A Young Girl Reading

This assignment was about the earlier reading that we had done this last week talking about the girl that had been treated very wrong and being given out for marriage at a very young age. This is also the same article that talks about the girls going through medical processes which involved them getting their genitals cut and mutilated at a very young age which is very wrong and was talked about in that article very briefly. This article goes into more depth of how the group was able to make all

In the readings and films marriage has been a common topic, however, the most concerning aspect of Middle Eastern marriage is the legal age. The young age that Middle Eastern girls marry has come up in multiple movies and readings. The legal age for girls to marry is nine in the Middle East, which is in sharp contrast to the age of eighteen in the United States. The Middle East should not allow girls to wed so young. The young age at which some girls are married is alluded to in some Middle Eastern

strange or weird elements into ordinary scenarios. In Miriam, a young girl came into Mrs. Miller's life without any indication or explanation. This was the start of a new reality for her. Truman Capote decided to write this story to relate to his own personal life and the struggles he encountered along the way. While reading, one is able to recognize that the little girl Miriam relates to Capote, in a sense that whenever the young girl arrives at Mrs. Miller’s home a second time and says “ The last

As discussed in a recent essay by Saul Kaplan “The Plight of Young Males”, there is a serious academic gender achievement gap in the United States and as I will discuss, around the world. Young women are doing significantly better than young men, and the results are shocking. In the latest census, males make up 51 percent of the total U.S. population between the ages of 18-24. Yet only 40 percent of today’s college students are men. Since 1982, more American women than men have received bachelor’s

In many hispanic cultures, it is customary to have a big celebration for a young girls fifteenth birthday. This tradition is known as a Quinceanera, Quince, or Fiesta Rosa. This tradition celebrates a young girls coming of age. Moreover, this celebration “[embraces] religious customs, and the virtues of family and social responsibility” (Quinceanera-Boutique). In addition to celebrating the quinceanera, the big event allows family to come together and just enjoy themselves. The celebration begins

of a Young Girl.” This diary gave us people a new perspective of how it was like for Jews being persecuted in Europe by the Nazis in an event known as the Holocaust. It is an awe inspiring book the can leave the reader astounded. “The Diary of a Young Girl,” is a must read for everyone, especially for developing teens. This fascinating Diary should be taught in all middle schools because it will help teens view the world from different perspectives. This is exactly why, “The Diary of a Young Girl

In Coming of Age in Samoa, by Margaret Mead, she exemplifies and puts emphasis on the idea of socialization through the view of the Samoan girl, and we also see what her sexuality is as she becomes an adult and has to deal with marriage. Before reading the book I never knew that different cultures like the Samoan culture viewed everything in their daily lives different than how we view it in ours. After learning about the Samoan culture in the book, it gave me a new perspective and how to view the

result of being abandoned by her biological family, Liesel discovers comfort by having someone care for her. Soon after, this becomes a routine but one night is different Liesel’s nightmare is the same, she relieves the night of her brother’s death. The girl who woke up in the middle of the night wet her bed, her papa holds her until he too, notices the smell coming from under the sheets which causes him to change her sheets and he finds a book that she picks up during her brother’s funeral. Hans, the

From the 1920s to 40’s, a hatred of Jews was developed in millions of young German people as more and more youths were won over to Nazism. This happened through Hitler Youth, an organization lead by Adolf Hitler. Hitler greatly valued the youths of Germany, therefore making organizations for both boys and girls. The Hitler Youth group movement played an important role in history. According to The History Learning Site, “The Hitler Youth movement was an extension of Hitler’s belief that the future

considered to have a negative impact on households in America because of the way Barbie looks, discriminated as from other minorities, and the roles she has as a woman which are stereotypes. Many feel as though Barbie gives young girls insecurities at a young age and that when young girls interact with a Barbie they are supposed to act and think in a mature way. One person wrote in this article that Barbie has never influenced her gender identity when she was growing up. She never thought about Barbie as