Girl Essay Examples

Blending drama with a touch of romance, The Good Girl is an extraordinary and heartfelt novel written by Kerry Cohen Hoffmann. After the death of her brother Mark, Lindsay’s life has undergone significant changes. In order to cope with her difficulties and maintain family unity, she adopts the persona of a “good girl.” Lindsay achieves […]

Good afternoon fellow panthers, first I would like to thank my parents, siblings and friends for their countless hours that they have put towards my Head Girl campaign. Without their help and support I know this campaign would have not been as successful as it is. For those of you who aren’t familiar with me, […]

Joyce Carol Oates “The Girl With the Blackened Eye” was a narrative depicting a story about a teenage girl who had experienced tragedy at the age fifteen. The narrator, the character had endured what is believed to be eight days of physical and mental abuse from her abductor. She was violated and ripped of all […]

Down a Dark Hall written by Lois Duncan is a book about a girl named Kit Gordy, going to a boarding school miles away from the closest town, which is a small village Blackwood. She comes to her new home for the school year with her new step father Dan and her worrying mother, who […]

This Greek sculpture carved with parian marble was found on the island of Paros in 1775 and consists of a young girl wearing a woolen garment with her head bowed giving her farewell to two pet doves. The young girl’s facial expression is strong, yet somber while she holds one dove close to her serene […]

Charles Dana Gibson’s pen and ink illustrations, known as the Gibson Girls, symbolized the epitome of femininity during the late 1800s and early 1900s. They stood as the embodiment of a post-Victorian society that was optimistic, morally upright, and grounded in tradition. The Gibson Girl illustrations provide insightful reflections on societal views of a woman’s […]

Legends, myths, and folklore have always captured my attention. Whether they are about made-up, mystical creatures or even creatures turning into humans, I always seem to thoroughly enjoy the stories behind them. After reading the novel Selkie Girl and watching the movie Secret of Roan Inish, I started to draw some similarities and differences between […]

At the beginning of the Gregory’s Girl it start’s at the football trial Phil is refusing Dorothy at the trial by being patronising and sexist as he uses words such as “Dear and sweetheart.” Dorothy is a very self-confident and ambitious person and won’t take “no” for an answer. She is also a bit rude […]

The essay “The Good Girl” by Sharon Slayton disscuses how you can become obsessed to pleasing the society around you and forget about your desires. Slayton uses her own personal obsession of being “good” to please her parents believing that thats what she wanted. Slayton believes that her obsession of being good and pleasing others […]

The ability to write down one’s emotions and thoughts enables individuals to undergo a catharsis of sorts when under duress. Fundamentally, a diary, or Journal, is a permanent personal record that is kept of events, thoughts, and ideas associated with an individual. They retain great significance in an individual’s life, and hold a great deal […]

L had worn these clothes with docility, even pleasure, in the days when I was unaware of the world’s opinion. Now, grown wiser, I wished for dresses like those y friend Lonnie had, bought at Bale’s store. The relationship between the narrator and her mother give the reader a sense of her ambivalent feelings towards […]

This essay will examine the overarching notion of the far-reaching consequences of the colonialism of African tribes. In the poem The Zulu Girl, the poet utilizes the rich relationship between a mother and her child to eloquently exemplify the impacts of colonialism on the Africans older and younger generation, through the utilization of symbolism, imagery, […]

“Jinxed Emotions” In the short story, Jinx, Aimee Bender focuses on two young girls, Tina and Cathy, who are inseparable. They enter a poster store to discover a very cute boy. One of the girls ends up kissing the boy and the other girl goes home. This act ends up ruining their friendship. Bender carries […]