Aunt

certain characters’ life strictly defines them and can affect them in a negative way. Papa Eugene is a character that embodies the extreme impact that religion can have on one’s thoughts and actions. After Kambili and Jaja return from visiting their Aunt Ifeoma’s house, Papa Eugene becomes disappointed in his kids because he deemed being in the same house as a “heathen” like Papa Nnukwu was a sin (Adichie 194). He then decides to pour scalding hot water on their feet. Papa Eugene explains to…

lead me to miss out some memorable memories that other child have instead of me. “I got enough, I could handle my stuff, I could organize and manage my works without you propel next to me!” Since 2012, when I came back to Canada, I lived with my aunt here in Mississauga, and my parents lived back in Montreal. I have lots of valuable occasion by myself. I was built to speak up for myself. I learnt to distinguish black and white. Moreover, I learnt from mistakes every time when I fall down on…

have any color plastered on the walls, in fact the only thing on the walls was an aged, creme colored map of Manhattan My newborn niece, Dania, was the only genuine happiness I encountered from living a month with this family. I had never been an aunt before and I just couldn 't resist…

peaceful? Suddenly, my mind was brought back to reality when my aunt uttered, “Hold on, this doesn’t seem right!” “What?”, my mom asked with a bewildered look on her face. My aunt responded while pointing at a map, “According to this map, this is not what the trail is supposed to look like.” My uncle stepped in and said in an incredulous voice, “Are you saying that we took the wrong trail the whole time?” “Apparently,” replied my aunt, frowning. I started to panic, so I asked, “So does that…

Being fixated entirely on self interest can easily cloud an individual's ability to empathize. The opposite is also true in that constantly empathizing can allow an individual to neglect themselves and prevent them from bettering themselves. Both of these extremes have the potential to result in prejudicial behaviors. Nonetheless, when self interest and empathy are expressed with the appropriate level of restraint, the result has the capacity to be harmonious and the ability to maximize…

“ I guess we come to this world lonely and spend our lives struggling against it. We must cry for ourselves sometimes. We may have everything in life and still it isn’t satisfying.” (Kono p.4921) -Anshu Dark Sorrows by Juliet S. Kono tells a story of a woman from Kaiwiki, Hawaii. This young woman is Himiko Aoki, who at a young age was faced with life tragedies of losing a father and a lover. And due to her pregnancy was sent to Japan to live with her relatives to save her family shame. There she…

hours. My mom and I somehow did not get confused when trying to get to the arrivals room. I spotted one of my uncles, I did not even know his name and I only knew him through pictures. Suddenly more of my relatives appeared from the crowd, and the aunt and uncle I was supposed to live with made their…

succeed (Humes, 61). A couple of the kids who went through the system took Judge Dorn’s advice and went back to school. Christopher Jones was sent to live with his aunt and uncle, Andrea and Robert Jones, because Judge Dorn believed it was not the right decision to put him in camp or into the hall. Chris was far behind in school so his aunt had put him in special classes that way he was able to receive his high school diploma. As well as going to school, she also got him a job at a movie…

How Many Can You Lose? How many family members can you lose in 1 year? I assume the most common answer is none, but for me, I lost 5 major points in my life in 4 months. So far 2016 wasn’t my year. My beautiful Auntie Brenda was 71 years old; she was the matriarch of the family, she really took a toll on my life. I remember when we threw her a surprise birthday party because she just beat breast cancer. She don’t like surprises, and when we said surprise, she likely ran out. I’ll explain more…

Since my birth, my curiosity of Waylon Pallidum has been insatiable. Waylon is not a part of our family, but he has been practically adopted. The long story short about Waylon, and this will confuse you - he has been alive for centuries, and he will never die. No, that is not a metaphor, this is not a poem. Waylon is not a prized possession that has esteemed a title worth personifying. Waylon is not a creative way I’ve decided to express my mind’s ability. Waylon is a human, a person who has…