Saroun Neang English 97 Professor Miklos 02/24/2014 Home Is Where the Heart Is The House on Mango Street, a novel written by Sandra Cisneros, is based on a young Chicana (Mexican-American girl) named Esperanza who is probably in her young adolescents years when the story begins. Within the year, she has moved around with her family to various neighborhoods and finally ends up on Mango Street. The house is not what Esperanza has dreamed of because it is shabby, broken down and crowded. She struggles with her feelings of loneliness and her shame at being poor. Like many young adolescents, she is embarrassed and wants to fit in.
Personal life capabilities helps one to overcome the obstacle of loss by facing similar situations and getting used to a new environment. In fact, losing a loved one helps an individual to prepare to face similar situations in the future. For example, Addy loses so many people throughout the novel that she eventually gets used to it. To handle the death of her first baby, Addy decides to leave Detroit and find another home: "The wind shook the windowpanes and the house on Chestnut Street groaned at the loss of yet another soul. Addy was still weak from the efforts of her labour, and still sore and bleeding, but she knew she had to leave and she had to leave today" (Lansens 271).
Their mother considered them to be one person because they were so much alike and called them “HannahAnna.” Hannah and Anna start to realize they are not one person, but two separate people. With all the noises and strange occurrences you start to try and figure out is someone or something trying to separate them and why. While reading The Girl Behind the Glass by Jane Kelley, readers get involved with trying to figure out who is this ghost and why is this happening. Readers also are trying to gain an understanding about what families experience when life doesn't go the way they have planned. I would suggest this book to read as it is a book that always keeps readers wondering and interested because there are surprises in every chapter.
Berries, Roots In the poem “Grandmother”, by Douglas Nepinak, the poet discusses the loneliness and struggle of a woman who does not know English which creates a barrier in communicating with her family. The change I had to overcome was difficult but it had to be conquered; moving to a new house, which meant having to wake up earlier than I needed to get to school in time. Change can at times be hard for people to live with and eventually overcome. People often fear change in their lives because they have a sense of control and comfort; a sort of safety net on which they can rely on. Change comes with certain adjustments, and everyone deals with these adjustments differently; therefore, ultimately, the poet suggests that if these adjustments are not met with reality at the right time, it can be costly to everyone involved.
Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use” is a short story about heritage. A thriller in which heritage is seen in different ways. In “Everyday Use”, Walker tells a story about the conflict between a daughter and her family. Even though, the character of Mama is poorly educated, she still knows the meaning of love of her heritage. She wishes to teach this to her two daughters but times have changed and her daughters have difference views of what they think heritage is.
Belonging compiles notions of identity; relationships and connections to society. Jook Liang, Jung-Sum and Sek-Lung articulate this fact in the many texts throughout the novel The Jade Peony. Jook- Liang narrates the first chapter in the book The Jade Peony. It is difficult for Jook-Liang to get a sense of identity when her grandmother is constantly putting her down. “Jook Liang if you want a place to fit in in this world, do not be born a girl child” (56) When a child is constantly being put down, it is difficult for them to gain a sense of identity.
Esperanza thinks that her wish was selfish because she wants to leave Mango Street and never come back and actually have a house where she can belong. But one of the sisters makes her promise that she will come back for those who can get out . Esperanza says yes that she will. and “the three sisters” disappear and never come back Esperanza never sees them again. Cisneros uses t”he three sisters” to help the reader understand things easier by using them as an example to lets us know why Esperanza has to come back .
Without self-confidence, one is defenseless in the face of criticism, causing one to lose one’s direction. In “Red Candle,” Lindo introduces us to the power of the wind and how she uses it to follow her desires as well as to keep her promises. Later on in her life, Lindo teaches her daughter, Waverly, about the power of the wind. For years Waverly uses this power to win chess games. She is in control, she has direction, but only while she and her mother are allies.
Amy Tan struggled as a Chinese-American in California, where she grew up, because of the racial discrimination that was ever present. The fact that her parents were both immigrants made the racial discrimination of the Chinese in the 1950’s all the worse and further provoked her to write the story, “Two Kinds”. “Two Kinds” is a short story centered on a complex mother-daughter relationship, whose complexities take root in many important ideas concerning Chinese heritage and the expection of American excellence. With any mother daughter relationship, fighting will break out when expectations cannot be met. Many mothers want their daughters to strive to do the best they can under any circumstance.
A Doll’s House Many times a writer’s work can be misread to mean something far from the original intent. In the case of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll House, Ibsen never intended to write a play about the feminist moment. He was a humanist, and the feminist themes that many say surface don't really exist. In A Doll House we are confronted with Nora, a strong and to some, even heroic female protagonist. We see Ibsen's doll like family as the victim of an unfortunate set of circumstances and stereotypes set in motion by the society of the time period.