June Beshea Considered Suicide

In 1962, Tracy Turnblad is a heavyset high school student living in Baltimore. Along with her classmate Penny Pingleton, Tracy watches The Corny Collins Show, a local teen dancing television show. The people featured on the show attend Tracy and Penny’s school. Amber Von Tussle and Link Larkin lead dancers on the show. Amber’s mother Velma manages the TV station WYZT. She makes sure Amber is showed a bunch on the show. The dancers on the show are all white. They only allow African American kids on the show once a month on “Negro Day” hosted by Motormouth Maybelle.

The fresh faces of the 2016-2017 sophomore AP English class looked up at Mrs. Belles, some expectantly, some apprehensively. Among those faces is Francine Lamasko, a girl of 15 years of age, newly refreshed from summer and carrying her completed summer work. Decidedly, she thinks to herself, this will be a meaningful year of learning, of growth, and of fun. She is ready.

They were close as young children, and then they drifted apart as they grew older. June feels that she is much less attractive than Greta and is more socially awkward; Greta is actively antagonistic towards June in almost every interaction. Both embody admittedly trite adolescent portrayals. In layman’s terms, Greta is the “whatever” teen: older, prettier, more sophisticated, and just cannot be bothered to care about anything at all. June has thus far been presented as the “I’m-not-like-other-girls” teenager, and quite frankly her only saving grace in this respect is that she appears to be an “I’m not like other teenagers” person, not just girls. This avoids the decidedly misogynistic aspect that tends to appear in this type of character. However, all is not lost with this relationship. It is still early and the book and the groundwork for this relationship is being laid. Already the relationship has changed since Finn’s demise. Greta has softened, nearly imperceptibly, but it is there. She and June begin to interact more; they go to a party in the woods, and June attends Greta’s play rehearsal. Theatre appears to be Greta’s one true passion at this stage, and when June watches practice it shows her another side to her sister, which I predict will be impactful in future situations. Greta invites June to both of the aforementioned occasions,

Amber (2013) focuses on the fact that television shows starring African American women are ranked the highest on their cable network and the popularity of the shows are increasing. Amber points out the fact that the women that get the most attention are those that get into

At first, Jorge had a hard time keeping up with his classmates. Yet, he had this fire to keep trying and moving forward. He practiced and used every moment to make up for all the lost time he had yet to discover his love for dance. Every hallway of his high school was a chance to tap his feet away, every grocery isle a possibility to six count prep into sloppy doubles, and every long sidewalk as an opportunity to tombé pas de bourrée glissade saute chat for his life.

I have known Natalie Schieuer for almost half a year now, and in that time I have been incredibly pleased to meet such an amazing, talented, and brilliant young lady. I was Natalie’s counselor this summer at Nebraska Girls State. Girls State is a week-long camp, aimed towards education of state and local government. 400 of Nebraska’s top emerging high school juniors are chosen to attend this program, and within these numbers, Natalie still managed to shine through with her accomplishments and wit.

Jaina was the happiest person in the world when her best friend from 1st grade; Kami, moved back to Alton approximately three weeks ago. Kami and Jaina parted when they were in 1st grade. They were the bestest of friend. During this bygone summer she went to Illinois Summer Youth Music camp located at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The camp lasts a week, every day the members practices their pieces. At the end of the precious one week spent

From listening to the conversations that took place between the staff and patients, it seemed like the process of signing in was simple for them. The staff was mostly white except for a medical assistant who was African American. I was the only minority in the waiting room. There was patient literature about the prevention of diabetes, and tips to stop smoking. The patient literature was in the waiting room on a table with a couple of magazines. The patient literature was only in English. In the waiting room there was a shelf, which had a variety of magazines. The magazines varied from cooking, to health. The magazines were in English, and not provided in any other languages. The signage in the doctor’s office was apparent and identifiable. I could easily identify the sign-in desk, exits, and bathrooms. Furthermore, there was a fire escape route on the wall highlighting different exits, stairs and where you currently are. It was located in the lobby as well as the examination room.

All her perfect practice was now gone and the strain as they "fumbled for their chairs" began to crush their pattern. The author was overcome with a "presentiment of worse things to come."

A ‘Solemn beginning’ they had said, With every step she takes, Reminds her of the mistakes; The old poor father defrayed, The mother’s jewellery sold, ‘Husband’- she called him, Inside she knew that was pure chin; She was nothing but a slave, Her corpse to be taken to the grave; Scratches Bruises. Contusions. Within, Perhaps, answer to her past life’s sin; Wonders her mind, to the thoughts - endless, She wished only if her LIFE wasn’t a mess; Solitude she seeks, to redeem her Individuality, Trying to find out the situation’s rationality; With a hope to find answers to her tedious quarry. Fragile start it portrayed; Her fate, at last betrayed; Her story is yet to be told;

At the front door of the lobby, there are two “check in” machines, —one is located straight forward at the front door,

In Eudora Welty’s novel, The Golden Apples, the author presents a combination of short stories to give the readers an insight into the intricacies of human relationships. In doing so, in “June Recital,” Welty utilizes the separation technique, once again, to give multiple perspectives depending on the different time periods and characters. Moreover, by implementing the textual structure and significance of the MacLain house from the “Shower of Gold,” the two stories, although separate, have a strong bond and share similar significance to one another. As a result, with dense and detailed descriptions and vernacular languages, Welty succeeds in providing the reader with a three-dimensional analysis of the events which occur in the “June

When she is given the opportunity to dress in extravagant clothing and act like she is wealthy, she found a “sense of triumph that is so sweet to a woman’s heart” (3). Mathilda Loisel’s change from the exposition of the short story to the rising action is dramatic. The reader’s first impression of the character is that she is unhappy and resentful but at the party she comes off just the opposite. She was joyful and “danced wildly, with passion, drunk on pleasure, forgetting everything in the triumph of her beauty” (3). Mathilda Loisel’s true character starts to reveal itself when the reader sees how much value she puts in possessions.

We learn about and bare witness to her thoughts and lack of a dynamic development in this story. Throughout the story we learn about Miss Brill and her prominent tendency to listen in on others conversations and fantasize about the lives of those around her. In the beginning, Miss Brill is sitting in the park at her “special” seat as she did every Sunday. Sharing this seat with two other people, Miss Brill awaits the start of their conversation, but is soon disappointed when they did not speak. As the story progresses, we come to recognize that Miss Brill believes those around her to be a part of the a play: “They weren’t only the audience, not only looking on; they were acting. Even she had a part and came every Sunday” (864). Because of her belief that everyone was a part of a performance, Miss Brill romanticizes the stranger’s lives. After sitting alone at her “special” seat, a boy and girl come sit down. Miss Brill immediately commences fantasizing about who they are: “They were beautifully dressed; they were in love. The hero and heroine, of course, just arrived from his father’s yacht” (865). While Miss Brill is brought back into reality through the conversation she eavesdrops on between a boy and girl, her perception of reality does not change. Miss Brill is static because while being brought back into a harsh reality she does not accept this is the truth as shown when she “thought she heard

Blanche is then wrestled to the bed and we are made to believe she is raped. This section demonstrates a firm dramatic climax, which is a turning point of a narrative work; the point of highest tension. The use of stage directions adds to the intensity of the dramatic climax within the section. This illustrates to us that the