They assume America is non religious because Americans don’t practice religion as much as we should. Sure, some still do, but others? Not so much. An example of America being a Melting Pot would be the book “The Joy Luck Club” written by Amy Tan. She explains in the book that the mothers want to keep their tradition and culture once they get to America.
I always knew my parents were going to be divorced someday, because all they did was argued. People say that you should stay together for the sake of the children, but is that what the children want. Children grow up in a household with parents who don’t get along or affected for the rest of their lives. * Divorce can be difficult, especially for children who have friends with parents that are still married. It often leaves them feeling ashamed of your family.
But the one that mostly showed through out the novel would be never give up. Nathalie was rejected twice from the Ester P. Marinoff, yet Mrs. Flanagan never quite trying because she wanted the best for her child. Mrs. Flanagan also tried helping Nathalie before even if her methods where strange to others. This is a important theme because if you give up you’ll
She never reflects on her mother’s difficulties as something that could’ve motivated her to become a writer. It’s possible to think that those unpleasant events might have an effect on her thoughts however. Anyone who sees that his or her parents encounter some serious problems because of their weakness in speaking any language would most likely want to avoid any similar problems in his or her life in the future. In addition, Tan’s essay also gives an important message to people who simply choose science or math because they don’t speak English well. She tries to convince people that no one needs to be really perfect in English in order to become a writer.
She relates to one of Hofstede’s dimension which is the “individualism- collectivism”, the degree to which a culture relies on and has allegiance to the self or the group. (Lustig & Koester, 2010, p. 117) Miss Daisy in the beginning was very hesitant to allow someone to drive her around town. She liked her privacy and the last thing she wanted in her life was change. She acted like she didn’t need a driver. She didn’t want to be seen as a rich woman that had to be taken care of.
She says “Dickinson’s withdrawal into her home of refusal to publish were not aberrations rooted in psychological alienation from her society. Rather-however deeply rooted in pressing personal need” (232). Dobson is saying that what everyone is talking about Dickinson staying in her home the whole time was not a psychological thing but just her wanting to be alone and hiding her personal life. Emily did not care to publish her work even if it was good, what she
Ophelia was not a protagonist, nor was she an antagonist; she was actually more of a catalyst for change. I chose Ophelia to study for this specific purpose. She was a young girl, characterized by her innocence and naivety and one that ended up dying before her full potential was ever realized. Ophelia’s main personality trait is a tie between her innocence, or her purity, and her perfection. She did what she was told without question, even when it went against her own desires, shown when her father ordered her to stop seeing Hamlet, to which she responded with promises that she “shall obey, my lord,” (1.3.136).
And none of you will be working in supermarkets as I heard some of planning the other day. Your lives are set out for you” (81). She wants her students to know the truth and she seems to want to stop them from having dreams for the future because she knows they won’t come true. However, even after she said that it didn’t really seem to affect any of the students and their talk of the future. Kathy had said that “there was surprisingly little discussion about what she’d said” (82).
Maybe improper education, and years of living in a subjective civilization have changed the immediate thoughts of the mother. The situation above is not the only judgemental one in the story. At the bottom of page 87, Mrs. Wilson asked, “’What about all your [Boyd] other brothers and sisters?’” Actually, Boyd had only one sister, Jean, who is going to become a teacher. Mrs. Wilson was obviously judging Boyd in her conversations, yet Boyd did not assume
It is other factors such as age and location that contribute to the relationship and determine the level of closeness. Emily’s lack of emotion towards her mother can be attributed to a number of issues in her youth. Since Emily was born, her mother had been working diligently to support the family. To make matters worse, she was only nineteen when Emily was born. Her husband left early on in Emily’s life and her mother was forced to leave her with friends or send her to day care.