Kat is a very strong, independant and opinionated person who never lets her opinions go to waste, whether they are aimed at her teachers or her fellow peers. She is against dating and often "sneers at the idiocy of teenage social life". She is cynical about many things, and does not believe that she needs to be like most teenagers that she is surrounded by. She says, “You forget I don’t care what other people think”, which directly shows us that she doesn't care for others opinions on her. She strongly dislikes her sister’s eagerness to fit in at school and tells Bianca, “You don’t always have to be what other people want you to be”, which shows us that she thinks Bianca should be herself and not follow in the path that her fellow school mates take.
She was completely ignorant about sex and thought boys and girls lived in separated worlds. Because she was a Latina who came from a close family of matriarchal she cannot even speak to her brothers outside of the house ‘cause she is not used to being around patriarchal. When Esperanza became an adolescent, she experimented the power she, as a young women, had over men. Marin taught her some fundamental facts about boys, but the first major step in Esperanza’s awareness of her sexuality was when she and her friend’s explored Mango Street in high heeled shoes. Then she realized the power of the shoes gave her, the ides that physical beauty helped her escape the squalor of her surroundings.
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.
According to Lolo, she grew up in Iowa and had very little money or material possessions. Her father was in and out of jail; her mother raised Lolo along with her four siblings as a single parent. Eventually Lolo was discovered in high school and worked herself to a full-ride scholarship at LSU where she won a national championship in the 60-meter hurdles. (Jones). One of her first career obstacles came in 2004, Lolo failed to qualify for the Summer Olympics.
They are also known as "unteachables" and not the eager-for-college students she was expecting. At first, it is very hard for her to be close to them. They even doubt her intention to teach them. However, she has her own style of teaching in which she finally earn their trust and encourage them to receive the knowledge. She get them to read a novel The Diary of Anne Frank and write about their own life experiences in daily journal.
Jane Eyre as Charlotte Brontё’s autobiography It is not unusual for authors to write themselves into their protagonists. Intentionally or not, many authors have written their autobiographies this way. These kinds of autobiographies are usually enriched with elements of fiction and as a rule they are meant to be just made up stories. More often than not, readers view books only on that level, unless they are familiar with the author’s life. A great example of a book being somewhere on the border of fiction and autobiography is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontё.
She got a secretary job at a publishing firm and “had to send out rejection letters to prospective authors.” (Imbornoni 1) b. Rowling also had tried many novels, but never finished any until she wrote Harry Potter B. J.K Rowling’s life had plenty of influences on her and her writing 1. Her family had a big impact on her writing a. She and her father never had a good relationship, which influenced the great father figures for Harry in her books (J.K Rowling Wikia 2) b. However, Rowling had a great relationship with her mother. After Rowling’s mother died, she [Rowling] was affected very much.
Their opinions were not to be expressed publicly, at least not in the presence of men. While many women were internally conflicted about the sexist treatment, most went along and behaved innocently and dutifully. Charlotte Brontë, living in the Victorian age where women were dependent to men, wrote her first novel published in 1847, Jane Eyre, about a young woman who quietly rebelled against the woman’s standards and roles at that time. Several Brontë’s experiences in her own life that were full of obstacles in the Victorian era became the background of the story in this novel. Through her character Jane, a brave, strong, determined, intelligent and independent young woman, Brontë conveyed the message of feminism that every woman has rights to be treated as equal as men.
The author says, “We didn’t really like to wear the veil, especially since we didn’t understand why we had to” (3). It became compulsory for girls to wear a veil. A school is expected to introduce activities which would help develop the knowledge or the personality of it’s students but here in this school the girls were made to wear veil’s without any reasonable explanation. It was just an outcome of the cultural revolution that the girls were forced to wear veil’s even though it did not contribute to their education or personality development in any way. The girls, including the author, mocked the veil by playing around with it in various ways and not doing what they were supposed to do with it.
It’s Me, Margaret would feel pretty life-changing to young girl growing up, unable to talk about the challenges of puberty and worries of getting your first period. (It’s odd to think how disputed this was in the 1980s, when it became a ‘banned book’). It’s incredible to discover a book where the main character is going through something you’re going through, something that you couldn’t talk to other people about. I only had teen magazines! It reminded me of all the things I used to worry about as a 11 to 14-year-old and how the worrying doesn’t stop, but the things you’re worrying about just change.