Bionca Abor : Character Analysis

Sophie introduces herself in the story as a nerdy, outcasted teenage girl, “I always thought of myself as a free-floating one-celled amoeba, minding my own business. The other kids at school were all parts of a larger organism. . . Not particularly noticed, definitely not appreciated, just an amoeba swimming around aimlessly” (9). Sophie feels as if she does not belong where she grew up, she has always felt like she was on the outside. Her father, a drug dealer and felon, left her mother when she was first born. Because of her extreme self-esteem issues, Sophie blames herself for her father leaving. She recalls what she believes happened when she was born, “When Mom was a teenager, I started making her belly fat. And then my dad left. And then I was born too soon. And he came back to get us.

In the world today many people undergo personal challenges that impact their lives negatively. Two short stories exhibit how personal challenges affects our relationships with others. Initiation, a short story by Slyvia Plath demonstrates a stereotypical high school life and how it influences a teenagers life. As well as, Reaction-Interaction, a personal essay by Diane Kenyon, explains the struggles of a deaf person. By analysing the similarities and differences between the stories, you can gain crucial life lessons.

On the night of December 19th, 2003, a baby is born. Her mom’s a social worker, her dad’s a nephrologist, and she has one older sister. Her name is Sophia Galoustian, although later she will wish to be called Sophie. After two years of living in Maine, the family moves to California, where Sophie will grow up.I am Sophia Galoustian, and this is part of who I am.

Firstly, Every hardship and obstacles she endured throughout her childhood helped Jeannette to become a successful adult.Jeannette’s parent were very unpredictable, her mother was self absorbed in her hobbies, and her father was an interminable alcoholic. Even though her parent neglected and gave less attention to Jeannette,

During our lives, serval blissful, traumatic, culture event that established the transformations during cognitive, social, physical, and characteristic changes in our lives from the time of birth through our death. A person’s existence is shaped and molded by the experiences that have set us physically and mentality. The interview conducted for this project for an understanding of, Mrs. Candi Jones, is a mother, daughter, and sister. She was the middle child of in a physically disable household where father and sister hearing-impaired; a mother who is deaf. They are a mixture of a sibling through birth, adoption, and foster. During the interview with Ms. Jones, she discusses experienced numerous events in her life that play a major influenced

Her eyes are a twinkling, light brown color and her dark, gorgeous hair was tied up, out of her face. She’s slim and has a straight posture. Many smiles were filled up on her young face, “I never really talk about myself.” I could hear the sound of the nervousness in her voice, she appeared to slightly stutter, but other than that she seemed thrilled. Aldina was born in Bosnia in the year of 1987. She had arrived in America at a very young age with life in a different perspective than her peers, throughout

Kristina the main character travels to her father that she hasn't seen for most of her life. Before Kristina was a golden child, she got good grade, she made good choices, and she never even thought of drugs. After the trip at her father's she was opened to the idea of drugs, boys and reckless decisions. She wasn't Kristina anymore, she was Bree. This book shows readers how easy it is to get lost into drugs and reckless choices; and the struggle of becoming herself again.

Despite this she sees her future elsewhere, the realm of beauty and artistry has called her since she was just in eighth grade. Since then she has aspired to become a master beautician, after graduating from some prestigious beauty school. It’s this aspiration that has been a saving grace during darker times during her life.

Throughout the course of any being’s life, they are greatly influenced by the people and environment around them. In the coming of age fictional biography, She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb, the reader follows the protagonist Delores Price throughout her journey in life from the age four to forty. Delores goes through many trials and tribulations in the course of her life, which include witnessing abuse and infidelity, experiencing rape, alienation, the deaths of her loved ones, suicidal tendencies and rebirth. Many of the experiences and traumas as well as deaths Delores witnessed and was subject to made her personality revolve around dysfunctional relationships and left her lost on how to approach life.

Annika’s natural propensity towards academic success has always placed me in a position of comparison; though three years younger, I would strive to excel as she did. Even if I couldn’t reach her level, the pressure motivated me to do my best, and her assuring and calm demeanor would remind me that there’s always another shot. Learning from her habits and attitude gave me the guidance to succeed on my own and be proud of my accomplishments; my inductance into National Honor Society proved to me that the pressure of having someone to look up to can be a supportive force rather than a debilitating grievance. Similarly, Jaineel’s natural athletic ability in every sport he pursued from basketball to karate pushed me to perform my best in tennis. His determination to live by a schedule in order to see progress gave me the foresight to not give up when I wanted to throw in the towel, and his love for sports reminds me of why I continue to play tennis even today.  Living with 8 other perspectives to a situation is a true blessing. If there is ever a dilemma in my life, everyone will share his or her opinion but support me no matter which direction I choose. Growing up with my family has definitely been a unique experience, but I would never change it for the world. My home gives me strength, assurance, stability, laughter, and love as I wake up to 8 people banging on my bedroom door every morning ready to

I could sit here and share with the board a sad story of a young child whose single mother worked the graveyard shift every day of the week, just to provide for her four young children. I could also share how despondent that I felt growing up, and how my mother shopped for my clothes from thrift shops, how she would get excited when she found something named brand for us. But I won't do that, instead I would like to introduce you to a delightfully chaotic little girl named Audriana- Faith. On August 15, 2012 Audriana-Faith was born at 1:41 am, weighing in 6 pounds and 12 ounces. The day my daughter was born was a day embedded in my memory, but it was not the best day of my life. I know that's what you're supposed to say, but becoming a mother

Sixteen years ago, Skylar Blaize Pichey was born. She was born to a single mother, who got pregnant the first time she had sex. Her mom thought she loved this man, but soon came to realize he was no good when he hit her. She moved back in with her parents and was living with them during this time. Skylar was born 6lbs 6oz, just a little thing. Her mother’s only child, at the time and present day. Her mother fell in love at first sight. She was cared for by her mother and her grandparents, her father was occasionally around to see her, until her mother decided he would not be a part of their lives.

The majorities of humans are shaped for the better through early life and are therefore refined through society to find a place within the community. However there are cases where the early life influences are absent and aren’t able to give the crucial acceptance from an early age. This leads to abandonment issues that make it exceedingly difficult to find a place within society. In Louis Nowra’s “Member of the wedding” we are shown a prominent example of the detrimental effects of not being accepted. The protagonist Frankie had a mother that passed away and has a workaholic father who spends little to no time with at home leaving her with no sense of acceptance and struggling in finding who she is. She doesn’t connect with the world outside and due to her inner conflict she creates a new “me” in attempt to “connect”. F. Jasmine, her new persona, is her attempt of proving she no longer needs to acceptance at home as she can be accepted in the adult

“I don’t know if most people remember that moment but I do.” (Black para. 25) the author Roxanne Black would have to say, After reading her article “ In the beginning”. Black grew up as an average teenager playing with friends, feeling of freedom. As for myself, i grew up with my childhood neighbor i’d call my friend that fought the worries her baby would be OK too.

In The Storied Life of AJ Fikry, the author Gabrielle Zevin uses a variety of tough questions to showcase memorable moments in AJ’s life. The author provides the reader with distinctive scenarios in order to illustrate these significant life changing events. AJ makes the decision to take care of a child for a weekend before the Department of Family and Children are scheduled to take her to an adoption center. AJ hesitates at first, but then minimizes the hardship it will cause. Before he meets Maya, his friend Lambaise asks him, “Do you know anything about child care” (Zevin 52). AJ has had no experience with taking care of a baby and is terrified at the great responsibility. The use of the author