The reason Uhmma acts this way with her kids is because she wants them not to be stressed and weak.Uhmma said in the beginning of the when she was talking to Young Ju, “Look at my rough hands. Do you think I always had hands like these? Do you want to end up like this?”(18). Meaning she doesnt want her to have that kind of life style. While this book progessed so did Uhmma, i feel that she new that Apa wasnt good but until the end when he turned on his own daughter she finally new that its
Finally, Sandra uses simple and short syntax. “I am eleven today.” The tone of this sentence shows that that the character, Rebecca, is disappointed to be eleven because she does not feel eleven at all. Also, “only today I wish I didn’t have only eleven years rattling inside me like pennies in a tin Band-Aid box.” This sentence presents that the Rebecca has had so many things happen to today that she does not want to be eleven
This is illustrated perfectly by her comparisons of age to onions, tree rings, and wooden dolls as if each age fits into the next as she states “when you’re eleven, you’re also ten, nine eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two and one.”(Cisneros 1) These items also show readers her child-like perspective combined with adult insights. They are familiar to both the character and the reader, and are a tangible representation of her attitude towards her age. On the day Rachel turns eleven she is blamed to be the supposed owner of an ugly sweater that isn’t even hers. The red sweater is a simple thing, and yet it weighs so heavily in Rachel’s mind that she compares it to “a big mountain” (2) on her desk, as if the piece of old clothing is actually looming above her and threatening to overpower her. It seems like a big obstacle that helps describe the sweater situations from Rachel’s point of view to the reader.
Olsen tells of her Daughter’s quiet and backward demeanor, “She was not glib or quick in a world where glibness and quickness were easily confused with ability to learn” (293). Throughout this story there are insinuations that Emily is damaged goods. However, Emily eventually proves everyone is wrong when Emily performs her comedy routine and receives a standing ovation. The main theme of the story is parents must make sacrifices and often those sacrifices come at a price. It is also important to realize that even though the events that she endured as child has shaped her personality she is not incapable of possessing a gift.
Clint Woods English IV AP 4th period January 30, 13 “Eleven” Sandra Ciscerno develops the remarkable characteristics that are portrayed by Rachael through the use of multiple literary techniques. Rachael, though only eleven years old, has the intellect of a woman that is much older than she is, however, her diction does reflect the typical level of language for an eleven year old. Rachael is able to explain the difficulties of growing up with pinpoint precision as she describes her embarrassment, hopelessness, and agony that she feels because of her ruthless teacher Mrs. Price. However, even while she is suffering through such a painful experience Rachael continues to remind herself of the birthday celebration that awaits her when
Joan Didion’s “in keeping a notebook”, has shown that she writes to suppress bad memories by her expressing the difference between her childhood and he daughters. Although there is not a direct reason as to why Didion writes s, one could imply that because Didion did not have a “perfect” childhood, she writes in order to not remember the bad memories. Didion states that her daughter would never write like her because she is “singularly blessed and accepting child, delighted with life exactly as life presents itself to her” (55). This quote presents the idea that Didion has a much different childhood than her daughter. Although she does not talk about how her childhood was, she explains how her daughters’ good life does not compel her to write things down like she has since she was 5 years old.
When you are eleven years old you don’t have the capability to understand more than what the past ten years have taught you. Rachel is only living in the present. She is very childish in her thinking. The author portrays how such a little thing can be so devastating to an eleven year old. How she is afraid to speak up for herself.
So Waverly was about to cry and her mother said “Bite back your tong”. Waverly was way younger so this showed that she was knowledgeable because not many young kids can do that and listen to their mother. Ms Jong shows she is
It was not yet revealed the racial background of each character, although some underlying clues give notion that the young girls have already been exposed to negative racial stereotypes, but as scholar Susanna Morris writes “Women's friendships in "Recitatif" are mitigated and mediated by oppressive power relations that are highly visible and important even when race is radically destabilized.” Twyla recalls a time when her mother stated that ‘they never wash their hair and they smell funny’, which was directed at white people. Twyla’s initial reaction was to follow her mother’s teachings and not befriend a white girl. However, in this instance both Roberta and Twyla were on the same power level and in the same class. Because of this, race did not matter. (Morris,
“Over here we don’t believe in persecuting anybody. Persecution comes from people who are prejudiced.” However, her attitude towards the whole Tom Robinson case says the complete opposite. Scout even hears her say after Tom's sentence "it's time someone taught 'em a lesson, they were gettin' way above themselves, an' next thing they think they can do is marry us. " Scout does a lot of "growing up" in this novel. She doesn't understand much about the world in the beginning, and by the end she understands a little too much.