Short Story: Mia's Night Work

The book that I decided to read was Night Flying Woman by Ignatia Broker. The tribal identity in the book was Oibwe from the White Earth Band. Ms. Broker started out the book from the present day in Minneapolis where she grew up. There wasn’t much culture to be seen, and the younger generations were getting too lost in the new world. Ms. Broker made sure to mention that she still taught her children the Ojibwe ways, and told them the stories that her grandmother had once told her. Throughout Ignatia Broker’s introductory chapter, we got a sense of the amount of respect she had for you great-great grandmother Oona, or Night Flying Woman.

She flew on. The rain beat at her wings and her eyes were blinded, but Marya Lechowicz knew she had to reach the house before dawn. This was it. The final stretch after months of preparation, training, test flying, goodbyes, disguises and hideouts.

Yeah... If you wanna be discrete on visiting a person under federal watch. Make sure you take off your fuckin' plates so you won't be traced. They have the area watched you schmuck!

They attempt once again with tickets to the next Celtics game and meet Josh in the locker room of the Celtics. Molly confronts Josh and tells him about her story. Josh is astonished and doesn’t believe it at first but once he does a little fishing himself, he finds out that Molly is his daughter. Josh is truly stunned about this but the more he remembered, the more about his daughter was revealed. Once finding out about this, he talks to his agent about this and then they conduct a DNA test with Molly and Josh to figure out if it’s a true match. They soon find out the details which show that biologically, Molly is his Josh’s daughter. Josh doesn’t want this info to be found out by the media or the public so he makes a deal with Molly. As long as Molly doesn’t reveal the truth to anyone else about her true father, he would take care of her.

Josh later apologized for his actions when they met at the Creekside Cabaret and he asked for another chance with her. She agreed, thinking that he would be gentler with her this time, but she was mistaken because she claims he was just as “tortuous” as the first time.

The women of this time period were portrayed as servants who did not have any say in anything. For example, "The Story of an Hour" portrayed just this, Mrs. Mallard was in a good marriage but she could not do the things she wanted to do. In addition, women were also portrayed as powerless beneath the men because men were powerful, everything was given to them once they were married. This work, by Kate Chopin, takes the readers on a journey through Mrs. Mallards life. She grieves her husband's death but then realizes it is an awakening of a new life. Kate Chopin reveals that even desire for love is trumped by the need for freedom and independence. Kate Chopin is not the only woman author who portrays women as powerless, Charlotte Perkins describes women as powerless and oppressed in her story,

For years women have been doubted for not having good work ethic that is impactful towards society. Women were just a figure in their companions’ lives whose purpose was to take care of the home and children. The men were expected to work in society and provide for the family. In William Faulkner’s, “A Rose for Emily and Kate Chopin, “The Story of an Hour” there are Comparisons and Contrast in the way that the authors end their stories in death; both women react differently to death: one is happy the other isn’t. This subject by subject point of view will provide and outlook on how the stories portray to the society they are living in. Nonetheless, question; why women weren’t a dependent for male duties that need to be done? Why did women

First part of the story billy was looking for a place to stay when he came along the “Bed and breakfast” and decided to stay because it was up his price range, he was the only one staying, and the lady who owned it aka the ‘Landlady’ was so convincing he didn’t believe she could possibly hurt anything or anyone. The text says “She was about forty-five or fifty years old, and the moment she saw him, she gave him a warm, welcoming smile.” “She seemed terribly nice.” This quote is telling the readers that Billy believed she is/was nice and welcoming and when billy said “she seemed terribly nice” you can tell that she is very convincing. The second paragraph will be about the Landlady and what/how she could say something in a way to make everyone

Sexualzation and innocents are a hard combination to make, but in Haiti it is possible to have this combination in people. This innocents concept occurs in “Night women”. Yes the narrator is a prostitute, but that doesn't limit her from not knowing any better. “We are like faraway lovers, lying to one another, under different moons” Pg 73. The narrator had her son at a very young age in the “Night women” section readers are unaware of her age because it is not given. The only clues that are given to the readers about her age is that she is under 25yr old, her son is sizes described with a broom, and his innocents. The boy is fairly young and his mother expresses how they are like far away lovers. If she had openly stated that in front

Louise Mallard just finds out that her husband has been killed in a horrific accident at work. She must come to term with being a widow. In the hour after receiving notice of the death, she quietly reviews her life as she currently lives in a time where women working outside the home is not an option. The author of this story does not just focus on the grief that is faced by women in the late 19th century, but also how women do not have the luxury to grieve and must think their next step to ensure their survival. That moment of clarity comes light in Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”.

That night, Anne couldn’t sleep. Her mind was clogged with too many thoughts. The door seemed odd. It had radiated a sort of power that Anne had never felt before. She kept tossing and turning in bed, unable to calm down enough to sleep. Anne sat up in bed, and turned her head. Her eyes rested on her lamp, which had been there since they had moved in. This time, however, it seemed different. She held her hand up to touch it, just like she had with the door. A certain power seemed to intensify, although it might have just been the heat. For a split second, Anne thought she saw a bear etched in the silver base, but when she blinked, it was gone. The girl lay back to rest, her thoughts more tangled than ever.

Chopin explores the stereotypical female role within her short story. She uses Mrs. Sommers' characteristics and actions in order to do this. Women are looked to as the keepers of the house that care for everyone before themselves. This is shown in the beginning of the story when Mrs. Sommers gets the fifteen dollars. The first thing that she thinks about buying are new clothes and things for her kids. She thinks, "The vision of her little brood looking fresh and dainty and new for once in their lives excited her and made her restless and wakeful with anticipation" (Chopin, 1). In, society this is what is expected of women, they put their kids before themselves. Her mindset changed when she saw and felt the pair of silk stockings. She was asked

The “best” short story that I chose was The Story of An Hour by Kate Chopin. I chose this story because its development of the main character and her fatal flaw was well meshed with the plot and its dramatic ironic ending that left the reader saying, “What the heck just happened?” (Chopin, 2012, p. 115). This story was not something I normally would have read but I found myself rereading the last page two more times because of the dramatically ironic ending. The setting took place in the main character’s home and was unremarkable.

The sequencer’s screen flashed a monotonous chain of multi-colored letters:CTGGAGATCCTGTTGACT... A stainless steel bench reflected the soft, purple haze of overhead germicidal lamps. With a gentle, soothing hum they emitted an acrid, pungent odor of ozone that bit at the nostrils of the fidgeting scientist.

1. The genre of this story is a fairy tale. It soundly fits the criteria of a fairytale but could also fall into a few other categories. This story could be considered a fiction, and a short story.