Helena Essay

imagination run wild with only reading a few pages. Although short in length, short stories are a form of captivating art that are just as thrilling as a regular novel. One particular short story that is completely mesmerizing is, “The Moth” by author Helena Maria Viramontes, that brings the element of magic into affect. In this short first person narrative, a Latina granddaughter recalls back to the time when she was a teenage girl spending time with her grandmother. The narrator describes the…

of different groups, who do not have the dominant voice. I had been thinking about where those interests come together as shared objectives, versus when they come into conflict, creating further disruption to making clear the non-dominant view. In Helena Maria Viramontes's short story "The Moths” there is yet another variation on this theme of conflict by those who have non-dominant voice, and it becomes clear how this reinforces the dominant voice. The narrator describes her sisters and family…

“What have I done to deserve this, Lord?” There are countless immigrants who have asked themselves this same question and one of them happens to be a character from Helena Maria Viramontes’s short story, The Cariboo Café (176). Viramontes’s implementation of Mexican legend in this text represents the dissolution of immigrant families. This paper will firstly introduce the concept of intertextuality and how it is present in this text, then it will focus on the Mexican legend in the story, and…

Helena Maria Viramontes’ short story “The Moths” follows a latina narrator as she recounts her childhood struggles with religion and family. To escape beatings from her father, her mother would send the narrator to “help Abuelita plants wild lilies” and other plants in “coffee cans”(322). Throughout the turmoil of her teenage years, the narrator’s Abuelita was always there to care for her. As the story continues, it is divulged that this time the help will be different because Mama Luna is dying…

Reading “Nopalitos”: The Making of Fiction by, Helena Maria Viramontes I felt no immediate connection to her story. This is because a few reasons, I’m not by lingual, a mother, a woman or have a passion for writing. But, the story caught my interest eventually, when she talked about her and her family. Her family like mine “Always extended its couch or floor to whomever stopped at our house with nowhere else to go”. My mother and father already supporting six kids, me, my two brothers and three…

beautiful women known as Hermia, Helena, and Titania. Each of these women have different qualities that make up who they are as a character. Hermia portrays herself as strong - willed and independent. Helena however, presents herself as feeble yet persistent. Titania depicts herself as mystical, majestic, and compassionate. Despite these women having different traits, they all share something in common. In the play, A Midsummer 's Night Dream, while Hermia, Helena, and Titania are very distinct…

More recent productions have Helena portrayed as “an ordinary inconsistent person’ who knew quite well that she was playing a dirty trick on Bertram.” (18) When 21st century or late 20th century audiences experiences the play, they see Helena as more of a villain. She forced Bertram to marry her, and forced him to have sex with her without him even knowing about it. It is a lot less a story about a poor woman that just wants to get the man of her dreams, but about a woman that is willing to hurt…

never did run smooth.” (1.1.134) In the play A Midsummer Night's Dream by William shakespeare, The characters Helena and Hermia are similar in there taste of men but they have different personalities. Helena is a female character who loves Demetrius, She is one of the four lovers, Lysander, Demetrius, and Hermia. Hermia is a female character who loves Lysander. Throughout the play, Helena are Hermia are good friends but jealousy tears they apart. In the beginning of the play, Hermia hits a rough…

the reader, despite taking place in a fictional place these stories can often be seen as another reality. Some stories can even give real details about the writer, as well as detail a scenario that one can relate to. In her short story “The Moths”, Helena Maria Viramontes details the life of a young woman disgusted by her lack of femininity in her abusive family’s eyes, the woman is overwhelmed by her feelings and often attempts to cope with her disgusting feelings but by the end of story she is…

problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists…” It’s hard to believe that our current president, the man who has been entrusted to keep us safe and striving, thinks so negatively about a particular racial group. In Helena Maria Viramontes’ short story “The Cariboo Café” she highlights this exact discrimination to immigrant families. This work of literature makes a strong social commentary by using postmodern techniques such as paranoia, black humor, and…