Essay About Grandmother

I interviewed my maternal grandmother, Mary Sue Varner. She was born on February 16, 1933, that makes her eight three years old. She was the oldest daughter of eight children. She has pretty much lived in the same town for her entire life, but would not change that for anything. She has five children, thirteen grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren. I had a wonderful time listening to my grandmother tell me about her life. She had some difficult times, but the good times always made up for the bad times. The first question I asked my grandmother was “What is your greatest hope for your children and grandchildren?” Her answer was one that I could almost quote. She said her greatest hope is that her children and grandchildren would always…

be equal with God. In A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Flannery O 'Connor, the grandmother, who defines herself as a virtuous lady, believes to have strong moral values; although, her actions say otherwise. Her false sense of morality and manners cause her to believe that she is superior over others. When she is faced with her own mortality, the grandmother 's selfish…

From the beginning of the story, the grandmother acts selfishly. In some ways, she is also sarcastic. Two paragraphs into the story the family plans a trip to go to Florida. The grandmother never has any intentions of actually going to Florida; she has her mind set on going to Tennessee. Every chance she gets, she tries putting thoughts into her son, Bailey’s head, trying to change his mind. A way she comes up with to change Bailey’s mind is to mention the newspaper’s report about a murderer…

decretive snowman in her home and gave it to my mom as a present so that my mom felt included in the family. That was just the type of person my great grandmother was. My great grandfather, Pop, however, was the complete opposite. He was short-tempered and…

Jennie Mae Allen is my grandmother, my mother’s mother. When I go to see my grandparents in North Carolina my grandmother she has a; great spirit, big on her Christian faith and despite her health challenges has amazing grit. My grandparents raised three children my mom being the eldest, my Uncle James and the youngest my Uncle Tony. The oldest, my mom, has three children me being the oldest, my middle sister who is fifteen Mya and my youngest sisters Michaela who is six. My Uncle James has…

audience by explaining to them my background of writing, reading and learning. I would explain to my audience detail by detail to make sure that they comprehend what I’m trying to explain. I would thank them since my grandmother motivated me to learn more and since my 10th grade English teacher tried to make me give up on reading and writing by constantly bringing me down. I imagine my primary audience being my grandmother. Reason being is because my grandmother has always supported me in…

I hated crying in front of people, because I felt weak, so I left that to before I went to bed and when I was able to sneak somewhere and let my feelings free. It didn't help, however, that my Grandma would comment on my makeup saying how it was inappropriate for a 12 year old to be wearing. And I took her criticism wrong. I would argue, and go on for weeks without speaking or even thinking about her, because I thought she was out to get me. One day, I received a notification on Facebook from my…

No matter what I do, I can do wrong, my nana is my biggest fan, and I'm sure many of you understand the feeling. As the oldest grand child of an Italian grandmother that's how my whole life has gone. When I was younger, about 7 years old my friend Frankie and I decided that it would be a great idea to hit drivers in the front yard next to the neighbors parked cars. Well, when we hit the ball we broke a couple of windows in those parked cars. My mom came tearing out of the house screaming her…

Authors of all ages use symbolism to communicate an underlying deeper meaning to their audience. This is the case in O’Connor’s “A good man is hard to find” where the author gives a hidden meaning to grandmother’s hat, the automobile, and the sky. This paper aims at exploring the use f these three symbols in the novel “A good man is hard to find” by Flannery O’Connor. Grandmother’s hat points out her misinterpretation of moral standards. She fears the possibility of an accident occurring during…

anything. Sometimes I thought that she could take the Grand out of Grandmother and have it still be a name that fits of what she was to me. My mother was there, do not get me wrong, but she had to work early and got off late. Mom would drop my sister and I off at our Grandparents anytime between 6:15 - 6:30. We would be there for the whole day when we were younger. Then we grew up and had to go to school. She always made sure we had a good breakfast and would fix eggs anytime that we wanted…