Mama observes her poise while in her sister's presence; "She will stand hopelessly in corners homely and ashamed of the burn scars down her arms and legs." ... After Dee storms off it seems Mama and Maggie are left with a sort of gratification in themselves as the narrator ends the story describing what they did after Dee left, "And then the two of us sat there just enjoying, until it was time to go in the house and go to bed."...

• Word Count: 1145
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

You can start looking at major life events that may have taken place in a person's life, such as a birth, death, having to move, changing jobs, losing a job, a divorce, or even having to go to court. ... It can also worsen poor blood flow to the arms and legs. ... Then they could go out and spend some time together shopping or even just talking and getting caught up on each other's lives....

• Word Count: 1046
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Human Rights in Mexico There has been a huge influx of Mexican immigrants both legal and illegal. We look around and the populations in our cities are increasing greatly. This summer while living at home with my father I had the fortune of meeting the Dominguez family from Mexico. The father told...

• Word Count: 1059
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

This is exactly what needs to happen to limit this abuse going on in the world. ... Many people can appear as just normal, but later go home and abuse their animal for a slight mistake. ... The more animals we save, the more the death rate will go down. ... For instance, The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence created a test and results showed that females in assault and battery shelters are eleven times more expected to announce animal neglect by their spouse than females not going through cruelty ("Animal Abuse and Neglect Exposed"). ... If kids were taught the proper way ...

• Word Count: 3460
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Although Molly knew this was going to get bad, she had neither the energy nor the ability to resist physically or get away. ... A couple of times, I would wrestle her to the ground, pin her arms around her, and wrap my legs around her, and tell her to calm down, calm down. ... " And you let her go, and she'd be right back at you, doing it again (Cook 47). ... He pointed the gun at me, yelled and berated me, and told me that he was going to kill me. ...

• Word Count: 5197
• Approx Pages: 21
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Her mother is very strict on her living at home with them, explaining that she needs to get a job to help out with money and not go out in party because she is new to the city. ... He goes on to explain that he wants Anne Mae to go to rehearsal that night and become the lead singer of Ike and the king of rhythm. ... He goes on to talk about his relationship with Lorraine because he wants her to be different than Lorraine. ... She agreed to go because she is so happy to get married to Ike. ...

• Word Count: 6154
• Approx Pages: 25
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School