Daughter

“Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation.”- Robert A. Heinlein. Shilpi Somaya Gowda’s Secret Daughter does an extraordinary job of showing the reader that blood relation is not the only element that binds a family. Both Kavita and Somer experience changes throughout the novel due to their different experiences of maternity. Somer being unable to conceive drags her along an emotional journey in which she is ashamed and worried. Kavita’s experiences with childbirth are much more…

In the book “The Favored Daughter” by Fawzia Koofi, she tells about her life and the journey of becoming Afghanistan's first woman Parliament speaker. Some words came to my mind while reading this compelling story of Koofi's life: family, determination, freedom, change and courage. These words are significant to the book because they are the things that got her to where she is today. Koofi’s family played a huge role in how her life turned out, from being a burdened, unwanted child to…

comparative texts, The God of Small Things (TGOSM) by Arundhati Roy and The Housemaid’s Daughter (THD) by Barbara Mutch, a bildungsroman novel, explores an individual’s changing perspective upon their societal values during the 1960’s Communist era in India and the Apartheid era of the 1920’s. The God of Small Things is set in Kerala, India and revolves around traumatic childhood experiences and The Housemaid’s daughter is set in Cradock House where a young black girl is raised within a white…

negation and gives them equal opportunity for autonomy. In patriarchal and tribal societies, most women lack education due to the norms of family and society that forbids women from their rights. According to Ziauddin Yousafzai in his Ted film, “My Daughter, Malala,” the negation of women rights in developing countries is a vicious cycle that goes on and on through generations because of the way women have been taught obedience (Yousafzai 4:44). They are taught to obey the decisions of their…

BRINGING MY DAUGHTER TO USA. Everybody has a goal in the life, For example, In my case was bring my daughter to this country to be with me.I came here from Cuba in 2012, and i leaved my family behind. It was a hard decision but my whole family be agree that the only way to live with respect and be treated as a human beings was going to United States. Immediately that i arrived i started to work hard in two different jobs to gain money to bring the family, After…

Feminism is not a bad thing, but everything is good to an extent. If the purpose is equality among genders, why do males and females pit themselves against one another? The book Cinderella Ate My Daughter by Peggy Orenstein includes an article in which, Orenstein recounts the internal conflict as a mother battling a stereotype, “Maybe I should see princess mania as a sign of progress, an indication that girls could celebrate their predilection for…

pages read this week: 25 Characters: Dr. David Henry, Norah Henry (David’s wife), Nurse Caroline Gill, Phoebe Henry and Paul Henry (Henry and Norah’s twins) Plot: (Describe the plot in one paragraph.) Norah is still not over the loss of her daughter a year later. She and David moved into a larger home in order to help her mental state. Even with a bigger and better house, she goes to the old house every week to just remember all the old memories. One night, she becomes intoxicated and…

Ikam Grewal Mr. Grabham ENG2D-01 4 June 2015 The Individual Struggle of Motherhood in Secret Daughter Ever since the start of mankind mothers have provided for their children since the day they were born. Motherhood is an event in women’s lives, which results from the birth of a child and upholds many levels of responsibility. Being a mother can differ between individuals depending on the vast array of life experiences the mother goes through, in order to sufficiently nurture her child. Raising…

The Two That were Left Alone Rappaccini’s Daughter, Beatrice, and The Coquette’s, Eliza, share some similarities with one another. They both died alone and regret what they had done. When looking into what is important about their lives, it is crucial to realize at how they fit into that time’s society. Were they rejected or accepted by the people around them? How did society look at them for who they were? When reading about these two women, it is often thought about how others based their…

In the book The Gentlemen’s Daughter, Amanda Vickery explores the life of “genteel” women in Georgian England. Using the letters and diaries of women from the time, Vickery creates a picture of how these women lived. From their search for a husband to the birth of their first child and onwards, Vickery weaves together many accounts into a fascinating and engrossing narrative. Vickery describes genteel women as coming from “families headed by lesser landed gentlemen, attorneys, doctors,…