Esperanza doesn’t fit in because the only friend she has is her little sister Nenny who she doesn’t even consider her friend because she is too young. Cisneros and Esperanza also have a similar personality. They are both very persistent. Esperanza is persistent by that she won’t let the bad influences and bad role models around her get in her way of achieving what she wants. In Mango Street Esperanza says “One day I will say goodbye to Mango.
14 September 2011 Reading response American History: By Judith Ortiz Cofer Elena is a young Puerto Rican immigrant struggling to fit in a society full of stereotypes and racism. At school she strives to fit in with the other kids, the black girls mock her and call her skinny bones, this saddens her, making her feel unwanted. Elena meets a boy at school named Eugene, they both relate to each other because Eugene is also picked on and called “The Hick” for his southern accent. Elena eventually develops a crush on Eugene and so does he; she finally finds someone she can relate to, keep her company and make her feel as if living in New Jersey is worthwhile. Judith Ortiz does an amazing job making the reader think that Elena has found happiness
Anyone that was entered into the book was not considered to be part of the plastics, or the in-group. As the movie proceeds Cady realizes that after being associated with the plastics her self-presentation does not match her “true self”. Cady then begins to spill the secrets of the plastics to the rest of the school. Cady has started to realize what the plastics really are, “mean girls”, and doesn’t want anything to do with them. She knows she may fall to a stereotype threat but her “true self” will not let her go on acting this way.
Alice's parents tell her who she is permitted to see. They also instruct her how to dress, and of course how not to. It is through experiences such as Alice's younger sister falling off the bed, under her watch, that Alice's parents have a crucial influence on her self-discovery. Specifically, Alice's relatives influence her self-discovery journey by not being supportive. As Alice had to grow up basically looking after her self and her younger siblings she learned that even if you do not have support you still need to follow your dreams and live you life.
Section 3 Summaries Chapter 24) Minny worries that her friend Aibileen will get in trouble for faking the recommendation to Miss Celia so that she could get a job. Miss Celia does not care though, she values and supports Minny tremendously and would never fire her because of Hilly. In this chapter it is clear that Leroy is physically abusing Minny again, she is however too ashamed to tell anyone about it or ask for help. Celia notices that cuts and offers to call the police but Minny tells her not to worry about it because she doesn’t want anyone to know about it. She tries to hide her pain from Celia and Aibileen so that they do not worry about her.
Sara is not going to let her father abuse her like he did the other girls. Sara runs away, rents a room from a lady, gets a job, and goes to school studying to get into college. Reb finds her and is very angry because she is focused on education and not on becoming a wife. “Pufi on your education! What’s going to be your end?
After the trial Scout overhears Mrs. Gates, her third grade teacher, talk to someone about how it is about time someone put those black people in their place. Then during class Mrs. Gates talks about how she hates Hitler for being so cruel to the Jews when they have not done anything to deserve it. Scout hears all of this and does not understand, so she talks to Jem, “…how can you hate Hitler so bad an’ then turn around and be ugly about folks right at home” (249-250). She knows that it is wrong to treat colored people wrong, and what Hitler is doing to the Jews is wrong. We learn that Scout understands what is right and what is wrong.
They figure out that just because you are from a different clique does not mean that you cannot get along with them. They both then figure out that they should not judge others by their social groups at school and by how they dress and act because they realize that they can be completely wrong about them. Jazz and Antonia go through some pretty bad times; when Antonia’s mom goes into the asylum to get help for depression, when Jazz quits playing piano and Mrs. Luther goes hay-wire about it. Antonia and Jazz are different, yet alike in many ways. They soon believe there is no such thing as normal because of what they have been through and what they have learned about one another.
Bella’s guilt caused by her mother’s fear of loneliness has left her short of any male relations. She cannot escape the wrath of her mother, and continually surrenders to her mother's will. Also, Bella has felt she cannot start her own relationship because her mother, in an effort to protect her living children, she has trained them not to feel by hardening them with punishments such as locking them in a closet or beating them with her cane” (Bloom, Harold. “List of characters in Lost in Yonkers. p67-68).
Having worries, her parents take her to a therapist. But he is soon fired when he proposes that she should be put on medication. Her mom notices Phoebe’s self-destructive behavior at home, and her constantly getting into trouble at school, but she refuses to accept that there’s anything wrong with her daughter. Other than the trouble with Phoebe, her parents are also dealing with their own relationship problems. Her young sister feels jealous and left out when she watches Phoebe get all the attention from both parents.