Mothers

In this journal I will be evaluating. G- Calpurnia is a better mother figure than Aunt Alexandra. Y- Calpurnia is a good mother figure. R- She gets the kids inside when there is a wild dog. R- Calpurnia brings Scout and Jem to her church. Y- Aunt Alexandria is not a good mother figure. R- Doesn’t greet Jem and Scout. R- Aunt Alexandra…

The Mother-Baby Package (MBP) consists of interventions at different levels that are needed before and during pregnancy, during delivery, and after delivery for the mother and the child. Most of these interventions are delivered through the community-based facilities, such as traditional birth attendants, health care providers, and health doctors. According to the Mother-Baby Package: Implementing safe motherhood in countries article, an…

Figure 1 highlights the negative effects of assimilation over neonatal outcomes of immigrant mothers in Taiwan. One could hypothesize that the reproductive habitus of Indigenous Taiwanese women is more conducive to poor perinatal outcomes when compared to that of the birth countries of immigrants. Indeed, multiple studies, besides the Fleuriet et al.’s have highlighted that the reproductive habitus of high income countries like Taiwan tends to include multiple hazardous behaviors such as alcohol…

In the epic poem, Beowulf, the hero battles three formidable enemies: the monstrous Grendel, his horrifying mother, and the dragon. Each Battle has its own unique weapons and outcomes. Against Grendel, Beowulf uses his bare hands. However, Grendel’s mother is a more difficult problem because not only is she more powerful than her son, but she is also lives under water in a fiery lake protected by sea monsters. Beowulf’s age and prowess as a hero are in decline. His physical and perhaps his…

Author Amy Tan, having grown up with a mother who did not have English as her first language, has experienced a very different set of circumstances than an average English-speaking household when it comes to communicating. In her article, “Mother Tongue,” she dives into her past, sharing the language struggles she saw her mother encounter, along with her own battles with finding her literary voice. What she found in the end was that we all, regardless of native tongue, use many levels to our…

The glass menagerie by Tennessee Williams has many memorable characters in it, the mother in the play is one of these memorable characters. Firstly, the mother (Amanda) has a unique role in the play as she is the attention seeker and controlling, she is always very loud and loves to be heard. The mother is not the only attention seeker though, the son Tom is an attention seeker as well. Tom acts the same way his mother does in seeking attention, another thing they share in common both share an…

social and emotional issues. In the texts “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan and “Achievement of Desire” by Richard Rodriquez the readers are able to experience how bilingualism can affect the way individuals interact. Sometimes the language spoken at home is different from the language spoken in the outside world. Bilingualism is something that should not change the relationship with…

Single Mother of Two Passes Away From Cancer; Will Not Properly Prepared A single mother of two, who succumbed to cancer made the week’s headlines. The story goes that when she first got aware of her condition she immediately started to make will preparations as is the norm employing the use of Legalzoom.com. Eventually, she was able to come up with a “legal will” complying with all standards, including the witnessing formalities as par the requirements of the law of Florida. The details stated…

Mother Courage and Her Children: What Will the War Make You Do? Inside of all of us there are good and bad qualities. We may be aware of these, or for some these qualities only appear in times of desperation. We all have times of greed, and times of sacrifice. It is our actions that shape who we are, and what others think of us. In a time like war, these qualities can be elevated and exaggerated in different ways. It is how we use these qualities that affect our lives and whether or not we…

that I associate negative feelings with religion. After my family stopped attending church, we never went back or attended a different one. My parents never spoke to me about their religious, or lack thereof, beliefs when I was growing up. Because my mother was always close with me as a child, she was where I got my messages of what it meant to be a female. To me, she was hardworking and compassionate, but quiet. I wanted to be just like her. As I got older, I started to realize that the person…