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 Hello! This is my essay that I did on Toni Morrison’s “Recitatif” for my African American Literature Class this quarter. Please do not copy my work.  Recitatif by Toni Morrison: A Rhetorical Analysis             Toni Morrison’s “Recitatif” tells the story of two girls living in New York, one Black and one White (but you will never know who is what), and the development of their relationship from being close friends to going separate paths but still happening upon each other. The two most central characters are Twyla and Roberta, Twyla is the narrator of the story, and there is five main parts of the story where their paths cross. There is also a particularly important side character, Maggie, who worked in the kitchen of the St. Bonaventure shelter the girls stayed in for four months. Toni Morrison uses strong imagery and details along with words and sentences that are not too complex to give the story a tense, somber, and sometimes immature mood....

 This post is an essay that I wrote for my junior year of high school/freshman year of college English class. It’s a personal literacy essay where I discuss my experience with books. I hope you like it.  Throughout my entire life, including now, people always recognize me by my hair. Curly, brown,  and perpetually frizzy hair. My trademark. Although hair is important to who I am, I think books will  forever be the biggest part of me.            According to my mother, I started reading when I was 3, I can’t corroborate that since I don’t  remember being 3. In fact, I don’t remember much of my childhood. But I remember the books I read.  There were 3 extremely important books that have shaped my entire life, or at least my life until now,  but I can almost guarantee that they will always be important to me. These books represent different  types of reading, or different reasons you might read.   The first type is ...

This past July, I got the opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C. for the Washington Journalism and Media Conference at George Mason University. Due to the plethora of pictures that I took while there (we had to document our experience to get college credit), I’ll only be writing a little about what happened there. I may do another post detailing my experience, but I’m more excited about sharing the pictures I took.  These are the pictures I got from day 1, we didn’t do much that day. We just played in the game room (called “The Hub”) , took a tour of the college, and had dinner, where we heard the first of MANY speakers. This is day 2, we toured some national monuments and went to planet word.  I didn’t get many pictures on day 3, but we went to the National Press Club and played a very intense game of Color Group Feud.  I didn’t get any pictures on day 4, but I got a BUNCH on day 5. We toured the National Mall that day and above are my pictures from the African Americ...

Hello! Happy New Year (if you celebrate)!  Today I'll be sharing some New Years' resolution ideas. Maybe you're out of ideas, think you're doing alright (good for you!), or perhaps you're like me and did not think about resolutions at all and now people are asking you about them and you need to come up with something.  1. Doing more of what you love!  This one's pretty obvious, but I think that you can never spend too much time doing the things you love. Everyone needs things that make them happy, whether it's baking, writing, or dancing.  2. Moving more often  When I say "moving" I mean exercising, but not to change how you look. You should work out for health, better joints, and to be strong in my opinion.  3. Reading more  This has been one of my eternal goals since I knew what goals were. But it's even more important now since we live in such a tech-savvy world. We need to disconnect from the wires, and what better way to do that than to st...

 Hi hello yes I know this post is a day late. I have a VERY good excuse. Yesterday was my first day back at school after a week and a half of having covid and I came back to an essay and a presentation. The essay's due this Friday too. Thankfully I have extenuating circumstances (covid).  So, why am I doing this post? Honestly, I'm just hoping that somewhere, someone just tested positive for covid or someone that they love did and they're just worried about what's to come. Like I was. I just hope this can provide some sort of comfort for whoever reads this. Remember, this is not medical advice, in fact, it's not any type of advice. This post it just a way for me to talk about my experience with covid.  I tested positive on Wednesday before Thanksgiving, like the day before. Thankfully I was out of school for the rest of the week. At first, I felt super weak. My throat and stomach were hurting and I felt like I was going to pass out. You know when you stand up too fa...

 Hello! Today I will be talking about some of the best girly gifts (in my opinion) since Christmas and the time when every 2 days it's someone's birthday is on its way. Side note: why are so many people born in Winter and Fall? It seems like so many more people are born then.  Since a lot of the pictures used in this post aren't mine, but screenshots I took from links, I would like to direct you to my  disclaimer page  so that I don't get copyrighted or sued. The pictures of the products here are not mine, and I will give credit for where I got them from. If I have used one of your products photos and you would like me to take it down, please  contact me .  1.  The Revlon One-Step Hairdyer   Photo credits: Amazon  I personally have not used this, but I've heard great things about it. It seems to be a more affordable alternative for fancy blowout brushes or getting your hair done professionally. I'm not a professional hairstylist, but that see...