Lela's Traditon: A Narrative Fiction

“A commissary!” the matron was struck breathless when Lizabeth asked this. She had decided that Lizabeth was not normal. She had seemed too stupid to defend herself in court. “She must be interested in food!” the matron had decided to herself.

Margery was such a slob when she’d been drinking. She’d pick up fast food, but be so bombed that half the time she couldn’t find her mouth. Burger wrappers, nibs of French fries, and oozing condiment packets littered the floor of her posh Cadillac…probably the floor of her apartment, now, too, I thought in disgust. I mean, sure, the house was already shabby, but I was

    How much responsibility should any child have over their family? In "Bone," by Fae Myenne Ng, a character named Leila is born the daughter of a loving mother, Mah, and a run-out-on-the-family father whom cursed Leila with a last name Fu. As Leila said herself, "Fu in our dialect sounds like the word for bitter" (18). She became the oldest with two other sisters, Ona and Nina, whom both came from Mah's second husband, Leon. Leon loves his biological daughters like a true father should; meanwhile, Leon also loves Leila, his daughter only by marriage to Mah. Leon expresses how much he loves his daughters by saying "Five sons don't make one good daughter" (3), causing a scene in front of people who

In the chapter , at “The Western Place” , Brave Orchid sends for her sister Moon Orchid to come to America and to confront her husband who is living another life and is remarried. However, conflict arises as the two sisters have complete opposite thoughts and personalities. Brave Orchids whose name completely describes her - urges her sister to visit her husband. However, while Moon Orchid is completely fine without her husband, she feels pressured by her sister to do what was asked of her. While Brave Orchid is the complete package of what a chinese woman and her traditions would represent while living the American lifestyle- Moon Orchid is rather surprised by the actions of her sister and nieces and nephews. For

Mrs. Turner addresses the issue of racism in the book. She reveals the hypocritical nature of people of mixed origins who discriminated against blacks. This hypocrisy is shown by Mrs. Turner’s primary customers at the restaurant being primarily black while being obnoxious to them about their features. Mrs. Turner seems to be taking the symbolism of white equals good, black equals bad way too far as “she paid homage to Janie’s Caucasian features” and disapproved of Tea Cake’s black characteristics

In the novel The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, how people treat other people because of race can be found throughout almost the whole book. How people view another person's race is a big part of society. It is unfortunate that people of a certain race treat other people of a different race poorly. One example of race injustice is when Lily meets Zach, she is shocked that he is attractive because in her mind, black people were not supposed to be attractive. When Lily first meets Zach she thought, “If he was shocked over me being white, I was shocked over him being handsome.

chrysanthemum sprouts that were growing around the old roots…. ‘You’ve got a strong new crop coming.’... ‘Yes. They’ll be strong this coming year.’” (pg.2) This shows, she is speaking about the plants but referring to herself.

Here, the porch-sitters speculate on how Janie left Eatonville with a blue satin dress but has surprisingly come back in dirty overalls. Because she was last seen leaving Eatonville with Tea Cake, the townspeople are filled with curiosity about Janie’s story after she left their town. They begin to exhibit this curiosity amongst themselves and their peers on the porch by criticizing Janie out of pure envy. The porch is a symbol of envy and judgment amongst black communities. Because most residents of Eatonville are lower-class full-day laborers and are envious about Janie’s social mobility privilege, they gossip and resent Janie, especially her physical beauty. The townspeople’s envy of Janie is rooted in internalized racism--one that favors light skin and other Eurocentric facial features. The porch-sitters of Eatonville also find it strange that Janie, who was at a higher social class before she met Tea Cake, come back to Eatonville and present herself in a way typical of a laborer.

“I made bacon, eggs, and sausage if you are hungry,” she says to me with a warm smile on her face. I was starving, so I ate five pieces of bacon, three eggs, and four sausage links. “How’d you sleep?” she asked.

It was a bittersweet moment for Thalia. Zoe was growing up. It seemed like just yesterday she was waiting to get on the bus for her first day of kindergarten. Having Zoe when she was so young was the hardest thing Thalia had ever done. At 15, with no help, baby things or money to buy them and heck she hadn’t even finished high school and had no basic of childcare skills. She felt her life was over. Her days and nights were spent feeding, winding, changing, and bathing her. It felt never-ending. Thalia exhaled. She had survived. With Dryden’s support and love. Zoe was ten years old now, and she was twenty-six. And different: older, wiser and she had a well-adjusted girl to show for it. Thalia was still young; she could do it again if Dryden wanted to.

Readily opening the manila-colored envelope, Owen assumed it well wishes for their upcoming wedding from his folks. Gathering around in the tiny entryway, Lelia, and her parents were smiling, waiting to hear Owen read the telegram aloud.

“All right, babe, see you tonight then...” said Lovienthal and then he crammed one of the sausages Mary had given him into his mouth, taking half of it down in one bite. He then picked up his thermos from the counter along with the other two sausages he planned on taking for V.Q. and Chuckles before heading out the doors himself.

Jose Implied Miguel is not trust worthy. After all you have accomplished more than anyone I know. The menu includes chicken rice salad and cake. Personally I think the color is beautiful. To jill Robert seemed upset . Give me the report and I will deliver it to the main office.After we left work we went directly to the restaurant.

As I stepped inside the restaurant, the first thing that caught my eye was the walls because it had the same design as the menu. It struck out because the patterns of the flowers that were imprinted on the walls showed a lot of colors, which helped brighten the room and add a sense of dimension/comfort. Not only were the colors of the walls vibrant, but so was the salsa bar because it was presented with a wide range of spices to choose from.

McCreeps turned back around, juice carton in hand. Upon seeing the boy’s terrified face, he turned back to see what he was staring at,” Oh this? Like I said, my boy, the woman certainly did provide a lot for Adande. Sure, it just made it harder to cook her up, but on the bright side there are tons of leftovers!”