Freckle

There was no way to forecast when loggers would arrive, depending on the weather and the wind and water currents so Matthew remained available year-round. He was tall, burley with bushy, red hair, and freckles that almost connected into a solidly tan face. People never forgot him because his freckles were such an assortment of colors, red, brown, tan, beige, pink, auburn, rust, black, and orange. He entertained visitors with stories of animals and men fighting themselves and each other along with

She scratched his face from the photograph. She would get her revenge, it read on the note that was sent to John Jones from Mary Jones along with the picture. One month earlier “John, can you get the horses back in the barn?” I said to my husband while we were working on the farm. “Sure sweetie, you know you are my favorite,” he said with a sly smirk on his face. As puzzled as I was, I got back to work. The whole time I was feeding the chickens and milking the cows I couldn’t stop thinking about

would change her own destiny. Lauren was an egotistical seventeen year old. She wasn’t friendly and hated making friends. Yet her life was as perfect as could be. She was really tall, taller than average. She had light complexion and ginger hair. Freckles took over her face. Her style was very girly and preppy. She had everything she needed and wanted. Her parents worked hard to give her the very best. The day of her birthday party was approaching fast. Her parents were planning on throwing a huge

different ways.”  People are all born different sizes, shapes, and colors.  We each have a few poems that we feel fit both our differences as well as fit the majority of what students in elementary and junior high go through.  The poem Freckle Face is about a girl with freckles and her many ways of trying to remove them in order to look like the rest of the girls.  Four Eyes is about a child who feels his style is being destroyed and he is becoming a nerd due to the fact that he now has to wear

from themselves is from “Flowers and Freckle Cream”. This story is about a girl named Elizabeth who tries to change her looks by getting rid of her freckles. This did not work, because with the freckle cream, you are not supposed to be in the sun. It was through this experience that she realized she should just be herself. In the text on page 399 it says. It was clear that grandpa did not understand, so I tried to explain why I didn’t want to have freckles and why I felt so insecure when I compared

how, she had no idea.." This quote from the book George by Alex Gino is a good example of how much acceptance can affect people. The events from “Flowers and Freckle Cream” and George might lead people to believe that even though they might not accept themselves, does not mean others won’t either. In the short story “Flowers and Freckle Cream” by Elizabeth Ellis it is stated, “But to me, her unforgivable sin was that she had flawless peaches and cream complexion. I couldn’t help but compare myself

The short story “Flowers and Freckle Cream” by Elizabeth Ellis is about when the author, Elizabeth Ellis, was twelve years old, and how she did not like her appearance. Elizabeth order freckle cream thinking that her freckles would disappear, but she was very disappointed with the results. The author teaches the reader that when you value someone else’s appearance over your own, you will never be happy with your physical attributes. In the story, Elizabeth describes her cousin, Janette Elizabeth

their own form of insecurities, but would you change them if you were given the chance? Elizabeth Ellis definitely would take that opportunity. In the story of Flowers and Freckle Cream, the author, Elizabeth Ellis, tells us the story of her juvenile self. She struggles with identifying her own beauty and purchases a freckle-remover cream in order to fix her insecurity and receive a peaches-and-cream complexion. Her attempt goes horribly wrong after going into the sun with the cream coated over

dictanory.com identity means being a who or what as a person or a thing. For example I have an identity, and you have identity. Identity is a really important thing. Individuals learn about himself through the people in their lives. Flowers and Freckle Cream is about a girl that thought poorly of herself and did not like the way that she looked. Until her grandpa really helped her know that she is special, and that she matters. “I don't know where grandpa found it. It wasn't at all common in the

In “Flowers and Freckle Cream” written by Elizabeth Ellis the protagonist Elizabeth didn’t like her freckles. Elizabeth decides to buy freckle cream to get rid of her freckles.Her brother calls her leopard and cheetah. The freckle cream came and she put it on. She worked out in the sun and it gives her more freckles. At dinner her mom says that she’s never seen her with so many freckles. Her brother laughs at her so she ran to the well house and her grandpa came out and told her there are a lot of