She became an adult earlier than she was supposed to and therefore, within her heart she is still a child that is longing for love from her deceased parents. There was no choice for her because of the deaths of her parents caused by the Armenian and Turk disputes, so she had to grow up and take care of the rest of her family. Condensed Review of the Novel: “Nobody's Child” is a book about a family's experience during the time of amnesty and deportation of Armenians in the early 1900's for Turkish gain. The main character, Mariam, and her siblings and parents journey across the country to search for work only to be put in more danger than they would have been if they stayed at home. Mariam and her siblings meet some friends along the way which is about as much family as they'll ever have again, however, they are all ungratefully separated as the book goes on and the Turks try to win power over the Armenians.
Sita’s characteristics makes her a great example for women in India. Sita and Rama had been together for a very long time and she loved Rama with all her heart and couldn’t imagine her life without him. When Rama was exiled to live a life of hardship in the Dandaka forest for 14 years, instead of Sita staying in the city of Ayodhya and enjoying her life, she left everything behind to be with her husband. “With you it will be more than heaven to me. It will not be the least hardship to me; without you, even heaven is hell” (Lawall, 901).
Ailin is a very strong representation of a heroine, she saw the need to break Chinese tradition that was carried on for many centuries, she did this for the for the moral and physical good, she supported and understood the revolution because it would bring change and she never gave up when things got tough. When Ailin broke tradition for the moral and physical good by not giving into society’s rules and regulations, she was then unable to preform the functions of an upper class Chinese woman. These women had small, delicate bound feet by having bones broken and fractured they were unable to do work and manual labor, because of this they stayed at home and rarely went out. Since Ailin forbid herself from getting this done she was free, to walk, run and play with the boys. In doing so she became more independent and stronger on her own.
Her family has to destroy most of their family photos because those personal items were prohibited during the Cultural Revolution. Strongly influenced by the losses, she and her family suffered, Liu was passionately interested in history and photographs, especially with reclaiming the lost histories of nameless women. Historic photographs of China from early and mid-20th century have been her primary inspiration in her career. Liu’s paintings exhibit realistic and abstract, narrative and symbolic, allowing multiple interpretations by viewers. In her paintings, Liu treated women as individuals.
Althought the poetry "My Mother, Who Came from China, Where She Never Saw Snow" is very simple and straight forward, it implies the mother's love to her children. In order to raise up her children, the mother gives up her freedom, working for a low-paid job, and can never do something besides work. Fortunately, she has some people who comes from the same country as she does (China), so she doesn't feel very lonely when she works. The poem My Mother, Who Came from China, Where She Never Saw Snow describes the feelings of a mother who has been working in a place with poor working conditions and also she does not possess any other skills than sewing therefore works in a ski jacket factory in China where she is not provided with a pleasant working environment and has to suffer from poverty also. She has to make constant efforts to earn a living for her family yet she receives an insignificant amount, however later after working for twenty-four years in the factory and educating her daughter finally
Ribbons Book Report By Paige Robison Ribbons is a fictional story written by Laurence Yep about a young girl who is forced to give up her greatest passion in order to help her family bring her grandmother to the United States. Although ballet means everything to 11-year-old Robin Lee, she is forced to give up her lessons. Her parents need every cent they can save to fulfill their long held dream of bringing her grandmother over from China before Hong Kong becomes part of the communist mainland. Although Robin is crushed by her parent’s decision, she is determined to maintain her skill by practicing alone and with friends, but it is difficult and she feels that she will not be able to achieve as much in ballet since she is forced to quit
His life will be empty—their dream died when Lennie died. George will become the same as any other migrant ranch-hand—lonely and nomadic, just drifting from ranch to ranch, from job to job. 2. Curley's wife made Lennie curious. Lennie didn't know much about women but Curley's wife wanted to talk to him.
After her mother’s death, Zora’s father wasted no time in finding another woman to call his wife. When he did remarry he did not have very much time and money for his children anymore. So Zora worked very much after her mother’s death and this caused her to forget about high school. So Zora did not finish how school on time and graduate with her friends like others. After a few years of traveling as a maid to a singer she decided to go back to school though and finish, but she was 26 by now.
The poem begins with the perspective of the sister in China as she describes the tradition of her people and the adaptations they have made. After some brief background into the Chinese culture, Song moves to focus on the relationship between the speaker and her sister. “And the daughters were grateful: They never left home. To move freely was a luxury stolen from them at birth” (Song); Song uses these lines to describe the realities that come with living in China and the idea that one may never actually leave to discover America. In the first part of the poem Song conveys that the life lived in China is not a glorious one.
Her mother on the other hand, means so much to her, she doesn't want her to be alone. She decides to desert her dream, she still lives with Grandma, much like a dependant child, yet she knows Grandma would suffer from great loneliness without her” (Bloom, Harold. “List of characters in Lost in Yonkers. p67-68). Bella’s guilt caused by her mother’s fear of loneliness has left her short of any male relations.