Song of the Hummingbird

approval. In describing her years of baring her children and raising them, the reader can see just

depression over food, though her family always seems to get by with plenty. “I think this

The minister then questions her but after his unsuccessful attempt, Mother’s actions become a scandal throughout the town because “any deviation from the ordinary course of life in this quiet town was enough to stop all progress in it” (C670). This does not bother Mother and she successfully continues with her plans. By overcoming this alienation both characters achieve feminine empowerment.

Although the book’s titular character is Oscar de Leon, he shares chapters with his sister, his mother, his college roommate, Yunior (revealed to be the book’s narrator), and his mother’s parents, the Cabrals. By representing a family with different personalities—Oscar is overweight, and nerdy while Lola is powerful and independent, for example—Díaz creates a microcosm for all Dominican immigrants. Each chapter (and character) in the past is melded into the story in the present, and in this way, the momentum and excitement is never lost until the very last

his fathers custody, and in the beginning of the story, he did not want to help his father

Not having a mother for a long time and finally being able to be with her is what truly motivates Enrique to to stay in the United States. However, his dilemma is having his own family in Honduras with whom he wishes he could be with. Being away from Maria Isabel and his daughter, who he can’t be there for, is what drives him into wanting to go back to Honduras. Enrique's Journey written by Sonia Nazario states, “ Enrique runs. His feet zigzag down two narrow, brown-paneled hallways.

hostile environment his father sought to escape. His mother betrayed him as she never embraced

one sense she loves her son very much and wants his life to continue. She said

her concern for the welfare of her darling little child. It seems odd that this

However, she was making a new life for herself (with someone else), far from her son and without including him. But she feels the burden of guilt and the lack of responsibility to her

This quote shows that the woman only lives for her son. She loves her son, so her son is her whole life. She waits for her son to come back from the war. She is very anxious about her son’s safety because her son is her life goal. This quote shows the woman’s mental state.

She is disgusted at her mercenary and calculating sisters, who deceive their father. She prefers to “love and be silent.”

I enjoyed my mother’s cooking and I the same time, I was worried about her health and physical stress. Because we were men, we were not supposed to do female, wife, chores.

By far, Garcia Marquez's most acclaimed work is Cien Anos de Soledad or One Hundred Years of Solitude. As Regina Janes asserts, "his fellow novelists recognized in the novel a brilliant evocation of many of their own concerns: a 'total novel' that treated Latin America socially, historically, politically, mythically, and epically, that was at once accessible and intricate, lifelike and self-consciously, self-referentially fictive." <4> In it, the totality of Latin American society and history is expressed. Upon first reading, the novel appears to relate a regional history of the town of Macondo and the many generations of Buendias that inhabit it. This local

At the age of thirteen years old, his life was filled with the wisdom that many people sought. Francisco Mendez is a great representation how to live a selfless life. His actions were very sincere because he didn’t try to deceive or impress others. Singing is not everyone's forte but he had the natural ability for it. People were astonished with Francisco because he grabbed people's attention effortlessly. The natural ability to sing was a gift, he sang to create a feeling of happiness to those who weren’t joyful. Francisco's actions spoke louder than words because he never falsified what he was going to do for someone.