On the Other End of the Line

The film's plot follows the story of Paikea Apirana, yet she goes by the name Pai in the film. Pai is a 12-year-old girl who is the only remaining

unprivileged with her home. Her family, on the other hand, tries to escape Mango Street

The film begins with Thelma (Geena Davis) and Louise (Susan Sarandon), living repressed lives in Arkansas. Both women have stereotypical roles in this movie. As best friends, they decide to go on an adventure that takes a dramatic turn and ends up being an adventurous police chase to the sudden death. Thelma is an unhappy housewife who despises her husband (Daryl), who is a bumbling, controlling and narcissistic. Her character is somewhat infantile, in that she relies completely on her husband for support. She is too timid to confront him about going on a weekend getaway with her best friend Louise. Her timidity is evident in every act she displays. She is unhappy with her life as a housewife but doesn't blatantly show it. She cooks

Grandma is a comedy-drama film that follows the life of Elle, a lesbian poet, who was married for 38 years, but then became a widow. Elle’s granddaughter, Sage, comes to her asking for $630 for an abortion as she is broke, although Elle doesn’t have any money either. Sage was too afraid to tell her judgemental mother about her situation, in which resorted to her having to ask her Grandma. Elle had a short-term girlfriend, Olivia, of 5 months, but ended things with her very abruptly. Even though Elle doesn’t have the money for Sage, she is determined to go out and get it. The movie is split up into 6 chapters, set over the course of one day, as Sage had booked the abortion for that evening. Elle and Sage go and get money of as many people as Elle could think of, but by the end of their journey, they still don’t have enough and end up having to tell Sage’s mother. Sage’s mother is angry and disappointed as they had expected but she gives the money and they go to the clinic, Sage gets the abortion and Sage and her mother have an argument but are happier afterwards. Elle goes to resolve things with Olivia, and the end on better terms. This film shows themes of LGBT+ acceptance and the importance of family. There are also major contrasts between characters which are vital to the film.

In the story “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing the main character Jerry is young and sees a group boys do something that he finds interesting, Going through the tunnel. The problem is he is too young and too weak to do it. The boys were Judging and excluding him and it made him sad. Jerry used the negative actions of the french boys as motivation to set a goal of swimming through the tunnel before he leaves. Although Jerry is not physically strong or mature he has a large amount of mental strength and uses what should be his weakness be his strength.

First of all, Jeannette is a hard worker, unlike her parents. For example, she got a job at thirteen years old, and after working hard on her school’s newspaper junior year, she went to New York her senior year at a public high school that offers internships instead of classes.

In the novel, The Other Side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson, the author capitalizes upon society’s expectation of a character to emphasize the struggle to achieving his goals. Ian, one of the central characters in the plot line, is heavily impacted by these expectations, which hold a substantial influence upon his decision’s regarding his future. To teenagers an expectation: a strong belief that something will happen or be the case in the future, is nothing but a restriction upon them. Ian believes he is contained within these expectations; to the point where he does not wish to follow this given path. In a time of adolescence, teenagers are compelled by the strong desire to denounce that which is expected of them; Ian is no exception to

Why do you think McCarthy has chosen not to give his characters names? How do the generic labels of “the man” and “the boy” affect the way you /readers relate to them?

The purpose of this paper is to highlight how Robert Hammond and Josh David’s visionary idea transformed an unused, abandoned railroad line into a spectacular green space in the sky –New York’s High Line. Hammond and David were locals who believed that tearing down the railroad line was not a good idea. Meanwhile other people in the community, including property owners and Mayor Giuliani wanted the unused railroad demolished. With the help of photographer Joel Sternfeld who captured the abandoned railroad line’s overgrown greenery and fields of wildflowers that changed with the seasons, they were able to get people to recognize that this was a green space in New York city that was worth keeping.

Juno MaGuff is a sixteen year old girl currently in her junior year of high school. Juno becomes unexpectedly pregnant from best friend Paulie Bleeker due to a one night sexual encounter. After days of denial and three pregnancy tests later, Juno accepts that is positively pregnant. Juno initially decides that an abortion is the best option for both her and Paulie. A situation occurs in the clinic that deters Juno from going through with the abortion. She then decides to have the baby and give it up for adoption. She tells her father Mac and stepmother Brenn, who are extremely shocked, but supportive of Juno’s decision. Juno finds a couple in a Pennysaver ad that are seeking to adopt a child. Juno and her father go visit the couple Mac

-she runs away with an actor she was dating because she was not interested in the work her family did anymore and wanted to get away

All the characters she played were key people in the journey to self-discovery for the main character. Most of the time the characters brought her down and made her feel bad about her person. Although there was one character that helped her through her daily struggles. This character was her grandmother, who helped her with advice a few times. Otherwise each character would take advantage of her, yell at her, or make fun of her. A good example of a lesson she learned when she was young was when she was trying to get the attention of a young boy who she would try to play basketball with after school. Being so young and naive she believe this boy to be her boyfriend after just one conversation with him, the next day when she mentioned that she was his girlfriend, he responded quickly by making fun of her and leaving. But gradually her boy problems only worsened, as she got older because things became more serious. The title “SHE GON LEARN” is a good representation of the show because it really is the journey of a woman fighting her way through life making the best of it and learning from her

“At the Dark End of the Street,” is a novel that takes back to the terrifying experience Recy Taylor had in Abbeville, Alabama. Taylor was gang-raped by six white men in the 1940s. This scene immediately shows readers the civil rights movement during the 20th century and how important it was in understanding what was happening. Danielle McGuire is the author of “At the Dark End of the Street,” which was published in 2010. However, “This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed,” is a novel that focuses on King’s protection during the Montgomery bus boycott that took place in Montgomery, Alabama. Charles E. Cobb is the author of “This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed,” and was published in 2014. Both of these novels focus their points on different and similar aspects of the civil rights movement. When Cobb wrote “This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed,” he focuses on the protection African Americans needed in order to not get killed completing everyday tasks, like going grocery shopping. Even on public transportation, civil rights activist felt threatened to the point of bringing weapons and concealing them on their personnel. Even though both novels take place during different times of the Civil Rights Movement they both show the similar hardships important figures played during this movement.

The protagonist is a naïve, young girl, named Rosaura, who grows up in an impoverished, working class family. Her mother’s boss, Senora Ines, who is also her best friend’s mother, constantly looks down at Rosaura’s family because of their financial status. Senora Ines invites Rosaura to spend time with her daughter so Rosaura originally believes that Senora Ines likes her as

They fall in love, and the girl tells her parents with some hesitation. Her parents are not happy because of his lack of money. Finally, the couple buys a small, quaint house with yellow walls and chipped edges, and she