Maggie May

same for her daughter Laura. This obsession is a remembrance of Amanda’s past of who she was at one point an time. Amanda wants to ensure that her daughter has a gentlemen caller to take care of her to fulfill the void of companionship. Parents who may not have accomplished their life goals and dreams attempt to live their lives through their children as a comfort zone. Blanche was also an aging Southern Belle who thrived on attention from men in order to build her self-esteem. Blanche was…

characterization is the development of a character, or lack thereof, in a story. As such, characterization plays a major role in almost every story. Without it, the story may fall flat, but because of the complexity of humans, characterization is sometimes difficult to identify (Arp 161 and 165). Even so, identifying characterization may help to discover the plot and the essence of the story. Characterization is one of the author’s ways of showing theme and change in a story. It is so important…

Culture is defined as the sum of attitudes, customs, and beliefs that distinguishes one group of people from another. Culture is an enormous part of an individual’s life considering it defines who they are and how they live. Culture is how someone forms decisions and what they base their ideals off of. Culture is the main influence on a person’s perception on the world and others because of the experiences and heritage. In “What is Cultural Identity,” by Elise Trumbull and Maria Pacheco, they…

The writer highlights that family value and culture legacies are important for individuals to build self-identity, instead of, constrain individuals’ self-identity. Maggie is the daughter that did not get an opportunity to obtain a college education because the family was very poor. She lives at home and maintains the traditional lifestyle that was instilled to her growing up as child. In doing so, she retains the traditional lifestyle by maintaining the farm, cooking, and caring on for the…

playing field than his more aggressive right hand man Daryl. Daryl’s communication skills are that of a “doer” than a “talker”. Daryl wants instant results with the use of force than compared to Maggie. Maggie is more of a thinker and communicator that uses a more respectable approach than Daryl. Maggie is quick to support great ideas but yet questions those that are not-so-good ideas. Carol is almost a mirror image of Rick minus the forceful language. This is the patience and focus of being a…

The poem, “maggie and milly and molly and may” by e.e cummings is about four girls who went to the beach one day. Also, the short story “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros is a story about a girl named Rachel whose eleventh birthday was taking place. Through the use of different methods, both authors have both similarities and differences with their approaches to help convey the theme in their stories/poems. With the good use their approaches, both of these authors can convey to the reader that the…

With Lord’s statement on “silence will not protect you,” I think of controversial Olympic Gymnastic scandal with Larry Nasser. He has pled guilty to sexually abusing hundreds of women. It is surprising to me. All of these great women who knew and trained with each other could suffer in such a horrible way. Until recently, none of them thought to speak up about the pain that has afflicted them for years. These accomplished women were silent, but currently they know that their former silence…

development into who they became. Firstly, Maggie is the more damaged character of the family. She was caught in the house fire when she was a young little girl and feels ashamed of the burn marks she has received.…

‘womanist’, portrayed the varying aspects of her own life through the characters she detailed in “Everyday Use”. It can be argued that each character represents a different time in her life. At a young age she was timid and self conscious similar to Maggie, which she then divests as she becomes a confident young woman like Dee. Walker shared an odd, fragmented relationship with her own daughter, almost parallel to the one shared between Dee and the mother in the story. Many of the differences…

her stepping up to the plate, having been portrayed as the dumb one, the author uses her offer as a transitioning point in the story. Mrs. Johnson was now going to have to make an outright decision as to what she was going to do. The small voice of Maggie served to intensify the tone of the…