Roberta

Narrative structure and literary techniques are used to help develop, and draw attention to, major themes and ideas within literature. The short stories Recitatif by Toni Morrison and A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor use such devices to help their themes and ideas grow. Morrison’s use of the first person perspective and keeping information from the reader, like the races of characters, helps to develop the major theme of racism and assumptions. O’Connor, on the other hand, uses a…

The Case of Negligent Tort On April 23, 2015, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall on Roberta Roller Rabbit Children’s Pajama Sets due to a violation associated with the required Federal Flammability Standards. The Recall number is 15-122, according to the Consumer Product Safety Division the product does not meet the Flammable Fabrics Act, “The children’s pajama sets fail to meet federal flammability standards for children’s sleepwear.”(www.cpsc.gov 2015). The Consumer…

Roberta is a 60 year old woman who sought counseling two weeks after suffering an automobile accident. She had been stopped at a red light when her car was struck from behind by a texting driver, which propelled her into the intersection, where the front of her car was struck by an oncoming car, spinning her car about. Luckily, her injuries were minor, a sore neck and some bruises from her seat-belt, however, since the accident she has been fearful of driving or riding in a car. She married…

medication. The people representing two opposing sides of the dilemma in this case are Roberta W, who desires a risky hernia operation that she will not likely survive; and the other opposing side is represented by Dr. R, who is her physician that is refusing to do this requested hernia surgery. This is a blurred case of active versus passive euthanasia, with some variation to the concept of active euthanasia, whereas Roberta is not destined to die from this hernia surgery as she has a great…

In Toni Morrison’s essay entitled “Recitatif” she discusses about a friendship conflict between two girls; one black and another white. The two girls, Twyla and Roberta, meet at St. Bonaventure orphanage. They become friends not because of their age but because both of their mothers are alive. Twyla’s mother party a lot and Roberta’s mother is sick. The way the essay is written, the race of both girls is unclear, whether who is white or black. Many years later, the girls meet at the restaurant…

PER REPORTER: Cherish said Alivia has been CPS’s custody before and was placed with her aunt (Roberta) who was allowing the child to stay with her mother (Juanita) while having custody of her. Cherish said Roberta said there was nothing stating the child could not be with her mother. Cherish said Juanita gained back custody of Alivia on 2-21-18 and since then the school staff has noticed the is child spiral downhill. Cherish said she is concerned because Alivia has never acted this way and the…

to describe Maggie’s hat, strong and offensive as they seem, are childish. This is to shed light on an eight-year-old’s voice. These intricate descriptions of the hat reveal Twyla’s resentful feelings towards Maggie. The hate does not stop there. Roberta and Twyla both want to hurt Maggie. They symbolically “kick” Maggie by calling her names like “Dummy!” and “Bow legs!”. They see Maggie as a possible resemblance of their future selves, and they want to keep Maggie in the past. Louder than ever,…

families. When Roberta and Twyla are in the shelter, their mothers are due to come visit them in the chapel one Sunday and have lunch after the service. “We were supposed to have lunch in the teachers’ lounge, but Mary didn’t bring anything, so we picked fur and cellophane grass off the mashed jelly beans and ate them. I could have killed her. I sneaked a look at Roberta. Her mother had brought chicken legs and ham sandwiches and oranges and a whole box of chocolate-covered grahams. Roberta…

in their thoughts and actions based on the presence of flat characters. Just like in Recitatif Maggie was used as an integral feature to the story even though she was a flat character. She possessed the same qualities as the mothers of Twyla and Roberta who abandoned them at the shelter. Characters like Maggie are examples of flat characters that can grow to become a sensitive and important subject to the main characters. Just like main characters, flat characters can still share the same…

St. Bonny’s where Maggie was victimized by the older girls is a central theme throughout the book. Initially, it is believed that the girls had been a part of the group of girls that had bullied Maggie after she fell. But near the end of the book, Roberta confesses that she had lied when she said that the two girls had kicked Maggie. But she admits that she had wanted to. They both admit that Maggie had become a symbolization of their respective mothers and so they had associated all the…