Mama and papa

A real house. One I could point to. But this isn’t it. The house on Mango street isn’t it. For the time being, Mama says. Temporary, says Papa. But I know how those things go.” (Cisneros 4) The cultural aspect for both stories is highly accurate, the Library Journal says about Sula, “Toni Morrison’s gifts are rare: the re-creation of the black experience in America with both…

know. Anyone who has read “A Raisin in the Sun” have felt the heart sinking feeling when the reader finds out that the insurance money get stolen. There must have been a million thoughts running through their head like, “if he would have done what mama said to do with the money with the family in this predicament?” Or “was that the initial intention of Willie Harris?” All we can do to this day is speculate. Speculate, why the youngers? What will happen to them and their new house, since they can…

which she could defend herself. Jane and Mrs. Reed’s relationship are described discourteously. Jane is aware of her Aunt’s feelings towards her, as she admits to knowing, “‘My uncle Reed is in heaven, and can see all you do and think; and so can papa and mama: they know how you shut me up all day long, and how you wish me dead’” (Bronte 18). Jane recognizes early in life that there will be people who despise her even when she has done nothing to deserve it. Throughout her childhood, Jane…

The topic that I will be advocating for is Young Children and TechnologyMedia in Early Childhood Programs, this is an issue that is affecting the relationship between parents and their kids. Children now rely on technology for most of their play limiting challenges to their creativity and imaginations also limiting necessary challenges to their bodies to achieve motor development and cognitive development. This technology is causing a disintegration of core of values that long ago held families…

Carol Senf even argues that, “The physical abuse that Milicent went Shackelford 7 through could never amount to the psychological abuse that Arthur heaps on Helen” (Senf 451). Helen is blinded by her blind love of Arthur to see his darker side. Arthur’s personality can be compared to the popular novella of Dr. Jekyll and Hyde. Arthur uses Dr. Jekyll to get Helen to fall in love with him. Once they became married, Hyde is the only side Helen ever comes in contact with. This can be seen every…

Chevron/Texaco is responsible for one of the worst toxic chemical spills ever. Oil and drilling byproducts were dumped into the area near the city of Nueva Loja over a span of 21 years, resulting in many environmental and health problems. It all started with oil drilling in the Lago Agrio Oil Fields of Ecuador. After their establishment in Ecuador in 1964, the Texaco oil rigs began wreaking havoc on the local communities. (Amazon Watch, 2013). Texaco, as well as the prominent Gulf Oil…

Although America is the wealthiest country on earth, growing up in poverty significantly impacts millions of children all across the country. After reading Sandra Cisneros’ novel The House on Mango Street and comparing the lives of the characters to my own childhood, it was apparent that the low socioeconomic status of both our families had a profound impact on various aspects of our individual development. The financial struggles of a child’s parents inadvertently places a significant…

The central subject of The Piano Lesson by August Wilson is the conflict between Bernice and Boy Willie over the family piano. There are three major parts to the play that enhance the importance of the central subject. The first major part that the stage-play creates is Sutter’s ghost, which is present throughout the play. The second major part that the stage-play creates is the focus on the flashback of their African American History. The third major part is how Sutter’s ghost prevents Boy…

Fences by August Wilson is a more complex play than what naturally lies on the surface. Wilson writes a series of controversial themes, metaphors, symbols, and dynamic characters to create the play. The first major theme is the effect of Troy’s broken childhood home. His father was abusive which forced Troy to adventure out of his own house into adulthood at an early age. Troy finds life challenging and serves a prison sentence for fifteen years. His father made Troy quit school and help on the…

In both novels, the mothers fail to play their roles respectively. For Kambili, although present, Mama fails to be this model as she lacks the “propensity to protect [herself] from Eugene’s incessant battery” (“Trying” Okuyade 15). Due to the oppressive environment, Mama’s character is flat and weak and serves nothing but a nurse for Kambili in desperate times. Thus, Kambili needs a strong and influential role model to guide and support her in the male-dominated patriarchal society: Aunty Ifeoma…