Carrie And Freaky: Morrie's Stereotypes

Melinda realizes that she has much more potential, places the past behind her, and begins to speak once more. Anderson's novel explores common teenage problems such as depression; Melinda exhibits external signs like cutting her wrist with a paperclip and biting her lip,

Laura Snow was a junior in high school. She was a nice girl with glowing eyes. She also loved this boy in high school named Peter Grange. He went out with her for a while, but in pity. Her parents were divorced, and she lived with her mother in the town of Modesta. Although everyone liked her, she hated herself. She thought of herself as "a 160-pound lump with a bust that looked like twin watermelons and a rear that looked like twin

While cleaning out the attic and getting to know each other, Vivian teaches Molly that she shouldn’t mask her true identity or purposely try to isolate herself from others. Over time, Molly agrees and stops wearing the heavy make-up and the Goth clothing. “‘You’re looking remarkably normal,’ Lori the social worker says when Molly shows up at the chemistry lab for their usual biweekly meeting. ‘First the nose ring disappears. Now you’ve lost the skunk stripe.’”

Back in 1988, Lori Mecham, a freshman, enthusiastically prepared for the first day of school. Not only was she going to be able to show off her new slick denim jacket and acid washed jeans, but she would finally be reunited with Becky and Emily. Within a few steps of Pleasant Grove Junior High, Lori was drowned in a wave of students ranging between 7th to 9th grades. Glancing over the crowd searching diligently for her friends, a sudden crash of nausea overcame her head as she spotted Becky and Emily. Floating through the crowd, both wore off the shoulder sweaters and skin tight stirrup pants. Heads turned and eyes flickered back and forth as her friends strutted by. Their unfamiliar revealing clothing seemed to be catching everyone’s

Sarah had and might have some intellectual setbacks. She is below her peers intellectually and has had some learning deficiencies with articulation, mathematics, and chemistry. At the age of 12 her father died and that was when she had taken a turn for the worse. Argued and fought, had gotten a boyfriend who made her feel bad about her weight and lowered her self-esteem. Mother had found diet pills in Sarah’s room, but Sarah lied about them. During Sarah’s interview she was asked if there was anything she would change about herself and she said that if she could change anything it would be her appearance. She

Melinda is very perceptive and bright, but her vision is sometimes clouded by her suffering. She's only fourteen-years-old, and she's dealing with one of the worst things that can happen to a person: rape. Melinda Sordino, a high school freshman, was abused by a senior student, Andy Evans. She calls the cops to report the rape, but leaves before they show up. The party is busted and everybody thinks Melinda got them in trouble on purpose. Nobody at school will talk to Melinda, including Rachel Bruin, who's been her best friend forever. Worse, just about everyone bullies her. She wants to explain why she called the cops but she can't find the words. Due to her trauma and inability to tell anyone about what happened, Melinda spirals into a dark

Melinda Sordino was just a young teenage girl trying to have some fun. Now, she is loathed by afar for something nobody understands. During a summer party, Melinda drunkenly fumbled for the phone and dialed the cops. As she enters her freshman year of high school, her friends refuse to talk to her, and she escapes into the dark forests of her mind. “I am Outcast” (Anderson 4). But something about that party was not right. Something she tried not to relive but to forget. “I have worked so hard to forget every second of that stupid party, and here I am in the middle of a hostile crowd that hates me for what I had to do. I can’t tell them what really happened. I can’t even look at that part of myself” (Anderson 28). Depression is a

The narrator describes Maggie as “wearing a really stupid little hat a kid's hat with ear flaps-and she wasn't much taller than we were” (Morrison). This description links Maggie’s characteristic and pain with the main characters. This connection allows the reader to parallel Maggie’s abuse with Twyla and Roberta’s. Morrison matches the three characters abuse to emphasize non-acceptance. Also, this description showcases Maggie not being able to participate full adulthood.

“The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” is a hilarious comedy, brought together brilliantly by writer and director Stephan Elliot. Tick/Mitzi and Adam/Felicia are two drag queens that travel across Australia on a lavender bus with there transsexual friend Ralph/Bernadette. All three challenge the dominant stereotype of the Australian male. Released in 1994, 14 years into the AIDS epidemic, the film had a phenomenal response around the world and in Australia.

The insecure girl unfortunately condemned the stereotype and agreed to changer her physical attraction. In society, unfortunately people look past a person's heart, personality, and kindness, and sadly judge people based on how they look. Even though “she [is] healthy, [tests] intelligent, [possesses] strong arms and back,”(Piercy 7-8). She felt like society didn't accept her due to her nose and her legs not fitting in with the normal skinny trend. Unfortunately the girl child, did the worse thing possible and “ cut off her nose and legs,”( Piercy 17). This bleed out left to her taking her life, thinking that it was gonna make everything ok. She initially didn't do anything, but put more pain on herself because, she will never get to see her inner beauty, and her family will never see her again. Though she took her life away, unfortunately society, will now accept her as a beautiful

A trait that stands out in the book is the symptom of bodily memories. In Melinda’s case, during a frog dissection in her science class, she remembers the opening up and even says, “She doesn’t say a word. She is already dead. A scream starts in my gut – I can feel the cut, smell the dirt, feel the leaves in my hair.” (81). One of the other symptoms that Melinda has is self-harm. The first time that this is shown in the book, Melinda says this, “I open up a paper clip and scratch it across the inside of my left wrist. Pitiful. If a suicide attempt is a cry for help, then what is this? A whimper, a peep?” (87). Melinda also has a hard time talking to her parents about the rape to which she says, “How can I talk to them about that night? How can I start?” (72). Some victims recover from such a traumatic experience, while others don’t and live a lifetime of depression and must undergo intense therapy. In Melinda’s case, she finds redemption by talking to her parents and the guidance counselor, and putting her faith into her teachers, friends, and her art project at school. Because rape can affect anybody anywhere, everyone should be aware of the circumstances, and how to deal with it.

Although a light read, her experience is heart-breaking as she is abused at home, institutionalized, and instead of being treated for her depression, doctor’s attempt to “feminize” her with eye shadow and lipstick. She is the type of advocate that makes noise in a silence because she tells a tale that would otherwise be unknown.

Tuesday’s with Morrie is a creative and beautifully written story about an elderly man named Morrie that is facing physical deterioration due to ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. During the course of the book, a former college student that Morrie taught, named Mitch, begins to spend ample time with Morrie after years of not seeing each other. The two meet Tuesday afternoons and discuss multitudes of things; mostly topics that revolve life and the importance of focusing on what matters as opposed to meaningless subjects like media and money. The main premise of Tuesday’s with Morrie is not only to teach life lessons about how important love, family, and moral values are, but to show that aging is not to be feared because it is a natural part of life. Unfortunately, the book ends with Morrie passing away; but it ended on a positive note because Morrie had accepted what was happening to his body.

This 384 page novel is a quick, yet very emotional read. Maisie, a sixteen year old track star, is struck by an electrical fire while out for a morning run; this cost her a forehead, both cheeks, and her chin. This book displays the painful recovery of depression and how to love yourself. As Maisie receives a partial face transplant, she soon feels as if she is some freak of nature meant to be stared at. Most importantly, this novel teaches that one cannot battle depression and darkness alone; with help, one can learn to accept the their situation.

Write how she looks like she’s 12 and is barely 5'5, even though she’s 18. Juliana is most likely the clumsiest person you have ever met. Every time you see her she has a cast, band aid, or crutches holding herself up. And when she doesn’t, she is always sick - either from the flu, cough, sore throat, or some random disease. Write how she is so timid, that it affects and even becomes a barrier in most of the relationships in her life. The lack of voice in this girl were as if she was saving all her voice for a rainy day. Now don’t let the shyness fool you, after she has broken down her Wall of China she shows her true colors. Write how she merely shows people what they want to see, for she is still unware of her entire capacity.