Head in the toilet, Bliss stuck her fingers deep down her throat. She felt her knuckles touch the back of her throat. She felt herself gag, and up came ice cream, cookies and the rest of her dessert. Throwing her body back, she wiped her mouth off. Her eyes spilled with wet pain. Her throat burned from the acid. Her body shook. Bliss could hear the distant voices through the walls. The room felt dark and small. Pushing her body off the ground, Bliss’s face continued to drip. She caught a glimpse of her boney figure. She grabbed her stomach skin. Fat. She looked at her chest. Flat. She looked into the weeping eyes of the beast. Ugly. She took one finally look at the girl in the mirror. Obese loser. Avoiding eye contact with the girl in the mirror, Bliss washed out her mouth. She couldn’t look at herself knowing she hated that girl in the mirror. That she thought that girl was unwanted and unappreciated. That she wanted the girl in the mirror dead. She walks to her bedroom. Like the rest of the house, the room is sleeping. The radio lies in a low whisper....
We are queasy with our self as we look in the mirror. A person does not like how they look. They are not confident and feel grisly. Maggie, “stands hopelessly in corners, homely and ashamed of the burn scars down her arms and legs.” Maggie is sorrowful because she does not look like her sister. She sees her sister Dee by, “eying her with a mixture of envy and awe.” As Maggie sees her scars she hides them because she is sick of herself. The night of the fire changed her life. She will never be the same. She will never be content with herself because she looks up to her sister that she wishes that the night of fire should have never
Killinger’s eyes darted across the room, still recuperating from the grogginess of his swelling pain, burning with a red tint of anguish. The black and white crackle of the T.V buzzed in the corner of the room. A crooked mirror etched over the nearby wall. Clothing was spewn across the room, almost as if someone had been desperately packing for a quick getaway. It was all too quiet, but the faint murmur of cascading water could be heard behind the bathroom door.
In “The Fat Girl,” Louise is overweight/obese in which she experiences indirect rejection, from her friends and family. Everywhere Louise was, she saw someone who was either skinny or skinny models pictured on magazine covers. Her father demonstrates his support and love towards Louise a lot more than any of her family members and friends; however, he still does not solely accept her and her body (Dubus, 159). In the story, Louise describes her father’s eyes filled with pity, but he does not display disapproval of her, while Louise’s mother portrays disappointm...
...ave thereby rejected the superficial desire for beauty that had cursed and isolated her. Instead, she chose to ignore the beauty that existed within Holly and within herself, and so was doomed to die and start again in another life, where she would hopefully find the courage to choose the beauty within.
Her lungs burnt and her breath caught in her throat. Every second she wasted was a second closer to losing him. Then she saw him, a distorted shadow in the moonlight. She cried out his name again through chapped lips. Tears pooled in her eyes, like a gentle ocean resembling her bleeding heart. Mascara smudged around her cheeks like charcoal. She stumbled forwards, her legs threatening to give way. Rough edged rocks tore at her clothes, slashing her trousers like something in a horror movie. But she had to keep going. After all they had been through, she couldn’t lose him now. Not
herself in the mirror. In doing so she can see her ugliness. It is a metaphor for her
The intense smell was the first thing that caused Allison to toss in her sleep. Then a strong hand covered her mouth and caused her eyes to dart open as four cold, sharp points pressed into her throat. Her heart raced as the hazy outline of a deformed face loomed over her.
she was pretty and that was everything” (225). This captivation with herself along with the constant looking in the mirrors and thinking her mother was only pestering her all the time because her mother’s own good looks were long gone by now (225) shows a sign of immaturity because she believes everything revolves around whether or not someo...
her personal appearance hinder the life she wanted. She embraced her own beauty by allowing a flaw to
Next, the poet’s attitude on inner and outer beauty is quite disturbing. “She was healthy, tested intelligent, possessed strong arms and back,
She talks about how it starts with a pain in her breast and a jolt in the heart. It quickly goes from there to a describing how her mouth becomes dry and how her tongue sticks. This further escalates to her feeling a fire beneath her skin. This fire causes her to lose sight and her ears begin to ache and "roar in their labyrinths" (Matthews/Platt/Nobel 46). From this fire, her body develops a cold sweat, and she starts shaking. Proceeding this, her body the becomes "greener than grass" (Matthews/Platt/Nobel 46). After this vivid description of anger and envy her body enters a state of numbness that she describes as "I am neither living nor dead and cry from the narrow between." (Matthews/Platt/Nobel 46). This masterful ordering of words has painted such a clear picture of her pain and reaction to
As I regained my consciousness, my face was throbbing with pain and my nose was bleeding. I tried to clean the blood off my face, but realized my hands and legs were tied up. I sat upright and looked around me. My house was a mess; everything was either broken, or gone. . . . I had been robbed.
“There are times when we're dirt broke, hungry, and freezing, and I ask myself, why the hell am I still living here?” states Mark. “The most integrated place on the planet”, Alphabet city the red light district of Manhattan home to diverse families and struggling artists. Alphabet City is notorious for its lettered avenues, high levels of drug activity, and crime attracted the growing Bohemian population of 1980’s because of low rents, and creative atmosphere. Rent inspires individuals to have originality in spite of other people’s opinions by embracing who you are, whether suffering from an illness, recovering from addiction, or struggling with personal issues. Rent a film by Chris Columbus displays artistic rebel by taking a twist on individuality through the character Angel. Eight Bohemian lifestyle friends Mark, Roger, Benny, Mimi, Angel, Collins, Maureen, and Joanne live in a hell on earth in 1989.
...ed eyes, vision growing fainter, body becoming paralyzed, and the hum of the hospital machines muting to a dull throb. And slowly I rise, rise into the escape of pure bliss.
Everyone has a soul. Every soul has a destiny. In the Bible, God explains that every soul will be judged. God warns mankind that during judgment we will receive a one-way ticket to eternity. The Bible also teaches us that during this life we have two choices. We are granted free will to serve and honor God through Jesus Christ who is in Heaven, or we are free moral agents to choose Satan who will reside in Hell. Heaven is good. Hell is evil. The fact that God created mankind’s soul with an eternal destiny should have a significant impact on our choices and priorities. The benefits and splendor of Heaven are greater than the punishments and tortures of Hell.