One day when I return from playing babushka tells me that I must quickly hide as the men with the shiny boots are searching for others like me. ... The weather had begun to get warm and we spent most our days helping our landlord with the many farm chores. ... Discouraged and defeated I went to my room and for the first time decided that I did not agree with my parents.Each day on our way to school Miriam and I would put on our red lipstick and change our clothes , so that our parents would suspect nothing. ... Things got even better when I discovered that Miriam's boyfriend played baske...

• Word Count: 2372
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

James Missouri, a true southern cow-town with beautiful hay and cornfields for miles. ... We began eating and nodded our heads in appreciation to grandma for making breakfast. ... Chad and I were playing one of my most favorite games with Dad, Airplane. ... With Chad being six years older than me, he was always my protector and play partner. ... He provides in our times of need." Grandma said with a smile. ...

• Word Count: 1433
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

At school the rambunctious boy gets dirty, plays baseball while his sister and her friends, in little skirts, play house with dolls, a miniature stove, washing machine and car. ... Before they play "chicken" and one of them dies, off the cliff, Jim asks "why do we do this?" ... Not even the music was sincere, as Gitlin points out, the music is taken from the black side of town, bleached, stripped of some kind of soul and mass produced by white boys. ... The youth culture was all about breaking out, they just didn't know it yet, everything was a way of saying that something is changing, ...

• Word Count: 1332
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Because Jim's parents let him do whatever he wants, not imposing consequences for his actions, and simply leaving the misconduct of their son in the previous town of their residence, Jim is almost forced to rebel against no cause except that of freedom; freedom that teens his age should not have. ... In all three instances, their parents force the teens, ironically, to play the role of the adults. ... Just as the film is concerned with, teens played a major role in society as well. ... People that have physical and or mental handicaps are looked at by society as less than human and unwor...

• Word Count: 1814
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

We moved from our apartment in the city to a place in the suburbs. Our father took us out of school in the middle of the year. Once we moved and started in our new schools I started to rebel. ... My mother made arrangements with my school saying that were going out of town in a few weeks and that I would not be back in school for about 3 weeks.. ... My friends from school would come by on the weekends to see her and they would spend the whole day asking me questions and playing with her. ...

• Word Count: 2423
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

When I found out that I was going to write a paper on my family and our culture, it never struck me that I would be looking into their past. ... He then began to tell me that he left his small town of Mexicali. ... My mom did not want them to play any school sports because that was manly of them to do that. ... They allowed my sisters to play in school sports, and they would go to their games and cheer them on. ... We are all expected to do our part in the home as well. ...

• Word Count: 2440
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School