How Quarta Is Underestimated

“Ugly” by Robert Hoge and illustrated by Keith Robinson is a memoir about a boy that was born with a tumor the size of a tennis ball in the middle of his face and short, twisted legs. Surgeons removed the tumor and made him a new nose. Robert survived many hard surgeries-only to discover that other kids and adults could be cruel about the way he looked. He had fights with his family and troubles with his teachers. But nothing stopped Robert. He refused to let the judgements of other people ruin him.

In the book ‘Two or Three things i know for sure’, Dorothy Allison who tells her story growing up in a memoir and she uses her experiences to explain the two or The things she learned. What makes this her story stand out is not just that it 's a memoir but also because the main point is beauty and how women in her family were put down and abused because of their appearance. Throughout this whole book Dorothy tries to send out one important message on beauty which from my understanding beauty is not based on what men say or society says, we live in a world where a woman 's beauty is determined whether a man find hers beautiful and that must stop. Timothy Dow Adams who read’s ‘Two or Three things i know for sure’ writes his review on it, and his understanding of Dorothy Allison 's points of views.

“Girl” is a short story in which the author, Jamaica Kincaid, unofficially presents the stereotypes of girls in the mid 1900s. Kincaid includes two major characters in the story “Girl”, they are the mother and the girl. Although the daughter only asks two questions in this story, she is the major character. The mother feels like her daughter is going in the wrong direction and not making the best decisions in her life. The whole story is basically the mother telling her daughter what affects her decisions will have in the future. The mother believes that because her daughter isn’t sitting, talking, cleaning, walking or singing correctly it will lead her to a path of destruction. “Girl” is a reflection of female sexuality, the power of family, and how family can help overcome future dangers.

The book “Ugly” by Robert Hoge it is a inspiring, true story about, Robert, a boy who grew up in Brisbane, Australia, with a tumor the size of a tennis ball on his face and two deformed legs. Robert had four other brothers and sisters, who were all older. The story is the journey of Robert Hoge and his life with artificial legs and deformed face, and all the challenges he faced along the way.

In the short story “Hands” by Xiao Hong, the main character, Wang Yaming, experiences this sort of pain in her boarding school. In this story, the main character is being tormented by students and staff because of her black, stained hands. Her hands are this way because, she is the dyer’s daughter and wants to make ends so she can afford to go to school. When fellow classmates and the Principal of Wang Yaming criticized her for her hands, it made depictions of how people will treat you unfairly because of your flaws. Judgment towards someone based off of looks is unacceptable, since you don’t know who the person really is.

In a New Light One of the key symbols used in Ayn Rand’s Anthem is the advancement from the creation of the candle, to the invention of the lightbulb. The lightbulb symbolizes several things. Mainly, it represents Equality 7-2521’s new society and how it will light the way to more innovative ideas. In today’s world even, the lightbulb is used in cartoons to illustrate that a character has a bright idea. Equality 7-2521’s invention also represents change.

Her classmates also have an effect of her. They seem to think that because she is not beautiful; she is not worth anything except to laugh a her . As if it were not bad enough being teased by kids, adults also had did the same thing to her. Mr.

Because Quarta only had two arms, she struggled with sports. Everyone she knew was at least good at one sport but Quarta wasn’t good at anything. Also, because Quarta only had two arms and two legs, everyone thought she was a “freak” and she had a difficult time making friends. Lastly, because she only had two arms and legs, it was a struggle for her to catch food.

In the short story “Blonde” by Katherine Min, a girl called Jean dislikes herself because of her mongolian blood and the features she has. Jean craves to be similar to other people with as she claims to have better features. Eventually Jean befriends a girl who is pretty and idolizes her because of her looks and blonde hair. When Jean's parents buy her a blonde wig she is laughed at by them because she is trying to be somebody she is not. The author Katherine Min demonstrates that all people should respect themselves for who they truly are.

At the beginning of “2 Arms and 2 Legs,” Quarta was very weak. Throughout her lifetime, she was teased and mocked just for having two arms and two legs, because all the other kids had four arms and four legs. Though Quarta was miserable, she never fought back. She just let her classmates taunt her, continuously. The author wrote, “The other children teased her...but what could she do?” Quarta could’ve fought back and defied the bullies, but she

Throughout the story Quarta transitions from weak to brave. By the end of the story she learns that it’s okay to stand up for yourself. Weak. One name can change a person.

This shows that Quarta wants to be normal, because her not being normal is what has been causing Quarta to have no friends.

Would you ever tease someone for being different? Maybe they have a different amount of arms or legs, would you still tease them? In the story, The Girl with only Two Arms and Two Legs, written by Stuart Baum Quarta, the protagonist, was born with only 2 arms and 2 legs in a world where everyone has 4 arms and 4 legs.l think Quarta just wants to be accepted because she is helpful and kind to everyone, she gets teased and bullied, and she creates one ball for everyone. First of all, I think Quarta wants to be accepted because she is helpful and kind to everyone! For example, Quarta was the first one to volunteer to go find Kako when he went missing.

This shows how Quarta is underestimated. When it says ‘bad news,’ it means that Quarta is different and won't be the same like others. Furthermore, it said in the story “ Growing up, Quarta had very few friends. This was possible since her parents were afraid she’d get hurt or struggle to keep up.” This shows it to.

Twenty-two year old woman, Jyoti Amge, was named to be the world’s smallest girl, only measuring twenty-three inches by the breaking the Guinness World Record. A documentary was made portraying her life in Nagpur, India called, The World’s Smallest Girl, in the year 2014 with the purpose to give her life meaning to the world, especially to the audience, those unaware of who Jyoti Amge is. The director of the documentary, Paul Woods, uses rhetorical strategies, appeal to logos and pathos, to effectively convince the audience, although she is a small girl in size that suffers many dangerous long term effects, she has hoped for her own future.