Isabelle Riley was not your usual kind of girl. She was wild and fearless and her wardrobe was full of jeans and jumpers. Her favourite color was black and she loved rock music. She didn’t own one single dress or skirt and she hated the color pink. Her room walls held many band and sport posters, and she had a closet just full of all her sports gear. Isabelle Riley wore sneakers and never wore make up. She played guitar and the drums and her favourite food was burgers, the big ones with double the meat. She loved extra salt on her chips and her favourite drink was a chocolate milkshake, double the chocolate.
I was completely in love with Isabelle Riley.
See, the thing with Isabelle Riley was that you had to refer to her as Isabelle Riley. Her full name was her title. Isabelle was a completely different person than Isabelle Riley was. Same with Izzy, Iz or any other nickname people came up with for her. She was just Isabelle Riley, and everyone knew it.
I remember when I first met Isabelle Riley. I was eleven and it was a rainy and extremely cold day. The grass was muddy and the sky was grey and Isabelle Riley was playing soccer in the park across from my house. I could barely see her through the heavy rain but as soon as I saw a pair of black gym shorts moving around and cleats kicking a football, I ran out into the park.
I asked her what she was doing, and she just looked at me and told me she was playing soccer. Then, she asked if I’d like to join. The wind was so fierce and the rain was so heavy and powerful that her question made me burst into laughter.
"You’re crazy!" I told her. "Who are you?"
And she just smiled. But it wasn’t your typical smile. It wasn’t the simple smile that made your eyes crinkle or your teeth show, it ...
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...s not your usual kind of girl. She used to be wild and fearless but I learnt what her fears were. Her wardrobe is full of lots of my clothes and the jeans and jumpers her mum still kept. Her favourite color is a dark navy blue, and she still loves rock music, but also has a guilty pleasure for country. She wore a dress once, and she doesn’t mind the color of pale pink. Her room walls hold pictures of her and I and band and sports posters, and her closet that is full of sports gear now contains many other things from her past. Isabelle Riley wears boots as well as sneakers and she wore make up to her dance recital once. She and I played guitar together and she taught me how to play the drums, and her favourite food is still burgers but she likes the bacon ones now instead. She loves chicken salt on her chips and her favourite drink is now Pepsi.
I miss Isabelle Riley.
“People who are in earnest are always interesting, whether you agree with them or not” (The Chronicles). Doyle may be known as the author of Sherlock Holmes, but there are other facets to his life. On account of some strange events that occurred, Doyle was persuaded into thinking that spiritual beings existed. As Doyle’s career advanced he drew the attention of many to himself. He succeeded both by gaining supporters and detractors. He built on his fame by giving lectures. These aspects of his life are connected; his painful childhood led him to a successful medical career where his writing and life partner stepped into the picture. These aspects, when combined, led Doyle to a new world view of spiritualism.
The world of young adults is a complicated landscape, with cliques and a desire to fit in. This push for conformity stretches not only through behavior, but more noticeably through the apparel worn by youths. At the beginning of the story, the narrator states that she and her friends are in “trouble,” but they “do not know what [they did], and [they are] sure [they] did not mean to do it” (103). This fear of the unknown continues throughout the entirety of the story, and readers can infer that the crime the girls have committed was simply dressing out of the norm for their age. The narrator also mentions that she is “white-skinned, ebony-haired, red-lipped, and ethereal,” far different than the expectation for her being “suntanned, golden-haired, peach-lipped, and earthbound” like her mother had been (103). As time repeats itself, so too do the fashion trends popular among the masses, and the look that the narrator’s mother portrayed was the same as the look her daughter is expected to adhere to. This is not the case, though, and because of her and her band’s choices in clothes, the narrator feels ostracized by not only her peers but her father as well, who “looks at [them] without moving his mouth or turning his head” as they leave the house (104). This reaction, or lack thereof, indicates that the father disapproves of the choices his daughter has made about how she dresses, but feels as though it is not his place to criticize her. The ending line does an excellent job at summarizing the angst felt by most teens as the narrator and her band feel as though “[they] are right to turn [themselves] in” to the pressures exerted by their peers to comply to what is expected of them (104). Just as women’s individuality is torn down by the pressures
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a man of genius intellect with impeccable writing abilities. He was an absolutely mundane medical doctor until a passion for writing and adventure overtook him. Doyle is most noted for being the author of the four novels and fifty-six short stories of Sherlock Holmes (Geherin 295). He despised writing these detective stories, but wrote them anyway to earn his income and appease his fans. Doyle made writing these stories bearable by making a relatable narrator for the character that he based off his old medical school teacher and using his writing to persuade British citizens that their sense of imperialism was foolish and was tainting their country. Writing about his adventures in war and his indulgence into Spiritualism allowed Doyle to break away slightly from his Sherlock Holmes novels and branch out into the works he truly wanted to write. Even though Doyle may not have liked everything that he had written, he tried to convey his experiences and viewpoints of religion, imperialism, and war into the stories that are still avidly read today.
Her favourite food is Thai, but as a treat she can’t say no to cheesecake. As a compromise, she enjoys low-cal frozen yoghurt, which has the sweetness and tang without the guilt. She loves to relax with some modern fiction – she’s read ‘Eat Pray Love’ four times but can’t stand the film. She prefers something more challenging, ideally a foreign film – for an extra challenge: French without subtitles. Her favourite TV show is Masterchef but she does get caught up in the drama of Offspring. She’ll shop at Country Road and decorate her home in soft, neutral tones from Laura Ashleigh, and has a standing order for fresh white lilies every two
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Arthur Conan Doyle’s early life in England contributed a lot to his writing. While he was still in school there were people around him who influenced the characters that he would write about later in life, including one of his professors. “If he needed a model for his detective, he need look no further than a lean figure in Edinburgh, with long white dexterous hands and a humorous eye, whose deductions startled patients as they would readers” (Carr, 2003). He also started looking at things differently which affected his writing style. “He had encountered a curious facility of being able to drop a mental curtain between himself and the world; and by inducing an artificial state of mind, becoming himself the character he wrote about” (Carr, 2003).
Doyle became an amazing author. He wrote “twenty-one novels and over 150 short stories. He also published nonfiction, essays, articles, memoirs and three volumes of poetry” (Victorian). He received his love for stories from his mother, Mary Doyle. She had a huge love for books and would read him stories in such a beautiful and sweet tone (sherlockholmesonline). She also made him read chivalric romances and Wild West stories, which Doyle’s favorite book at the time was The Scalp Hunters (1851). His mind progressed in the world of reading, and as an adult he wanted to create stories of his own (Stanford).
Annie [played by Aileen Quinn] is a story written by Martin Charnin about a little girl who was left for the doorstep of an orphanage when she was extremely little and goes on to live a miserable life of working at the orphanage. Until one day a person named Grace Farrel [played by Ann Reinking] came along and invited one orphan to stay with her and Oliver Warbucks [played by Albert Finney]. During Annie’s stay Mr. Warbucks realizes how much he likes Annie and wants her to stay. In a way to tell her he gives her a new locket. Without knowing, Annie doesn't accept the locket in result of her own was given to her by her parents before she had been given up. With this knowledge a search is sent out with a reward of $50,000. With
The hero cannot progress without curiosity. However, curiosity can turn into a dangerous obsession. There are many good examples of this throughout Victorian literature. Literary works such as She by H. Rider Haggard and The Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, for example, reflect the curious mind at work using scientific exploration to achieve the goal of solving the mystery, but attempting to solve the mystery poses dangers to the protagonists that, at first, they are unaware of. The curious mind, seeking discovery, eventually sees the dangers but does not turn back. The mystery has become an obsession to the curious mind, and for the curious mind, solving the mystery has become more important than self-preservation. However, without the obsessive curiosity and without the danger that follows that curiosity, there would be no heroes in the story and, therefore, no story.
In “I Was a Skinny Tomboy Kid” and “Bad Boy” they both have one central idea, that being different is difficult, but both express this in very different ways. Both authors share stories from them being different. The authors share experiences on how they struggled to fit in and how it was a difficult time.
First from this chapter we worked on the three layers of diversity (Engleberg and Wynn 74). Some of Riley’s diverse aspects are that she has her own individual personality, she is Caucasian, twelve years old, female, a middle school student, and many more. Also we did the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator with the mindset of being Riley (MyersBriggs.org), finding that she is an extrovert, which means she focuses outward and gets her energy from being around others. She is also a sensor, someone who focuses on details and is practical and realistic. Also she is a feeler and perceiver meaning she is people-oriented and seeks group harmony, also that she likes open-endedness and sees being on time as less important than being flexible and adaptable (Engleberg and Wynn 78-80). The film also included stereotypes such as the cool girl at school, the gender roles, and the representation of the emotions. The gender roles varying from the way the male emotions, Anger and Fear, were dressed and the overall way they acted to the female characters, Joy, Sadness, and Disgust, seeming more caring and nurturing.
Some people are excellent friends due to their humour and generosity. Others may be admired by their perseverance and organization skills. However, a person is not capable of holding all traits, which is what makes each and every one of us unique and our own ways. Bonny’s personality may not be perfect, but those three personality traits were definitely revealed through her actions. Although she is still only a teenager, she exemplifies the sense of being independent, imaginative, and a reliable individual. Throughout the pervious experiences, she was able to undergo changes and improve herself. This final act is what qualifies Bonny as a truly interesting individual and what makes her special from others.
“No one knows for certain how much impact they have on the lives of other people. Oftentimes, we have no clue. Yet we push it just the same” - Jay Asher. Dr. Bell nor Preston knew the impact they took in Conan Doyle’s life until he wrote A Study in Scarlet. Dr. Bell was an important professor to him he admired the his personality and how he could deduce so easily. During that time there was war and that also made Doyle choose characters that were involved, just like Preston.The main person that put the idea of story telling in Doyle’s life was his mother, he learned form her and without her he might had not even notice the ability he had as an author.
At first, one of the best memories is when I saw my love for the first time. I saw her at the American embassy in my country Bangladesh. She went to the embassy to pick up her visa and at the same time I also went there to pick up my visa. After I saw her, I had feeling for her so that I want to be with her. Love at first sig...
I walked away knowing who I am and wish to be, all because of Annaleah Lankston. A silly blue haired skateboarder who I made up in my own head, who ran every aspect of my life until now. Don’t get me wrong, Annaleah is still here. I couldn 't write this story without her. But she isn 't who I wish to be anymore. She is my inner monologue, always reminding me of who I am and pushing me to do my best in everything that challenges me. Don’t get me wrong; I did try being her. She was my aim in life for so long. I tried the blue hair, but it turned to shit green and I immediately regretted it. And I do speak my mind, but I choose what to speak because I realize the stuff I hold in my brain makes conversation way more fun. I keep things in my mind because I’m a thinker. I would rather hold onto something and think about it for weeks, than blurt it out and have others give me their opinions. Opinions they force on me not giving me the opportunity to form my own opinion. Yes, she had the older brother I’ve always wanted. However, I have an older sister who I can steal clothes from and I guess she isn 't all that bad. The truth is, I spent so much of my own life wishing to be someone I thought I wanted to be when now I know I wouldn 't choose to be anyone but myself. I have Annaleah and my high school English teacher to thank for that. And who am I? I am the girl that rips the missing person sign plastered on every light pole down, not looking at the familiar face staring at me as I do so. This girl was finally found, finally knows who she is. I am Samantha Livingston and wish to only be