Mama and papa

towards her father, like any other little girl would have. When papa had disappeared, no one really knew what to do. “Papa had been the patriarch. He had always decided everything in the family. With him gone, my…

lead to violence and destruction, in the end, defiance brings hope. The Achike family is a wealthy one. Sending the children to private school, being bilingual, having televisions in the home, it is apparent they are far more privileged than most. Papa Eugene is openly defiant of the government in his newspaper articles. By publishing numerous articles that question the regime and demand democratic rehabilitation, he risks his business, and more importantly, his life. After refusing to abolish a…

receive books for study, they were hand- me downs from the nearby white school. They had offensive terms to black people written throughout them. Cassie’s mom took matters into her own hands even though she knew it could get her fired. On page 30 mama says, “ but that doesn’t mean they have to accept them . . . and maybe we don’t either” referring to the books she had just glued over the offensive terms in. She was very upset that the white folks had to call them that, and she for sure stood…

wealthy family. Her father is a very wealthy landowner. She is basically the princess of the house and has everything she could ever want. While things have gone swell for her the whole time in 1930 things start to go down hill. Bandits capture and kill Papa while he is working on the outskirts of the land. It is a tragic event for Esperanza and her family. With the death of her father the topic of death develops into a theme that the death of a parent or close family member doesn’t mean…

lift myself up from my bed, I quickly remember that today is the day Papa leaves for his yearly hunting trip. Leaping to my feet, I dash to make sure he hasn't left yet. I slowly come to a stop when I see him fast asleep on the floor with an empty bottle of liquor placed in his hand. Papa hasn't been the same since his last hunting trip, when my mother was attacked by what the villagers call, The Mongrel, The Merciless Mongrel. Papa won't say it to me but I fear that he blames himself for her…

visit Great Papa and Great Mama, my great-grandparents. While my memories of the majority of the trips are foggy from my young age, I still have one distinct and clear memory of one of these visits. While sitting on Great Papa’s lap, I was playing with an aged wooden airplane painted red with “NR1313” in white on the wing. He was speaking in Chikashshanompa’, and while I couldn't understand the meaning of the sounds I was hearing, I still felt the comfort and security they gave me. Great Papa…

friendly, and healthy recipes. Kids and parents would have a great time making these meals together. 5. “The Berenstain bears :Too much junk food” by Stan and Jan Berenstain. When Mama bear notices her cubs and Papa bear getting a little chubby because they are eating way to much junk food. With the help of Dr. Grizzly, Mama bear tells her family about the importance of eating health, and why eating helps is so importance for a growing body. This is great way to show kids why it is so…

he believes in. However less desirable characters like Papa from “Farwell to Manzanar” cracked under the pressure of the cultural conflicts. The Younger family was a very un-wealthy family who lived in a very small apartment on the South side of Chicago. They lived off one $10,000 check a month they had earned from their father. Walter…

Although Esperanza faced many challenges, the hardest ones were not knowing how to do chores, Marta trying to get workers to go on strike, and Mama getting Valley Fever(sickness) from the many dust storms. In the beginning, Esperanza has to know how to do chores. She has always had servants to do work for her. 1 quote from the book is, “I said I could work. I told Mama I could help. But I can’t even wash clothes or sweep floors. Does the whole camp know?” This quote, stated on page 117 is,…

The Book Thief Mama and Papa took in a jew named Max and hid him in their basement, knowing they could be punished. This tells me that not all Germans were against Jews during the holocaust, they were…