706094 Hour 3 The short story, Eleven, by Sandra Cisneros, is a story about not being respected in your childhood. It is a story where what a little girl has to say doesn’t matter. It is a story where a girl shares her perspective on birthday’s and the idea of getting older. The story Eleven, gives the readers a glimpse in what it is like to be eleven again. It is a reminder of what it is like to not have a voice and to be considered less than the adults in the community. Rachel, the main character, keeps thinking to herself that she’d rather be 102 years old because she’d know what to say. Children are always saying how they want to grow up, and now that I am older I am starting to realize why. People treat pre teens, and other children
Summary and Response to Barbara Kingsolver’s “Called Home” In “Called Home”, the first chapter of the book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year in Food Life, Barbara Kingsolver presents her concerns about America's lack of food knowledge, sustainable practices, and food culture. Kingsolver introduces her argument for the benefits of adopting a local food culture by using statistics, witty anecdotal evidence, and logic to appeal to a wide casual reading audience. Her friendly tone and trenchant criticism of America's current food practices combine to deliver a convincing argument that a food culture would improve conditions concerning health and sustainability.
In the book “13” edited by James Howe, there is thirteen stories. The story I'm going to talk about is “What is the Worst That Could Happen?” written by Bruce Coville. This story talk about how being the age thirteen for him was difficult. It also talks about him having a crush, and not being able to talk to her. For the fear that she would reject him. He explains and describes what she is to him. He also talks to his friends about her, and they tell him to go talk to her but he can't.
In the short story "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros, a young girl named Rachel is characterized. Through a specific incident, Cisneros shows how Rachel does not act as old as eleven ideally should. Through repetition and metaphor, Cisneros alludes to Rachel?s personality and childish views.
The major conflict in the play, Nine Ten by Warren Leight is jury duty. The first thing people think when they hear the words “jury duty” is sitting in a courthouse all day and night disagreeing whether a person is guilty or innocent. For most, the immediate thought when getting that letter out of the mailbox is that they do not have time. Their lives are full enough with running the kids to school and to after school activities. Their next thought may be, ‘but I’m going out of town soon’, just because a select few are going to jury duty does not mean that time will stand still and wait for their duty to be done. The last thing to cross most people’s mine, is that jury duty is a right, a civic duty, to allow a fellow man to speak to a member of his peers. However, just because most people dislike jury duty does not mean everyone does, some people may take great pride in deciding the fate of another person.
Displaying one's emotions in public is often not planned nor wanted especially when it comes to crying due to humiliation and shame. In the short story “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros, literary terms such as simile, diction, and repetition are utilized in characterizing emotional “eleven” year old Rachel. The figurative language used, support the images that were intended for the reader to perceive. Diction and repetition help guide the audience with a certain point of view towards the characters. Not only does Cisneros exploit these literary terms to explain and characterize Rachel's feelings but to exhibit how one may not always have the courage, personal strength, or maturity to handle certain situations.
Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate is the story of an African boy, Kek, who loses his father and a brother and flees, leaving his mother to secure his safety. Kek, now in Minnesota, is faced with difficulties of adapting to a new life and of finding his lost mother. He believes that his mother still lives and would soon join him in the new found family. Kek is taken from the airport by a caregiver who takes him to live with his aunt. It is here that Kek meets all that amazed him compared to his home in Sudan, Africa. Home of the brave shows conflicts that Kek faces. He is caught between two worlds, Africa and America. He feels guilty leaving behind his people to live in a distant land especially his mother, who he left in the midst of an attack.
Traditions, heritage and culture are three of the most important aspects of Chinese culture. Passed down from mother to daughter, these traditions are expected to carry on for years to come. In Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club, daughters Waverly, Lena, Rose and June thoughts about their culture are congested by Americanization while on their quests towards self-actualization. Each daughter struggles to find balance between Chinese heritage and American values through marriage and professional careers.
Kahn was a writer and contribute editor of magazines for wired and national geographic. Stripped for parts appeared in wired in 2003. Kahn was awarded award in 2004 for a journalism fellowship from the American Academy of Neurology. She wrote this short essay describing how organs can be transplanted. The Stripped essay is an- eye opener. Though not many people tend to think of how a body should be maintained after death. Jennifer Kahn depicts a dramatic image for her audience. She uses the terminology “the dead man “though technically correct, the patient is brain dead, but his or her heart is still beating.
Stories like “Eleven” demonstrate Sandra Cisneros’s mastery at conveying big themes in only a few pages of words. At first glance, the reader may think that this is simply a sad story about a mean teacher ruining and innocent little girl’s birthday. However, when taking a closer look, the reader is able to identify and investigate the brilliantly layered symbolism of this short story and piece together the deeper meaning behind it. Cisneros successfully utilizes the red sweater as a tool of symbolism for multiple themes: overwhelment, social stigmas, and characterization of Rachel’s complex personality. Each of these different themes, represented in one symbol, add new aspects or “layers” to this elaborate short story.
Being bound up and thrown in a dark closet is not something that all 11-year-olds experience, yet Flavia has to undergo them. These experiences expose her to challenging situations, and give her wisdom beyond her years. When locked in a closet by her older siblings, Flavia is easily able to escape. “A bit of judicious fishing and fiddling yielded a gratifying click. It was almost too easy,” Flavia says (Bradley 2). She is able to keep herself calm and figure out what to do to escape. Any regular 11-year-old would not be able to achieve this. This develops the theme by showing that Flavia’s main obstacle is her age, but she is able to power through that and accomplish great tasks. She is severely underestimated due to her age, and no one is aware of how she is an incredible problem solver. Whether that problem is getting out of a locked closet or solving a murder case, Flavia has motivation to achieve what she
The coming of age of any girl is a very important and significant moment in their life. In Sandra Cisneros’ “The Monkey Garden” the character of the story has a coming of age experience which will changes her life forever. In the story Cisneros describes the character as a child who enjoys playtime in the abandoned Monkey garden. As she is lost in the adventures of the garden she finds herself changing. Like in every other child who transitions into adulthood, this moment marks a new path in her life. Coming of age is a significant and emotional event in anyone’s life. Not only does it mark the beginning of adulthood but it also means losing your childhood games.
"I think growing up is difficult and it's a process that I'm always interested in, with kids and adults, they are often on two different universes." This quote by Alice Hoffman, an American novelist, captures the theme of the story “Eleven,” by Sandra Cisneros. On her eleventh birthday, Rachel, the narrator, is confused by the multifarious childish, and tween-like emotions that Rachel feels, and as a result, she presents the demeanor of a child more than that of a tween.
The story is told by the main character Vanessa who is reflecting back on a memory of when she was ten. Throughout the short story plot, conflict, character, theme, and symbol, which are all extremely important elements of fiction, are depicted. The plot of the short
As a journalist in 1920 for the New York Herald Tribune, Sophie Treadwell was assigned to go to Mexico to follow the situation after the Mexican Revolution. (Mexican Revolution 1910-1917) She covered many important aspects of the Mexican Revolution during this time, including relations between the U.S. and Mexico. She was even permitted an interview with Pancho Villa in August 1921 at his headquarters. This interview and other events that she experienced in Mexico are presumably what led her to write the play Gringo. In Gringo Treadwell tries to depict the stereotypical and prejudicial attitudes that Mexicans and Americans have about each other. There is a demonstration of how Mexican women are looked at in the Mexican culture and how they see themselves. The play also corresponds to similar events that occurred during the Mexican Revolution.
First of all, there are many advantages of being eleven. For instance my parents trust me more. My parents let me stay home alone instead of having a babysitter. They also let me go to movies without them leading me by the hand. My parents don’t act so paranoid about me staying in the yard to play. My next positive thing about being eleven is I can go more places with my friends. For example, I don't have to go to the family skate, I can go to the friday night skate with my friends. My parents can drop us off at the front of the movie theater and we can pick what movie to watch. I can also go to the mall with a group of my friends. My third positive reason is I can choose more sports or activities. For instance, I can play tackle football instead of touch or flag football. I have the choice to play girls basketball or softball. I can also go to the school dances. My final advantage is I have more privileges. I can enter better web sites such as www.bonus.com. I can have my own e-mail address instead of writing mail by hand. My parents let me stay on the phone longer. I can stay on for about an hour instead of thirty minutes.