Becoming A Girl: A Fictional Narrative

1.The hidden girl was a story about a girl named Shyima Hall. She was born into a poor family and Shyima was the seventh child. A year later her family sold her into slavery in Egypt. While she was there she worked for most of the day and into the night waiting hand and foot for the rich family. Later when suspicion rose they moved to California and Shyima continued to take care of the family. She had to cook, clean and babysit the two younger boys. For example she had to sit on a bench while the two boys played on the playground. She was only a couple years older but she sat there because she didn’t want to get in trouble. Eventually a neighbor noticed and she was rescued by the Child Protection Services.

Topics concerning transgender can be very overwhelming for some. When one thinks of the term transgender, one may think of the process of an individual identifying as the opposite sex. The opposite sex of what he or she was born as. For some, this may involve undergoing surgical procedures or taken hormonal medications to fulfill their desire. However, when thinking of this process, one automatically thinks of transgender adults. This is rarely a topic that one would assume would be racing through the minds of young children, but in fact it is. More children today than ever, are either speaking out about their identity concerns, or displaying it in their lives. In fact, according to Date Line NBC, “The handful of American doctors who specialize

My mother never told me the complications of becoming a woman in this world. Maybe she thought I was strong enough to figure them out on my own. Or quite possibly, she couldn't tell me, because she never really knew how to face the complications herself.

Across several different cultures, there are different ways in which people of a community recognize the emergence of a young girl into womanhood. In the United States the most common is the famous Sweet Sixteen which as in the name states: relates to being sixteen years old, getting a car, and having some sort of celebration to commemorate the birthday. Among others include the Quinceanera which is usually equated with Mexico and Bat Mitzvahs which is a Jewish girl’s rite of passage. Another rite of passage, called Kinaalda, is a puberty ceremony that holds the same importance and significance among the Navajo tribe as their creation story. Unlike American society, during the people’s lifetime there is not a time between child and adult. In the Navajo culture it seems that it is more plausible to say that the time between being a child and adult or as stated by Leighton and Kluckhohn (1947), “physical maturity and social maturity are more nearly coincidental.” Meaning unlike the American culture where the gap between childhood and adulthood is filled with an adolescence, and in the Navajo tribe this gap is not prolonged and instead this transition is commemorated by a four-night ceremony. This process begins at the Navajo girl’s first menstruation and is a way to announce to the whole community that she has become a woman. In earlier marriage customs, a year or so after the ceremony the girl would be considered ready for marriage; as a result, some felt that “a girl’s

This is a fictional story from the perspective of a male in his early twenties

Chirp Chirp the birds are chirping and, Pre is walking home alone from school to her granny’s house since her mom and dad are on a cruise ship to Hawaii. When all of a sudden she heard a baby crying, “waa waa” at 3:00 P.M. In Los Angeles, Beverly Hills California, when she looked back she didn’t see anyone. At that point she was swollen because someone had kidnapped her and hit her with something that felt like a bat. Though she didn’t see anyone who hit her so it wasn’t a person. It was a ghost!! Thun dun thun dun!!!

So the play's main themes would be coming of age, and how the authentic self mingles with imposed femininity in a young girl's life. The main motif's would be reflections and mirror images. It would probably really comedic, and relatable but also poignant and full of hard truths. The story follows the coming of age of the character Julia and the first steps toward adolescence for the character Jules. Julia's first kiss was outside of the 'Tortilla Factory', the same Mexican grocery and eatery Jules would frequent after school. Jules and Julia are polarizing and yet reflective towards each other at the same time. Most of the show would have it seem they are siblings. The characters only interact when alone, but most of their formative experiences

Coming of age films refer to the process of growing up and the attainment of maturity. Boy, a film made by Taika Waititi, has story elements of a “coming of age” story not only for its main character Boy, but also for his father, Alamein. Both of them live their lives and form themselves and their life from ideas of fantasy. And when that fantasy is shattered it helps the characters realize how to grow. They grow in different ways, Boy in realizing Alamein wasn’t who thought he was, and Alamein in realizing he himself isn’t who he thought he was.

In elementary school I heard the phrase like a girl used every day. On the playground it was you run like a girl. I did not understand what like a girl meant at that point I thought it was a compliment. I ran like a girl. I ran fast and far and as long as I can. So thank you. However in middle school I started to realize like a girl is just a way of saying that someone cannot do something. Saying like a girl is a way to make girls feel that they are not as important in the world. Saying like a girl is a way of showing that girls do not have a significant contribution in society.

One day a girl, Marissa, who was sixteen years old, came home from school in a very bad mood. She had a fight with her best friend that day and it had not turned out well at all. Marissa’s best friend Emma, kissed Marissa's boyfriend Luke at lunch. They were sitting at the lunch table together, Marissa got up to get a fork for her salad, while she left Emma went in and kissed Luke. Like there was nothing wrong with kissing her best friend’s boyfriend. When Marissa got back, she noticed it was a little awkward, so she asked her friend Kayla when lunch was over.

I have worked for a few wealthy influential men who have had indiscretions on the side. However, Dr. Thorn takes things to a completely new level; he only needs a willing partner with an orifice. I have not seen him with a man... yet! But, I wouldn't rule it out. Especially, after watching him type “transvestites” into a search engine on the computer. I could tell by the expression on his face, the pictures had his complete interest. The look on my face must have reflected my thoughts because he snickered back at me and told me I shouldn’t throw away my options!

I was adopted at the age of 13. I was so consumed to make my new family happy that I did everything I could to try and make them happy. One thing that they seemed especially involved in was the game of hockey. Both of my brothers played it and so did my little sister. All of them had started by the time they turned three. So, when I joined the family, I also joined them in their love for the sport. Despite being years behind in experience with other kids my age, I quickly picked up on the game (thanks to my brothers and dad). It wasn’t until freshman year that things begin to get complicated. There was no girl’s hockey team, so being stubborn like I am, I joined the boys high school hockey team.

In the story “Girl” we see the development of characters at a rapid fire pace. This story only consists of two characters in it. The first character is the mom. The mom goes on about how her daughter is going to become a slut if she doesn’t do certain things and needs to become more ladylike. The mother throughout the story doesn’t seem to really think that she is a slut but she’s doing this so she doesn’t end up like one. The next character we meet is obviously the daughter. She is the main focus of the story and is pressured by her mom to do all these things in order to be more lady like. One of the main themes in this story is coming of age. The mother emphasizes that if she doesn’t do this and that, that she will become a slut. But as

“No,” she said softly, contrasting his screams, “I'm not saying that. I'm just saying that. . . you're looking into it too much.”

Being a girl some days can be a real struggle because I feel as though we live in a World where everyone lives surface level relationships with each other.Especially, when it comes to friendships with other girls. With these surface level friendships, we either spend half our time gossiping about other people, trying to be someone we're not, or complaining about our own problems. As long as I can remember when I am not caught up in a relationship, I am just naturally drawn to my friendships with guys because they just tend to be the right amount chill that my crazy self, needs in my life. Where with the right group of guys all of that pettiness is gone and you can just be yourself.I have been blessed with some very great friends that are girls, but I also have learned to love the closeness with some