Overcoming Obstacles In Seedfolks

The atmospheric conditions may represent the hardships that the couple had to go through in their relationship, and may also be used contrast the unpredictability of the outside world compared to the steady relationship that the couple have. ‘A Youth Mowing’ is also a poem about relationships, this time it is between a younger couple. The river ‘Isar’ is a symbol of freedom, it represents the way that the men’s lives are. However, this sense of liberty is broken by the ‘swish of the scythe-strokes’ as the girl takes ‘four sharp breaths.’ Sibilance is used to show that there is a sinister undertone to the freedom that the boy has which will be broken by the news that his girlfriend is bringing. She feels guilty for ‘what’s in store,’ as now the boy will have to be committed to spending the rest of his life with her, and paying the price for the fun that they had.

In her romance novel The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver discusses the importance of family and friendship. The protagonist Taylor Greer escapes her home in Pittman County to live a more fulfilling life elsewhere. She arrives in the Cherokee Nation where she is handed a baby. She names the baby Turtle and drives to Tucson where she stops by Jesus is Lord Used Tires and meets Mattie, the owner. The tire shop doubles as a sanctuary and protects illegal immigrants. Kingsolver uses the motif of birds to symbolize the illegal immigrants and emphasize a theme of salvation. Taylor moves in with a self-deprecatory, single mother named Lou Ann Ruiz. Lou Ann changes her negative attitude over the course of the book, which adds on to the theme of backbone and internal strength. Turtle develops an attachment to vegetation, a motif of the novel that symbolizes growth and rebirth. Taylor, Turtle, Lou Ann’s son Dwayne Ray, and Lou Ann’s family-like qualities illustrates Kingsolver’s themes of a true home and family. At the end of the novel, Taylor faces a difficult situation in which she Taylor could lose Turtle to further highlight Kingsolver’s theme of true family. Kingsolver presents the tension between legality and morality through the depictions of her characters’ choices and values. In doing so, she underscores the message that shared morality, rather than legality, defines and creates a better family.

The symbol of marigolds represent the innocence that a child has, specifically how that innocence can be ripped apart and how empathy can replace innocence. The symbol of a potted geranium represents the complex emotions that replace innocence after a person becomes an adult. Collier shows the reader that this transition is tough and will come with many challenges, ultimately resulting in a loss of innocence that will shape the readers whole life. These ideas are very relatable to many teenagers, as they see old friends drift away because they “just aren’t the same person anymore” and depression in teenagers due to severe challenges is becoming increasingly common. For many, the loss of innocence is full of fear and confusion, but the resulting gain of empathy is

Metaphors and characterization are two techniques used in the story that are very important. Near the ending of the story, the narrator mentions, “Hydroponics” and “Ebb and flood.” Basically, these are two techniques of growing plants without soil – which is fundamental nutrient-supplying organic matter. Instead of soil, plants are grown in water-based solutions. This metaphor may represent her view of many other people. It can show how she believes they never had the proper foundation to grow naturally. Instead, in this chemical based world, they learned to become interdependent with each other, just like the intertwined roots of these plants. They learned to live while being dependant on the chemicals that were put into the water that they lived in. This is a very important aspect of the story because it shows her opinion on why people need commercial foods so much – dependency, highlighting an important theme in the story. Characterization is also very important to the story. The way Gertie’s character is described is through the narrator’s thoughts. Due to the way the narrator describes Gertie, we automatically acquire a negative view of Gertie, giving us sympathy for the narrator. This is a crucial aspect because if Gertie was characterized through her actions or through her thoughts, we may not have had such a negative view

Soon the men began to gather. Surveying their own children, speaking of planting and rain, tractors and taxes. They stood together, away from the pile of stones in the corner, and their jokes were quiet and they smiled rather than laughed. The women, wearing faded house dresses and sweaters, came shortly after their menfolk.(1)

Some of the seeds fell into the road, and never got the chance to grow. This is because they were stepped on by humans and eaten by birds. This represents the people who listen to the Word of God, but don’t receive it. These people will never grow to be children of

| This quote displays the importance of the first person point of view in this novel. The unique perspective from Ginny not only allows the reader to view the events from her own angle, but it also allows the readers to understand her personality. In addition, this quote describes the tragedy of the farmer’s life: no new possibilities of adventure or travel. This foretells the possible challenges that occur between generations because the elders do not have an open mind.

At one point or another we have all wondered how we are going to get past a certain obstacle in life. One of those obstacles that are impossible to overcome by yourself, one that requires another person to help you push through that hard time. Similar situations are faced by some of the characters in The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver. The Bean Trees is a tale of a girl named Taylor, who receives a baby from a stranger who is in need of help, this child's name is Turtle. Turtle helps Taylor enjoy the journey of motherhood and Taylor helps Turtle end her journey to find her parents and then Taylor drives Estevan and Esperanza to Cherokee land and Estevan unintentionally helps Taylor get through her dislike in men. Throughout the story,

As setting, the community is a place of origin. It is the starting point by which the horizon is defined as well as the location and steward of the past, providing the context for the future. Community is a cultural and social structure which provides the economic freedom for Janie and Sula to go out into the world. Janie is left with her husband's wealth, which allows her to go to the horizon while maintaining her house in Eatonville. Sula's inheritance of Eva's house leaves her with a place to call home no matter how far she travels or what she does. Through these social structures, the community creates, illustrates and embodies the values and expectations which shape the circumstances of the novels.

The chapter “Maricela,” in Paul Fleischman’s novel Seedfolks, illustrates how being a pregnant teenager could make a girl hate her life. Firstly, Maricela’s story takes place in a vacant lot, on Gibb Street, in East Cleveland, Ohio. The chapter presents Maricela, who is in a group for troubled, pregnant teens. The group is run by a woman named Penny. The beginning problem is that Maricela is a 16-year-old, Mexican, pregnant girl who hates her life and wishes her baby would die. The first rising action is Maricela‘s parents wanting her to have her baby. The next rising action is Maricela never getting invited to parties or asked out on dates. The third rising action is Maricela being forced by Penny to work in the garden. The final rising action

Sam is a teenager who gets permission from his father to find his great-grandfathers land and live there. He does this because he feels cramped in his New York house. As he goes on living in the woods, he finds himself struggling for survival. He trains a falcon to hunt for him and learns how to live off the land. The book talks about survival and living on your own.

The main character, Lauren used to live in the walled community; it was the only small safe place for people tried to maintain a normal life. Because the neighborhood provided a temporary safety, people were willing to stay for education and work even if the walled community had been getting crowded already. To compare and contrast Lauren’s community, it was huge but absolutely chaos and poor outside. People from outside were uneducated, and the government was totally corrupt so that people would just steal, rob and even kill someone in order to survive if they

Hannah Cavenagh was an intelligent painter. She leads a content life. She wanted to paint something different something that wasn’t the seaside. Then she remembered that she had a sister in Hawaii named Bethany. So later that morning she booked a summer trip to The Aloha State, Hawaii. When Hannah arrived to the airport her sister was already waiting with a welcoming hug. Bethany’s house was like an hour away from the airport so on the way home they stop for dinner. Hannah and her sister have a conversation that is non stop. Hannah told Bethany that over the years she has gotten really go at painting and that is the reason why she came. But what really go Hannah’s attention is that Bethany had said she always wanted a garden.

I think the watering symbolized growth and change as some people in the town were trying to make change and be better. Not losing hope and standing up for what they believed in. This reminds me of a person named Rosa Parks who fought for what she believed in by not moving to the back of the bus. Helping giving rights to the blacks and helping creating a change. Her fight gave hope to so much and had a huge impact on the people around her.

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.