Helga Creative Writing

The two admire her beauty as she combs her hair and reads a book, before retreating to the front yard. Scott, fed up with being ugly, tells the narrator “they need to talk about this” - they need to figure out a way to be attractive. I feel like many people can relate to how Scott and the narrator feel, not just myself. No matter how attractive you are, you’ll always have something about yourself you despise. Something that you think is just plain ugly.

Wearing the dress her mother asked her to made her realize how tiny she had become, when she looked in the mirror. She finally realized that she looked like the photos of the anorexic girls that the psychiatrist Dr. Katz had showed her.

1101- Already renewed her lease. Resident is requesting vinyl and carpet in bedrooms. Please let me know by what day can you walk this apartment?

As the dust settled in the barn following Manley’s departure, a sick reality fell upon Hulga’s mind: she had to find a way to exit the barn with only one leg to work with. She began brainstorming ideas for her escape, but none seemed reasonable considering the circumstances. After hours of contemplation, she decided that the safest option was to spend the night in the barn and make her flight the following day.

Throughout the Uglies series, author Scott Westerfeld reflects on the faults of our current society. (Tab here) Scott Westerfeld demonstrates society's faults by using a Barbie doll world to exaggerate them. In Uglies, Scott Westerfeld writes, “Even when she and Peris used to spy on them from the shadows, giggling at all the stupid things the pretties said and did, they couldn't resist staring. There was something magic in the their large and perfect eyes, something that made you want to pay attention to whatever they said, to protect them from any danger, to make them happy.

"Alma," her mother called from downstairs. "Come down for breakfast. We need to go into town for some errands."

I hope all is well on your end! I wanted to touch base with you to see if you were still looking to enroll at William Peace University in the Fall. We still have you in defer status, but our Financial Aid Office noticed that you have not completed the FAFSA. If you are planning to complete the FAFSA soon, I can certainly notify our Financial Aid team.

It was as if she didn’t care if I was even disposed of.” She turned around and walked toward the elevator. She pressed the button and (again) looked at her face in the mirror. This time, her reflection looked much more confident than before.

"Quickly get dressed, run to the basement and wait there with your brother. Your father and I shall be down there any moment. " Maria, her mother, shook her forcefully. Her voice filled with anxiety and fear. Her body tense with shock. Zofia

“Creative Writing” by Etgar Keret, shows the struggles of the couple grieving a miscarriage, though their stories that they wrote in creative writing class. Maya the wife write three different stories, the first one showing how a loss of an unborn child can make someone feel like they have died, or lost a part of themselves. The second is about how a women a may go through a period where she feels detached from her husband. The third is about the journey of accepting a miscarriage and ready try again. Aviad’s story is about continuously adapting to change and always remembering where you came from.

She stares at herself in the mirror, examining every self inflicted scar from picking scabs. Her skin tone is grey and dull. Her hair has gotten oily and unkempt. She stopped caring about her looks and was not aware of it. There are age spots on her face that seem to have appeared over night. She touches her face and strokes the bags under her eyes with her finger tips. She looks now at what used to be a beautiful smile and cannot believe that her teeth have decayed, they are almost gone. It saddens her and she looks away. She feels ashamed of what she has become. She looks back at the mirror only to be looking into her eyes. With a hoarse voice she utters the words, “How did this happen?”

While thinking about where she’s going to explore today, she hears her mom call her to breakfast. Upon reaching the kitchen she looked

I felt bad for these people. They were frightened and in desperate need of nutritious food. Pellagra is a condition found mainly in third world countries where people depend mostly on a corn-based diet. We had food that could help these unfortunate folks, but it was out in the vehicles.

A thirteen-year-old girl stood in front of her floor length mirror and stared at herself. Her floor was hidden beneath dirty and clean clothes, useless papers, and random books. All she could see, though, was her frizzy hair, crooked teeth, the fat that poured out from her clothes, and the black river of tears flowing down her cheeks. This girl tried to see past the flaws that everyone told

“What are you doing?” Her mother’s voice called out, as she shuffled into the kitchen.