Louisa’s first book “flower Fables” was written for the daughter of Emerson, a family friend. Her fathers optimistic mind, and her friends influenced her ideas and views of world. Louisa gave back to society with her books. She wrote books for young readers, like the very popular “Little Women”. Not only did she write for younger readers, but also for women.
In the introduction, Cather’s description of Jim could easily be a description of herself. It is possible that Cather has camouflaged herself as Jim Burden in My Ántonia because many of Jim’s thoughts and feelings in the novel were Cather’s own thoughts and feelings while growing up. Also, like Jim, Cather enjoyed visiting with immigrant neighbors, she had a love for the classics and for drama; and, like Jim, when he was middle-aged, she revisited “Ántonia” A.K.A. Anna Sadilek, her model for the character Ántonia, and renewed their friendship. This reunion inspired Cather to begin writing My Ántonia.
There also seems to be encouragement from other sources including Seamus MacManus and the publication of both W.B. Yeats' Autobiographies and Dorothy Macardle's The Irish Republic. She was encouraged by the great reception of the two aforementioned books and especially in the fact that another female author writing about her life had been accepted. McManus was writing his autobiography at the time and he thought Maud could make money off of her autobiography which for her was running low at the time. Another aspect that seems to make sense is that Maud was trying to "shape her legacy
This idea is later transferred to miscommunication which is an essential part of Tan’s Novels. In “The Joy Luck Club” Amy Tan shows the miscommunication between the two generations and how mothers and daughters are unique through authentic dialect and dialogue. In her books, she presents the conflicting views and the stories of both sides,
She was taught foreign languages, history, philosophy; and to her mother’s disadvantage, math. Even though Florence had been educated, and had many prospective husbands; she knew that she had a true calling on her life. Many would argue that Florence Nightingale’s drive is what made her successful. Through her driven mindset Florence Nightingale defied odds and overcame immense obstacles. Her caring mannerism and need to fulfill her desire to care for others, gave her a promising career, just like many nurses
In “Everyday Use” and “The Story of an Hour” the information appears to be reliable. Even though the points of view are different, the narrator is able to convince the reader that the information is real or true. "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker is told in first person narration, from the point of view of the main character, "Mama" or "Mrs. Johnson". She tells us a story about a visit from her daughter, even though her view is one sided and her second grade education limits her ability to understand the thought process of her educated daughter, the reader believes what she says. This knowledge allows the author to effectively create dramatic irony.
Gundersheimer’s mother gave him family album, and it was valuable gift, but it flooded his mind with memories that related to album pictures. Gundersheimer’s mother put all the memories of her son’s life from infancy through high school and, she mentioned brief memories about her life and her parents. Gundersheimer was looking for the missing memories from the family album, and he was wondering why those memories missed. After reading the secret power of things we hold dear, by Sherry Turkle, Plastic by Anwar F. Accawi and A mother's secret by Werner Gundersheimer, I have found that they stated the objects are part of our identities and we should restore the missing memories and keep them safe from being lost again. Also, I have found that Gundersheimer and Turkle have many of similarities.
Analyzing a story using the literary theory of formalism allows you to read and view the texts easier and determine their meaning and importance more quickly. There are a variety of textual elements used in the story, “The Rocking-horse Winner”, but the main elements I used while analyzing the story were conflict, protagonist, symbols and themes. A conflict is the opposition of two or more forces or characters. I believe the conflict in this story is person versus person and person versus wealth. The person versus person conflict involves the mother and her relationship with her children.
Because Jingqiu’s father was the descendant of landlords who was identified as “counterrevolutionaries” during that period, her family has been under close scrutiny and her life was quite influenced by this. But since she was well-educated and behaved well in school, she was chosen to help to write a text book about the history of a historical village-Xicunping, and to be "re-educated" through work in the village under the leadership of Chairman Mao Zedong. When she arrived at the village and lived with a family of the village head, she met Lao San and was drawn to his responsible and noble character. Lao San who has a promising future is from a well-to-do family and his father held a high position in the military. Jingqiu and Lao San fell in love but considered of the political persecution of Jingqiu’s father and her dream of becoming a teacher to support her family, their relationship was kinda a secret.
Amanda Wingfield was the mother of Laura and Tom Wingfield who sincerely cared about her children wanting what she thought was best for them, but at the same time seemed to control everything about them. Not only did Amanda seem to control every aspect of their lives, but also their every move, thoughts, and dreams. Mrs. Wingfield never asked her children what they really wanted nor what they thought their future would hold, making their opinion irrelevant. In order to make a living for herself and her children, Mrs. Amanda sold magazine subscriptions over the telephone to prospective clients in hopes that it would provider her with enough money to support her family. Some readers might describe Amanda Wingfield as an extremely domineering person, especially