She wanted to keep her friends happy even though she knew she belonged at home for her curfew. She displayed an internal conflict between wanting to keep her friends happy and following the rules as she has always done. She would conform to her peer’s beliefs changing her own and by going to the party and not going home like she should have done. She wanted to fit in and keep those friends. They persuaded her that she would have fun.
Her bitterness towards her deceased husband is apparent. In the scene she casts him away and reminisces on all the times her marriage brought her pain and sorrow.
Tan likes to show Lindo through indirect characterization. Lindo would always try to make things right. She would be polite to her new mother in law and when she was with her mother in law she would hold out a treat and say “ For you, Mother” (53). Even though Huang Taitai was not her real mother, Lindo would act as though she was, but before Lindo did this she would turn to her mother and ask for forgivness. This shows that she is a caring girl and she will always try to behave and be nice to every one.
The poem ‘Nettles’ by Scannel explores the ways in which a parent is protective towards their child and doesn’t want to see them get hurt so they will do anything in their power to protect them, however they cannot always be protected and soon they will be hurt. The poem ‘Born yesterday’ by Amis explores the ways in which the speaker is wishing an unborn baby girl the best in life and how he doesn’t expect her to be perfect, and she ‘may be ordinary’. These two poems go well together because they are both based on a realistic view on life, they both show the way people will shield their loved ones from the unseen pain and unhappiness of the unknown future. The line “My son would often feel sharp wounds again” from ‘Nettles’ shows that no matter how much a parent tries to protect their child they will get hurt. This is also portrayed in ‘Born yesterday’ when it says “tightly-folded bud” this indicates that although the child may be young and unable to defend for herself her loved ones will try and protect her, however soon they won’t be there to protect her and she will be left to defend for herself.
Analysis Essay Polished Draft I will use Xin as my name until I am the in tomb. Anna Quindlen in her article, “The Name Is Mine”, states that her name belongs to her and discusses how her name has helped to shape her various identities. Some people think that a woman’s name represents who she is. When they are daughters, they keep maiden name, and when they become different roles such as mothers or wives, then they use their husband’s name. But other people have the contrasting belief that name should not be changed.
One who will understand my jokes without me having to explain them." These are the anxious words of Esperanza. While she is growing up on Mango Street, Esperanza finds herself in an environment that makes her feel out of place, in a place she just doesn’t belong in. She wants more of a better life. Her main wish and desire is for a true, loyal, and fun best friend that she can tell her dreams to and will understand completely her for it.
There are three effective ways of avoiding having culture’s gender stereotypes derail girls’ dreams: a search for the supporters, a careful explanation, and an attempt to go through the personal experience. The first and the most effective way of preserving oneself from the pressure of the cultural stereotypes is the search for supporters. A girl should find people who will share her ideas and views. It can be people from the club defending women’s rights or some of her friends having the same views. It will assure a girl that she is on the right way and she should not surrender.
Jamie and Tom. When Anna lost both her sons she was distraught. She wasn’t sure what to do or how to act. With Anna being like this she turns to drugs ‘poppies’ to give her some pain relief and escape from the mourning. Anna quotes "I thought that she could teach me much about how to manage alone as a woman in the world."
Lilly Gately Ms. Richter English 110 3 October 2012 Overcoming Society In the essay, “On Being a Cripple”, the author, Nancy Mairs, discusses her experiences being crippled as well as her struggle to overcome her personal fears and the pressures from society that come with her disease. She uses many literary devices such as descriptive language, imagery, and strategic paragraph structure in order to further develop her essay. Mairs faces the limited physical and mental ability that comes with having MS, yet she overcomes society’s view of a “cripple” by defining herself before society defines her. To begin the essay, Mairs uses descriptive language to discuss her reasoning behind choosing the word “cripple” to define herself. She boldly states, “I am a cripple.
Paper Summary: In W. H. Auden's poem, "Funeral Blues," the speaker uses well-constructed poetic language and form to convey her attitude toward the subject of death. It explains how Auden manifests an extremely bitter interpretation of hopelessness and eternal sadness on the part of the speaker as a result of losing a loved one. The speaker in the poem is deeply saddened about the loss of her loved one and the fact that it was a force beyond her control. This person has been taken from her life in haste at a most inopportune time, and she feels as though her life has become pointless. It shows how, through Auden's use of tone, language, and structure, he portrays a very well-defined image of death and its effects on the individual, which is by no means desirable.