The Girl - Original Writing - 901 Words

Once upon a time there was a young Vietnamese girl who was beautiful and loved by everyone, especially her grandmother. When she turned fifteen, her grandmother gave her a bright white silk Ao Dai. It was the most elegant dress in all of Vietnam, so she wore it to school everyday. Even though every other girl worn similar white Ao Dai’s, she was given the name ‘Little White Bride.’ One day before school, her mother asked her to bring her grandmother the honeycomb cake they made the night before, but she knew the journey would be dangerous. Her mother warned her of the hostile men that would go to any lengths to get a girl to get into a van with them, so men in China could have beautiful young brides. However the girl was brave, maybe a little too brave, and shrugged it off. So she left her house with the cake and her schoolbooks and started her walk into the country. Her grandmother lived only fifteen minutes away near the rice fields, so she didn’t feel a need to rush. As she walked past an abandoned field, a young boy who looked about the same age as her was riding up behind her on a rickety old bike. He was coming straight towards her with a surprised look on his face. He slowed down and said â€Å"You know how dangerous it is for a girl of your age and beauty to be out here all alone?† â€Å"Yes, but I’m not worried, I’ve only run into you so far and you don’t look scary. Plus I’m already half way to my grandmother’s house.† â€Å"Is the house with the green roof yourShow MoreRelatedThe Girl - Original Writing1338 Words   |  6 Pagesdoor and slept for an entire two hours? That is convincing.† The girl didn’t buy his apologize. She sniffed, folded her arms, with a disdainful expression on her pretty face. â€Å"Now, get lost!† She shouted. He looked up at the sky, it was completely dark. The alley became windy and freezing, but the girl only wore a plaid shirt and a tapered jeans. He wondered why she was not feeling cold. â€Å"Jesus, stop staring at me like that!† The girl was getting irritated by his stare. â€Å"You pervert.† She screamedRead MoreThe Young Girl - Original Writing921 Words   |  4 PagesA once innocent young girl is now a carefree, rebellious woman who has gotten herself into quite a bit of trouble over the years. Although she usually has good intentions, my sister tends to make decisions that suddenly send her life into a downward spiral. People may wonder what happened to that sweet, blonde haired little girl that never got in trouble. Maybe it was witnessing her parents divorce, or her curiosity to try new things, either way, her personality, lifestyle, and choices reflectRead MoreThe Strange Girl - Original Writing1633 Words   |  7 PagesWell, she’s not much for conversation now is she? Adrienne thought as he followed the strange girl through the halls of the apartment building. 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I am the girl that for 10 years thought of herself as the only big sister, but I was wrong. I remember sitting in my dad’s old gray work truck while he was under the hood fixing something. I was always nosing around in things that were none of my concern; that warm sp ring day was no different. As IRead MoreMy Perfect Girl - Original Writing Essay1458 Words   |  6 PagesDropping my deli bags in the kitchen, I hurried down the hall to my room to pull together some photos for my â€Å"Perfect Girl† montage. I unlocked my bedroom door, which I had installed when my roommate entered some sort of teenage menopause. When I had moved into Tony’s apartment three years ago, I taught the short, bespectacled nerd how to pick up babes. But in the last few weeks, he’d stopped bringing dates home, and his snarky mood was making my life a living hell. Once I was in my bedroom, IRead MoreThe Yellow Haired Girl - Original Writing1179 Words   |  5 PagesOnce upon a time there was a purple haired girl, who loved to draw and make all kinds of different art. She could never show her art to anyone though because art was forbidden where she lived, so she kept it all a secret. Every day she made elegant art pieces proud of every little edit and design. She kept all of her art perfectly hung in a private hidden house in the woods that only she thought she could find. The hidden house was like her escape, her lovely escape where she could be anybody andRead MoreSummary Of Girl By Jamaica Kincaid1204 Words   |  5 PagesAn Analysis of Character Representation in Girl Throughout history women have been an oppressed group of individuals and therefore have had to find ways to satisfy society. Women have at times needed to follow particular guidelines in order to maintain standing in society. Jamaica Kincaid’s in her book â€Å"Girl† conveys a mother and daughter to represent particular social issues during post colonialism. In Girl the daughter serves as a representation of what the mother believes to be society’s idealRead MoreCritical Thinking Assignment 2 Essay855 Words   |  4 Pagesthese languages characterize the author’s style. Literal language means exactly what is says, literal. It employs the primary meaning of a term or expression. It is actual, obvious, and free from exaggeration. An example of this would be: The girl baked the cake. Figurative language is imaginative, not literal. It employs figures of speech such as similes, metaphors, symbols, irony, and others. When someone uses a figure of speech, they are doing so to enhance or heighten the effect