No Name Woman Summary

Imagine being one of the black female victims in the plantation south, and not having the voice to revolt against immorality experienced frequently because of White southerner males. The unthinkable feeling of white males having full access to a female’s body without her consent, and using her for their personal amusement reveals that discrimination and inhumanity existed in the era before slavery was abolished. For this reason, Deborah Gray White wrote the book known as Ar’n’t I a Woman? to highlight the brutal actions of these white southerner males that made miserable circumstances for black slave population to survive. The way she brought forth the reality and the vicious mentality of the White southerner males manifest that the status

The character was illiterate and thus excluded her from others. In the beginning of the story, the shame from the daughter and others was made prevalent as the author wrote “I learned to be ashamed of my mother” (58). The shame and prejudice began to grow when the mother goes to the school to register her daughter. The mother needed and asked for help when she was filling out the forms that were required for her daughter to go to school. The author wrote “The women asks my mother what she means . . . The women still seem not to understand. ‘I can’t read it. I don’t know how to read or write,” (60) showing that the women the mother was asking for help, did not understand her question, because her ignorance of other people. Her poor understanding of the question clearly made the mother feel even more ashamed of herself. The author goes on to write “My mother looks at me, then looks away. I know almost all of her looks, but this one is brand new to me.”(61) exhibiting how the mother never felt so ashamed and embarrassed in front of her daughter. Once the woman realizes that she was on a higher “level” than the mother, she agreed to help, the author wrote “and suddenly appears happier, so much more satisfied with everything”(61). The mother was being ridiculed and humiliated by the second, as the other

    The author appeals to her target audience with emotion. The audience in this story are  those who read Glamour magazine and could possible be only daughters in their family. Those people who feel discourage or unwanted are

"Your welcome." said Kaitlyn, as she gave them the book. She then watched them figured out that the book is about the virtues, but what Kaitlyn didn't say that it was about Chastity's story specifically. 'They are going to be surprised that the book talks about Chastity, and the author of the book. Because she did seem to talk to him for a bit, and he saw poor Chastity get kill by Lust.' thought Kaitlyn, because she knew that they are going to be interested in that part.

In “No Name Woman,” the theme of silence starts with the elementary words of the memoir stating you must not tell anyone. This statement is ironic because Kingston is in fact telling everyone, giving voice to Chinese customs and the lives that are foregone. As written in her memoir, she states, “You must not tell anyone,” my mother said, “what I am about to tell you. In China your father had a sister who killed herself. She jumped into the family well. We say that your father has all brothers because it is as if she had never been born.” (Deshazer 308). It is especially notable and ironic that the memoir begins with the phrase “You must not tell anyone.” Her effort in No Name Woman is to write about that which is never said; her unnamed dead aunt, and the outrageous behaviors in her mother’s Chinese village. Kingston was not necessarily silenced direct by a male figure; however, the words said by her mother “You must not tell anyone” is a representation of Kingston father’s authorization voice through her mother’s explanation. Kingston’s effort is also about discovering a voice, as both a Chinese-American

The entire story is a list of what a women should be and not be. Even though the list is boring and uninteresting to read, it demonstrates what a real daughter mother relationship is like. Kincaid does not specifically state that the speaker is a mother, but the speaker is identified as mother because she has to follow the list herself. It is the mother’s responsibility to teach her daughter

In her essay, “There Is No Unmarked Woman”, Deborah Tannen takes a logic based analysis approach in examining subtle differences between men and women. Her purpose is simply to bring to light how women are unconsciously “marked” in every way. Tannen believes that women are hyper-criticised and that this leads to every decision a woman makes - from the way she dresses to if she takes her husband’s (assuming she is marrying a man) last name. While men are free to be unmarked, aka observed in less detail, women are inherently marked from when they are young.

"Editing Gender" is the first Cornerstone of the unit. As a result, students continue honing their ability to frame and present an argument based on the synthesis of information from multiple sources, a skill they have been developing throughout high school. As 12th graders, students continue to apply their ability to read deeply, ask questions, and speak and write persuasively.

     Ar’n’t I a Woman? Written by, Deborah Gray White shows the trials and hardships that African American Women faced during the years of the infamous plantations up to the civil war. In this book White describes how the images of “Jezebel” and the “Mammy” and how they were the most vulnerable group with the least amount of formal power in Antebellum America. She compares the life of men and women in the slave society, and how truly different they were. The roles of women are shown through the slaves’ life cycle, family life, slave society networks, and the civil war. Each of these various aspects of life are discussed very vividly in the book, and serve purpose in showing how African American

Based on the first couple days of classes, Mrs. Blankenship creates a learning environment based on Social Constructivism with hints of Behaviorism. The hints of Behaviorism would appear in her freshman classes. These Behaviorism hints are not in the views of learning, content, knowledge, or student motivation. Mrs. Blankenship uses Behaviorism for modeling appropriate behaviors that she expects in her classroom. These freshmen are still adapting to the High School learning environment, so Mrs. Blankenship models appropriate behaviors that will help the students in future High School/College courses. Even with hints of Behaviorism, Mrs. Blankenship makes sure to have her freshmen classes to be rooted in Constructivism. The Constructivism I

The story begins with a "You must not tell anyone" words that will shape the course of history, life and silence. She uses the written word to illustrate the ability to heal the stories of the generations before her which is important in order find and understand her own identity.

Kingston slips this into the chapter by guessing that her dead aunt’s child is female since “there is some hope of forgiveness for boys” (Kingston 15). The subject of gender inequality shows up throughout the novel, such as when Kingston’s great uncle takes only the boys out to town, fully aware that the girls want to come, but leaving them at home “hanging [their] coats back up” (47). This issue is a global one; even in modern times, women are seen as inferior to men. In this memoir, gender inequality is one of the issues that Kingston is attempting to point out to us. Although not all of the readers are Chinese-American, Kingston transcends the cultural barrier to speak to the reader about her experiences with gender inequality and conflict.

This introduction is interesting and important because of it’s irony. Despite the fact that Kingston was told not to tell anyone of the story she is about to write, she is essentially telling the world now that it is published.

Another story that use story-telling to reveal the relationship between mother and daughter is Maxine Hong Kingston’s No Name Woman. In this story, the narrator’s mother is a Chinese-American who immigrated from China. Even she lives in a foreign country, she still persist the old Chinese tradition. Her daughter, however, seems like she wanted an assimilation with American. She mentions in the story that “I have tried to turn myself American feminine” (245). In spite of this, her mother is a entirely tradition Chinese woman that “[She has] not been able to stop my mother’s screams in public libraries or over telephones. Walking erect (knees straight, toes pointed forward, not pigeon-toed, which is Chinese-feminine) and speaking in an inaudible

This story is about the author’s aunt who drowned herself along with her newborn baby in the family well. The child was illegitimate as her husband had not been home for a few years. “No-Name Woman” gives an account of how Chinese society have been up until the 21st century. Women were to do as they were told at all times from birth to death. Their main function has been to bear children, mainly sons, and to take care of her husband. All marriages are arranged, sometimes to avoid incest because everyone in the village is related. All independent feelings, emotions and desires were to be taken to the grave. The author’s aunt was different. While her husband was away she has an illicit affair that produced a child. This was the worst kind