Original Writing: The Scene at the Club Her gaze meets yours from across the dance floor. You coolly scan the place while sipping your drink as if it didn’t register. Aware of her stare you heartily laugh at a joke which barely deserved a smile. You look back to that spot; nowhere to be seen. High heeled footsteps are heard from behind you, they’re getting louder, they’ve stopped. Your stomach jolts, either that chicken vindaloo doesn’t agree with you, or she’s behind you. You exchange cool pleasantries. Sara; works in media. She’s a looker, wait until the lads see her. You gave her your number, smiled and turned on your heels. The cat gets the cream. Until she pops the question, the dreaded question. You try explaining it, that you’d remember it or write it on your hand; no use, she insists. Insists you put her number in your phone, if it can be called that. You reluctantly extract the machine from your pocket. You need two hands just to hold it, it was so big let alone attempt to break the code needed to unlock the damned thing. One look at the phone and she conveniently remembers she forgot to feed “Becks”, her goldfish and is gone. You quickly stash the phone in your back pocket. You’re left there. Middle of the club, alone and with vibrations from your back pocket so alarmingly loud, that bouncers come and warn they “do not allow such behaviour in this establishment.” Cost of the ancient phone: £200. Cost of entry to the night club: £20. Cost of preserving your status, getting the girl and avoiding such subsequent embarrassment: a mere £79.99. For £79.99 we have the answer to all your problems. He’s sexy, slim and size not an issue, a phone after your own heart you may say, the new Mokia 6230 is your perfect partner. Your new pocket pal is a handy 103mm x 44mm x 20mm or as we like to put it small enough to fit in your pocket, big enough to get
According to Chris Pine, “The only thing you sometimes have control over is perspective. You don’t have control over your situation. But you have a choice about how you view it.” This quote means you can choose how you view people and things.This relates to the Outsiders because the novel is about how you choose to view people. The Outsiders is about how people shouldn’t judge others based on stereotypes and they should get to know them first.
mouth. That stone was the same stone which hit Mary Dempster in the head so many
pack as it lying face down in the sand, it’s bag reads the name ‘Ryan
No matter where one grows up, they will always strive for their parent’s approval. The location, the time, or their age will not determine if they would love for their parents to approve of them. The problem usually uproots because the parents grow up in a different generation than their kids. Some parents want their kids to do better than them, or grow up as they did. In Hosseini’s Kite Runner and in Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club, express the problem that children have getting their parent’s approval very well.
Unfortunately to this day, men view themselves superior to women. All the women in these stories find themselves in the hands of the men in their lives. Only a few of them are able to find happiness and create better lives for themselves.
I pretty much felt like an outcast when I began high school. Most of my classmates still had their friends from middle school, whereas mine went to the neighboring high school. Having social anxiety really didn’t help me either. It was hard for me to make eye contact with others or even bother to introduce myself to new people. In the first few weeks of high school, something had caught my eye. There were flyers advertising auditions for ‘The Little Mermaid’ production. Taking the risk, I decided to audition. Through the auditorium doors there was a grey table with upperclassmen talking to other students. Located on the table were different character scripts and a clipboard for signing in. One of the strangers approached
The story Another Evening at the club by Alifa Rifaat is a short story that takes place in Egypt. It revolves around a newly wed couple consisting of an overbearing husband and a submissive wife. The main conflict of the story deals with the misplacement of an emerald ring. As the couple resolve this prove their true colors are reveled. Exposing the strong presence of a male dominate marriage and society. This story illustrates the role of women in a typical Egyptian marriage. Where the man is the decision maker, and the woman is submissive to her husband. The main reoccurring themes in this story is of gender oppression, sexual assault, and importance of social status.
The Stranger, written by Albert Camus, tells the story of Meursault. It is about Meursault an indifferent young man living in France. It shows what leads up to Meursault committing murder, the murder, and the aftermath. Albert Camus writes the story in first person narrative. The Stranger being written in first person narrative shows us why and how Meursault is so isolated. This in turns shows us how extreme isolation leads to disinterest in society, and in this case, murder.
To be inconsistent with traditional communities beliefs it is hard for many to accomplish. Nevertheless, writer Kate Chopin fights that conflict to deliver the readers a few of the greatest thought vexing literature that a human can get their hands on. Applying to her improvement reflections of narrative stories, such as plot control, irony, and character development, Kate is capable to take the reader towards a world of feelings that humanity would despise. Chopin shows her unbelievable literary ability in “The Story of an Hour” by joining character development and plot, with her use of thought-provoking vocabulary and narrative irony.
If someone thinks life is tough in today's day and age try living in the 60s when stereotypes controlled your everyday life, they had to worry about getting jumped everywhere they went, and they just have a rough life. In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton the greasers and the socs live on two different sides of the town. Both in the city part of Oklahoma. The greasers were definitely on the poor side which would be the east side. The socs on the other hand were the west side rich kids. They grew up with money and never lost it. That is why they see the greasers as different
The Outsiders identified the 60’s, often there would be violence between groups and often involving a group’s social class. For instance, the tensions between the Socs and Greasers is violent, and this will lead to Bob’s death, Johnny’s death, as well as many injuries throughout both gangs. The book The Outsiders is written by S.E. Hinton and is portrayed through the eyes of a high school student in Tulsa, OK where S.E. Hinton grew up. Hinton began writing The Outsiders in 1965 at the age of 17 and the book was finally published in 1967 when she was 19. The difference in perspective upon the society and social class creates issues throughout The Outsiders and they assume the problems will be solved with violence,
Rat Kiley has with him the medicine, surgical tape, painkillers, and other things that end up weighing a lot. Ted Lavender is very scared, so he also has with him a large supply of ammunition. They all carry with them as much as they can. Weather it be for protection or entertainment, fear and amazement of the things they have with them.... ... middle of paper ...
Criticism isn't as bad as it always seems,mostly people think of it instantly as censure,striation,negative judgment e.t.c. In the Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan teaches many life lessons to experience with the differences between their mothers and daughters,not every fictional characters story are as compatible to most. Tan argues as each reveal secrets,trying to unravel the certitude about her life the strings become more tangled as unsecured the secrets become.
In that place between wakefulness and dreams, I found myself in the room. There were no distinguishing features except for the one wall covered with small index card files. They were like the ones in libraries that list titles by author or subject in alphabetical order. But these files, which stretched from floor to ceiling and seemingly endless in either direction, had very different headings. As I drew near the wall of files, the first to catch my attention was one that read "Girls I have liked." I opened it and began flipping through the cards. I quickly shut it, shocked to realize that I recognized the names written on each one. And then without being told, I knew exactly where I was. This lifeless room with its small files was a crude catalog system for my life. Here were written the actions of my every moment, big and small, in a detail my memory couldn't match.
bag. Besides just that, it also helps me sleep better at night. Just like reading a book before bed