“They always played a big role in my life, and encouraged me to be a more open person… a more outspoken person.” Nai believes that this encouragement made her stronger in comparison to her initially shy and soft spoken personality. Now, Nai stands up for what she believes in and speaks out. At the age of 23 and out of foster care for five years, today Nai is studying to become a pharmacist at Stanislaus State University. When asked if she still has a relationship with her former foster family, Nai responds, “I’m definitely still really close to them. I visit them on holidays… I still call them mom and dad.
Independent Novel Project The Color of Water Author- James McBride Significance of the Title During the chapter the New Testament, Ruth and James are having a conversation one Sunday afternoon when church let out, and she wants to know what color God is. James responded with, “He’s not black or white; he’s the color of water.” I think that throughout the entire book as your reading from this chapter on, James wants everyone to remember this conversation that he had with Ruth so it can show parables about the racist side of the book The Setting The setting in The Color of Water, started with his mother Ruth McBride, she was born in Poland in 1921. Her family could not make a living in Poland, so they moved to Suffolk Virginia, and she
Witnessing my mother going through her struggles and overcome her addiction crack to gain her life and family back has helped me to see there is a future. Watching my stepdad accept my mother with all her faults in the beginning of their relationship and be there to help her heal taught me this lesson. I learned to forgive and forget and use your past as your lesson for the future. Today, my mother is a focused, stronger person because of what she went through. She has gained more than what she had before.
There are no secrets to success; it is the result of preparation, determination, and hard work. This is a prevalent theme in Mary Lawson’s novels, Crow Lake and The Other Side of the Bridge, as it plays an integral role in the character and plot development of both books. Hence, Mary Lawson’s novels, Crow Lake and The Other Side of the Bridge, both exemplify the importance of maintaining realistic ambitions, demonstrating a good work ethic, and the willingness to make personal sacrifices in order to attain success. First of all, characters from both novels strive towards success, by setting realistic goals. Following his parents’ death, the most important thing on Luke’s mind is keeping his family together.
“If there is no struggle there is no progress,” these words spoken by Fredrick Douglas, reflect the essence of my families’ motivation to stay strong and always peruse a better life. This quote is especially significant to me because it reflects my drive and passion to achieve my own dreams in life. My parents played a major role in inspiring me to help other people, and to work hard to achieve my goals; they thought me by example. I realized that I have been blessed to have the parents that I do. I deeply value what they have thought me: the strength, integrity, and compassion for others.
Fun Home is a about a woman named Alison Bechdel and her life growing up as a child. She grew up in a dysfunctional family with an artsy father, a mother who never seemed to be happy, and two brothers. She has a complex relationship with her father and throughout the story she tries to get a better understanding of him. She describes her life and family by using many different types of literary allusions. This book also shows how she was shaped as the woman she is today because of her mother and father.
The traits I have chosen for my personal character are applicable to me because I have always looked upon the characteristics of a successful person and I believe my personal character possesses the traits. I am the oldest of my four siblings and it is necessary for me to be a role model and pave the path for each of them. My parents must depend on me to be responsible to look over them at times. I show my siblings my self-confidence so they can take that and overcome any challenges they might face and not to fear them. When they struggle on homework I’m there to navigate them through it until they are capable of doing it on their own.
She is the most loving, caring, accepting, and hilarious person I have ever met because of that place and those people. She found people to support her through her pain, to help her raise us. My siblings and I didn’t need a father after that, we had a whole church full of fathers, and extra mothers, and even more brothers and sisters. After my father sobered up and begged to be part of our lives again, we added one more man to the pile of fathers that we had. We had great men in our lives to help my mother guide us, and I see now how courageous my father was to come back and attempt to be a father.
She often talked about how she felt as a child, saying, “I got gypped” (Morton, 36). In desperate need of someone, Madonna turned toward her father. He became the role model in her life. Madonna viewed her father as an emotionally strong and stable man (Landrum, 262), and she often strived to please him. She took the place of her mother and took over the responsibility of caring for the children (Morton, 35).
Help 1. My family is a great help to me especially my daughters father he is very supportive towards my career goals. He understands how important it is for me to graduate and he does what he can to ensure I am able to get to class as well as study after class. 2. While I do look to depend on my daughters father for time to be able to get things done.