The Danish Girl Sparknotes

In her award winning novel The Running Dream, Wendelin Van Draanen’s extensive research paid off tremendously. Draanen accurately depicts the life of a teenage girl who is learning how to function accordingly with the new disabilities that took her by storm. She captures the main character, Jessica, struggling to overcome both her physical and mental obstacles. Jessica’s running career comes to an abrupt halt as the bus she and the school track team are riding in, is struck by a large truck at high speed. Throughout her recovery journey, Jessica exhibits many psychological characteristics. Battling with isolation, reaction formation and projection, Jessica nevertheless powers through all of her struggles and ultimately becomes the person she

Susanna Kaysen’s “Girl Interrupted,” is an autobiography in relation to Kaysen’s two-year stay at a mental hospital as she battles borderline personality disorder. Although in denial, Susanna Kaysen is diagnosed with borderline personality disorder but is unable to come to terms with her illness as she reassures herself she is fine. The reader learns that Kaysen is an unreliable narrator that is unable to discover the truth behind her illness. Through the exploration of her relationships, actions, and opinions, enhances the fact that Kaysen is mentally ill. Through her past and present relationship’s, Susanna demonstrates her self-destructive tendencies. Kaysen’s impulsivity in the novel is another indication that her diagnosis is fitting. Finally, Kaysen’s thought process and anxious behavior further prove her as a candidate for BPD.

The fact that Elinor and Anna came to help her with a task she can not complete, but is necessary for her to live, is completely life changing. The child feels companionship and like she is cared for by the villagers. This child is reliant on compassion from the villagers to survive. She may be an orphan but she has the support of others around her.

Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, had been raised by strong women’s rights advocates, which makes her characterization of the women in her story a wildly controversial discussion topic even all these years later. Mary Shelley’s philosopher father paid for her high education, and her mother wrote several works about equality for women. She lived a substantially progressive lifestyle, considering the time period in which she lived. This has raised many questions regarding the weak female characters in her story, due to her own very contrasting beliefs.

There is a theme in “The Girl in Blue” by Ann Rinaldi. The theme is that gender does not affect skill level. “The Girl in Blue” is set in 1861, and is about a Michigan native by the name of Sarah Louisa. She is about to be forced to marry a man of her abusive father's choice when she decides to run away and join the army. She joins the army under the ruse that she is a boy and participates in the battle of Bull Run but her gender is eventually found out by her doctor and general. She is not punished for her actions but discharged and sent to work as a spy for the Pinkerton agency. She is sent to spy on a southern ally who is under house arrest to find out how she is sending messages to the south. She discovers how and is rewarded with a break. She travels home to find her abusive father had died and her sister is betrothed to the man she ran from. She leaves to go back to her job as a spy and that is where the story ends. Some of the reasons the theme could be gender not affecting skill level is that first of all the general does not punish her for her actions. Second, she is sent to work as a spy for a job only a woman could do. Lastly, before she even goes to war she has to do all the work for the house instead of her father.

People in the real world have huge abilities past what is thought to be conceivable, and the ability to take advantage of one’s greatest potential originates from his/her identity. Throughout a person’s life, it is important to find what defines him/her and figure out how he/she can gain more independence and self-sufficiency as a human being. An overcoming and conquering tone is created throughout the novel to portray the main character’s “awakening” during her life and to show that life is hard at times, but can be regained as she unleashes her inner self. In The Awakening, author Kate Chopin uses revealing details and figurative diction to establish a triumphant tone when discussing Edna and her capability to gain her own individuality,

Through many stories about the Holocaust we can focus on the people who helped during this time and when they didn’t have to they still did it.The Girl in the Blue Coat tells about how a girl named Hanneke Bakker join a renaissance group from the Nazi’s and is trying to find a Jewish girl in a blue coat. From 1930-1945 was a tragic time for Jews and Germans because of Hitler's rule they were forced out of their homes and into concentration camps.

In conclusion, there are two people in this world: those who can deal with life’s challenges and those who cannot. Guy could not face the fact of staying in poverty and decided to escape and find freedom elsewhere. Lili dealt with life’s challenges so she could give their son a better life then what they had. Danticat did a fantastic job by incorporating a historical reference to this story. The similarity between Boukman and Guy were identical.

In the article “America’s Transition” Steinmetz reports that George traveled to Denmark to begin his transition to a woman named Christine Jorgensen (40). In the 1950s the transition from male-to-female was very rare. The subject of transition from an assigned sex at birth to the opposite was taboo. After Christine’s story was published in the New York Daily News and Time, American society began to question the definition of gender and why George was now Christine. Deceptively like today, as Time magazine mentions, “history is filled with people who did not fit society’s definition or gender (40).” Media talks about transgender, and it seems new, but it is not. Transgender is not something that just occurred today and had never been heard of before. This subject is just now coming out into the open more often than usual. In parallel to the “coming out” from transition, society is not far from the 1950’s because there is still stereotypes and discrimination against the transgender

Abortion is one of the most controversial issues among American Citizens. Many Americans believe that life begins when a child is conceived while others insist that a child is not alive until a few months into the pregnancy. Although supporters for abortion agree that life begins during a few months into the pregnancy, they support abortion until around twenty-two weeks. This contradiction of beliefs among abortion supporters sparks anger with those who are pro-life. This argument between pro-life and pro-choice has continued on for a long span of time although there are many arguments for pro-life that need to end this debate. Abortion has been a major issue in

In order to properly view a story from a feminist perspective, it is important that the reader fully understands what the feminist perspective entails. “There are many feminist perspectives, and each perspective uses different approaches to analyze and interpret texts. One is that gender is “socially constructed” and another is that power is distributed unequally on the basis of sex, race, and ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, ability, sexuality, and economic class status” (South University Online, 2011, para. 1). The story “Girl” is an outline of the things young girls

In the novel, The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen, there is a girl named Jessica. Jessica is a sixteen-year-old girl and a runner. Her whole life is running. She loves the sport and was a champion until there was an accident and she lost her leg. On the way back from a race, Jessica’s school bus was hit by a truck driver who was drunk. Her teammate Lucy, who was sitting right in front of Jessica died. Jessica was left with a horrible injury, her leg was lost. As Jessica is recovering from her accident, she learns to get help, believe in herself, she has a new special friendship with a girl with a disability, Rosa, and she finds a new love.

So, people frequently recognize their prosperity to having an advantageous demeanor. I speculate this postulation because it is acceptable to necessitate a willingness onto myself for the benediction of myself and others. But, pressurizing positivity too much can establish abasement in me. If I was in the mainstream of a project, then I am more presumably to resist it when I am contented. If I am pessimistic, then I will brood around and get nothing done. Furthermore, administrators and supervisors will want to appoint a sanguine, peppy person to get the work done because melancholy, moping people will not complete anything. Therefore, I believe that having an exceptional predilection will benefit me in gaining accomplishments, whether it is obtaining a job, doing a hobby, or just learning how to ride a bike.

What does courage mean to you? What makes someone courageous to you? Do, they have to do something extraordinary or just plain old simple? Well, courage means to me to put other people before and having no limits. In, the dictionary it means the quality of mind and spirit enabling one to meet opposition without fear.

In the film Lars and the real girl by Craig Gillespie, an important character developed is Lars. Lars lives in a tight knit community based in a small American town. Lars has a fear of human contact which results in him suffering form a delusional disorder where he falls I love with, Bianca, a life sized ‘real’ doll. Through his relationship with Bianca he is provided with unconditional love and lack of criticism he desires. This inurn helps him gain confidence he requires to engage in his community and begin to relate to those around him. Gillespie shows the development Lars undergoes through the techniques setting, costume and dialogue.