Mother Courage and Her Children

domestic shelter in Fayetteville, North Carolina with my mother and my siblings as the results of my mother’s heroic escape from my abusive father. That year, I also realize that I will have to grow up without a male figure. Through the struggles, I have to find out who I am and what I am made of quickly in order to survive. I realize that out of mud, not marble that a beautiful lotus flower grows. Challenges arises but when they are dealt with courage, conviction and a positive attitude, they…

I am reading To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In this journal, I will be characterizing Atticus. In these chapters I will be characterizing Atticus. Atticus seems to be Hoary or old. Atticus is the best checker player in town. This shows that Jem and Scout are not impressed with their father, because he does not do things that they are interested in. He cannot do most of the activities with them. Even though Jem and Scout love their father, they think that he does not do the same things as…

The article “When School Was Scary” and the poem “The Ballad of Birmingham” both share the theme of courage. In “When School Was Scary” all of the Little Rock 9 had the courage to go a former all-white school, even when they were bullied, and threatened. While the poem “The Ballad of Birmingham” the child shows courage by wanting to march through the streets of Birmingham even while knowing the dangers that may be there. Although both text pieces share the same theme, they present them…

housekeeper and “mother figure” to the Finch family who lives in Maycomb County, Alabama. Calpurnia is motherly because she has been around for most of the kid’s lives and practically raised them with Atticus (the father). She has taught Scout how to read and even disciplines her and her brother. For example, in the novel Scout says, “ ‘Calpurnia sent me through the swinging door to the dining room with a smack’ ”(pg.25). This proves that Calpurnia is motherly and takes care of the children like…

How does ‘Secrets in the Fire’ show personal strength and courage? ‘Secrets in the Fire’ written by Henning Mankell and translated by Connie Stuksrud, is a story about a young girl named Sofia who goes through many struggles and shows how she can cope and deal with those situations. The book gives examples of personal strength and courage by having the characters be persistent, having Sofia cope with her struggles, having characters encourage the protagonists, etc. This will focus on the three…

In James Joyce’s short story “Eveline,” the title character loses her mother when she was young; as a result, she promises her mother that she will keep house for her brothers and her father, no matter how difficult it becomes. Her mother’s death is the turning point for her father, leading him to become more harsh and violent than when she still lived. After this transformation, Eveline’s brothers leave her to live alone with her abusive father, wilting underneath his violence and anger, but…

“ Best Relationship: Talk like best friends, play like children, argue like husband and wife, protect each other like brother and sister.” -unknown In To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee uses the characters to convey that relationships change people for the better. The relationships Scout had throughout the book gave her the opputunity for support when she needed it. Relationships are important for everyone to have. Jem and Dill drove Scout towards Miss Maudie with their actions over the summer…

family loses their wife/mom to an illness. While wanting to overcome their grief and looking for a fresh start, they buy a new house. Little did they know when they fell in love with it, the house was a zoo. As well as beginning to overcome their mothers grief, the Mee family set out on an adventure to figure out how to open their newly bought zoo. With challenges in their way, along with meeting many new people, multiple characters have changes to their personality and a main theme is…

Courage Creating Character “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are”- E.E. Cummings. Courage, by definition, is the ability to do something that frightens one. Courage is also strength in the face of pain or grief. Courage is shone through the characters of Romeo and Juliet through their tragic story of how deeply in love they are, but that love being forbidden. Also, in To kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the character of Atticus Finch has courage to teach his children, Jem…

wants the best for her children and she is very loving and caring for them. She has seen what failure has done to her husband and she does not want Mark or any of her children to end up that way the father did. She is very passionate for her children and she will do whatever possible to make them succeed. She takes multiple jobs, works extra hours, and maintains the house in order to provide for her children and their futures. “‘I want you to have a future, child,’ my mother said. ‘And,…