Then when Ruth found out that she was pregnant, Mama thought of the things that she could buy if it was a girl or boy, she even thought about the size of the yard for the grandchildren to play in. During the play, Mama and Walter had a conversation that also convinced me to believe that she was a family-oriented individual, Walter said to Mama, “So that’s the peace and comfort you went out and bought for
The words Jardi Tancat mean ‘Enclosed garden’. How does Nacho Duato use the element of space in his work? Jardi Tancat was influenced by Nacho Duato’s mother who has always been there to encourage him throughout his life. During the work Duato tries to remain faithful to the music, ‘that feeling of being close to the earth and soil and the lord’ with Jardi Tancat. Duato wanted to express the love of peasants for their plot of land, their only home.
Her father gives her a hard time about her studies. He says the mice don’t exist and that a woman’s job is to get up early to make tortillas for her younger siblings’ lunches. “Darius and the Clouds” This vignettes is about Esperanza complains about living in the inner city. Esperanza feels there is not enough sky or flowers or butterflies. The children in the neighborhood make the best of what they have and can do.
As a kid it was said that she heard voices. Theses voices guided her on a journey to save France. Joan of Arc positively influenced the world in Human Courage and military, as reflected in the literature of the 1400’s. Joan grew up in Domremy France. Her parents were peasant farmer.
Process Paper #4 The Century Quilt serves to connect the speaker’s life to her diverse background. First of all, the quilt brings her back to her youthful days. The speaker describes her dreams of “wrapping [herself] at play with [the blanket’s] folds and [play] chieftains and princesses.” This quilt connects her to her past and thus to her family. She reminisces about her first blanket, which serves as a doorway to her past experiences and emotions. She wants a blanket to “have good dreams for a hundred years.” The speaker makes a connection with Meema, who “dreams of her yellow sisters” and “about Mama.” She recalls her father coming home from his store and the family cranking up the pianola.
Leanne Riedthaler Honors English Hotchkiss Feb. 16, 2014 Mama- Character Analysis Family: many people have different definitions of the word. For some, it means sticking together, and for others, it just means blood relatives. When people think of what holds a family together, they think of happiness, sacrifices, strength to keep moving on, and maybe even people. In “A Raisin In the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry, the woman who holds the family together is a mother, mother-in-law, and grandmother. The character Mama (Lena Younger) holds the family together by upholding the family values of: belonging, flexibility, respect, and forgiveness.
She would always go over to Abuelitas house and help her with different things such as, planting wild lilies or different types of spices like cilantro (Viramontes 1176). The part that got me to where I knew that the young girl cared for Abuelita as much as Abuelita cared for her was when, at the end when she already knew that Abuelita had died she still cared for her by giving her a wash and just taking the time to be by her side. I felt like the end was really the main part of this story and that’s when I figured out what was the main point behind this whole story. At the end I was able to realize why this story was called “The Moths”. When she was holding Abuelita in the bathtub, she said “I heard you” (Viramontes 1179).
When the hard clay is swept clean as a floor and the fine sand around the edge lined with tiny, irregular grooves, anyone can come and sit and look up into the elm tree and wait for the breezes that never come inside the house. Maggie will be nervous until after her sister goes: she will stand hopelessly in corners, homely and ashamed of the burn scars down her arms and legs, eyeing her sister with a mixture of envy and awe. She thinks her sister has held life always in the palm of one hand, that “no” is a word the world never learned to say to her (p279). We find very early in the story that this a simple and humble family, by the way the narrator explains in detail the front yard. A significant detail is the way the narrator slightly describes the differences between her two daughters:” Maggie will be nervous until after her sister goes: she will stand hopelessly in corners, homely and ashamed of the burn scars down her
Nite came and it was time for Lilly to go home, but she promised Rosey that she would find a way to come see her and bring her food. Rosey was happy to hear that and she thanked her they hugged and on her way Lilly
She told the lover what exactly happened, why she took Yolanda to New York – “that one was losing all her hair”, how crowded the bus was – “It was more sardines in a can than you could shake sticks at”, and how she worried when Yolanda got lost – “we broke into a run like two crazy people!” Second, Yolanda’s mother put so much expectancy on her daughter – “of course, she became a poet” – that she was “disappointed” because “she had always meant for her Yo to be the famous [poet].” And she tried to “convince her daughter”. Finally, she never stopped supporting and being proud of Yolanda. She went to “all the poetry readings her daughter gave in town” and sat “in the front row applauding each poem and giving standing ovations.” She confided to whoever sat next to her, “[Yolanda] has always had a great imagination.” And whatever happened, she always “smiled proudly at her daughter.” Even though sometimes the love of Yolanda’s mother made her embarrassed, there is no doubt that it was really an intense