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In Dianne E, Gray’s Holding up the Earth generations of girls are linked together by one special place, a meadow. The author’s inspiration for the setting of the book comes from her childhood, growing up on a farm in York, Nebraska, near the land her great grandparents homesteaded in 1868. The story’s exposition begins with a girl named Hope coming with her foster mother, Sarah, to stay with Sarah’s mother, Anna. Anna introduces Hope to the stories of the girls, Abigail (Abby) and Rebecca who lived on the farm in previous generations as well as her own story. After Hope learns all about the girls and the meadow she finds out at the climax the meadow she had been reading about in the girls stories is the same meadow she had scattered her mother’s ashes on so many years ago and was never able to find again. The story’s denouement concludes with Hope finding her place with Sarah and Anna on the farm. Throughout the story the past brings hope to the future.

In “The Wise Old Women”, a folktale retold by Yoshiko Uchida, there is a decree informing that anyone over the age of seventy-one must be left in the mountains to die. Generally, the decree was followed. However, a young farmer was done with the young lord’s horrific decree. The young famer just could not leave his mother, therefore he created a secret room to hide her in. On top of this, the young lord insisted on three arduous tasks. The young farmer was informed about these tasks and simply asked his wise mother. At first, the young farmer had to take credit for his mother’s wise answers, but eventually the young farmer was able to tell the truth about his mother. When the lord found out, he was quite surprised but not angry. He decided that elderly are very wise so they shouldn’t be left to die. He also decided that the elderly should be treated with the respect that they deserve. The theme of this story is respect and appreciation. An arrogant, young lord that had no respect for elders realized that respect is what he was missing.

Gwendolyn Brooks was an African American poet, who came to national prominence in 1940’s to 1990’s. She was appointed Poet Laureate of Illinois in 1968 and Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1985. Throughout her lifetime Gwendolyn Brooks faced many trials and tribulations. Brooks had a real talent in her ability to express reflective human emotions in such logical expressions. Truthfully, She creates a horrific imagery that abortions are terrible; and in the poem “The Mother “, she expresses the pitiless emotions of anxiety over her aborted children, her perspective is regretful of the consequences of her actions, and she mirrors herself to reality to show the missed opportunities of a child that women who

The poem “The Mother” written by Gwendolyn Brooks in 1945, is a poem that focuses on the immeasurable losses a woman experiences after having an abortion. The poems free verse style has a mournful tone that captures the vast emotions a mother goes through trying to cope with the choices she has made. The author writes each stanza of the poem using a different style, and point of view, with subtle metaphors to express the speaker’s deep struggle as she copes with her abortions. The poem begins with, “Abortions will not let you forget” (Brooks 1), the first line of the poem uses personification to capture your attention. The title of the poem has the reader’s mindset centered around motherhood, but the author’s expertise with the opening line, immediately shifts your view to the actual theme of the poem. In this first line the speaker is telling you directly, you will never forget having an abortion. Brooks utilizes the speaker of the poem, to convey that this mother is pleading for forgiveness from the children she chose not to have.

“Yeah he’s a good kid,” she said as if I didn’t know him. “It was nice meeting you” she extended her

He looked in my direction, surprised, then he smiled. “Yes, I’ll explain everything, don’t worry. This won’t take a long time, I suppose.”

Sometimes people hold on to our past which could cause us to lose understanding of others and in the world. For an example, the poem “To a dark Girl” by Gwendolyn Bennett is about how young black girls carry pain on the shoulders and they should let it go. This essay is about how the author’s use of tone , word choice , and imagery helps the following theme emerge in “To a Dark Girl”: that black girls should never hold on to their past.

Butler’s work majorly discuss problems of race, gender and power relations along with self-determination that she transfers from the human society within communities of the aliens, as well as vampires. On the contrary this essay, would present the in depth evaluation of separate forms as well as reasons about oppression, towards that protagonist within Fledgling has been exposed. On the contrary, this would show in which manner protagonist has been empowered along with therefore, showing resistance, change as well as future of equality (Stewart).

“I'm sorry, I just need to talk to you about something I've learned.” he exclaimed. Holmes sighed, rubbing his head with his fingers.

Another young woman, Ella Thomas, described her pregnancy in a manner that further complicates interpreting historical pregnancy. While having a miscarriage, Ella describes herself as sick but does not appear to be bothered by the event. Despite experiencing symptoms such as fatigue, Ella does not describe her pregnancy within these terms. If anything, she finds her symptoms a nuisance (Thomas). Furthermore, her own pregnancy has led her to sympathize with other pregnant women. She mentions in the diary that if she had “sole management” of a plantation that “pregnant women would be highly favored…whether black of white” (Thomas). The distinction of “sole management” here is fascinating because it implies that her husband would not be in charge in this case, and that if he were in charge he would be less likely to show favor to pregnant women because he personally could not understand the experience (Thomas).

The poem "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks is a poem about a group of dropouts raised in the lower class of Chicago. They were a group of high school students who preferred the poolroom rather than school. This poem is written from the perspective of a couple of young men hanging out in a pool hall, and the speaker is trying to visualize what they are thinking. I believe these kids were born into poverty and were a simple reflection of the world around them. For poor African Americans that grow up in the inner city it is a must to adapt the delinquent lifestyle.

"You know.." She trailed off, growing nervous. She was afraid he would get mad at her for asking. Luke raised his eyebrows at her, and she let out a deep breath. "How you became a heartbreaker."

time as he possibly could away from Singapore” (104). Kerry Chu’s background serves as a stark contrast to Philip’s. She tells her daughter about her adolescent years: “Back then I was in my final year of secondary school and working nights as a waitress in the only bar in our village [...]. Now, up till this time I had spent my entire life in this small village outside of Zhuhai” (512). She did not have the opportunities to travel and see the world. She was isolated in her town and had to work to live. In the words of Eleanor Young, “Her family comes from some ulu ulu [remote, far from civilization] village in China that nobody has ever heard of. The investigator thinks they were most likely working class. In other words, they are PEASANTS!”

“Old Before Her Time” was written by Katherine Barrett. This is not a story of the author. It is the story of a young woman, Patty Moore, who spent three years on an experiment for herself. In 1979 when Patty was twenty six she began her journey. For her experiment she would transform herself into an old woman around the age of eighty five. She would apply makeup and latex to her face to look older. She placed ace wraps on her joints to get the feel of achy joints. She wanted to experience the problems the elderly had. She traveled to different states in the country and worked on her experiment.

Tom finds the Mona Lisa smile beautiful, and unlike the other people in the crowd, has feelings of affection towards the art piece he views as warm and gentle. Tom appreciates beauty, and is unlike the other people who view beauty with derision.