Maria Chapdelaine

In addition, the author helps the reader understand the selfishness of the mother when the reader finds out she have stole the Persian Carpet “several months before” (230) the divorce and puts the blame on Ilya, the poor blind man. Furthermore, the visit of the children is supposed to signal a fresh start for the family. The mother even emphasizes she wants the girls to come “live with [them]” (229). Yet again, even if they meet in order to reunite, characterized by a situational irony, they see themselves separated because of her mother selfish decisions.

As the novel began, Maria Teresa was merely a child and she was seen as a very sweet character. However, the revolution turned things around for her whole family. She longer perceived certain things as positively as she would have just a few years back. She believed “that the sun was shining

Gloria Anzaldua’s short essay, Towards a New Consciousness, begins with the description of her mixed culture, a mestiza, and the conflicts she faces in being torn between being Mexican and Native American. Anzaldua expresses her struggle of her torn heritages by describing herself as being caught between two cultures and their values. Instead of being able to love and respect both cultures, Anzaldua feels as if we people feel the need to take up one side of our heritage and end up hating the other part. She paints an image as standing on an opposite side of a riverbank, yelling back and forth answers and questions showing that we eventually end up favoring one side and only getting pieces of the other

Anzaldúa recounts her experience growing up in a community where her Chicana culture wasn’t widely accepted. She would be punished for speaking the language her culture influenced to create a language, which corresponds to a way of life. In Gloria Anzaldúa’s “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” the variety of languages helps her compare, contrast and define her argument of the distinguished languages concerning her Chicana identity.

The writer, Maribel Garcia Ochoa, begins her piece with making the claim that because of Donald Trump being elected, California shaped this “defensive” attitude. Then Ochoa supported her claim with the evidence of the immigration policy issue. In addition, she believes that, “SB 54 would prevent the use of state and local resources to assist federal deportation efforts.” In fact, SB 54 has been recently amended in Senate on March 6, 2017. Another claim that Ochoa made was that California’s immigration policy was not completely for Asians it was also towards Mexicans. Ochoa used statistics, “Early into the ’30s, over 15 million Americans, about one quarter of all wage earners, were unemployed,” to show that once Mexicans entered California the unemployment rate of whites skyrocketed.

Melanie Martinez is a popular singer, a song writer, music video director and photographer. Melanie is a 22 year old, she was born on April 28, 1995 in Astronia, New York City, New York, United States. She is a mix of Dominican and Puerto Rican parents but she doesn’t speak spanish. She learned to play the Ukulele when she was 14 years old but as her parents couldn’t afford the lessons she had to teach herself.

28)”. He describes her as compassionate. This section of the novel encompasses the attitude of most women, nurturing and caring. Although she was compassionate, Victor explains that his mother had a hard life, “Her health, and even the tranquility of her hitherto constant spirit, had been shaken by what she had gone through (pg.26)”. He describes the relationship his parents had by saying, “There was a show of gratitude and worship in his attachment to my mother, differing wholly from the doting fondness of age, for it was inspired by reverence for her virtues (pg.26)”. This specific part of the novel is significant because it shows that Victor was taught how to treat a woman by watching his father and mother, but it makes you question where his opinions on women came from.

Firstly, Every hardship and obstacles she endured throughout her childhood helped Jeannette to become a successful adult.Jeannette’s parent were very unpredictable, her mother was self absorbed in her hobbies, and her father was an interminable alcoholic. Even though her parent neglected and gave less attention to Jeannette,

In the article, "An embrace that swayed the Mormon Church on gay rights”, the author Maria La Ganga, discusses the political issues between the Mormons and LGBT community. The Mormon officials and LBGT members of the community came together in Salt Lake City to pass a anti-discrimination law for the LGBT community. The policy contains anti-discrimination laws for the LGBT community and exemptions for Mormon doctors who have religious beliefs against homosexuals, to refuse doing artificial procedures for homosexual couples. In addition to anti-discrimination laws, the LGBT members tried to reach an agreement with the Mormon Church officials in passing a law in favor of gay marriage and homosexual couples to have ownership as a biological parent

Edouard, Sarah’s father in-law, was forever traumatized into silence about seeing Sarah return to the apartment to find her dead brother. Edouard had nightmares and would never forget what he had witnessed. As Julia read Edouard a letter from Genevieve to Gaspard’s family about Sarah, her life, and her now joining the DuFaure family “He sounded like he was crying, but he appeared to be doing everything he could to make me think he wasn’t” (195). Seeing Sarah return to the apartment to find her brothers dead body locked away had been a defining moment in Edouard’s life and being able to hear the letter about Sarah’s new and better childhood with the DuFaure’s he gained some closure, at least Sarah found a great family after what she had gone through. William Rainsferd was also greatly affected by learning about his mothers true identity. He rethought his entire life, caught in a whirlwind of emotions and new information, and finally at the very end of the book made peace with the new knowledge and used it to better his life. His life was forever changed by learning more about

The relationship between Mariam and Laila grows overtime into an unbreakable love. Mariam is a vulnerable character that experienced hardships and negativity throughout her life. Her reliance on faith and religion gave her hope. Laila however, has had a positive upbringing from modern parents. Her education is what made her a strong and intelligent girl. Their personalities contrast to bring the best out of each other. However at first, in fear of being overshadowed by Laila, Mariam says “If [Laila] thinks [she] can use [her] looks to get rid of me, [she is] wrong. [Mariam] was here first. [She] won't be thrown out” (225). As Mariam has never been a priority to anyone in her life she was very defensive over her role in the house. As jealousy embarked upon Mariam,

The bond between a mother and child is often spoken of as being unlike any other. Yet there are always exceptions to the rule where this connection isn 't as impenetrable as one might assume. This book is an example of this bond gradually becoming weaker over time. It shows how it affects the child, Bone, and leaves her vulnerable to the abuse of her step-father. Bone’s mother, Anney, had fallen in love with a man who abused her which at first, she’s unaware but eventually comes to realize but still chooses to stay with him. Throughout the book there are instances of Anney’s negligence in recognizing her daughter’s abuse and being of aid to her but wasn 't. In having to deal with her

They expect her pregnancy to be “the fulfillment of the prophecy,” (192) and the foretold arrival of a new angel. The responsibility now incumbent upon Mona came with her first sexual encounter with the angel and is a product of their love; and without their relationship, Mona would never have carried the hope of the Galilea in her womb. Yet the weight and significance of Mona’s unborn child is too great, and she vows to “take her baby far away” (192) if he indeed proves to be the reincarnation of his father. When Mona gives birth to a child who is neither a son nor an angel, her direct connection to the angel is broken and their love becomes a thing of the past. With the birth of a daughter, the weight of his love is lifted and Mona is liberated from his burdensome love and responsibility.

With each letter in Les Liaisons dangereuses, Choderlos de Laclos advances a great many games of chess being played simultaneously. In each, the pieces—women of the eighteenth-century Parisian aristocracy—are tossed about mercilessly but with great precision on the part of the author. One is a pawn: a convent girl pulled out of a world of simplicity and offered as an entree to a public impossible to sate; another is a queen: a calculating monument to debauchery with fissures from a struggle with true love. By examining their similarities and differences, Laclos explores women’s constitutions in a world that promises ruin for even the most formidable among them. Presenting the reader glimpses of femininity from a young innocent’s daunting debut to a faithful woman’s conflicted quest for heavenly virtue to another’s ruthless pursuit of vengeance and earthly pleasures, he insinuates the harrowing journey undertaken by every girl as she is forced to make a name for herself as a woman amongst the tumult of a community that machinates at every turn her downfall at the hands of the opposite sex. In his careful presentation of the novel’s female characters, Laclos condemns this unrelenting subjugation of women by making clear that every woman’s fate in such a society is a definitive and resounding checkmate.

The resentment within the young girl’s family is essential to the novel because one can understand the young girl better as she makes her decision.