Having Our Say Chapter Summaries

1. Activity level and food choices are influenced by family members. If the parents adopt healthy eating habits, then the child will form these habits as well and could likely carry that into adulthood.

At some point of a kid’s life, they want to be picky about something. They want to have some control of their little world where adults are constantly telling them what to wear, what to do, and what to eat. Food, for instance, is an easy topic where kids will fight for some independence. Throwing, yelling, crying and even bribing were the essence of a battle at dinner tables. Because some parents would automatically give in to their children’s need, the kids often think they won the battle but technically they didn’t. In the story, “Picky Eater”, Julia Alvarez tells a story of her childhood experience of home meals where her and her sisters were also picky eaters, despite having healthy food served to them. Meals, she said, “at home were battlegrounds. Even if you won the dinner battle, refusing to clean your plate or drink your engrudo, you inevitably lost the war” (Alvarez 145). Battlegrounds at home can occur but it doesn’t have to end up being messy if the parents know how to handle the situation properly.

To begin the story, Hurston, with the use of the narrator being from third person omniscient, introduces us to Delia as a wash-woman who was working on a Sunday night all the way until eleven o’clock after church earlier in the

Not only does he drain her financially, but he has also abused her mentally and emotionally for the most of their marriage. Delia reminds Sykes that all she does is "Sweat, sweat, sweat! Work and Sweat, cry and sweat, pray and sweat!" from the fifteen years she has been washing laundry and laments (Hurston 278). However, despite all the cruelty that is happening, the author still portrays her persona with great compassion. Delia has enormous love, but soon discovers that she has the capacity to hate as much as she loves which has developed from her long-suffering life with Sykes. The author creates Delia based off her own life of being a Christian woman, therefore, in the story "Sykes is clearly wrong throughout the story, and Delia is right in living out the principles of Christian love, tolerance, and humility" (Banks). The importance of this quote is that it puts Delia's character into perspective and reveals why the way she is. The author's beliefs and practices are demonstrated through Delia and explain her actions in the story.

readers feel the same joy. One of her readers by the name of Claudia Rankine writes on an

Bessie and James moved around a lot, because he was a school teacher. The two lived in Camden South Carolina for a few short months. Here the young couple learned Bessie was pregnant and both were very happy, but Bessie wanted to be closer to her parents. Mary her mother would be such a help after the birth of the baby. James got his teaching job

It seems very ironic, that Delia a devoted Christian, must work Sunday's to provide. For the last fifteen years, Delia Jones has been working as a wash-woman. While for the most part her clothes remained

Question #2: Identify one major area where she was deficient and state what the consequences of this deficit were

Amy Tan was born in Oakland, California, in 1953. In 1970, Tan majored in English at San Jose State, in California. Tan began a carrier as a technical writer after she graduated, at the University of California. However, she changed her writing because she was inspired to write fiction book after reading of Louise Erdrich's novel “Love Medicine”. As a result of this, language has helped Amy Tan in becoming the successful writer she’s today. It helped her express her complete thoughts in a way that everyone who reads, understand. Additionally, the type of language that she uses in her writing makes people take her seriously and as important as everyone else.

that influenced her life such as having Graves’ Disease and other health issues, but not having health

Predictions: My predicted of this chapter was that it was going to say the same thing that I was thinking. But guess not. But as I started reading further into the book it give you some interest ways to so what or who care. But my real prediction was that the writer of this book” they say I say “was give us permission to literally saying who care and starting an argument with the writer of the book.

Drug & Alcohol Dependency, Dehydration, malnutrition, Poor personal hygiene, Refusal to seek medical attention for serious illness, Refusal or failure to provide self with adequate food, water, clothing, or shelter and Hazardous, unsanitary, or unsafe living conditions.

meal she cooked regardless of how hungry she was. His mother also shows qualities of a

There once lived a woman named Bessie Wright who lived in Thompson Georgia. She lived with a family of 4 . Mom, dad, and 1 sister who was 5 at the time. Bessie Wright was born on May 5, 1816 in Thompson GA. She lived slightly poor. Her mom was a stay at home mom she wasn’t allowed to work . Her dad worked as a stableman. His job was to clean up after the horses and make sure the saddles were ready for the riders. Bessie did not work because she was too young, so she just stayed at home and played with the animals that were around the house.

Both Sadie and Bessie Delany were the two characters that left a lasting impact on my life. After reading all about they have been through in their century long lives, a huge impression was left on my life. The Delany sisters have inspired many of their readers to live life to the fullest. They lived through many hardships in their lives and were