Collage Rationale for Kate Morrison In the novel Crow Lake by Mary Lawson, the major character, Kate Morrison goes through emotional phases in her life involving family history, love and glowing resentments after her parent’s death in a car crash; on her quest to make life hopeful, reassuring and successful she undergoes some changes. Kate was a girl whose parents died when she was seven and therefore was brought up by her older brothers, and as she grew up, she began to see things differently from others. Kate valued her family; she loved her siblings very much especially Matt. Matt, a naturally born genius took Kate to the pond regularly and taught her about the creatures in the pond, she valued his knowledge and lifestyle and that made her afraid of disappointing him. She was motivated by him to go to school and study to become a biologist.
“It came into my head that I cannot run away. I am who I am wherever I am”. Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman is about a 14 year old girl who's father, the lord, wants to marry her off to a rich old man with lots of land. Catherine wants to just get away from the lady life and escape, but is always held in place by her pregnant mother, and her always nagging nurse/maid Morwenna. In Catherine, Called Birdy, many women gave Birdy advice but she never really listenened to them, but when she did, she made a decision that changed her life forever.
(30) * “I’m busy clearing up, go and bug your Grandma”. After all, “Ma” is also the word used for grandmother, just two different tones used.” * From a very early age, I know that my grandmother and my mother do not get along. So I become an informer at the age of four, moving from one camp to the other, depending on which side offers the best bribe. (31) * “I will never tell you anything again, because you are such a word-spreader” (33) * “Aiyoooo, your mother doesn’t even care for her
No longer is she the joyous, playful baby her mother had raised. Now, Emily cries at the sight of her, “a clogged weeping that could not be comforted” (Olsen 233). Emily’s mother eventually has to send her to live with her ex-husband’s family for about a year, so that she may focus on work. Several years after Emily returned her mother had another baby, Susan. Sick with a fever, Emily could not see her mother or new sister for a week.
BREAKING STEREOTYPES IN MARIA CAMPBELL`S “HALFBREED” Maria Campbell autobiography Halfbreed is a account of a young Metis[ half- breed or non status Indian] women’s struggle and survival. Growing up in a Metis community, in Saskatchewan, she recounts how her childhood was relatively happy till her mother died. Forced to quit school and take care of her younger siblings Campbell was then compelled to marry at age fifteen in order to prevent her brothers and sisters from being placed in an orphanage. Her attempt to keep her family united however, was unsuccessful; her husband, an abusive , alcoholic white man, reported her to the welfare authorities, and her siblings were placed in foster care. After moving to Vancouver , where her husband deserted her Campbell became a prostitute and drug addict.
The story begins with Liesel Meminger, a traumatized nine-year-old girl who starts off as a rather weak-willed child, but over the course of the war she turns into a feisty, courageous young lady, who isn't scared of tackling anyone or anything. The story begins 1939 after she has just witnessed the death and burial of her younger brother on the way to her new foster family, The Hubermanns. During the burial Liesl picks up an object she finds in the snow "The Gravediggers Handbook" which sets up her love of books, even if she has to steal them. Her foster father, the kind accordion-playing Hans Hubermann, teaches her how to read, and together the two of them pass many hours reading the pages of the gravedigger's handbook. Later, when the family takes in a Jewish man, Max Vanderburg, and hides him away, Leisel shares her love of words with him, too.
Eleanor tries to hide from Richie, her awful step dad at Park’s house but Park’s mother doesn’t seem to accept Eleanor until she learns about her home life and from then on Park’s parents are supportive and caring to Eleanor. After an amazing first formal date together, Eleanor comes home hoping Richie doesn’t know about Park. This is her worst nightmare, Richie found out and to top that Eleanor finds out that Richie was the one writing the obscene, sexual comments on her textbooks. Scared for her life, Eleanor runs to Park’s house and he drives her to her uncle in Minnesota. Once they arrive to her uncle’s, they come to the fact that they have to say goodbye.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings In Maya Angelou’s autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, we read about Maya’s struggle with her feelings about not having her parents around to help her through the racism of her time. Though Maya had a rough upbringing, the hard times of her childhood help shape her into the bright, strong, and independent woman she is today. Maya, or commonly known as Ritie, was raised with no parents. Ritie was content with living with her “momma” until the “terrible Christmas.” RItie was confident that her parents were dead, even though people told her that they were in California eating all the oranges they could. By receiving these gifts Ritie felt, “rudely awakened.” Though they don’t want to this made Ritie and Bailey think, “What did we do so wrong?” They Know that they did nothing wrong, but they couldnt help pondering the question.
Global Inequalities and Health In Chapter 16, of Parker Farmer’s reader, he describes the story of a woman named Acephie who lost her life to AIDS in 1991. Acephie was born into a family who lived in poverty and lost their home and land when the valley they lived in was flooded by a hydroelectric dam. To lessen her chances of staying in poverty, she worked to help her mother carry produce to a local market on Friday mornings for profit. The route they had to take to get to the market took them right through Peligre, which was the site of the dam and a military barracks. Acephie, being a beautiful young woman, caught the eye of a soldier named Honorat.
Not My FRIEND The piece titled “Where are you going, Where have you been?” by Joyce Carol Oates tells the story of a fifteen year old girl named Connie on her summer break. Connie lives with her father, mother and her older sister June. “She had a quick nervous giggling habit of craning her neck to glance into mirrors or checking other people’s faces to make sure her own was all right” (225). Her mother with age had lost her looks, She noticed Connie’s habit and scolded her for it. She picked on Connie for being pretty, “what the hell stinks?