melinda’s experience harmed her in many ways it gave her a story to help

twist occurs in the very beginning of the conflict. Cheyenne lies in the back of the car while

The fresh faces of the 2016-2017 sophomore AP English class looked up at Mrs. Belles, some expectantly, some apprehensively. Among those faces is Francine Lamasko, a girl of 15 years of age, newly refreshed from summer and carrying her completed summer work. Decidedly, she thinks to herself, this will be a meaningful year of learning, of growth, and of fun. She is ready.

“It is my first morning of high school. I have seven new notebooks, a skirt I hate, and a stomachache,” (Anderson 3). These are Melinda Sordino's first thoughts as she enters her first year of high school. Melinda dreads having to be around so many people and is shunned by other students for calling the police at a summer party. She falls into depression and decides to stay silent about what happened. As the school year goes on, Melinda knows that she will have to face her biggest fear: to speak. Laurie Halse Anderson, author of Speak, uses numerous archetypes and allusions to put a powerful impact on readers. These archetypes and allusions make Melinda’s struggles relatable to real life problems and situations and reflect universal

Important facts are missing from our history books. Mainly women are missing from our history books. The focus will be on three specific women, Margaret Sanger, Wu Zetian, and Murasaki Shikibu were the three magnificent women that contributed to history.

Mrs.Henry and Ruby stayed in her classroom all day because she couldn’t go to lunch or recess with the other students. If she had to go to the restrooms the Marshals had to help her down the hall to make sure she was safe. The Marshals walked Ruby everywhere home, to school, to the bathroom, everywhere and always by her side. By the end of the winter break, she was stressed out she had to see Dr. Robert Coles she saw him once a week either at her school or at her home.

Nelle was known as a “Tomboy”.(famousauthors) Her friend, eventual author Truman Capote, was bullied and Nelle would protect him.(famousauthors) Their friendship was strengthened by the fact that neither of them had great home lives.(famousauthors) Nelle’s father was a lawyer, co-owned the city newspaper, and was rarely home.(famousauthors) Her mother was believed to be bipolar and needed special treatment.(famousauthors) As a result her mother rarely let the house.(famousauthors) These hiccups did not stop Nelle from making it through school.(My Name Is Scout) In high school she developed a love for

Throughout history the US has fought many wars for example, the US revolution, the Civil War, WWI, WWII and the cold war these are all wars, but none of them compare to the war between the US and Vietnam. Why would the world most powerful country see Vietnam as a threat? This is the question that many were asking. After World War II US feel threaten by the rise of communism in Asia Vietnam just happen to be one of these countries that US feel threaten by. Many people refer to the US and Vietnam war as one of the most bloodies war the US have ever fought. I got the chance to interview Sharon Meeker who happen to live during the Vietnam War. She explains the reason many people die during the Vietnam war was because most of the US soldiers were

Today's reading began with how Hope sits down with one of her 11 scrapbooks, the one she calls The Dads scrapbook. The pages are filled with magazine pictures of men who looks like the father she’s been dreaming of in her head.She imagines having a conversation with her imaginary dad about not fitting in. She gets to work by 5:00 a.m. Braverman isn’t there yet and she admits that she misses him. The story was mostly about how when she was at work for the day she talks about how they were cracking jokes about how there is this show that flips sentences like “My uncle is a genius”.

On the first day of school everyone Melinda had no friends; she was seen as a snitch and untrustworthy. Because of emotional trauma she faced regarding her

They were married for ten years when they divorced due to Hank’s infidelity. Three years later Hank met and married Rochelle Anderson and they were married for twenty-five years. They lived in Raleigh, NC where Rochelle had a massive stroke and died. This devastated Hank and he never seem to recover from his wife’s death. He loved Rochelle unconditionally. Frank and Rochelle never had any children together but Rochelle adored Sandy and Sandy loved Rochelle. Even Hank’s first wife Mary liked Rochelle. She was a very special person who people were drawn to. Hank became withdrawn and stayed to himself most of the time. He no longer attended any family gatherings or other social activities. He only had Sandy, his daughter.

Marriages often lead to families and creating a home, which causes women to take on yet another role. Nora and Edna, however, were polar opposites when it came to family. Edna definitely lacked motherly instinct, and she only occasionally spent time with her children (Chopin 16). Her children were the only thing

Her final goal was so important to her, protecting her family, she knew she had to do whatever was necessary, even if that meant not being true to her husband or society. In the end, she realizes that it was more important to her husband his reputation, than what it had meant to Nora, all she had done for the love of her family, concluding to the raw truth that her husband didn´t really love her: he loved what she represented before society, a loving, faithful wife that compelled to all his expectations. She knew that to love her children, she needed first to understand and love herself, a thought way beyond and ahead of time, for a woman in the late 1800´s.