The Little Drummer Girl Essay Examples

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Analysis of the Film My Girl Directed by Howard Zieff (635 words, 2 pages)

The 1991 movie My Girl directed by Howard Zieff is a story of two eleven year old friends? last summer together. Vada and Thomas Jay show the special relationship they have and the love that they share even through death. Vada continues to demonstrate her love for Thomas Jay and ... Read More

An Analysis of the Novel Maggie, a Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane (1095 words, 2 pages)

The novel, Maggie, A Girl of the Streets, by Stephen Crane, takes place in the slums of New York City during the 1890s. It is about a girl, Maggie Johnson, who is forced to grow up in a tenement house. She had a brother, Jimmie, an abusive mother, Mary, and ... Read More

Symbolism and the Motif of Death in The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen (1064 words, 2 pages)

In the snowy streets of the city, a pitiable young girl is selling matches on New Years Eve in a desperate attempt to appease her fathers violent anger. Alone with her matches and their accompanying visions, the girl passes on and is found later the next day with a smile ... Read More

The Story of Gene Krupa, an American Jazz Drummer (1822 words, 2 pages)

Gene Krupa was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 15, 1909. He was the youngest son of Bartley and Ann Krupa's nine children. His father died when Gene was very young and his mother worked as a milliner to support the family. All of the children had to start working ... Read More

A Summary of the Novel Little Women (2150 words, 3 pages)

Summary of Part One Little Women tells the story of the four March sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy as they grow from childhood to adulthood. The story is set during the Civil War times. The March girls are struggling because their father is away at war and funds are ... Read More

A Character Analysis of The Country Girl (1583 words, 2 pages)

In the year 1954, the United States was changing rapidly. President Eisenhower, a Republican, was in the midst of his first term. Eisenhower had just announced to the world that the United States had in fact developed and successfully tested the first hydrogen bomb some two years prior. Mamie Eisenhower ... Read More

Analysis of Little Women (748 words, 2 pages)

Before ever reading Louisa May Alcotts novel, Little Women, people already have preconceived notions of the book due to its tittle. According to Websters dictionary the definition of little is to emphasize how small an amount is. The word little cast a shadow over the whole novel making the womens ... Read More

Girl Scout Gold Award (219 words, 1 pages)

I have been a Girl Scout since the first grade. I have completed my Bronze Award, Silver Award, and I am almost done working on my Gold Award. The Gold Award is the highest award a Girl Scout can receive. It entails creating a community service project based on what ... Read More

How the Media Negatively Influences the Image of a girl (1064 words, 4 pages)

The media affects people in many different ways and can negatively affect teenage girls and their health. The average runway model is estimated to be 5 feet 9 inches tall and to weigh in at 110 pounds resulting in a body mass index of just 16 (Klonick). A healthy body ... Read More

Safety Factors for Girls in Sports (582 words, 2 pages)

Since the beginning of World War II females have taken a more active role in our everyday society. They can be seen engaging in jobs that require brute strength, determination and skill. The younger generation of teens and young women are also giving a helping hand , having the ability ... Read More

A Girl Growing Up (1254 words, 4 pages)

As an answer to my constant complaints of not having the perfect melody of greens or the rich azure of the night sky after a sunset, my parents gifted me with a Crayola Crayon Maker on my eighth birthday. The process of creating a new crayon was extremely simple take ... Read More

Teaching Little Sister to Ride Horses (2637 words, 6 pages)

Her long brown hair whips in the wind as she gallops off on Annabelle. Of course, knowing Daisy Lynn, the waves on each strand of hair is done perfectly. She is the most flawless person I have ever met, and definitely the picture perfect girl at Tullahoma High School. I ... Read More

Short Story About a Kidnapped Girl (1521 words, 4 pages)

Have you ever had the feeling your heart was going to jump out of your chest. So scared your face is flushed red. A tingling feeling that moves through the whole body. Heart sinking and beating so fast. Fast enough to feel it through my fingers. I'm only feeling this ... Read More

Comparing Fahrenheit 451 and Red Scarf Girl (832 words, 3 pages)

Have you ever experienced Communism or government control? Red ScarfGirl and Fahrenheit 451 inform and entertain readers about how thiscontrol suppressed the lives of everyday people. Red Scarf Girl, anon-fiction memoir, is about a young girl who suffers during theCultural Revolution in China. Similarly, in Fahrenheit 451, a sciencefiction book, ... Read More

A Little Girl with Cancer – Creative Short Story (713 words, 1 pages)

Beep Beep Beeeep. That was all I heard in my hospital room. My name is Aubrey. Im six and I was diagnosed with cancer when I was five. I have blue eyes as sparkly as the sea and no hair on my bald, yet shiny head. My mom says I ... Read More

Short Story Retelling of Little Red Riding Hood (4434 words, 16 pages)

It happened this way. She knew that it had, though she could barely remember the way it felt. They all knew, though they never discussed it openly when they got together for holidays and the occasional sisters' spa get away, because lives are not so easily disassembled as all that. ... Read More

Big D Little d: A Choice in Culture (3677 words, 14 pages)

IntroductionI was born deaf, raised hearing, and am becoming Deaf. With that quote by Anonymous, you can surmise that Deaf has more to it than just being born without the ability to hear. The Deaf community has given distinction between deaf with the lowercase d as a physical description of ... Read More

Trafficking of Women and Girls (769 words, 3 pages)

Why is raising awareness about the trafficking of women and girls necessaryThe trafficking of women for the purpose of sexual exploitation takes place on a wide scale as a result of globalized capitalism. Notably from poor countries to more developed countries. The traffickers focus on women because many men hit ... Read More

Creative Short Story about a Little Girl (892 words, 3 pages)

Hala is six years old, she took paper and pencil to draw, she said I am going to draw Saudi and America. She started drawing and she decided to begin with Saudi. She draw cat sitting on the top of thing that I thought it is building. Hala said, There ... Read More

Short Story About a Girl who Runs Away (7766 words, 23 pages)

When Kelana Star streak was eight she had a run-in with Count Spankulot for not finishing her dinner and getting into an argument with her dad about it. He and his wife were trying to get her eat the gross broccoli, spinach and peas soup. He said, Kelana, sweetheart, you ... Read More

Parenting Boys and Girls Differently (530 words, 2 pages)

Sarah is sobbing all because one person said something she didnt like, Andrea her mother is learning how different her little girl is from her son Dylan. Sarah is way too sensitive and needs more attention, with Dylan all he does is get up and brush it off. People think ... Read More

Learning to Appreciate the Little Things in Life (823 words, 3 pages)

Sometimes it takes something unexpected to realize what is really important in life. It can either be a wonderful experience that you can learn from, or a traumatic encounter that may alter your whole outlook on life. With that being said, there are certain events that will urge some people ... Read More

An Analysis of the Short Story Girl (878 words, 3 pages)

The short story Girl is not about a specific mother-daughter relationship, but rather culturally designated roles for girls in a particular society.In order to fit into a certain society one must uphold the appearance and behaviors that are expected by the societys social standard. The way a woman makes her ... Read More

Personal Experience of Working as a Mill Girl (593 words, 2 pages)

The days were the same, and our money was running out. Our family didnt know what to do when it came to earning more money, untill that good old mill house alowed me to work at there mill. Mills Mills, was the name, and when I saw my name sadie ... Read More

A Discussion on the Benefits the Mill Girls Gained by Moving to Lowell (1134 words, 4 pages)

"If there is no struggle, there is no progress." This quote byFredrick Douglass directly relates to the life the mill girls lived. Everyday they woke up not knowing what the day may bring them, a new sickness,an injury, or maybe even a pleasant day. Some of the greatest workingindustries and ... Read More

The Theme of Femininity in The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen (1348 words, 4 pages)

In the story The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen its suggested that Femininity is all beauty, perfection, and sacrifice. Femininity is a rigid concept but it goes silently accepted in the underworld of the sea. The story begins with the magical sea world and a widowed sea king and ... Read More

Eating Disorders in Young Girls (1022 words, 2 pages)

According to U.S. estimates from The National Institute of Mental Health, more than 50 of girls ages 9-15 said they have exercised to lose weight, another 50 said they have reduced their food intake, and approximately 5 claim they have used a parents laxatives or diet pills in order to ... Read More

The Character of Louise in The Fat Girl by Andre Dubus (745 words, 3 pages)

Dialectic Writing Entry 4The Fat Girl, by Andre Dubus, is a short story about a girl, Louise, who has trouble losing weight to please society, therefore causing her to be unhappy for majority of her life. Louise, a small town girl from Louisiana, was unfortunately not as small due to ... Read More

Should Boys and Girls Be in the Same Team at Playing Sport? (588 words, 3 pages)

Should Boys and Girls be in The Same Team at Playing Sport? Did you know that at the rarest occasions girls like playing sport boys play and would like to be in the same team with boys? However, did you also research about the percentage of females who play co-ed ... Read More

A Little Bit of Kindness Is What We All Need (796 words, 1 pages)

The Kindness ProjectAt Starbucks, I ordered a Vanilla Latte, and the person behind me had no clue that he would get a free cheesecake, and he is also a teacher at Jupiter High School. It felt very good just to make someones day for nothing in return, he also told ... Read More