Mother Tongue Essay

“Uh, um” that is how I commonly end up when I talk to new people. I often use different tone and language when talking to a distinct type of person. My words vary, I may get stumbled up, or even make snarly comments. All of that depends on the type of person I talk to. I talk separately to my friends, through text, new people, my father, and my family. The first group of people is my friends. When I am with my friends, I am usually free and do not feel constrained. I often joke a great deal and…

grandmother and grandmother always told me, “that a great woman is always in the kitchen looking out for her husband and putting his needs before their own.” When I was younger I had no other choice in believing in this; especially since I always saw my mother, great grandmother, and all the other women in my family do this. It was a belief that we all grew up with; a belief that I began to accept, but also came to question. Growing up wasn’t easy, I grew up doing chores around my house. For…

bond that is quite indescribable. I have never been this joyful with my family. It all came crashing down when a terrible lightning strike hit our house of rocks and attacked one of us. My family is based on 3 sisters including me, 2 brothers and my mother and father. At the moment my sister Julia is pregnant and getting married. She is the middle sister and I am the youngest, the baby, and the princess but the world obviously…

those parents push their children to the best they can. My mother is the one who would try her best to push me and my brother to the edge. “Tiger mother” is a phrase that describes mothers who really strict with their children and want them to be success with all costs. Indeed, Tiger mother might be beneficial to the child, but the family may also be stressed. I have some personal experiences with my mother, and other examples of my mother effecting the whole family. Because of my personal…

each other in the future.” “That sounds like a much better plan than what we have been doing, I love you my daughter and you made a wonderful meal. Now come give me a hug and then we will call the rest in for dinner.” I move over and embrace my Mother in the first hug I have gotten from her in years. Who knew burning a turkey could help resolve a deep rooted issue with…

In the book, Krik Krak, a series of short stories, the author Danticat utilizes juxtaposition to create lonely characters that in return create the overall mood of sadness throughout the book. The following characters a young boy, Little Guy, and a mother have all dealt with the feeling of loneliness and they best…

family is of low socioeconomic status and both his parents work to support the family. Billy’s parents have been fighting against each other verbally and physically at night for many years. Recently Billy’s father lost his job and he beat Billy and his mother harshly. Billy felt depressed since his brother committed suicide two years ago. He began to use alcohol occasionally and now he drinks daily. Billy’s uncle and aunt who live in the same neighborhood worried about Billy and so they brought…

specifically when Canada separated from England. Quinn is similar to this; he strives to be independent from his mother but at the same time he wants to have a family to look up to. Quinn is a complex character who depended on his aunt Sadhana, but once she died he became even more withdrawn than when she was alive; and it made him feel more alone than ever. Libby, a side character, is a single mother like Beena but she was divorced instead, and was forced to become independent but also depended…

There are numerous difficulties that I will face as I work toward my goal of earning my degree in nursing. I am a mother of a little boy with special needs. My son has Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome and he’s sick frequently. When my son gets sick, he usually has seizures, so unless someone is CPR certified, I don’t let anyone watch him. That being said, child care for my son will be one of the biggest complications I will face. With that being said, I will miss a lot of classes and it will be a…

On March 9, 1998, Sonya Edwards gave birth to me at Wallace Thompson hospital in union county. In august of 2004, I attended my first prom at Foster Park Elementary School. I was so excited to dance and see all of my friends. During the month of March in 2004, I started my first year of playing soft-ball for CB Breaks. This was something I had wanted to do because I’ve always looked up to my father. As a child I always went to my dad baseball games on the weekend. I seen him knock many home-runs…