Jacqueline Molina
November 23, 2014
Senior English
Cales
‘Anya’s Ghost’ a new take on the phrase “Ghost Story” A recent graphic novel has brought a whole new element to the supernatural genre. Not only is there a ghost story, but there is a very important lesson to be learned by the main character and the reader. Centering around themes of self-image, peer pressure, and wanting to fit in in high school, mixed in with humor, spookiness, and enough charm from the rest of the cast, “Anya’s Ghost” offers a deeper look on what it means to know ourselves, reaching out to understand others, and letting go.
Coming in at less than 221 pages along with a color scheme consisting of varying tones of grey, black, and white throughout, author and
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Another characterization that is important to note is her ethnicity. She is a Russian immigrant which is usually not seen in much American literature, nor are there many female protagonists of ethnic minorities. However, she doesn’t flaunt this as if it’s what makes her who she is. In fact, she tries her best to hide this part of her life and tries to assimilate as quickly as possible to her American life. She has ridden herself of her accent, is embarrassed about saying her last name to people and even shortens it, and goes to great lengths to not be seen as ‘foreign’ to the rest of her peers. While struggling with being accepted by the world around her to truly being herself, the rest of the kids seem to take no notice …show more content…
Emily’s appearance changes subtly character overview anya- minorty, russian protag, insensitive, self-conscious, follower in the beginning, has bad habits, doesn’t have much foresight, rude, tough, character development, relationships with others emily- mysterious, shy, innocent, meant to be pitied, deceiving, manipulative, crazy, volatile, creepy, lonely, very angry and has a lot of hatred inside her, revengeful, envious setting- highschool, the woods, home
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being russian herself, brosgol gives the story her own personal touch by making anya, russian. I thought it was fitting and very
I don’t think I can say that I’ve ever read a story, nonetheless a comic, that manuy people can relte to. Brosgol encaptures all the awkwardness of highschool, and shows how even the most “perfect” girl can have her
Sasha Dawn’s Oblivion is about Calliope Knowles a 16 year old girl who has a compulsion to write which is also known as graphomania. Calliope’s compulsion to write was brought on by the disappearance of her father the reverend of the Holy Promise church, and a young girl from the church Hannah Ryne’s, as it gets closer to the anniversary of the disappearance Calliope starts to write and remember more of the night. This book is enjoyable because it doesn’t just focus on Calliope’s urges to write it also looks into her past before the night she was found in an abandoned apartment writing “I killed him” on the walls, the book also goes into detail about her foster family and her relationship with her friends.
She’s just so weak. If she would stand up for herself, no one would bother her. It’s her own fault that people pick on her, she needs to toughen up. “Shape of a Girl” by Joan MacLeod, introduces us to a group of girls trying to “fit in” in their own culture, “school.” This story goes into detail about what girls will do to feel accepted and powerful, and the way they deal with everyday occurrences in their “world.” Most of the story is through the eyes of one particular character, we learn about her inner struggles and how she deals with her own morals. This story uses verisimilitude, and irony to help us understand the strife of children just wanting to fit in and feel normal in schools today.
In the story “Listening to Ghosts” Malea Powell talks about the native Americans on challenges and educational practices. The story is about the native American living in America before the British came to ruin their lives. This effect caused the Native Americans to disappear for good and became shadows. Afterwards there were different theories about the beliefs such as white guy philosopher's theory and western culture theory.The white guy’s philosopher's theory states that the stories were special and central civilized.Western culture, people thought that they were “savages” and “civilized”.
She was a writer who suffered from Lupus. Her father died of the same illness when she was thirteen. Her Catholic beliefs reflected in her work, as well as the implementation of violence and darkness ironically used in her short stories. The titles in the stories give the readers an idea that the stories are the opposite of what the titles really state. She uses metaphors and similes to describe the characters and the settings of the stories. Each story relates to the darkness of the characters: people with racial prejudice, ignorance, and evil. Each story ends in a tragedy. The use of irony allows her to transport a meaning to each story that is not easy for readers to understand.
Being able to deal with any situation. Never fight yourself (Wooden). She shows that she is poised by being herself, which is being a tough, straight-forward, but at the same time, a kind woman. Most of her adult life, she has always been herself and gave great advice to millions of people from the television to the people she meets every day.
As we grow up one of the most important things we wish to discover is who we are as a person. Thus our understanding of our identity is vital in order to find our place in the world and is emphasised significantly in or modern culture. However trying to discover your sense of self can be a difficult time for any adolescence. Yet it can become even more complicated and stressful when you have to compete with drastically different cultural expectations. This is apparent in the children born to Asian Migrants in Australia; Author Alice Pung makes this abundantly clear in her memoir Unpolished Gem. This essay will explore how Pung has incorporated her struggle not only for own identity, but the strain of having to juggle the cultural expectations of her Asian family that she was raised with and the Australian culture she must live in, into her story.
childhood and renewed life style were she learned how to distinguish one language to another
...tive techniques to get her point across. Her story was very powerful and probably helped in the antislavery movement, therefore fulfilling her goal. In the end she is thought of as a "new kind of female hero" (497). She has gone through many hardships
The main character’s self-esteem flags at every turn. She’ll never be the debutant nor will she ever ride English. She’ll always have the proverbial ringlets in her hair, and the disgusting
Characterization: At the beginning when she first meets Pat, her character is very dark and broken. She seemed deeply flawed. It also seems as if she is mentally defeated.
As a child, she knows that her status is awkward and even later on, as a grown woman,
The first time Kingston had to speak English in kindergarten was the moment silence infiltrated her world. Simple dialogue such as “hello” or asking for directions was hell for her because people usually couldn’t hear her the first time she asked, and her voice became weaker every time she tried to repeat the question (422). No matter what, speaking English just shattered her self-esteem.
Her solitary behaviour in the opening scene is quite disturbing. Especially after drinking some of Stanley's liquor, she "washes out the tumbler at the sink" - it immediately prompts that question of what. she is hiding in the dark. Already, she is not appearing too stable as we. later learn, she is hiding a lot about her past as well as her reasons....
When discussing literature, a major theme often brought to the forefront is identity. Although many authors discuss identity, rarely there are female authors writing progressive stories centering on the identity of women, especially during the 19th and early 20th century. Despite the rarities of these authors, two prevalent authors still highly regarded today are Kate Chopin and Virginia Woolf. Chopin grew up in a bilingual and bicultural home due to her mother being a French immigrant. This French influence from her mother and her marriage to Oscar Chopin influenced her literature.
... she addressed many problems of her time in her writings. She was an inspirational person for the feminism movements. In fact, she awoke women’s awareness about their rights and freedom of choice. She was really a great woman.