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Rosemary Hoyt Rosemary Hoyt is a perfect representative of the Hollywood Golden Girl. She is a young, beautiful movie star, who was born in the United States, but educated in France. She began her adventure with film in Paris, where she lived with her mother Mrs. Elsie Speers. The first mention of Rosemary is to be encountered in the beginning of the novel upon her arrival in the South of France: “However, one’s eye moved on quickly to her daughter, who had magic in her pink palms and her cheeks lit to a lovely flame. Her fine forehead sloped gently up to where her hair, bordering like an armorial shield, burst into lovelocks and waves and curlicues of ash blonde and gold. Her eyes were bright, big, clear, wet, and shining” . Rosemary was clearly a girl endowed with grand beauty. Not only did she have cinematic features beauty wise (stereotype of a “Hollywood’s golden girl” ), but she also perceived the world as if through a camera lens. At the age of eighteen, Rosemary already had a dozen of admirers, stunned by her beauty. …show more content…
The choice of the clothing indicates that Rosemary was relaying on being comfortable, but still elegant during a casual event. Despite being casually dressed, she was still admired: “You’re beautiful, he said. A little more beautiful than ever” . Rosemary Hoyt is the only female character from whose perspective the story is told. Due to her experience in a world of luxury and glamour that Hollywood provides, as well as her innocence, she appears to be an ideal point-of-view-character. Another appealing aspect that makes Rosemary the perfect narrator of the story, is her being an outsider, a tourist. Despite being a successful actress, she had limited knowledge of the world. Through becoming a part of Dick and Nicole’s life, she discovers what she was
Annie Turnbo Malone was an entrepreneur and was also a chemist. She became a millionaire by making some hair products for some black women. She gave most of her money away to charity and to promote the African American. She was born on august 9, 1869, and was the tenth child out of eleven children that where born by Robert and Isabella turnbo. Annie’s parents died when she was young so her older sister took care of her until she was old enough to take care of herself.
Ruth Posner is one of the many few holocaust survivors and a great dancer, choreographer and actress. Ruth was born on April 20, 1933, in Warsaw. She was raised in a Jewish family with her parents, but went to a Catholic school. At home, she spoke Polish. Ruth suddenly started hearing offensive comments by some of her close Polish Catholic friends. They said things like “you killed Christ.” It was an incredible shock.” That was just the beginning. By the time she was just 12, and the Second World War was underway, Ruth had lost both her parents and her world as she knew it. She was in the middle of the Holocaust.
Natalie Wood, who born in San Francisco, was an American film and television actress. Wood is married from Robert Wagner, and they have three children. Natalie Wood died on November 29, 1981, and no one knows how exactly she died. In addition, Wood was with her husband and their friend in the boat, and she argued with Wagner before living the boat. Also, Wood afraid of water her whole life, and she died by drowning on a weekend trip.
Lori Greiner is an American inventor, entrepreneur, and television personality mainly known as a cast member of the reality TV show Shark Tank. She is an actress and appeared in Beyond the Tank (2015). Moreover, she is also a president of the company, For Your Ease Only, Inc.
Anelle Dupuy, played by Daryl Hannah, is a young woman straight out of beauty school and trying to start over in a new town after her husband mysteriously disappears, along with most of her belongings. Last but not least, we have Ouiser Boudreaux, played by Shirley MacLaine. She is abrasive, eccentric, rude and “richer than God”. She also happens to be my favorite character in the movie. The chemistry between these great actresses is what makes this movie one of the best, if not the best I’ve ever seen.
This theme is evident in the doubling of stockings with the girl’s natural black legs. The red stockings, which represent sexual, material desires, are contrasted with the natural, elegant beauty of the legs of the black girl. The stockings highlight only the legs, separating them from the girl as a whole and allowing for easier objectification, specifically by young white males. However, the girl knows this, as she has put the stockings on and is being told so by the narrator, who represents the black community. The narrator also clearly recognizes the girl’s beauty, and her beauty is further highlighted in the fact that she is clothed in silk, which relates to royalty and comfortability.
Abstract: Henrietta Lacks was born in Virginia on August 1, 1920. In 1941 she married her first cousin David Lacks. A mother of five, she went to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland on January 29, 1951, because she felt a knot in her stomach. Her family and her assumed she was pregnant, which was true, but after giving birth to her son she started to bleed abnormally. She was then referred to Johns Hopkins hospital where she was diagnosed with cervical cancer. The doctors treated her with radiation therapy and cut out samples from her cervix, these cells became known as the HeLa cells and have had an immense impact on medicine throughout history.
Cissy Houston. She was born September 30, 1933 in Newark, New Jersey as well. When Cissy was born she became a member of her family's gospel group called "The Drinkards." The Gospel group was started from Cissy's mother Emily Drinkard. In 1967 Jerry Wexler signed the group to a record label. Cissy decided to go solo at the end of 1969 and left the record label. Later on in her career she signed with Arista in 1983. During her solo career she recorded an album for Commonwealth United in 1970 containing songs such as "Be my baby" and "I'll be there." Some other albums she released were "Think it over" in 1978 and "Warning – Danger" in 1979. Cissy never really got the support or promotion she deserved except for her original version of "Midnight Train To Georgia" that got to the top of the charts. Whitney and her mother did record a song together called "I know him so well" released In 1987. Also in 1992 Cissy and veteran soul singer Chuck Jackson made a duet album called "I'll take care of you."
The Murder trial of Lizzie Borden, who was accused of murdering her father and stepmother with an axe, was considered to be one of the most famous trials in history. Lizzie Borden was tried for murdering her stepmother and father but was acquitted because there wasn’t enough evidence to prove her guilty. Even though Lizzie was found not guilty there is quite a bit of evidence that proves she was guilty. In the Lizzie Borden controversial court case of Lizzie Borden, the guilty verdict incorrectly acquitted Lizzie Borden. There was no sign of anyone breaking in the house. Lizzie said she was downstairs which she would have heard something but says she didn’t. Who else would have committed the crime?
Born as Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1st, 1926, Marilyn had a difficult upbringing due to the uncertainty of the identity of her father and her mother being mentally and financially unstable to care and raise her. This led Mortenson to be passed around from family members to family friends and foster homes, where she would be neglected, assaulted and sexually assaulted. Despite the many traumatic situations she’s encountered, she found her interest in beauty and acting inspired by one of her trustworthy guardians. This gave Mortenson a goal and hope in her difficult life.
The novel begins with the protagonist, April Wheeler, portraying Gabrielle in an amateur-theatre production of the play, The Petrified Forest. The play ends up being a total disaster and leaves April devastated, leaving her disconnected from Frank, her husband, and her neighbors, Milly and Shep Campbell afterwards. The play, The Petrified Forest, is a disastrous love story of a man who decides to have himself die to keep the women he loves out of a life of misery. In the end of The Petrified Forest, Gabrielle is able to escape from her horrible lifestyle and fulfill her dreams; April was never able to do that.
“Marilyn Monroe’s Eternal Beauty.” Los Angeles Times: n. pag. Marilyn Monroe’s Beauty. Web. 29 Oct. 2013.
At a time when muckrakers are running rampant in the major cities of America, stirring up trouble and pushing false claims, true journalism becomes increasingly hard to procure. Nellie Bly, however, is dedicated to reporting facts and uses writing to raise awareness for the welfare of those who are oppressed by society’s ignorance and indifference. She is an admirable woman because of several traits, including her intense passion and strong determination, and she proves her will-power in her renowned statement, “Energy rightly applied and directed will accomplish anything.” Not only does Bly accomplish and succeed in most everything she puts her mind to, she does it all under the pseudonym of Nellie Bly, keeping her real identity a secret
...e relationship with men, as nothing but tools she can sharpen and destroy, lives through lust and an uncanny ability to blend into any social class makes her unique. Her character is proven as an unreliable narrator as she exaggerates parts of the story and tries to explain that she is in fact not guilty of being a mistress, but a person caught in a crossfire between two others.
This theory is particularly evident in Morrison's development of Cholly, the man who raped his daughter. She could have portrayed him as a degenerate akin to Soaphead, a slimy character, who leaves us with a feeling of revulsion. Instead, step-by-step, she leads us through Cholly's life and experiences; so in the end, instead of hating him, we feel his pain.