April May Plot

Mama is a downhome, warm-hearted country woman who loves her children dearly. Her house burned down, leaving her younger daughter, Maggie, burned and scared. Mama is a strong, independent, and capable character. She faces her snobbishly rude daughter, Dee, which would clearly hurt many mothers. Mama does anything she can to make her two daughters happy. She sends her eldest daughter to Augusta College, which comes with many sacrifices. She defends Maggie and shows her love despite her sacrifices for her other daughter. “I did something I have never done before: hugged Maggie to me, then dragged her on into the room, snatched the quilts out of Miss Wangero’s hands and dumped them into Maggie’s lap” (Walker 153-154). Dee wants a quilt handmade by her grandmother, but it is for Maggie’s marriage. She is a just person, especially when it comes to her daughters. Mama is a realistic person, she knows what can and cannot be done easily. She is

1 On the eve of my twelfth birthday, my father sat me down to have a talk- He says, “Mary Amelia;” his using my full name and not what everyone usually calls me had me paying attention right away. “You’re my only daughter and you’re about to become a young woman. I don’t know much about what I, as a father, should tell you; however, with your momma gone, I feel it is my responsibility to say something in the way of trying to prepare you for womanhood…

Masha And The Bear One day a little girl named Masha was cooking with her mother. She wished she could go and pick berries with her older sisters. But she wasn’t old enough.

Although the daughter’s shame in her mother is evident, she is also prideful of her as well. The strong love that the mother and daughter share is pervasive throughout the story. The story is being told by the daughter after she is all grown up. The fact that Jones uses such vivid detail on the mother’s preparation for her daughters first day of school shows that the daughter loved her mom and all that she did for her. The daughter recalls that her mother spent a lot of time preparing her when she says, “My mother has uncharacteristically spent nearly an hour on my hair that morning, plaiting and replaiting so that now my scalp tingles.” (Jones) She also remembers that her “pale green slip and underwear are new, the underwear having come three to a plastic package with a little girl on the front who appears to be dancing.” (Jones) The daughter having remembered details like these illustrate that she has an immense love and takes pride

A Mother’s Words A mother’s words are the ones that ring loudest in a child’s ear, are passed down from generation to generation, and the one’s that hold a special place in a child’s memory and heart forever. Expectations and guidelines are set at a young age. Morals and values are learned throughout the years, and life lessons are taught through the wisdom passed down from a mother to a daughter. Every mother has a wish for their daughter to be the best they can be. But at what point does instruction and wisdom become simply words that have been said one too many times? The short story “Girl,” written by Jamaica Kincaid is presented to the reader as a list of instructions from a mother to a daughter on how to live life to the

The story commenced with off with Dee, the eldest of two daughters, arrived at her mom's house with with modern attire, which truly shocked Mama. Soon enough, dinner begun and the protagonist continued to watch Dee take pleasure over the “benches her daddy made for the table when” they couldn't afford one (760).” Walker

The artificial love given by Titania to Bottom demonstrates how magic can duplicate the realist atmosphere given from true love as both of those involved are unable to recognise that it is false. True love can cloud judgement and Shakespeare shows how artificial love can do the same, Titania is convinced Bottom is beautiful even though he has the head of a donkey 'Thou art as wise as thou art beautiful'. Bottom responds to the beautiful, magical fairy queen's devotion as nothing out of the ordinary and that all of the trappings of her affection, including having servants attend him, are his proper due. His unawareness of the fact that his head has been transformed into that of an ass parallels his inability to perceive the absurdity of the idea that Titania could ever truly fall in love with him.

True love’s path is paved with every step. Through the assistance of fanciful elements as well as characters Puck and Oberon, the true message of love in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is revealed. The four lovers know the direction in which their hearts are inclined to turn, but when the love potion is administered, the bounds of their rectangle are thrashed without knowledge or consent. The rapid shifts in affection between the play’s “four lovers” is representative of the idea that love isn’t a conscious choice, but a cruel game in which we are the figurines, being controlled by whomever the player may be, relating the characters’ karmic fates.

In the story Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt, the author thinks about the historical accuracy of the war and wants to show some galore. She talks about when neighbors fought against neighbors and when brothers fought against brothers. She sends the letter to the family when Bill says he didn’t fire the shot that killed Tom. So she uses both to make this novel even more interesting.

Sarah Davis is fourteen years old and she is in the 9th grade. She live with her mom Karen and two little sisters Alexis and Taylor in Montgomery, Alabama. Her father died when she was 8 years old so it was just her, her mom, and her sisters. One of her favorite thing to do with her family was bake. It was their family traditions to bake different sweets and watch movies on Friday nights. Sarah started to realize that her mother wasn’t around for their family tradition and she wanted to know what was going on.

In the story “Semplica Girl Diaries” by George Saunders the narrator speaks of various struggles his family faces, where they are dragged into their society's conceptions with huge financial problems. He begins writing a journal on September 3rd where he explains how he has set a project to write every day for a whole year. The journal began by explaining the narrator's first altercation with society, where he is picking up his kids and out of the blue the bumper of his car falls off. At this time, the reader is introduced to two of his kids: Eva, who is the youngest, and Lily who is the oldest. The reader learns that in a couple of days it is the older daughter’s birthday and it is coming by fast. As the reading continuous we discover how

When Ann was 10 years old, her parents divorced and her mother (whom she lived with for the rest of her childhood) struggled to find money. When Ann was 11 years old, she was cast as an extra in the movie ‘Ann of Green Gables’. She also appeared the movie ‘The Good Fairy’ and “The Devil on Horseback” when she was 12 years old. Ann’s mother still struggled to find money. With Ann’s dancing skills, she made Ann dance in clubs starting when she was 13. She lied about her age to work and people still get confused about the year she was born even today.

In society, it is most common for a mother to teach her daughter about being a woman, but sometimes the mother is very stuck in societal norms that she hinders her daughter growth; Arimah portrays the dynamics of an estranged mother-daughter relationships through the relationship Ogechi has with her mother.

The young girl in the early 1960’s photo is someone’s future mother, in effect playing out that inchoate role in this innocent scene of child’s play. She radiates like a light bulb in her white garb against the dark trees beyond. This is the child in all her girlish charm; this is

The classic tale of “Little Woman” has taken a place on many bookshelves throughout the world. The story follows the March girls through 15 years of their lives and is written in a very pronounced omniscient voice. Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy live with their mother in New England. Their father is away serving as a chaplain in the war, and the sisters struggle to support themselves and keep their household together. In the process, they become close friends with their wealthy neighbor, Theodore Laurence, known as "Laurie." As the girls grow older, each faces her own challenges in life. Jo, the main character, wishes to have the freedom of a man but she also must learn to be a lady while pursuing her ambition to be a great writer in the male dominate word. Meg, the oldest child, puts away her love for finer things in order to marry the one she loves. Beth, the third born, must learn to be more out-going, and Amy, the youngest, must learn that it’s not all about her and she must learn to think of others. The girl’s mother, "Marmee," sets an example of a perfect house wife. Meg falls in love with John Brooke, Laurie's tutor. This seems to spark Laurie’s emotions and he reveals to Jo that he has fallen in love with her, but she refuses him, saying that she cannot care for him the way he wants her to. Jo goes to New York as the governess to escape the awkward situation at home and tries her hand at professional writing. Meanwhile, Amy travels through Europe with the March’s wealthy