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    Another time her life was very difficult was when she had to leave Mexico and Move to America. Esperanza’s uncle threatens the safety of her family causing them to need to escape to America where they will not be controlled by Tio Luis. Esperanza and her Mama were torn from their family and brought to a new environment and life which is quite a big difficulty. Esperanza is a stuck up, clueless ric daughter, but Tio Luis is an awful uncle who shreds the only things she loves for power.…

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    The purpose of this story is to find some similarities on both chapter ‘The House On Mango Street and When I had to leave My Country.The only similarities I can find is moving places. First similarity would be moving town The house on mango street She didn’t always live on Mango Street and before that she lived on Loomis. The house on Mango Street He had to say goodbye to their town because her brother want to prison. He had to say goodbye to his place and go to America to get his brother out…

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    him she loved him and kissed Rudy on his lips. When she found her Mama [Rosa] and Papa’s [Hans] bodies, she walked towards them, she grabbed Mama’s hand and reminded her when Liesel arrived at the front gate of mama’s house, Liesel remembered when she first time came to Rosa’s house and people started gathering to see what was happening. Rosa told the people to go away so Liesel was comfortable coming in the house. And for Papa, Liesel laid his accordion down on his body, and said, Hans loved…

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    When sister found out about the child, she said “Shirley-T. was, she was the spit-image of Papa-Daddy if he’d cut off his beard” (Welty 46). She also added later “She looks like Mr. Whitakers side to” (Welty 46). Stella Rondo would tell the readers the truth about the origin of the child. If it were truly adopted, she could give far more details…

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    but it is first and foremost an exciting adventure for a boy and his dog. (Chapters 1-3) Before Papa left he told everyone goodbye. He told Travis that he was in charge of all the work until he got home. He told Travis that he would get him a horse if he worked hard on the farm. A big yeller dog came and stole their meat. Travis was outraged, but Mama let little Arlis keep the dog. After breakfast, Mama…

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    thinks of herself in comparison to the family. For example, Sister thinks all her family members have turned on her as a result of Stella-Rondo manipulating the family. The story reads, “So the first thing Stella-Rondo did at the table was turn papa-daddy against me” (Welty 91). She exclaims Stella-Rondo is out to get her many times throughout the story. Understanding sister’s feelings, we are sympathetic towards her when she abruptly moves to the P.O. If the short story was written in second…

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    marred by his development of alcoholism and the resulting episodes of violence, which inevitably strains his relationship with his family. Years later, as Jeanne reflects on her life in the camps and her father’s behavior, she declares that although Papa did not die in the camps, his life ended there. Despite the Houstons’ assertion in Farewell to Manzanar that Papa’s life ended in the camp, a closer examination reveals that while…

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    provide information within context. Now, she must remain cognizant of the way she acts and interacts with the white people around her, and instead she must use her newfound agency to help herself, and help those around her, as Sarah Hardstaff says in “Papa Said that One Day I Would Understand’: Examining Child Agency and Character Development in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Using Critical Corpus Linguistics,” (2014): “The novel has also been cited as a powerful exploration of child agency, that…

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    heirloom passed down in a family for generations. In The Piano Lesson, Berniece feels as if she has a strong emotional bond to the piano: it literally has her family’s history carved on it. This piano, traded for two of her ancestors by Sutter, Papa Boy Walter and Mama Berniece, has been a part of their family for generations. She feels a heavy and substantial, emotional and sensitive attachment to this piano and she doesn’t let anything happen to it (5). Yet…

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    The first theory that has influenced my parenting style is Erickson’s theory of psychosocial development. This theory emphasizes the major psychosocial challenges that are important at a specific time in life. For example, I have learned that a baby must develop a sense of security with in the first 18-months of life, and then develop a balance of independence by the time he reaches 3 years old. I have applied this theory while raising Sebastian, because I want him to have a healthy…

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