Marieme Character Reflection

Jeannette is very insecure about her past life of poverty, and although she has now dug herself out of the rut of destitution, her parents’ continued homelessness is always a reminder of

The novel ‘the outsiders’ is making the same point about friendship as the film ‘rebel without a cause’ as they both convey the idea that during this time, friendship was very important to all teenagers as they are more independent and spend more time away from their families, and aren’t as close.

Early on when she is newly blind due to the cataracts that formed in her eyes life is very difficult for her. “What is blindness? Where there should be a wall, her hands find nothing. Where there should be nothing, a table leg gouges her shin . . . [Marie’s] only sanctuary is in bed, the hem of the quilt at her chin . . .” (Doerr 27). In his kindness, Monsieur LeBlanc meticulously carves a model city for her to learn how to find her way around safely. Due to this kind act Marie is now able, with her father accompanying her for safety, walk around her neighborhood. Later on when they are forced to flee to Saint-Malo where some of their relatives live, Marie and her father walk the entirety of the journey and again, Marie has to depend on her father’s guidance to help her make the journey safely. “‘Marie, I see a hotel.’ ‘You said the hotels were full.’ ‘. . . Come. It’s not far.’ Again [Monsieur LeBlanc] carries his daughter. One more half mile” (Doerr 110). Even though she can sense something is not going as planned with their trip, she allows her father to carry her and believes that he will bring her to Saint-Malo safely. Marie’s faith in her father, although she is blind, allows them to arrive safely in Saint-Malo where they can stay safely through the duration of the

Vic and Enn’s attend an all-boys private school so any chance they, Vic especially, get to talk to females they will. Enn has less experience with girls. This separation from females keeps him from socializing and understanding how they act. Vic on the other hand,

In the film “Mean Girls” there were many types of peer relationships expressed. Friendships are described as a reciprocal liking, trust, and loyalty between all participating dyadic parties. An example in the film is the relationship that Damian and Janis hold because they are loyal to each other and the liking is mutual. Peer acceptance is to the degree one is liked by their peers. In the film Aaron Samuels is very much liked by his peers. Perceived popular is a child that is considered popular based on their peers’ perceptions. Regina George is a prime example of teenage girl perceived as popular. When students described Regina George in the film these type of comments were made, “Regina George is flawless”, “One time she punched me in the faced. It was awesome.”, and “she always looks fierce.” Cliques are polyadic social groups that are voluntary. A main clique in the movie is “The Plastics” which consists of Regina George, Gretchen Wieners, and Karen Smith. These forms of peer relationships are a lot more complex than just a group of friends, these relationships of dynamic in early adolescence.

What she finds next is that, in the free world which she often only could dream of, she is incapable of surviving totally independent. At

One of the challenges of growing up is loneliness. As a small child living in Brooklyn Francie had no friends her age, the kids in her neighborhood that would have been candidates for friends either found her too quiet or shunned her for being different. "So

Her father later told her that she was a special girl, that not many little girls can cook or boil water all on their own. Jeannette realizes that she is special just by this happening and later learned to laugh at her crisis. All of her life, decisions affected her life growing up. She decides that she will be the person she wants to be. Jeannette has had a rough life, but as soon as she faced a crisis, she learned something new about herself.

The story is told by Enn, the young boy who is reluctant to go to the party because he’s not really good at talking to girls. Because Enn is telling the story from his point of view we are able to understand very quickly that Vic is clearly the ladies’ man and that Enn is not. This puts Vic almost in a higher and more dominant position than Enn. The way that Enn talks about girls makes it very noticeable that he has almost no

At fourteen years old, when she decides to enter the Catholic school system, even though she is the only Native American girl there. As a young girl, Marie aspires to rise to the stature of the nuns who live in the convent on the hill. This is how; Marie is ambitious to find her new identity.

It goes against the nature of the way women are portrayed in media, as we are known to be competitive or jealous, it’s a tactic used to subvert stereotypes. If they had not become friends, they most likely all would have perished on the island. “If you were my best friend, you’d trust me.” Adina took a step back. She’d never been anybody’s best friend before. “Okay, Mary Lou, I got your back,” (Bray, 221) portrays the trust that every girl has for the other’s, which contrasts the lack of friendship that the girls experienced before the plane crash. Being on a stranded island can really strengthen the sense of community, “The girls screamed with laughter. It was the first time some of them had laughed in days, and it felt good.” (Bray, 149) as they must rely on each other to survive. Not only that, they can all relate to each other’s sorrows, and attempt to make the best of this awful situation. Bray’s focus on friendship really hammers down on and truly emphasizes girl power, and breaking the social standards that had been set for

With the experience of being ignored, betrayed, and deprived, she becomes more afraid of loss and danger, but longs even more to have something to hold dear and belong to. When she gets into the convent school she finds temporary safety, being sheltered from the dangerous and unpredictable "outside", but her stepfather eventually brings her out into the

This is because teenagers do not want to be left out,so they follow the trend. The trend can lead to bad decisions because later on in the book, the text explains how becoming pretty affects the mind. Thus, another quote in the text is “Her name was Shay, we became friends after crashing the party in pretty town”(Westerfeld 28).The book shows that making friends can be great however to

They way that a woman treats her friends is based on the person her parents raised her to be. In the story “Seconds” by Bryan O’Malley he follows the life of the protagonist Katie and how her decision greatly affect her future. Katie lacks a relationship with her parents, which is why she struggles in relationships. Katie proves this by communicating with her friends in an unpleasant manner. Katie lack many key aspect to being a good friend one is caring for other. Also her disrespectfulness also puts a strain on her relationships that she has with her friends. Along with that she also lies to her friends, and is unfaithful to her significant other without any consideration of their feelings. Lastly Katie is selfish, and puts her want in

Tiny Pretty Thing is not a story about female friendship, it is the contradictory. This is for all the girls who tried, but got rejected, girls who felt alienated and abused by their own sex. It’s miserable, it’s being caught in a tornado of anger and sadness. The story didn’t glamorized that, and that’s pretty damn revolutionary on its