Mama resents the education, sophistication, and air of superiority that Dee has acquired over the years. Mama fantasizes about reuniting with Dee on a television talk show and about Dee expressing gratitude to Mama for all Mama has done for her. This brief fantasy reveals the distance between the two and how under appreciated Mama feels. Despite this brief daydream, Mama remains a practical woman with few illusions about how things are. Mama is a single parent raising two daughters.
Melissa da Ponte ENG 102 A02 Fiction Essay Final Draft “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” Connie is a pretty, fifteen year old girl with long dark blonde hair, and like many girls her age, she cares only about how she looks and how people look at her and see her. She’s very self-absorbed, judgmental, and seems very insecure. The relationship between herself and her family isn’t great, especially between her mother and her. Her mother is always comparing Connie and her sister June, and because of this everything about Connie had two sides to it. One side for when she’s home, and one side for when she’s out with her friends.
On the other hand Hannah is a devoted young 15 year old, who appears to be very mature and eager to please. At the age of 14, Hannah moves in with her aunt to devote all of her time into becoming a pianist. Her aunt was happy with her move, and continued to teach Hannah. But later on, Hannah became annoyed with her aunt’s rules and breaks them. After her aunt kicks her out of her house, Hannah began to cry and says “Don’t make me go, Tante Rose” (Horton 39).
They weren't only the audience, not only looking on; they were acting.” ❏ She is excited about having an almond in her cake which is very minuscule ❏ Towards the end of the story she begins to cry, hinting at herself realizing she is alone ❏ Miss Brill in my opinion is a widow ❏ The story was written in 1920 and it was very rare for a woman to not marry ❏ Perhaps the reason she made such a big deal about everything in the park is to help herself forget about her husband ❏ Perhaps her and husband used to go there every Sunday and that is why she attends by herself ❏ At the end of the story it reads, “She unclasped the necklet quickly; quickly, without looking, laid it inside. But when she put the lid on she thought she heard something crying.” ❏ Perhaps the reason she unclasps it quickly without looking is because it was a necklet that her husband and given to her and that is the reason for the
Gore uses her own experiences and opinions as a single mother to evoke an emotional response in the reader. I think most parents could probably relate to this statement: “When I was a young mom on welfare, sometimes I needed a break. I needed time to myself. I needed to mellow out to avoid killing my daughter for pouring bleach on the Salvation Army couch. And when I was at my wits’ end, Barney the Dinosaur and Big Bird were better parents than I was.” Gore has several logical fallacies throughout her essay.
‘Cream Cracker Under the Settee’ is a monologue about a seventy five year old woman named Doris in which we have more of an insight into her true thoughts and feelings. The monologue was was written in 1977 and first performed in 1978 and explores many different themes and ideas which are seen through the eyes of Doris. Doris loves cleaning, she links everything to cleanliness. But she can’t maintain her cleanliness because of her failing health. Instead, a cleaner named Zulema from the social services comes to her house every week to clean for her.
Hopewell and her daughter Joy, or Hulga as she insists to be called after legally changing her name ten years ago, always had their differences as mother and daughter seem to do. The majority of the times, Mrs. Hopewell excused her daughter’s actions and words, believing that the loss of Joy’s leg when she was ten years old contributed to her daughter’s temper and withdraw from everyone. “There are plenty of mothers and daughters who enjoy harmonious relationships. But there are also daughters who complain: Why can't my mother treat me like an adult? She should stop meddling and get a life of her own.
Who Will Light Incense When Mother’s Gone? My mother turned 70 recently, and though she remains a vivacious woman - Her hair is still mostly black, and there is still a girlish twang in her laughter - mortality is nevertheless heavy on her soul. After the gifts were opened and the cake eaten, mother nevertheless whispered this confidence to her younger sister: “Who will light incense to the dead when I’m gone?” My aunt shook her head and said. “Honestly, I don't know. None of my children will do it, and we can forget the grandchildren.
Struggling with Dementia: A Puzzle Being Torn Apart I remember just ten years ago right before my husband’s grandmother was diagnosed Alzheimer (a form of dementia). She lived on her own at this point; while we visited she would always bake us fresh cookies while we watched westerns with her about once a week. You could just walk in her apartment in enter a time capsule these were some of the happiest memories of my life. Then as the days passed and weeks turned into months she started to forget little things here and there. She started to get frightened more often even for her, that was hard because she was living alone at that point this made us very worried about her.
12 Memories Narative Essay Brandi Smith 12 Memories Narative Essay Brandi Smith It was May 27th 2003 and my sister just graduating from high school. Some very amazing friends of the family didn’t get to make it to her graduation, so they showed up at our parents’ house afterwards. Now these people weren’t just any people they were some of my most favorite people, the lady, Lavern in her late fifties drove a white Suzuki Samurai and delivered the paper. I loved this woman more than anything in the world. She was so laid back and such a hoot to be around she always had some kind of new plant to give or remedy to tell us about.