Ama would send the girl to take care of Luna as the cancer got worse and to avoid beatings and harassments from her sisters. It shows in the story that she is older when she tells the story; because she expresses that she was basically raised and brought up by her grandmother so she is returning the favor. “And it seemed only fair. Abuelita had pulled me through the rages of scarlet fever by placing, removing and replacing potato slices on the temples of my forehead; she had seen me through several whippings, an arm broken by a dare-jump off Tio Enrique’s toolshed, puberty, and my first lie.” Therefore, Grandma Luna was there for her all the time growing up as a child even though any of them showed emotions towards the girl to thank her she was still willing take care of her sick and dying grandma. She grew up fast realizing that she didn’t have the emotions and love that a regular girl would have experienced at her age of fourteen.
There were three types of characters in this story; Dee was the static character who remained unchanged throughout the story, Mama was the dynamic character who caused a change in others, while Maggie was the dynamic character who changed during the story. The fact that Mama knows the inner thoughts of her daughters makes her a limited omniscient narrator. She begins telling the readers that she and Maggie will wait in their comfortable clean yard for “Her” to come. By using the word her to describe the character before stating her name, Mama makes her larger than life; someone other worldly of a higher status. Mama then goes on to describe how nervous Maggie will be until her sister leaves, “standing hopelessly in corners”, “eyeing her sister with a mixture of envy and awe.” She then goes onto reminisce about a dream she had in which she and her daughter Dee, were reunited on a talk show.
It's so exhausting. Please!" 185 186 The other did stop just in time for Rosemary to get up before the tea came. She had the 187 table placed between them. She plied the poor little creature with everything, all the 188 sandwiches, all the bread and butter, and every time her cup was empty she filled it with tea, 189 cream and sugar.
Mama notes how nice and wavy the ground looks, intentionally to impress Dee. Reflecting her own thoughts as Maggie’s, she tells how Maggie will be nervous until her sister leaves. Mama says, “she will stand hopelessly in the corners and shamed…She thinks her sister has always held life in the palm of one hand, that no is a word the world would never say to her.” (Walker). Leaving the reader to not know how Maggie really feels about Dee at all. Mama daydreams of meeting on a T.V.
The woman even made her dogs peanut butter and honey sandwiches, and let them sleep inside her bivvy sack. She treats them almost as children, as any other human beings in need of love. Although she’s camping in thirty below weather, the only things she gets from it are positive. She ends her trip with this closing, “On Sunday I had a glimpse outside of the house of mirrors, on Saturday I couldn’t have seen my way out of a paper bag” (281). Nature and her companions had given her happiness, which nothing else seemed to be capable
Her parents never realized that after every meal Rachel would secretly go to the bathroom upstairs and throw up everything she had eaten. Her father would beat her up and treat her like trash and her mother would just stand there and not say a word because she was weak and always did as Rachel’s dad said. In her kindergarten class, Rachel treated all the other little girls with rudeness, anger, and jealousy towards anyone who was better than her. She often spent her days in the principal’s office because of her strong character and misbehaviors. Rachel grew up, went through her dating stage, and then finally met a wonderful man that she could not picture herself without; a caring, positive, supportive husband that goes by the name of Tim.
Trauma begins when Maria hears everything from the hole and the torturing and screaming of her mother. Maria being 14 wants to go and help her mother but doesn’t cause of the safety of Alberto. Maria makes sure that Alberto does not hear anything and covers his ears. After all the screaming from Maria’s mother she hears gun shots and then silence. Knowing the horror she was going to find when she came out of the hole she tears a piece of her dress that her mother made for her and blindfolds
Burned “Would I ever find forever love? Do I really want to, when forever was a word without meaning.” (Hopkins Ellen, Burned) Pattyn is a young girl who lives in a Mormon family, her six younger siblings, a father who is abusive and an alcoholic, and a mother who thinks her job is to make babies; but not just any babies, a male baby to carry on the family name, but she seems to be cursed with only female. Pattyn believes there is no real love in the world that “love is only found in books” (Hopkins Ellen, Burned) for her whole life she has seen relationships build, and crumble in one way or another. This leads Pattyn to believe relationships and love could never last. We are told Pattyn use to have a stronger bond with her father
I am so blessed not to have experienced what Jo Goodwin Parker went though. As I read her definition on poverty, I could see the devastating effects that this had on her and her children. Three affects that Jo Parker endured during these hard times were neglected heath issues, malnutrition, and no luxuries. First of all, they had neglected heath issues that most would consider minor, such as, red and cracked hands from not having any hand lotion. She once saved her money for two months to purchase Vaseline for her dry hands.
As we can see, Equiano became free with the help of self-reliance which is indispensable for those who also want to become free not only physically but also mentally and spiritually. You need this skill because there are occasions in life where you are alone; no one stands behind you and makes the choice instead of you. Christianity is also an important factor in Equiano’s life. As Martin writes in the critical reading ‘God helps those who help themselves’ (Martin, 257). Belief is a clambering for everyone just like for Equiano.