Make Her Say

with extended family, but those that go with living with racism in the slums of the inner city. Lena, also known as Mama, is the wise single mother and Grandmother in the family who dedicates her life to her children and works hard at instilling her Christian values in them. Walter Jr. and Beneatha are her grown children. Ruth is Walter’s wife, and Travis is their young son, who is Mama’s grandson. On a positive note for the Youngers, when the father, Walter Sr., dies he leaves behind $10,000…

Alice Walker gives us a brief summary how the mom is. Her wording reveals that the mother wants her own daughter to be different. The narrator never mentions the mother's name. In the story she shows how happy she is to be herself. “ I am the way my daughter wants me to be.”(9,10) The daughters mother thinks that's how her daughter wants her to be like a hundred pounds lighter, and her skin like a uncooked barley pancake. (13,14) The mother also says “ In real life I am a big-boned woman with…

written by Andrea Levy, about the writing of her book ‘The Long song’. Levy has Jamaican roots herself, and therefore wonders why people feel ashamed about their ancestors being slaves, instead of being proud of them for going through slavery. It all started when Levy was at a conference in London, and a young woman asked how she could be proud of her Jamaican roots, when all her ancestors had been slaves. Levy on the other hand, is very proud of her ancestors and acknowledges them by saying:…

Hysteria breaks out in Salem after a group of girls start to accuse other citizens of practicing witchcraft. In the book The Crucible by Arthur Miller a group of girls accuse people of practicing witchcraft in order to make themselves seem innocent and to get revenge on people they’ve had conflicts with in the past. Hysteria breaks out in Salem and many naive citizens truly believe the girls are saying the truth, this becomes the cause of many deaths. Revenge is a recurring theme in The Crucible…

there are suggestions that Mayella has a sexual relationship with her father, all help in supporting the opinion of innocence, for Tom Robinson. On the stand, Mayella was having a difficulties answering most of the questions given out to her. She was not really open to admitting confidential information. If she was open to admitting, this would make her look deficient. If she is guilty, information that would make her look lousy could make it even more clear to the jury that she is guilty as…

roles while she is in the "summer home" for her "temporary nervous depression". The author uses symbolism throughout the story to show gender roles, as the significant characters represent the typical males and females in the current society of the story. Making decisions is something everyone does, and consequences, both negative and positive, follow the choice made. During this story the males in the narrators' life makes her decisions for her. First in the story, the women states, "If…

did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." Kindness is the most important thing to make a person 's life successful, because many times in life, people have found that kindness can fix any problem, build friendships and makes opportunities. As humans, we know that friendships are amazing and sweet as it can be . Also it can get really emotional sometimes .Showing kindness can make anybody feel like they 're wanted. Friendships are one of the most important type of relationships…

'It’s a circus,' Celia says. 'It’s difficult to take it seriously.' 'The circus is only a venue.' 'Then this is not a game or a challenge, it’s an exhibition.' 'It’s more than that.' 'How?' Celia demands, but her father only shakes his head. 'I have told you all the rules you need to know. You push the bounds of what your skills can do using this circus as a showplace. You -Mentor -Learning a lesson Hector Bowen, Celia's father, is her mentor. He helps his daughter and teaches her. Now Hector is…

It’s a distraction from what we really want. It makes people lie, cheat themselves to get what they want. The play The Crucible by Arthur Miller takes place in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692. The book starts out with girls dancing around a fire, Abigail one of the girls who drank chicken blood to kill Elizabeth Proctor, John Proctors wife. John and Abby had a past, from there past abby still likes John. Since Abigail is motivated by jealousy, her decisions to kill Elizabeth for John and lies…

with her to the Nasty Women’s First Annual Camp and Rant, I tell Mom I’d rather die, but good for her. Dahlia says she wouldn’t miss it for the world. She says that no matter what, she is going, and if I don’t go, I’m being complicit to Trump’s administration. “You’re, like, a sexist,” says Dahlia. “I can’t be a sexist,” I say, “I’m a female.” “You can be sexist against women and be a woman yourself,” says Dahlia. “It could be really interesting,” says Mom. Dahlia rolls her eyes. She says,…