Meridian

Finally, Sara took the courage and effort by deserting her own culture to assimilate the new culture. Sara knows the only way for her to assimilate the American culture is to leave her cautious father and went to college to become a teacher, which is her dreams. So, At age of seventeen she left her family and rent a basement lived by her self. By escaping her father¡¯s shadow she is like a bird free from a cage that she can breath the fresh air of the new world. Eventhough she lived in the little room with dilapidated furniture, but at least she can be herself- to pursuit of self-identity.

The author, Marjane Satrapi, shows the details and complexities of the conflict the protagonist faced during her journey of growing up and evolving. Over all in the story the protagonist does a good job pointing out that it is a struggle before finding one’s true

Many spend their lives learning how they are “different” from others to define their uniqueness, but these differences sometimes spark an internal wish to join the others. For example, most United States citizens know their country’s economic position exceeds Canada’s, yet some U. S. citizens want to move to Canada due to political preferences. Likewise, the speaker in Lucille Clifton’s “There is a girl inside” wants youthfulness despite current elderliness, which contrasts with the speaker in Clifton’s “in the inner city” who ponders many times about another position, the “Uptown Girl,” but maintains interest in the inner city due to the freedom and dangerousness correlated with lower class downtown housing. Similarly, the speaker in Gwendolyn Brooks’ “a song in the front yard” wants to reside in an impoverished area since it is free and wild. The speakers in Brooks’ and Clifton’s poems discuss how life is for people on the “other side” through contrasting

Identity defines the many aspects that make us who we are. It can be determined individually or by society, but in order to achieve true happiness identity must be established by one’s self. The novel Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood reveals this truth by displaying the unhappiness that results from society determining an individual’s identity. This is seen in multiple forms such as the demands placed on woman to behave in a “ladylike” way. These stereotypes contribute to the struggle placed on many women in this novel to abide to society’s expectations. Unhappiness is also caused by judgement. When characters in this novel are judged by others, it often leads them to question who they are and what they stand for. Lastly, individuals in this novel rebel because they do not like being identified by their social class. These are all examples of restrictions that affect the characters in Alias Grace, and prevent them from living a fulfilling life. A major theme explored in this novel is that unhappiness is often a result of one’s identity being determined by society.

Eleanor was raised without her parents, and was also left to voyage life under her grandmother. She lived with other relatives of jarring personalities, absorbed in their own life. She lived in a world within a world, finding difficulty conforming confidently

Wild by Cheryl Strayed gives a vivid depiction of a young woman on her journey through life and over a thousand miles of rough conditions on the Pacific Coast Trail. Cheryl Strayed makes the spontaneous decision to hike from the Mojave Desert to Washington alone, in order to reinvent her life, and forgive herself and others for her troubled past. As her situation becomes more demanding, Strayed finds that she has been humbled by her past, and is able to guide readers across raging rivers and through scorched deserts, in order to free herself from the person she allowed herself to become. It is a moving story of a woman reinventing herself though beauty and suffering, and can teach anyone that they can navigate through the tough times that lie ahead.

In “Brave New World,” a woman exiles herself in embarrassment for becoming pregnant with the directors child. This woman, Linda, lets her fear of how the others will judge her dictate her decision to stay in the New Mexico Savage Reservation. Linda’s outcasting was social as well as physical, this situation empowers Linda, but also leads to her demise.

In the novel, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, social class plays a role in the significance of your stature in society. Linda Brent, the protagonist of the novel, deals with separation from her parents, her siblings, and later her children- due to being born a slave. In Persepolis, Mehri, the maid of the Satrapi's was separated from her family as well at the age of five and was raised along with Marji.

Deep in the Congolese jungle, four young American girls are thrust into a world of danger and suffering. Their abusive father, Nathan, forces his family to enter this hostile world in order to convert the native people to Christianity. However, his mission to glorify God is not successfully and the traumatic journey molds the girls into the women that they eventually become. The ordeal shaped all of the children massively, but Leah experienced the greatest shift in identity. When the Georgian family first landed in the Congo, Leah idolized her father and was completely devoted to his stout Baptist dogma. Yet, as the novel progressed, Leah began to understand the flaws in the stubbornness and hatred of Nathan’s ways. Eventually, by experiencing

While the main subject of the novel is Sarah and her wild story she tells after she emerges from the cave, the book also dives into the clashes of local tribal rights and outside commercial endeavors as well as balancing conservation with

Whether it’s a male or a female both characters strive to find their acceptance in society and to break free from their childhood

This novel takes place in San Francisco where citizens are living in fear because of the racism happening in the world. Life is expressed throughout multiple characters like Robert Childan, Frank Frink, Tagomi and Juliana Frink. . As so many controversial issues a-rise, the character and spirituality shine through each of these main characters by the actions they take. Robert Childan,

In the red rock desert of southern Utah, a teenage girl with Aspergers escapes her harsh life in a polygamist cult called the First Consecrative Order. She's taken in by Lena Wilkes, a resilient humanitarian who also escaped the cult as a teen. Together they struggle to protect each other and their small Navajo community from their past as the corruption, greed, and scandal of the First Consecrative Order advances upon their lives.

The women encircle her, palm to palm, rising, crying, wailing. The Crone Song. Soiled linens make shapes on the floor. A child cries, the earth opens its door. A river rushes, waterfall—red. The wind blows in, her lungs expand. The mound softens, her door open wide. The child arrives, an ocean’s tide. Quaking Aspen shimmers moonlight. Its silver branches cradle the night. Tamarack Thunder, the Earth gives her name. Pipsissewa, small and delicate, but strong her flame.

Alice was born into a well off family in Mississippi, in 1901. Her father was a jeweler and a pearl trader. Alice’s mother was a stay at home mum who tended to the affairs of the house and children. Alice was prone to having premonitions of the future since she was a child, though they weren't always correct. Even though she never showed off her power due to her being afraid of how people were treat her, Alice was still thought to be a witch by many people in her town. This was mainly due to her attempt to warn a friend about something bad that would happen to her soon, her friend didn’t listen and the unfortunate incident came to pass. Due to Alice growing up in a small town, rumors spread fast and it wasn’t long until Alice was feared.