The Plot The story takes place in the Bronx New Jersey .Mami’s youngest sister finally made it to the United States and they decided to have a party to celebrate. The narrator states, “Mami’s youngest sister and Miguel got themselves an apartment in the Bronx and everybody decided that we should have a party” (p.95). The family was getting ready to head to the party when the dad finally decides to show up. The children made sure they were ready or “Papi would have kicked our assess something serious” (p.95). The kids were frightened of their father.
During a talk at the annual awards conference, Burns talked about how her mother, who raised Ursula single, in one of the worst New York City Public Housing Projects, loved to give advice. Ursula was the middle sibling among three. Her father was not around, but her mother was a confident woman who always expected great things from her kids. She taught Ursula how to strive and move up. Her mom always knew her way around a good deal and therefore she hustled to put them in private school.
Amusing description is used everywhere in the book. When Joey and Mary Alice first go to Grandma's and meet Effie Wilcox, Grandma describes her as an “old humped-over lady with buck teeth.” Then, when Mrs. L.G. Weidenbach comes to Grandma's house to ask her if she would participate at the church sale, Joey describes her as, “a big-topped lady teetering in high-heeled shoes.” Finally, at the Centennial Celebration when Mrs. L.G. Weidenbach's nephew performs, “his hair was parted in the middle and he'd painted artificial freckles all over his moon face.” These examples help the reader understand how the character looked like. In the book, A Long Way From Chicago, many types of witty, or humorous, dialogue are used.
In 1952 on Francine’s tenth birthday, her birth parents, Fred and Feonia came to see her. They told her all about how they could not handle her when she was younger, but they still love her and would be there for her anytime and that they was sorry for not coming to see her sooner. On Tuesday, September twenty-fifth, 1952, the day after her birthday, Marguerite, Francine, Fred, and Feonia all went out to eat then went shopping for the rest of the day. For the remainder of the week Fred, Feonia, Francine, and Marguerite went shopping, watched playes, and went to the park. Then over the weekend there was a terrible accident and Fred and Feonia died.
REBECCA (Daphne du Maurier) – CHAPTER 5 Summary Chapter five begins with Mrs. Van Hoppers “interrogation” of where the narrator had been that morning. After being out with Max de Winter for lunch and a drive everyday for a fortnight, she lies and says she has been at a tennis lesson. Mrs. Van Hopper hopes that she has improved, making her out to be a terrible player. The narrator continues, describing her anticipated car trips with her exclusive friend, and she remembers how she could not wait for the slow lift, running down the stairs and bursting out the lobby door to meet him in his car. In the car, the narrator wishes that she could bottle these memories, so that she could relive them by uncorking the bottle.
Having to Choose In Mona Simpson’s “Approximations”, Melinda is sure that her father is “gone for good” after the second visit with him, because Melinda was in the middle of making two choices. Either Melinda chose to please her mother or to have any type of relationship with her father. After the first visit with her father, Melinda’s father calls her six years later and said that he wanted to take Melinda to Disney Land. Before Melinda and her mom get on the plane to go to California, Melinda’s mom tells her that she wanted a New Sony Portable Color Television in white. During the flight Melinda and her mom made plans to get Melinda’s father to buy them the television.
The grandmother then brings up the topic after noting an article about an escaped convict called “The Misfit” who was heading in the same destination, which was Florida. After all of the disagreements about not wanting to go to Florida, the family still insisted that they were going and nothing will deter them from going. The very next morning the family sets on the long-awaited trip to Florida. The grandmother hides her cat (Pitty Sing) into a basket in the back of the car—she had this notion that she couldn’t “bear” to leave her cat at home while they are on vacation. Also, she wore a dress and a hat with flower designs so people can discern that she is “a lady” if there is any accident that might ensue.
Nine-Eleven-Two Thousand and One “What day are you guys planning on going back to Maryland?” I asked my grandparents, who had came down to visit. The morning was beautiful, the rays of the sun warmed my cool cheeks as we stood outside waiting for my mom to finish paying the bill. I will never forget the look on my moms face as she stormed towards us; she looked sad, confused, and terrified all at once. The words she spoke, are words I will never forget. “Terrorists have high jacked a few planes and one has hit one of the World Trade center buildings.” She said slowly, as if she couldn’t believe it herself.
Marian Anderson Buhmi Hello, my name is Marian Anderson and I was born in Philadelphia in 1897. I love to sing. My mother remembers when I use to walk and dance around the house singing, She stopped me one afternoon, while I was singing and told me, “Marion, you will one day become a great singer”. When I was 17, they wouldn’t let me go to music school because I was black and that made me practice more. I won a singing contest and I was on my way to New York and then I became famous.
Puerto Rican American When I was thirteen years of age, my family and I boarded on a plane heading towards New York City. I was extremely upset about the move because I loved my school and was going to miss our house, and all of my friends in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. My mother seemed excited for my father’s interview and possible new job in the service industry at a restaurant that he got from his brother in law. My mother was also ecstatic to possibly start a career as well because she also said New York City is the city where dreams come true. My parents told me I had cousins in New York City and we were going to move in with them in Brooklyn.