Short Story

Specifically, through the women in this film. In the beginning, we learned that this vacation spot is for a more upper class, sophisticated crowd. However, within this group of people, many corrupt an immoral things are actually happening behind the scenes. For example, in the beginning, a woman named Vivian is dancing with Johnny. She is described as a “Bungalow Bunny.” These women stay at the resort during the week by themselves, while their husbands come up only on weekends. Vivian is wearing a low cut, tight dress, and is touching Johnny sexually while dancing with him. Her dancing and body language is indicating that she might be doing something unfaithful while her husband is away. Continuing on, Penny is also an example of a character who explores the theme of morality. From the surface, she looks like she has it all together. She is beautiful, and a very talented dancer. However, Penny discusses how her mom kicked her out when she was a teenager, and had been dancing ever since. Baby looks up to her, and admires her deeply for her talents. This is ironic, as Baby ends up taking her spot as Johnny’s dancing partner. Penny also finds out she is pregnant, by a guest at the resort. She is besides herself, and knows she cannot dance any longer, which is officially when Baby steps

“This one was hardly bigger than a garage. The table was cluttered with limp- looking magazines and at one end of it there was a big green glass ashtray full of cigarette butts and cotton wads with little blood spots on them. If she had had anything to do with the running of the place, that would have been emptied every so often. There were no chairs against the wall at the head of the room. It had a rectangular-shaped panel in it that permitted a view of the office where the nurse came and went and the secretary listened to the radio. A plastic fern, in a gold pot sat in the opening and trailed its fronds down almost to the floor. The radio was softly playing gospel music” (O’Connor 3). As the Turpins waited Mrs. Turpin began to describe the other waiting room occupants to pass the time. Mrs. Turpin can be seen as a larger woman who is proud of her means and then there is her husband Claud who can be described as a “florid, bald, sturdy and shorter than Mrs. Turpin (O’Connor 1). Next was an unnamed blonde child whose attire consisted of a dirty blue romper, the boy’s mother was seen “wearing on a yellow sweatshirt and wine- colored slacks, both gritty-looking, and the rims of her lips were stained with snuff. Her dirty yellow hair was tied behind with a little piece of red paper ribbon” (O’Connor 5). The next woman is called the “stylish woman” by

Heather is vivacious. Before the pep rally, she said, “This is so exciting - a pep rally!! I made extra pompoms.” (p.27) Heather shows extra enthusiasm for only a pep rally and goes far enough to make pom poms. Melinda said that Heather’s enthusiasm made her “itch”. When Melinda was helping Heather decorate the faculty lounge, Heather said, “Can you believe they’re letting me join? Meg has been so

Penelope and Penny are just one example of characters. They were both left with just them and their kids but the situations they were put into are far different from each other. Penny’s husband, Everett was brought to jail on a chain rail. He left behind Penny and his seven daughters to grow up without a father. Penny wanted to marry another man that met her expectations unlike Everett.

It was the year 1922 and life hadn’t been this good in a while, times had taken a big change for the best. In Manhattan, New York, there were extravagant parties every weekend; the whole city shows up and doesn't leave until they see the sun. There was once this wealthy family living right in the middle of the roaring twenties. There was a mom, a dad, an older sister named Alice, and a younger sister named Anna. Alice loved to go to all of the huge parties, meet new people, and not come home until the morning. Every time Alice would get ready to go out for the night, Anna would watch her get ready as if she was picturing that was herself. Anna looked up at her sister and wanted to do everything she did. Alice had been talking about this party for a long time, and the night

The opening scene of the book is her getting in a fight with 2 other girls from her old school. After the fight she says, “it feels amazing to smack the shit out of a girl I’ve never met.” Penny is described as sarcastic and having no filter. She says a lot of things that get her into trouble throughout the story. On the other hand penny is very brave, which both helps her, and gets her into trouble in this thriller novel. Penny eventually gets more empathetic and less sarcastic and rude towards others.

There are two families in Penelope Landlow’s life. The Family, which is an illegal business run by her father that sells organs on the black market, and her family, who are scared to even let her leave the property in fear of losing their precious daughter. It is dangerous enough for a normal child, like Penny’s brother, Carter, to go out into the public when the FBI are against him, but for Penny, going out into the real world would be walking to her death. Her rare blood disorder leaves Penny at the mercy of bruises, appearing because of anything from a too tight hug to a sharp corner. While the world is deemed too dangerous for her by her parents, Penelope still dreams of going to New York City. After years of waiting, Penelope finally attains what she wants--just not the way she wants it. When tragedy strikes the Landlow family, Penny has no choice but to flee to New York. There, she discovers the truth to her family's murder, reveals secrets that could change her life’s path, and falls in love. Tiffany Schmidt writes about Pennyś brave journeys, her strongest moments, and her greatest faults in Hold Me Like a Breath. While Penny is fragile, sometimes her bravery and determination make up for that in her difficult life.

“You know what I’m going to write in your obituary? “Penny was a shallow woman who wanted you to think she was prettier and smarter than she really was”” (1. 142-143). Bill, fed up with his wife’s idée fixe on her obituary, retorts how he is perceiving her actions. Although Penny is illustrated as a shallow, conceited woman, and Bill, the opposite, they still share similarities. “You are a decent guy. That’s why I love you” 1.175). They both agree that Bill is a “decent guy” (1.174-175), and she loves him because of this. Similarly, Bill loves Penny in spite of her flaws and because “you can make me laugh even when I’ve had a rotten day” (1.176). Likewise, they both are similar in the way

She had already finished cashing out, washing the glasses, and restocking the liquor. All she needed to do was restock the beer, take out the trash and mop the floors. It should take no more than thirty minutes to finish. Penny got lost in the lyrics of “Starting Over”. She was rebuilding her whole life, she was being given the chance to compete for a design job with Faded Origins. Gone were the days of feeding herself out of their neighbors trash cans, or making clothes from whatever rags she could find. Lost was the innocence that men would stay around, happy ever after did not exist for everyone. Penny did not need a man in her life, she was just fine without one. She had one goal in mind and that was to successfully complete her internship at Faded Origins and be their newest designer. Penny prided herself on her sense of style, she was able to incorporate her country roots into high end fashion. She loved her job it was all she had ever wanted to do. She was one hundred percent focused on achieving that

But because of the embarrassments at school (“My voice was apt to come out squeaky”, “My hands became slippery with sweat”, (etc.) she was determined to not attended the Christmas dance (“Formerly I had considered falling off my bicycle and spraining my ankle and I had tried to manage this;” (etc.)). After failing multiple times she decided to go the dance, which was a dramatic change in her emotion. She wore her beautiful dress and let her friend Lonnie do her hair and make-up (“I sat in front of the mirror and Lonnie stood behind me, fixing my hair”), after finishing she became exited. After the long walk to the dance her personally takes a turn when the first dance was the most popular boy “Mason Williams”, and he blows her off (“He took his hand off my waist and dropped my arm”). Nobody wanted to dance with her; her emotion became sad and upsetting (“Please me, please me, and I locked my fingers behind my back”). Therefore she began to hide until a young lady in the washroom approached her; this introduced a different role in her because the lady was older and fun (“Mary

It was another busy Friday night at the Slow Hand Saloon, New York City’s hottest country bar. Penelope McKay had been overwhelmed when she had seen the crowd lined up around the corner waiting to get in. She was thankful Cheyenne was helping her tonight, she would not be able to keep up without the help. It seemed each weekend the crowds grew as did the lines waiting to get in, this was going to be a long night. Penelope’s white cowboy boots clunked across the hardwood floor, she had heads turning as she walked back to the bar. The tassels on her white vest swayed with each step and her daisy dukes hugged her hips, showing off lean, tanned legs. Her long blonde hair was perfectly curled, cascading down her back. Penny took her place behind the bar, checked to see if anyone needed a drink and got ready for her shift.

Priscilla Vanderwaale had never been so humiliated in her entire life. God, how pathetic was she? To think that a pretty dress and a nice party would magically mean something. She had watched too many fucking movies. Set her expectations too high. This wasn’t middle school anymore, she couldn’t buy her way into popularity, not even for one measly night.

To start, her confidence level changed. After tour, she was able to pluck up the courage not only to forgive Noah, but to talk to him and work everything out (290-291). She could have stayed hidden in her shell, but she decided that enough was enough, and made an effort to sort all of the drama out. Next, she realized that she was not below herself and others, and that she was hopeless and talentless. Penny came to this realization, “Tom’s right: I’m losing myself in all this, I am allowing myself to feel completely inferior but, actually, I also have things I’m good at (269).”

I look through the peephole and the January blizzard rushes inside with Penny. “Let’s go up to my room,” I suggest. I sit on my bed while Penny hangs her coat up. “So, what’s going on with you and Mabel?” I ask as Penny plops down next to me.

Tossing and turning the whole night through, Louise had slept very little, while trying to forget her awful experience with Mr. Cassidy. “How could they declare his house a historical landmark? It doesn’t make any sense,” he whined, remembering how he angry she was when she left him at the garage. Now she had some errands to do before her important luncheon with the new mayor’s wife and she needed to control her emotions. While driving down the street, she was concentrating on how her diamond ring sparkled in the bright sunshine and not on her driving. As she drove by the city park, she never saw the ball bouncing across the grass neither the boy and the dog chasing it until they were already in the street. Looking up, she slammed her brakes,