Enduring Love Analysis

In T. Coraghessan Boyle’s story “The Love of My Life,” it centers around the teenage relationship of Jeremy and China who claim to be in love with one another and nothing else matters to them.  Their relationship; however, is centered around what a relationship is like in movies and based of the physical attraction to each other as well as being naive to what real love is as this is their first real relationship with a significant other.  The relationship between the two is great until they encounter their first real obstacle in the relationship when China becomes pregnant.  The egocentric nature of both characters takes over and there begins to be cracks within the relationship. Now they face the reality of becoming parents and they blame

Furthermore, Tan's mother teaches her to think in a different manner than the other children in her school. Tan states that her developing language skills were influenced by her family and in this case her mother, hence it affected her

The relationships between mothers and daughters in both pieces distinctly illustrates that actions result in consequences through the various similarities and differences. Two specific mothers throughout both the novel and the film appear to unconditionally support their daughters in any way feasible. The relationship between Ekwefi and Ezinma emerges as a significant bond that shapes the lives of both Ekwefi and Ezinma as well as other characters in the novel. For instance, when Chielo captures Enzima and takes her to Agbala, Ekwefi becomes concerned and follows them to the caves. Traveling through unbearable conditions, walking and running countless miles and even disobeying her religion to simply confirm her daughter's safety. This shows that Ekwefi and Ezinma have a profound connection and will take perilous actions to ensure safety and happiness for one another. Likewise, Vianne would undertake precarious actions to ensure her daughter's safety and satisfaction. For example, in the situation where the river rats’ boat ignites, Vianne plunges into the river and risks her life to assure she finds Anouk safe. This demonstrates that Vianne and Anouk has a compelling relationship and will take extreme measures to ensure the other’s happiness and safety, similar to that of Ekwefi and Ezinma. The actions taken by Vianne and Ekwefi result in a strong, beneficial relationship with their respective daughters and shape the ensuing lives of each character involved. Clearly, these

What makes a child determine at such a young age to defy her mom on every hand for the rest of their life? The sad realization that Ni’Kan would rather see her mother angry at her than disappointed in her became her revelation.

The mistreatment from her family and peasants reinforced her feelings towards people and furthered her independent thinking. Surpressing her true emotions allowed her to gain access to food and shelter by taking the beating, mistrustment, and abuse from those around her. Another key character trait involved the encounter with the blind man, Tzili’s true character was displayed, she was quick thinking by stating she was Marias daughter which allowed her to become invisible to the world. When Katrina, another prositiue who gave Tzili shelter offered her to one of her clients Tzili relied on her storng moral compass as to how to handle the situation. Since this situation occurred she left because she was not comfortable with the circumstances she was put into. This also allowed the readers to view her quality of street smarts. Throughout the novel she was brave, courageous, and intuitive; her survival depended on these characteristics and allowed her to transform into a mature and strong women by the end of the

Tan had wrote the piece in a highly critical or upset tone. Tan never expressed aggression towards her mother's troubles and moved on. During her mothers problems troubles at the doctors she mentions “She did not seem to have any sympathy when she told them she was anxious to know the exact diagnosis, since her husband and son have both died of brain tumors” (Tan 1014). Tan brought up how the doctor had little care for her mother not in an aggressive manner but one of a disheartened or upsetting mood. Another example of Tan showing a disheartened tone was when describing how her mothers broken english was limiting her potential in the literacy field. “Asian-American students whose english in the home might also be described as ‘Broken’ or ‘Limited.’ And perhaps they also have teachers who are steering them away from writing and into math and science, which is what happened to me” (Tan 1015). Tan describes 2 separate problems caused by mother’s broken english to americans that were serious issues and only resolved when Tan would speak her english for her mother. She described in a more disheartened tone to match that of the reader. Reading about her troubles would touch the readers heart in a soft or upset mannar rather than being angry and likely drawing readers to not believer her

Through Tita one is able to see the relationship between women and the society she and most women live in. Tita obeyed her mother without question, because it is what’s expected of her to do as her family said. It was a model presented by society for children to under no condition disregard their parents. Yet at the end of the story Tita managed to be with the love of her life.

Auntie raised Tayo and was the mother figure he lacked. She willingly accepted to take him, but only to "conceal the shame of her younger sister (29)". Auntie was always hesitant toward Tayo as he was not her real son and was also a half-breed. For Tayo, this only added to his feeling of

she was there…feeding me”- Tan 172 Lindo’s loyalty to her parents is powerful to the point where she suffers as a result of it. Lindo had to survive the harsh treatment she received in her arranged marriage from her husband, mother-in-law, and frankly most of her husband's family. The unspeakable tragedies she had to endure epitomizes human cruelty. Lindo is loyal not only to her parents but also to her daughter.

These consequences include long periods of time without relations with his father and his tribe. His father and tribe, in a sense, disown Nnaemeka as he chooses to leave the narrow path of tradition and follow the broad path of the switch to modernization. This leaves both parties distressed as both hit an emotional low point. Both wish to portray parts of their individual lifestyles and share it, only to find that the beliefs contrast greatly. Change occurs when Nnaemeka’s father, Okeke, decides that the views should not block his relation with his son and grandchildren and reveals that he takes back Nnaemeka after an eight year period of reproach.

Write-up: Tita is the main character of the story, also the narrator, who suffers from unjust oppression from Mama Elena, her mother. She is raised to excel in the kitchen and many entertaining arts where she is expected to spend her whole life taking care of her mother. This is following the family tradition that the youngest daughter takes care of the mother until she dies. With her frivolous wants, Mama Elena denies her marriage and happiness to any man especially Pedro. She eventually breaks down and meets John Brown, the family doctor, who recovers her until she finds happiness again after Mama

(why) Naama hated being teased. She didn’t need to hear that her walk was funny. She was completely aware of how much she was eating and didn’t need her sister’s “solicitous suggestions”. She didn’t need another mother to tell her what to do, how to act, or what to say.

Joji was intrigued with the idea of doing something out of the cultural norm by taking a young girl to live with him. Joji is a bit obsessed with Naomi but acts like a friend with her playing games and allowing her to ride on his back like a horse even though he intends to make her his wife in the future. Through the story, Tanizki is showing how what begins as playful experimentation can lead to undesirable results. Joji pampers and spoils Naomi which eventually turns her into a lazy brat unwilling to perform typical

On his way home, Nnaemeka is thinking about how he is going to confront his father. The fact that he cares so much about his father’s reaction tells us that he has great respect for his father. We even see that he at one point feels kind of bad for his father, who has put an effort into finding a girl for him. This respect is also reflected in the conversation between Nnaemeka and his father. Nnaemeka finds it hard to tell his father about the situation with Nene, especially because of his father’s lack of understanding of which we see several examples through the text. A very good example is on page 2, line 14, when Nnaemeka wants to talk with his father about “the marriage question” and his father replies “Which marriage question?”. In this quote we see that in the father’s opinion Nnaemeka has no other option than to marry Ugoye, nothing needs to be discussed. Nnaemeka on the other hand, finds it impossible to marry someone that he does not love, but when he tells his father that he does not love Ugoye, he simply answers, “Nobody said you did. Why should you?”(p.2 l.19) at this point his father makes it clear that

However, Ngugi does not seem to criticize this attitude of Mumbi; her attitude as a weakness, the author transforms this into a strength by the characters. This argument is reinforced b y Mumbi;s mother, Wanjiku,