The novel The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisnero is a "Coming of Age" work. The main character, Esparanza, is a young girls trying to find herself and her place in the world. Some factors play an extreme role in her path to self-discovery. The environment she lives in during each stage of her life, the important relationships she forms with those around her, and ultimately, her gender affects her path to self-identity and personal growth. In the book, Esparanza grows up in a mostly low-income area.
I have always wondered what it would be like to have a family member with a personality disorder or if I had a personality disorder myself. I cannot fathom the thought of how horrific it must be. The struggles and the devastation it brings simply tear apart a person into shreds. But I do know one thing about it all, and that is that recovery is always possible. This book is about a young woman suffering and trying to overcome her borderline personality disorder.
Francesca reveals herself to be an unreliable narrator when she explains her mother’s illness because she is not fully aware of what is happening. When Mia is still in bed on the second day, Francesca questions herself and what people tell her “I’m not quite sure what ‘just a bit down’ means. I’m ‘just a lot down’ and I’m getting out of bed.” (p7). This shows that Francesca does not have the right information about Mia’s illness and is telling the reader what she knows. Francesca has always viewed her mother as the strongest person in the family “…no one in my family has ever pretended that my mother doesn’t make all the decisions.” (p2) so when Mia has a breakdown and stays in her bed with serious depression, it feels to Francesca as if her whole family is falling apart, which does become true when she and
She is depressed and the only source of connection was how she thought her child could not have handled the intensity of the ugly yellow wallpaper like her. This shows that she does care and think of her child, but her depression made her child another bad factor in her mental health. The mother in “Seventeen Syllables” has a daughter whom she demanded for her to never get married. She loves and cares for her daughter, and since she experienced the pain of marriage, the mother doesn’t want her daughter to be like her. Even though the mother started neglecting the family because of her creative job, she still showed connection with her daughter in the end with her demand.
“The Church of No Reason” In her short story, “The Church of No Reason”, Andrea Barrett illustrates the cascade effects of depression, sorrow and betrayal. Her use of symbolism with characterization in this story is interesting showing how a mother gave up hope on life. Describing how depression Lead her to a book she believed gave her more than just answers, as she said “The point is that there has to be something to life besides working and raising you”. Her depression grew so deep that she shunned her most important responsibly, her family. Andrea uniquely described the mother throughout the story as a person that was loosing so much, so quickly.
Women tend to stay to themselves and handle the situation privately. Some may even not know that they are experiencing symptoms of postpartum depression. I know that for a while it took a long time, like other women, to notice that there was something wrong with the way that I was treating my spouse, friends, and strangers. Many women as myself wonder what are the symptoms that women feel when they are in depression. Studies show that women feel very sad, hopeless, and empty.
Monica Mills Mrs. Gibson English 1101 3 December 2010 Learned Helplessness and Abused Women The Color Purple has several scenes where the women in the movie are showing exactly what learned helplessness is(1985). Anybody who is in a situation and will not stand up for their self, because of previous situations or what they have been taught from their parents, is learned helplessness. Spielberg down played a lot of what Alice Walker, the author, wrote in her book. Walker speaks directly to the audience by using very powerful literary elements such as attitude, detail, and point of view. Alice Walker, being an abused child herself, brings to the table a whole different aspect to the novel.
He purpose to her but she refuse him. • The mother-in-law 3. Setting In the women’s house where almost all conversation happened. 4. Plot • Introduction The women tells us that her daughter said to her that she is a racist.
Then, if you are fortunate enough, once the daughter has mature enough her mother becomes her best friend again. During the teenage years is where most of the conflicts between the two females occur. Most adolescent teen transform from a sweet-loving, hug-giving, care-free, open-hearted little girl into a mean, angry, secretive, and emotional young lady. It becomes all about themselves and their friends and no longer hang out time with their mom. The teen usually feels like she is too old and cool to spend time with their mother.
Life Experiences and Goals By: Wendy Cook PSY 202 Instructor: Janet Cagley October 24, 2012 Introduction: Thesis: This is a story based on my life lessons and experiences resulting to the influence and molding of myself in becoming the strong, independent, successful woman I am today. Family and life during childhood. I was a middle child of three and the only girl. Being the middle child helped me to develop great social skills when it came to playing with other children. My mother became a widow at a very young age leaving her to raise three young children on her own.