Quotes From 'The Grapes Of Wrath'

“My two older teenage brothers and my sister, Liang, age 14, were embarrassed by my parents’ behavior. What would all the white people in Vancouver think of us”(Choy

Individuals should learn to accept themselves for who they are, not what society wants them to accept. As we continue to evolve, we build up our own characters, and they are typically a mix of the ethnicity and culture we inherit from our family, various encounters in our life, distinctive identity and personality we have. Our character and identity is not something that we get easily, it's an intricate process. The story “The Other Family” by Himani Bannerji is based on a mother and a daughter who immigrates to Canada. They belong to a black family, but after the immigration they are living in the dominance of the white society.The school is considered as the hegemony of Canada and teacher is considered as the mainstream, it is a sort of social institution that a hegemony shape but they does not know the awareness of marginalized groups. The mother feels anxious when she sees a drawing of a white family by her daughter. It was the misperceptions of the kid that lead to forget her identity or she was too small to identify it. So to examine about the identity of the marginalized individual the beginning is to focus on the quality of the education. It is necessary for every school system to teach equality and inclusions of every group status so that the marginalized group are not left isolated from the society. Secondly, the fear of the marginalized parents from losing their kids in the mainstream society shows their lack of confidence in their own cultural pride. Since

What this novel does not touch on is the harsh levels of discrimination that some Asian-American families faced during the 20th centuries, some people telling at them to go back to Vietnam, Korea, or wherever they came from, some refusing service, perhaps throwing them out for being different, similarly to how African-Americans were treated during that time, and similar to how some Muslims are being treated today. However, more insidious than moments of outright hostility, and maybe more powerful, are the constant weak reminders that you’re different, that you’re not one of them. The “sign at the Peking Express” (Ng 193), the “little boys on the playground, stretching their eyes to slits with their fingers” (Ng 193), you even “saw it when waitresses and policemen and bus drivers spoke slowly to you, in simple words, as if you might not understand” (Ng 193). All these tiny things, these little reminders that you’re not the same as everyone else around you, may have more impact on the people being discriminated against than blatant in-your-face

This story suggests that total equality amongst one another is not something worth striving for, suggesting that it implantation is dangerous and will have unintentional outcomes. This is true because in the story in order to achieve equality physically and mentally the citizens were treated inhumanly by the government. The beautiful were forced to hide their beauty under masks, the strong forced to wear hundred pound weights around their necks, and the intellectual suffered unbearable noises making it impossible for them to concentrate. Citizens dumb themselves down and hide their talents fearing government punishment. Equality is achieved in a sense but at the expense of freedom and personal achievement.

The author’s frightening story, “The Storm” has all the expected things that a good scary story should have. It has a story line that gains suspense throughout the story, there is irony, and there is lots of

Exploring the nuances of race and social position beginning in childhood and culminating in adulthood Lareau explores different approaches exercised by parents in raising children. Separating families into three categories, including: middle-class, working-class, and poor, the author began her study. Attempting to answer the question, “What is the outcome of these different philosophies and approaches to child rearing?” Lareau discovers that the answer was found in the “transmission of differential advantages” (Lareau 2011:5). Accordingly, these advantages equip children with tools to navigate through life progressively or prohibitively respective to the individual instruction obtained in childhood. In unearthing these discoveries, the author employed the use of ethnography through naturalistic observation utilizing field notes and taped recordings of interviews with family members.

The refrain in my opinion eludes to the idea of storm being a metaphor for the trouble you face in everyday life, and you must praise in the storm so that the Virgin Mary can eviscerate the darkness in your life.

“They did not heed the crashing torrents, and the roar of the elements made her laugh as she lay in his arms” (page. 396) The storm reaches its climax, as do Calixta and Alcee, and in his arms she is no longer scared, she now laughs at the roaring storm. “The growl of the thunder was distant and passing away. The rain beat softly upon the shingles…” (p. 396). The storm is passing, the threat is over

In the novel Left to Tell, by Immaculee Ilibagiza vengeance is sought of more than forgiveness. Vengeance is wrong no matter how right it seems and the devil is not to blame for this calamitous event. Immaculee has encountered many vengeful people throughout this tragic genocide. She is a very strong person forgiving the Interahamwe, while they slaughtered everyone in her family but her older brother. Immaculee is an example of why forgiveness is such a beautiful thing and vengeance is not.

The stereotype that Chinese parents raise the most successful children is universal. The question is, how do they accomplish this? In her novel, A Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Amy Chua illustrates how she raises her two children to be stereotypically successful Chinese kids. “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior,” is an excerpt of this novel, which appeared in the Wall Street Journal. The editors of the Wall Street Journal presumably chose this title to draw attention and promote controversy. Throughout the excerpt, Chua’s attempts to respect her audience are overpowered with her heavy criticism of the “Western parents”, referring to typical American parents. She also fails to convey the multitude of problems this style can cause. Chua is biased toward the “Chinese Mother” parenting style because of her personal experiences, thus her arrogance makes her ignorant to the detrimental effects of this style and is unappealing to her audience.

“You is kind. You is smart. You is important (page 521).” This quote was spoken by Mae Mobley to Aibileen. This quote means a lot to Aibileen because she just wants everyone to be treated equally and everyone to treat each other nicely. While Elizabeth just treats Aibileen and Mae Mobley like trash, Aibileen tries to make Mae Mobley just look past all the drama and the racism. So when Mae Mobley uses this quote it really means a lot to Aibileen because she feels she made Mae Mobley into a person who isn't racist and will always be positive and nice to others. This quote also helps all the other people in Jackson because after Aibileen here's what Mae Mobley said to her she tries to get everyone in Jackson to be nice to everyone

As things slowly exacerbate, 10’s of thousands’ of Tutsis from Immaculee’s neighborhood came to her family's door steps looking for someone to help and lead them. Immaculee’s dad rose up to his position and gives them hope. During the genocide the government tried to persuade Hutus to start killing Tutsis. They told the Hutus through all most all the radio stations: “But don’t forget to kill the baby-the child of a snake is a snake, so kill it, too!” the “snakes” are Tutsis. The country was going crazy there were people who hide Tutsis in their home and still went out and hunted and killed other Tutsis. After 2 or 3 attacks from the Hutu extremist Immaculee’s family decided that Immaculee her younger brother ( Vianney) and his friend (Augustine) should go into hiding. They went to a neighbor's house who was a Hutu pastor but also Leonard's (Immaculee’s father) friend. Immaculee was rejected by one of her best friends who told her: “I am certainly not going to hide you…we don’t hide Tutsis in our home” (Ilibagiza, Erwin when she asked if she can stay with them. Things got even worse for Immaculee when the pastor told her that he can’t hide Vianney and Augustine at his house and she had to send them out into the heart of the danger. Furthermore, as more Hutus started to kill Tutsis, the pastor hide Immaculee and 5 other women into a 3 by

Lenina Crowne remembers waking up as a child and hearing hypnopaedic messages whispered in her ear. The messages remind her of a discussion with Henry Foster about human beings, regardless of caste, become equal after death. Lenina is conditioned to accept that everyone is the same no matter the class

No storm is experienced the same. Seeing a storm on the horizon has the power to stir up gripping memories, introspective thoughts, and convoluted emotions. The poem “Storm Warnings”, by Adrienne Rich, applies a predictable structure paired with flowing syntax, and ambiguous diction- speaking both of weather and emotions- to illustrate that one cannot avoid the tribulations of life, embodied as the approaching storm, but instead prepare for their arrival.

Marcia Lieberman’s “Some Day my Prince Will Come” explained the messages that young children receive about gender roles and the superficial values that they are taught even before they understand what it is that they are really learning. The process of acculturation.