Brittney Patterson
Vicki Bozzola Jones
English 111 Section 2003
2 November 2013
The Troubled Color Since when does the pigmentation of a female’s skin determine the way that she’ll act in a relationship. The mere fact that men think it does is outrageous to me. Throughout my high school years I tend to have noticed that young men strayed away from black girls. Being that I am a black girl I wanted to know the reason behind this, the most common responses that I received were that we’re “angry, ghetto, and uneducated.” I am tired of men not wanting to get in a relationship with a black girl because they have too many “problems”. “Why do you always look so mean Brittney?” Something that I hear almost every day, whether walking to and from class or sitting at my desk. It’s not that I do it intentionally, it just appears to be that way. Although my friends know that I’m not a mean person, they tell me that if they didn’t know me I would come off as a mean girl. Guys normally don’t like to approach or talk to me because of my facial expression, to them I appear to be “stuck up” or “too good”. Which is the total opposite of who I really am, just like any person I have bad days and other times I am so focused on life itself that my facial expression changes but it’s hard to convince them once they’ve already made this assumption. The “ghetto” is the part of a city where people apart of a minority live. This word is often used to describe African Americans, specifically women. Society has created the image that all black women have long weave, long nails, loud voices, and bad vocabulary. Guys that are easily influenced by the media believe that black women are “ghetto”. I was raised in a small town in Missouri where I was expected to be a lady, which in my upbringing consisted of being respectful, nonjudgmental, but little things like my nails and my clothes caused me to be labeled as “ghetto”. Like any girl, I like to get my nails done, and dress differently from everyone else, adding my own touch on things. Is it me to blame for wanting to look nice? I’ll never forget the time that I walked into my History class and the “class clown” looked at me and said, “Look at Brittney’s nails you guys, she must have went to the ghetto to have them done.” I never knew something as simple as nails and clothes can cause a person to be labeled as “ghetto”.
I was born free as Caesar; so where you: We both have fed as well and we can both Endure the winter’s cold as well as he: For once, upon a raw and gusty day, The troubled Tiber chafing with her shores, Caesar said to be “Dar’st thou, Cassius, now Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point?” Upon the word, Account’red as I was, I plunged in And bade him follow: so indeed he did. The torrent roared, and we did buffet it With lusty sinews, throwing it aside And stemming…
Steigerwald 1 Thomas Steigerwald Prof. McMillan English 102 November 21, 2014 Edgar Allan Poe: Exploring Common Themes of a Troubled Writer Edgar Allan Poe was an American author and poet born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1809. Poe lived a tumultuous life, wrought with death and financial challenges. He lost both parents by the time he was three years old. Poe was then separated from his siblings to live with a foster family. Over the course of his life, tuberculosis caused the deaths of his mother…
And since the candles are placed right next to Lester, they might be a reflection of his happiness. Also, there is a red car outside the garage— the color red is prominent in this movie. Often red roses are seen throughout the film, a red door and here a red automobile. This color Jamaleddine 2 possibly represents suppressed sexuality. I say…
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films of all time, was dismissed by its audience upon its initial release in 1958. This is almost impossible to agree with because of the near perfect execution of the film, but it can be understood. Vertigo stars James Stewart, once again, as a troubled man who acts on impulsive decisions driven by a woman. The film is about John Scottie Ferguson (James Stewart), a dismissed detective because of his fear of heights, and his quest to figure out the truth behind a woman, Madeline (Kim Novak), that…
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In Louise Erdrich's short story, "The Red Convertible," she portrays the horrors of war that impose on the relationship of two brothers, Henry and Lyman. Erdrich uses symbolism to reveal the trials and hardships Henry brings home from the battlefields of Vietnam. She also shows Lyman's difficulties with handling separation from his brother. Erdrich's ultimate purpose in "The Red Convertible" is communicating the emotional afflictions war creates for a soldier and his relationships through symbolism…
the bodice. The dress looks great on her body because it is form fitting and the color really brings out the details of the dress. The dress is very feminine but the color gives it an edge. Girls The whole picture is great. There is so many different textures that stand out but they complement each other. The different beads and jewels from the dress reflect the sun’s rays so the shine. The different colors from the dress pop out from the earthy tones of the background. Also the expression…
