Analysis Of ' Are You My Mother?

On the first read, I read the rectangular text boxes in which Bechdel analyzes her relationship with her mother by using the texts of psychologist Dr. Winnicott. Winnicott’s words analyze how mother and child may be two separate yet identical beings, and reasons why a mother may not be able to devote herself to her infant. One of which is that a mother becomes pregnant quickly after the first child is

There are 22.1 million noncitizens in America and my aunt's mother used to be one of them. This essay will tell all about it. In “American history”, Music for my Mother, and The Writing on the Wall. Being an immigrant means that to start becoming an American which meant the Cultural difference, prejudices, and to have hope.

On the surface, Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home seems simply to be a memoir of her journey towards discovering her own identity, and in the process, uncovering her father’s. However, the novel is far more complex. The graphic novel is not linear in the least, and mimics memory as it moves backwards and forwards in time, or returns to specific situations repeatedly. This is layered with the numerous references to previous literary texts in an interesting manner; combined, it provides emotional and informative layers to the novel. Bechdel starts to especially question binaries and pushes the boundaries of what it means to be a female and male in a relatively patriarchal society with no middle ground around the rules; as the novel shows, this affects not only Bechdel’s own pursuit towards her identity but has a significant, and ultimately fatal, impact on her father, Bruce.

I chose to interview my mother for my leadership paper because she has always wanted the best for me and has pointed me in the right direction since the day I met her. My dad met her when I was around eleven or twelve years old and after getting to know her and becoming more comfortable with her I knew my life was going to change for better. Growing up I had to face a lot of adversity with my family and having her there to guide me and help me get through the situations I had to face means more than I can explain. She is the smartest, kindest, responsible, caring, loving, and overall most down to earth person I know. She has this trait of telling me everything straight up how it is, if I mess up she will let me know so I can learn from my

Often the most important trait a person can posses is to be aware of their surroundings. If someone is aware of their surroundings on a physical, mental and emotional level, they have the power to fully immerse themselves in their experience, without hesitation or limitation. In Saidiya Hartman’s memoir Lose Your Mother, the reader is presented with an orator who lacks complete awareness of their surroundings, which later translates to a lack of self-awareness, while in both Jamaica Kincaid’s and Caryl Phillips respective memoirs the reader is presented with authors who are fully aware of their surroundings and thus self aware as well.

Even though a lot of thing events that happened to Bechdel was sad, dark, or as scary as was she managed to use a very witty tone throughout the story, reflecting on her personality. She believes dark events are not central to one’s life. She uses this tone as oppose to an angry tone because she never realized her family was in any way different until she was compared it to others. This strongly classifies Bechdel in the optimistic category of personalities.

Marriage is something that most people go through at some time in their life. When people get married, their lives are drastically changed. They must be devoted to this person, wanting to please them with everything that they do. They are bound to this person and have to make sacrifices for them, even if they do not want to. “A Mother's Day Kiss-Off”, written by Leslie Bennetts, and “My Problem with Her Anger”, written by Eric Bartels, both share how women feel angry because of the inequality that they experience, either at home or at work. They are forced to make sacrifices that they do not want to make, and how this frustrates them. Both use examples of this anger and frustration from married women, yet they do it in different ways. Bennetts uses research and what she has seen and heard from in other women about their anger, while Bartels uses a real-life experience in his own home.

“Love you, mama, Miss you”(Aviv, 2), the words of three year old Adam to his mother who was placed with the Orange County Social Services. In Rachel Aviv’s article “ Where is your mother” thirty-nine year old, single working parent Niveen Ismail, “begged” them to return her son after she left Adam unsupervised at home whilst she was out. Niveen mentions that on this tragic day that, “It was mechanical-I wasn’t thinking anymore...I was just trying to survive” (Aviv, 6). She was overworked, undernourished and had just reached a “breaking point”. Months have gone by, the Egyptian mother complied to her case plan trying to learn to “Parent American style”, attending parenting classes in high hopes of Adam being returned to her. Despite her attempts, Adam was placed with a foster family, who was willing to adopt him if her parental rights were terminated. A mother who once abandoned her child, is a bad mother.

1. "See," I said, "you don 't have any family and neither do I. I 've got the preacher, of course. But I don 't have a mama. I mean I have one, but I don 't know where she is. She left when I was three years old. I can 't hardly remember her. And I bet you don 't remember your mama much either. So we 're almost like orphans" pg 21.

Chad Blenz Deniz Perin ENG 121 08 December 2014 It’s Obvious, You Know Published in 2006, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic is a graphic memoir that brought great success to Alison Bechdel and her work. Fun Home explores the relationship between Alison and her father, Bruce Bechdel, to shed light on ideas such as gender, coming out with your sexuality, and the complex dynamics within their family. With further analysis we can see that these key ideas are facilitated through discussions of death, life, and literature–provoked by Alison’s efforts to illustrate a truthful portrait of her complicated connection with her father.

From reading “Someone’s Mother”, one could tell that Joan Murray is a very creative writer because one of the strongest literary device in this piece of literature is style. In the essay, Murray jumps from reality to her memories every so often on both paragraphs twenty and twenty-four as she narrates about coming across an unusual old hitchhiker that caught her attention and suddenly feels the need to assist. Due to the story written in narrative style, it is also very descriptive. The hitchhiker “[wears] dark blue raincoat, jaunty black beret. Thin arms waving, spine a little bent.

The other aspect that might annoy some readers is Bechdel’s constant allusions to famous works of literature. I, however, never had an issue with it. I think it shows the impact that her father and

The commonalities between unrelated essays can certainty astonish readers. It is amazing to find so many similarities once they have been critically read and analyzed. In the essay and video, “Ways of Seeing”, John Berger points out the growing popularity of reproduction, and investigates the hidden messages lying behind a variety of art pieces. In addition, the graphic memoir, “Are You My Mother”, written by, Alison Bechdel discusses the “queer” relationship with her mother, and the obstacles she faces while writing a memoir about her deceased father. Finally, in Judith Halberstam’s essay, “Animating Revolt and Revolting Animation” Halberstam questions the sexual deposition in animated movies and identifies the collective or individualist

The book Are You My Mother? written by P.D. Eastman, tells us a story of a new born hatchling searching for his mother who has left him unattended during the time he got out of the shell. From the very first moment, the hatchling wondered where his mother was and eventually he sets out on journey to find his mother. At first the hatchling meets a cat and ask, “Are you my mother?” (Eastman, 22). Every time it meets other animals, it ask the same question and was given the same answer. However at the very end, the hatchling sees a crane and this crane miraculously led him back to the nest that he was born in. As he returns to the nest, his mother also comes back and introduces herself and finally reunite. In this book Dr. Eastman uses picture, personification, repetition and pathos, to illustrate that children, who grows up without their biological mother or father, seeks to know who their parents are and to allow parents know that their child would like to know them.

I am grateful to be a member of the Pugh family, in which the life and nature of Christ freely flows. Each member of my family exhibits His character in unique and inspiring ways. In my spiritual journey I aspire to become more like Christ, and I also hope to grow with my family who beautifully lives out His redemptive qualities in their day-to-day lives.