The bright colors of the television danced across her pale, listless form. Her eyelids slowly drooped downwards as the murmuring of an unknown infomercial soothed her into a drowsy state. She let out a long exhale as the remaining dregs of tension slowly leached out of her body, and sagged bonelessly in the recliner. The …
High Adventure or High Disappointment?
Since the Girl Scouts have existed for over a century, their organization has seen many changes in function and focus. Juliette Gordon Low founded the first troop in 1912 in order to give girls opportunities similar to what boys were receiving in the recently-founded Boy Scouts. Although Juliettle Gordon Low herself was very radical in …
“Real Women Have Bodies” Analysis
“Real Women Have Bodies” by Carmen Maria Machado tells the story of the narrator’s fairly mundane life in a world suffering from a mysterious and widespread disease that makes women fade away. Over time, the women stricken with this illness eventually become invisible and intangible to most people. At the beginning of the story, the …
Illness Narratives Analysis
In Kathlyn Conway’s “Introduction”, she argues that illness narratives, rather than focusing on an overly-positive take away, should write more about how difficult living through those experiences can be. She states that personal stories about illness are much more impactful and helpful to those suffering in similar situations when the author is honest about all …
