I want to yell so loud that Baby Girl can hear me that dirty isn’t a color, disease ain’t the Negro side a town.” Her son is her main motivation to keep pressing on through life no matter what. But despite that setback, Aibileen manages to be sweet to little Mae Mobley. She gives the baby the love and affection that her mother won’t give her because she doesn’t feel she is pretty enough. Aibileen always makes sure to tell Mae Mobley that she is a very unique and special in her own way. She constantly tells Baby Girl to never forget “you is kind, you is smart, you is important.” But as the story comes to an end, her hate for whites begin to diminish.
She puts up with this day-to-day and seems not to get mad that often. Before Dona Rosa made that comment to Carolina, Carolina saw Dona Rosa chasing Carolina’s son with a stick and Carolina says, “A woman of 48 years is fighting with a child!” (De Jesus, p.7) This gives us the chance to see how much more mature Carolina is than the rest of the women. “Dona Silvia came to complain about my children. She said they were poorly educated.” (De Jesus, p. 7-8) Carolina has to deal with these comments made
Gilbert must constantly watch Arnie so as to make sure he does not get into any trouble, or cause trouble for anyone else. Arnie’s mother, Bonnie is morbidly obese and has continued to eat her pain away ever since her husband, committed suicide. Gilbert also has two sisters, Amy and Ellen. Amy helps her mother and Arnie as much as she can and is selflessly assisting them in any way she can. Ellen is a fifteen-year-old girl, generally too swept up in her adolescent social life to do next to anything to help out.
She later changed her name to Fanny Brice and got her first professional job in the chorus of The Talk of the Town but ironicely she got fired during rehearsals by the big current star George M. Cohen. Young Fanny was a strong fighter and didn't give up her dream of entertaining. She then finally landed a spot in The Trans-atlantic Burlesquers where she did an Irving Berlin song, "Sadie Salome, Go Home." She did this in a Yiddish dialect seeing that she looked the way she did. Although she was not Jewish, she quoted " In anything Jewish I ever did, I wasn't standing apart making fun.
Anntionette Meyers is a 49 year old black africian american female mother of three children two sons , one daughter and a wonderful husband of 16 years. She always bossy and wants to making all the decisions concerning everyone and everything. She very independent , and can be loud , she bickers and nags about a lot of things that doesn’t even seem that important.. Her moods swings various through out the day. She a very loving person, helpful, peacemaker, family oriented, spiritual, and educated.
Sydney Wheeler English 102 Section 202 August 29, 2012 Barbara Huddleston 8-31-12 Mini Profile Cassandra Garcia Cassandra Garcia has lived a life that most 25 year olds can’t say that they have experienced yet. She has overcome hurdles that most others would merely try to avoid and she does it with determination. She has two beautiful little girls (Bella and Laila) that are her world. Right out of high school she joined the army where she met her ex-husband, all seemed well at first but the turmoil of their relationship was too much of a strain and they got divorced. While most women would cave into the unnecessary evils of this world, Cassandra rose above all of that and gained a new relationship with the Lord.
After her aunt kicks her out of her house, Hannah began to cry and says “Don’t make me go, Tante Rose” (Horton 39). This shows that Hannah still loved her aunt and loved to play the piano. Even though Hannah broke the rules, she still wanted to study and become a famous pianist. However Tante Rose was still furious. Hannah is an eager, kind, and devoted person, while Tante Rose is an arrogant, selfish person who wanted Hannah to become a pianist for her own needs.
In An American Story Debra Dickerson demonstrates bravery more times than can be counted. She is a very strong individual who almost never ceases to be brave. Even as a young girl she had a lot more responsibility than a typical child would ever have at her age, but she took it head on, and didn’t complain. She had a tyrannical farther that was unreasonably violent. Debra didn’t completely break under this oppression, like many children in abusive homes tragically do.
During the World War I era girls were much more proper and disciplined than now days. Helens respect and love for Krebs is hardly talked about in the story although there is no doubt has a lot of both feelings towards Krebs. Although Krebs doesn’t receive the homecoming as a soldier that he thought he would Helen is there to tell and show how proud of him she is. Helens choice to invite her brother to her softball game is one of the signs of how much she looks up to Krebs and wants his involvement in her life. Krebs being the only other sibling of Helen make a huge impact on there relationship.
Self-love and racism play a very important role in Zora Neale Hurston's “Their Eyes Were Watching God.” The theme of love with her Granny was force upon Janie and finding love within her was described as a pear tree and the horizon. Janie spent her days looking for passionate love in three different marriages. With the character of Mrs. Turner, she shows how everyone is racist in the world, and she is black herself but don’t want to realize it because she’s biracial. Hurston’s theme of “Their Eyes Were Watching God” was based on the Harlem Renaissance and was shown dramatically throughout of the book. First, the theme of love with her Granny was force upon Janie and finding love within her was described as a pear tree and the horizon.