Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was born June 7, 1917 in Topeka, Kansas. That same year the Brooks family moved to Chicago. Gwendolyn’s mother knew she had a gift for writing when she was only seven. She tried to help her talent grow by exposing her to multiple types and forms of literature. Gwendolyn’s parents were very strict and did not let her play with other children which caused her to be shy her whole life and allow her acquire only a few friends in high school.
Feeling that she needed to socialise, Cady’s parents enrolled her to North Shore High school. On her first day of North Shore High school, Cady was often left out and she was unfamiliarised with the school’s surroundings and people. On the second day, Cady had become friends with two social outcasts, Janis Ian and Damian. Janis and Damian had misled Cady into thinking that they were taking to G14 for her Health Education class but instead, they brought her to the back of the school where they skipped class. This is where Janis had stated that they were friends and Cady stayed with them.
Jessica A. English 12a 12 February 2013 Literary Analysis "I can't read. I don't know how to read or write, and I'm askin you to help me…" "The First Day," written by Edward P. Jones, is a short story about a little girl, who has grown up in a poverty stricken family, and her first day of school. In the story, the girl narrates her experiences with her first day of school while concurrently revealing clues of the story's bigger picture, so to speak. By showcasing a mother's desperate yearning for a life-better than the life she has had-for her daughter, Jones reveals some of the problems that are faced in today's society. Jones expresses these dilemmas within his story through an immense selection of literary devices and techniques.
Erin Smith Dr. Toby Coley English 2340 6 October 2013 Recitatif: Which Race are the Girls? Toni Morrison’s short story “Recitatif” is about two eight year old girls, Twyla and Roberta, who meet while staying at an orphanage called St. Bonny’s even though both of their mothers are alive. As they got older, their race difference causes the friendship to go downhill. In this short story, the ethnic background of Twyla and Roberta is a confusing part of the story and it makes it hard to tell which girl is white and which is black because every time you read about one of the girls you think one is black but then you keep reading and now the girl seems white. As you start to read, the first sentence is “My mother danced all night and Roberta’s was sick” (Morrison 130).
Both Baby and Anne are very smart, but Baby isn’t recognized for it. Instead she is put into a practical learning class. “I didn’t bother explaining that I’d been on the honor roll at my last school. That I had to go to a program for kids who had learning disabilities made me sad beyond words.” (Page 202, O’Neil) Baby deserved more, considering she was on the honor roll. But because she had to go to a detention centre, the social worker basically forced her into going to this class.
After telling her parents, the decision is made to send Billy Jean away to a special school where she can learn how to read and write. I find this ironic for two reasons. One is that the most vibrant of the characters with the most sparkle and zest is in fact the one that can not see. Billy Jean sees more within her family then her actually visual family members do. Also I find it ironic that it isn’t until after she is fully diagnosed that her family wants to send her away for an education to a special school.
I am so very excited to see them excel in school. My little Evie is three and all she talks about is school, how she cannot wait to go and truthfully I can’t wait for her to go either. You see, once my girls are in school I will be able to go back to work and have adult conversations on a regular basis again. My days of changing dirty diapers, potty training, and watching cartoons all day will be behind me. Then I read the part of Welty’s story where Phoenix has to cross the creek and she said “Now comes the trial”.
As a new mother you want to do everything right, she followed the advise of books. Emily was 8 months old when her father left and her mother found work, so she was watch by the lady down stairs. The mother wasn't happy about leaving Emily with anyone. “I would start running as soon as I got off the streetcar, running up the stairs, the place smelling sour, and awake or asleep to startle awake, when she saw me she would break into clogged weeping that could not be comforted, a weeping I can hear yet. (291) Mother was working days at her job and decided to start on night so that she could spend the day with Emily.
Ingrith Serrato 10/04/2011 English 101 Section 3225 Literacy Narrative Essay Word Count: 936 To Be Able To Communicate Back on the 70’s my mother dreamed of going to school and become something better for herself while she saw her father struggling with 7 kids and not wife by his side; she dreamed about getting out of that jungle and moving into the big city, but being one of the oldest, would bring her back to reality to keep taking care of the little ones (“even the one that just make mama to go to heaven” she used to tough). My mother was 7 when my grandmother died delivering her last son; the hospital was almost 4 hours away and the transportation was only available from Thursday to Sunday, so having contractions on a Tuesday wasn’t a good thing. My mother has eye vision impairment since she was little, but her professors never believe
English 110 Professor Ackers 4/25/12 Help In my hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee, I see my old high school friends and hear news about their little sister that used to run around the neighborhood and follow him/her around is now pregnant. The thing that makes that even sadder is that the little sister is between the ages of 12-15. That problem just isn’t in my hometown; it’s all across the United States of America. And it isn’t entirely the child’s fault because they didn’t have a good example or someone to talk to them about what they’re doing. Teen Pregnancy isn’t good for the simple fact that it destroys teen’s lives, they don’t have anyone to support them before and after they get pregnant, and they don’t have positive examples in their life.