Mother

The idea to use Mother Teresa as my topic on this project came to me a few days before she was to be canonized as a saint. I have always looked up to Mother Teresa and thought that she was a cool person. When I chose her as my topic I was not even thinking about the fact that she was going to be canonized a saint in the very near future by Pope Francis. She is now known as Saint Teresa of Calcutta. Mother Teresa fits the theme “Taking a Stand in History” because she started her journey as a…

Lord please save my mother. Lord let her get better; she has to see me grow up. I just want to be a happy family. I just want my mother Those were the first words I said to myself on February 01, 2004 the day my mother died. As images of my mother’s smile flashed through my head on the day it happened. I haven’t even opened my eyes yet but all the things I loved about her are flying through my head, along with white birds and a huge heart that is broken. As I made my way to the bathroom my…

The person I am today is due to the woman who decided to be my family. On December 12th of 2017 when asked to comment on the relationship I have with my Aunt Kimmy, my mom (Anita Stockman) said “I often say that Morgan is the daughter that Kim never had.” This statement gives a great representation of the relationship held between my Aunt Kimmy and I. When reflecting upon myself, I know I’m unique and originality is a good thing. I know I’m hard working, that quality is becoming less and less…

Like Mother, Like Daughter I am sitting on a wet bench. Of course, it would occur to me to go to a park right after the rain, all alone while the rays of the sun start to reappear making the park, which looked so dull and empty upon arriving, look full of life and color. Its warmth grows this sensation within me as if everything will be okay. How is this possible? I walked myself into this park with an emotion that pressed against my chest; it feels as if a thick liquid was replacing my…

women in whatever way they feel like treating. However, Nirupama’s mother-in-law can be seen as the antagonist of the story because of so many reasons. She not only treats Nirupama like a stranger in the house, but she also does not let Nirupama meet her father and when Nirupama falls ill, she refuses to believe her and says, “It’s all a sham.” and “It’s only a ploy to go back to her father’s house.” (p. 64). The character of the mother-in-law is a manifestation of how even one’s own gender can…

authors of two unique essays - "Only Daughter" and "Mother Tongue" - with the similar theme, are sharing their experiences and thought processes regarding that question. They have something in common – both women immigrated to the United States with their families and both decided to major in English to become writers. However, these are the only few similarities that authors have. Everything else is different and almost antithetical – mother that had her own “broken” English for Amy Tan and…

Since before I was born, my mother has had glaucoma and uveitis in both of her eyes. Glaucoma causes increased eye pressure while uveitis causes inflammation and eventually lead to vision decline. Although she had this serious condition, I was never affected because she never acted like she had a disability. Her insistence of everyday tasks were her ways of assuring herself that there were still aspects in her life that she could control since she was in a situation that she could not change.…

How a Mother sees her Daughters’ In “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker, Walker shows how a mother sees differences in her daughter’s characters. The mother has two daughters that she sees very differently. One daughter looks down on the way they live and how they lived, and the other is shy and kind. Walker shows that in relationships between a mother and two daughters can be challenging with the changes that happens when one leaves home and the other stays and grows up at home. The different ways…

a better person. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Lady Capulet does not live up to her expectations as a mother. From the beginning of Juliet’s childhood, she has been neglected by her mother and they rarely spend time with each other, Juliet’s interests are thrown out the window, and she had to defend for herself as Lady Capulet leaves her in the dust during her time of need. The mother-daughter duo seldom dally and this is clear throughout the play, as Lady Capulet does not know Juliet’s…

The Joy Luck Club is a novel written by Amy Tan, an American writer who was born to Chinese immigrant parents in Oakland, California, in 1989. In her work, Tan often explores the mother-daughter relationship and the misunderstandings between Chinese and American culture. The Joy Luck Club is Tan’s best-selling novel. It was a novel popular enough to be adapted into a film release. In the story, Tan focuses on four Chinese immigrant families who joined the San Francisco version of the Joy Luck…