Mama's Vengeance: A Narrative Fiction

“You may perhaps ask who these rangers are?...in short they are created Indians, & the only proper troops to oppose them. They are good men, but badly disciplined…. He (Rogers) He is a very resolute clever fellow & has several times, as he terms it, banged the Indians and French heartily”

“Oh, there you are.” My mama said, peering in at me from just outside the room’s archway. “Come on upstairs and pick out which room you want to be yours.”

In the 1950’s through the 1960’s women were not respected in there everyday lives, in the job field or in general. They did not have the rights they deserved, so during this time the “women’s movement” began. Women fought for their rights and fought for the self-respect that they thought they deserved. In the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, the character Mama, expresses her feelings of pushing or extracting a new side for a woman. Her role explains that woman can be independent and can live for themselves. Through her behavior in this play she demonstrates that women can support and guide a family. Mama is in charge of the family, which is unusual, since men are traditionally the “head of a family”. Through Mama’s wisdom

“Mama might be better off dead: The failure of healthcare in urban America”, was written by an investigative reporter Laurie Kaye Abraham in 1993. This is a disturbing and profound look at the human side of the health care and how government health care policies work when they hit the streets. This is a story of an impoverished African-American family dealing with devastating illnesses and how they end up in a miserable dilemma.

Heroes are not created during hard times, but it is during these hard times that heroes are revealed. Christopher Reeve explains that a hero is an ordinary individual who possesses the strength to persevere and rise above overwhelming obstacles. Meaning no matter your size, your age, or your gender the capabilities of becoming a hero comes from within, as long as you have the determination and will power to triumph over the devastating obstacles that lay in your path. The stories “An Act of Vengeance” and “A Worn Path” by Isabella Allende and Eudora Welty, respectfully, are prefect examples. Allende portrays a young lady overcoming the terrors of her youth as she grows in to a strong woman and avenges her father. Whereas, Welty gives a description of a fragile old woman demonstrating the strength and perseverance to succeed and obtain the medicine that her grandson so desperately needs, even though her body struggles to make the trip. Although both stories depict a tale of what a hero is one has a better description, “An Act of Vengeance” more closely follows the guidelines of Christopher Reeve’s idea of a hero.

The author I chose to write about is Bishop T.D. Jakes who is also an author,pastor and filmmaker. The books that he has written have been very influential to thousands of people and the way he writes his books is mainly because of the way he grew up,his surroundings, and what he was taught. Ever since he was a little boy all he knew was church and as he had gotten older he became a best-selling author, but he wasn't always so successful all the time he had to start from the ground up. The very first church he used to preach at only had ten members that grew to about fifty,but in a few years those fifty members expanded to millions of people and he transformed that small amount of people of fifty to a multi-million dollar ministry. Someone who had a huge impact on him was his father who died when he was sixteen and the cause of that was that he had renal failure by dialysis but the sickness had started when Jakes was only ten years old

I come from a place of proud people and independence; a place of worn church houses and of tear stained Bibles. I come from a place of shackles and chains made of coal that held my people in slavery and subjugation; a place of used needles and broken hearts. I come from Appalachia, and I will be heard. My roots run deep within me connecting me to the mountains where I was born. In my times of trials and tribulations. I look back to my roots and the people who worked so hard to get me to where I am. I find hope In those memories, they give me the strength to persevere and work towards my goals.

The role of women has changed drastically over the course of years. With the help of the Civil War and the industrial revolution women have grown and learned not to accept that they are not objects and not to accept being belittled by men. Many authors played a significant part in showing that the role of women's’ evolution. Women went from having hardly any rights to playing a major role in society economically. The stories “The Revolt of Mother” ,“New England Nun” by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, “Chicago” by Carl Sandburg, “A High Toned Old Christian Woman” by Wallace Stevens, and “ The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T. S. Eliot all help contribute evidence to the change in the role of

Arnold Friend grabbed her arm then half pulling, half dragging an emotionless Connie from the door step. "My sweet little blue-eyed girl," he repeated when he got close to his car. At this Connie woke from her trance and realized the mistake she was making.

“Hell no. You are not allowed to set me on fire,” I stated, glaring at her. She stood, the smile for once not in it’s prominent place now replaced by a deathly glare. She banged twice on the metal door and walked out without a single word. I stared at the door in bewilderment for a few moments before letting my eyes trail around the small dark stoned dungeon for the thousandth time. There were two sets of chain attached to the wall, one set was keeping me against the wall, while the other set were about five feet off to my

My parents had been married for thirty-four years as the time of her death. During that time, they raised three children and were the proud grandparents of six grandkids. No one had to guess where you stood with my mom – they knew. She gave love and showed compassion to anyone who allowed. Growing up, all of our friends called her “Mama T” because she mothered so many and her last name was Tatum.

A mother hero is a person who gives everything in the benefit of others, in addition, mother heroes are people who do not care about the sacrifices they have made. First a hero is a person who, instead feeling compassion puts action serving others. For example, a pregnant mother who is diagnosed with a terminal illness and who must have an abortion to live will give life to birth her child whom this shows sacrifice. There are also mothers who will starve in order to feed their children. Another example is a single mother who will work several jobs to provide her children with an excellent education. In addition, she still has time to prepare a meal and read her children a bedtime story. There is another type of mother heroes, those who sacrifice

God gave us all unique faces, all beautiful in their own ways, so why not have a little fun with them? Why not show off what we love about ourselves, show how we like to display our features, and talk to our friends what we love about them? Wearing makeup gives us a chance to do just that. Society today, though it denies even the slightest notion of it, tells us that if we look and feel good, we should also feel some kind of insecurity. We have the ability to wear makeup in a way that fights against this idea. Makeup has the capability to transform us into confident people, which in turn molds us into braver and more courageous lights for Christ. In addition, makeup can show who and what we are as people, just like a passion

As a child Gloria read white American Literature, which later lead her to be a writer and publish great insight perspective writings.(encyclopedia) As Gloria got older, she was an advanced student in high school, she even graduated with honors.(encyclopedia) Later, while in college she faced an obstacle of finding her blackness after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.(encyclopedia).She then left to be a teacher for Jehovah Witness as a way to search for her purpose.(encyclopedia) Her whole childhood geared her towards being an author, and to write one of her most popular books “ The Women of Brewster Place ”.