Clémence entered the front doors of the École Elémentaire Paul Cézanne in the 6th arrondissement. Classes were already over, but Rose had told her that Adam worked after school hours on Mondays and Wednesdays as part of the after school program for the kids whose parents worked late and couldn’t pick them up when classes ended. Many families in the wealthy arrondissement employed baby-sitters or nannies, since parents usually worked until seven p.m. or later, but some families preferred enrolling their kids in the after school program so they could get help with their homework, or take part in Adam’s sports program. Clémence kept on the same outfit she’d worn to F.R.Fraser so she could look to part of a working mom, and her presence wouldn’t be questioned. She supposed she was old enough to have a child in elementary school, since she was 28. Adam was in the playground area, blowing on his whistle as a dozen or so cute children skipped rope. She recognized Adam from the photos Rose had shown her on her smartphone. At 6’2”, Adam had black hair, and overly toned upper body. He wore a ratty Rolling Stone T-shirt, blue gym shorts and sneakers. She didn’t mind watching the fit guy from the glass door as she waited for a chance to speak to him. When the children had some free time in the playground to choose and play their own activities, Adam went to the benches to sit down and drink some water. Clémence took the opportunity to approach him. “Vous êtes Adam?” “Oui.” He gave her a quick once-over. The way his eyes widened conveyed that he liked what he saw. “Je m’appelle Clémence. You don’t know me, but I’m Rose’s friend.” Adam stood up. “Enchanté. It’s so unfortunate what happened to Pierre.” “Yes, and you can guess why I... ... middle of paper ... ...ctive. He liked blondes.” It was too bad she couldn’t go through Pierre’s cell phone. The police had it. “It’s crazy.” Adam shook his head. “I texted Pierre a couple of times this weekend and he didn’t respond. I thought it was weird, but figured he was busy. Now I know why.” “I’m sorry for your loss,” Clémence said. “The inspector might want to ask you similar questions, if he ever comes around to it, just so you know.” “What inspector?” “The one on the case.” “I thought you were on the case. So you’re really not a cop?” Clémence shook his head. He was as dumb as they came. “Oh. You’re too pretty to be a cop,” Adam said. “But I’m disappointed. Hey, can I get your number? I can call you if I ever get more information.” Clémence wanted to turn him down, but she supposed that it would help if Adam did have any new insights, however unlikely that was.
Clarisse plays an odd role in “At the Cadian Ball”, one that many people would look at as very wrong in today’s society. Clarisse was Alcee’s cousin, and they lived on the plantation together, both of the higher social ranking. What makes Clarisse’s role in the story odd is that after Alcee has fallen in and out of love with Calixta due to her low social ranking, Clarisse seems to fall in love with Alcee afterwards. Falling in love with your own cousin and eventually marrying him would be looked down upon in today’s society, but in the 19th century it was perfectly
Clemencia doesn’t want to take the place of Megan, or of any other fooled white woman but instead accepts the fact that she will never be the wife, but always the mistress in contrast to an anglo lady and she is...
Child had some arguments against the education system for girls. As the class learned, girls would go to school and dip their toes into many of the sciences rather than focus their education on the classics to prepare for college entrance exams like their male counterparts. Child also argued that once young women graduated, they got caught up in going to balls and parties to live out their youth while they still could. The author thought that young people should be taught about frugality and industry in case they became impoverished at some point in their lives, like the struggles that she faced with David’s debts. Within the text, Child visited with the mother of an impoverished family. The mother hired a seamstress to sew and patch their clothing because the sixteen year old daughter did not have enough sewing skill. Child was taken aback by the statement because she thought that the young woman would have been able to sew to bring in money for her family. But, the mother replied that school, music, and dance took up too much of the daughter’s time during the school year and during winter break she would be spending time with her friends. “Now is her time to enjoy herself, you know. Let her take all the comfort she can, while she is single!,” stated the mother. Since young women did not learn domestic tasks in school, they did not enjoy them later in life. The arts
“It sounds personal to me,” the blond woman said. I felt myself nodding in agreement. “I'm sure the police---”
26). Clarisse’s role on the other hand, is very different, making it significant to the story. They
I first had a glimpse of him in the early morning of summer in the old gymnasium where the cold hardwood meets the soft rubber, where the boys are plucked out and pushed to the side to wait for their turn. But this ambitious kid was different he had a certain swagger to him, confidence oozing like the sweat from his body a fearless aspect about him at first he was conservative but soon they would meet the real him
Clarisse’s character has a lot of traits that maker her her own individual and make her stand out of the crowd. She has a lot curiosity and questions, which makes her slightly dangerous for a dystopian society that doesn't question- just absent mindedly does. Also, no one in that society does that which makes her stand out, she thinks differently. She is not at all worried about doing what society and/or the government expects of her or others. She is a free-thinker who sees the world in a different way, she looks at possibilities and the simple pleasures in life that most people have forgot like how she thinks, “The rain feels good,”(Bradbury 21). Guy himself never met someone strange like her because she asks, "why" instead of "how," and
Every day she came dressed for school in brilliant colored leggings partially covered by a relaxed sweatshirt unevenly rolled at the sleeves. Her plump belly took shape under her shirts, creasing slightly, like a curtain conforming to its width. Her feet plowed into her white Keds and snuggled inside fluorescent socks scrunched at the ankle. Mary Beth’s Keds curved toward each other as she stepped, and it was evident she was pigeon-toed. (This was another characteristic we loved to imitate.) I saw her ferociously sprint during gym and on our Field Day. It was dreadful. Her leg stampeded into each other in an effort to run straight. Her arms flung back and forth anxiously like an ape’s, and I could see her tongue sticking out of her crooked mouth in determination. She was hopeless.
...e’s inability to adjust is considered dangerous, and therefore, Captain Beatty says, “She was a time bomb…The poor girl’s better off dead...Luckily, queer ones like her don’t happen often.” (60) Meaning, according to the government Clarisse was looked at as someone who will never fit in, and always be different, which is why it was necessary for her to be silenced.
not have respected Clarice at this point, but he trusted her. He was familiar with her, attracted to
Clarisse is not like the others. To society, this is called crazy. She expresses opinions which differ from the status quo. They say she is anti-social, but really, she interacts in other ways. She does not trust people easily, but this doesn’t stop her from being friendly, funny, and open. She calls herself crazy too, but crazy as in fun. She presents a carefree, relaxed, joyful, childlike manner. She does what makes her happy and what makes her happy is what she does. She is an outdoorsy person who values nature, a characteristic unique to her. Curiosity and observations fill her life and leads her on adventures making her open-minded to new ideas. She is content. She is simplistic. She is a
In contrast to her later years of triumph, Coco Chanel endured an impoverished childhood. Her mother passed away in February 16th, 1895 due to exhaustion and overwork at age 33. Her father, named Albert, was left with Chanel and her four siblings. Her father was a peddler, whose job was to travel from place to place and sell small goods. He did not have enough income to care for all five of his children, so he “farmed out” the kids to his relatives and orphanages right after Chanel’s mother died. He sent Chanel, a young child of age 12, to an orphanage belonging to a Catholic monastery in Aubazine.
Because she was a trainee but not only because she was a trainee but because she was simply a woman that worked in a male dominated industry. Therefore all the men looked at her as if she was weak, weak minded, soft, and not cut out for the type of work that she was getting herself into so the men decided to take matters into their own hands and make the job even more harder than it already is by diminishing her, ridiculing her, messing with her, and being disrespectful towards her, but not only by their words but also by their actions. But Clarice was a very strong and Strong minded woman who believed in herself and her capabilities in order to fulfill her role in her new career path which was to get through to
"I'll start my search there. We won't lose hope that she may still be alive, but don't lose your sense of reality either." His voice had a coldness to it and his face looked like someone whose life was taken out of him.
“I suppose that I have never properly thanked you for saving my life. I am sorry for that. I was not sure then that I wished it saved.”