Tag: Humanities

Found poem

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Short story (full)

My found poem

In the story, Laura struggles with two forces whether she should stand up for Rachel or try to fit in/ be friends with Diane and her group. Laura knows that Diane was mistreating/bullying Rachel and felt sorry for her. But she was worried about being bullied along with Rachel if she tries to become friends with Rachel. “Her throat tightened as she thought of Diane and Carol and Steve grinning and waiting for her to stumble. “It describes how she felt nervous/uneasy about giving her speech paragraph 30. She also heard Diane teasing Rachel. I captured the emotions of bullying and the humiliation of being teased and made fun of. I used words such as “unaccepted” and “unwanted” to really describe how terrible it made someone feel to be laughed at and made fun of. I purposely left the applause with the 3 words because the three words shows how Diane and her friends treated Rachel and the applause were meant to hurt Rachel. The background of the poem shows a person being excluded from the rest of the group. I put the text like that so it would be easier to read.  The antagonist of the story are Diane, Steven, Terri, and the protagonist is Laura,  the deuteragonist would be Rachel. This conflict is external.

By: Zoey Guan