The Seplica Girl Diaries Analysis

The American dream is an example of a national spirit that represents different ideologies. The set of ideas may be of democracy, equality matters, liberty, rights, and opportunities. The American dream believes in freedom for prosperity and success for its citizens. The idea suggests that upward social mobility for individuals can be achieved only through hard work. In a story done by George Saunders, the American dream is exemplified in several instances. The author, George, tells the story of contemporary America through a diary. The main character in the story is a father to three daughters. The family’s struggles are examples of how individuals will go extra miles just to provide for their families and also

In “The Semplica-Girl Diaries”, George Saunders makes an important statement about the role of materialism in the American Dream, and how this materialism may not be the key to happiness many believe it to be. Saunders tells of a middle class family that strives to meet the standards of their peers and find a happier life. The father, who acts as the narrator, believes that acquiring and spending money on material objects, specifically the Semplica Girls, will improve the family’s life by improving how the family’s financial situation appears to others. The father’s primary values are that wealth and social standing are crucial to attaining the good life, and he believes the purchase of the Semplica Girls will fulfill these values. However, it is clear from the family’s ultimate situation and the disapproval of the mother’s successful father, that the narrator’s beliefs are misguided and potentially damaging to the family.

The short story “Life in the age of the mimis” written by Domingo Martinez is about two poor Latina girls dressing in the best clothes with top brand, acting like rich valley girls when in reality they don’t have much money. Throughout the story Martinez shows how the delusion of fame and fortune was an escape of their life, ultimately sending the message that a delusion may help one escape harsh reality, however delusions can weaken one's connections to their culture.

As a child, Jeannette’s sense of wonder and curiosity in the world undermine the need for money. During her young adult years, a new wave of insecurity associated with her poor past infects her. Finally, as an experienced and aged woman, Jeannette finds joy and nostalgia in cherishing her poverty- stricken past. It must be noted that no story goes without a couple twists and turns, especiallydefinitely not Jeannette Walls’. The fact of the matter is that growing up in poverty effectively craftsed, and transformsed her into the person she becomeshas become. While statistics and research show that living in poverty can be detrimental to a child’s self-esteem, Jeannette Walls encourages children living in poverty to have ownership over their temporary situation, and never to feel inferior because of past or present socio-economic

“The Semplica-Girl Diaries” by George Saunders is a story that consists of several journal entries belonging to the unnamed father of a middle-class family. This narrator’s end goal is to be able to provide for his family, but the way he goes about doing this is simply by trying to earn more and more money, but his obsession with societal status is a hindrance along his path. When the narrator wins the lottery, he feels the need to spend nearly all the earnings on an extravagant party, specifically on the Semplica-Girls, women from poorer, third-world countries that are strung up like lawn ornaments through their head. The father doesn’t seem to comprehend how horrible these human decorations are because he’s so hung up on climbing this future class system. The criticisms of the narrator come from the youngest daughter of the narrator, Eva. This is due in part to her releasing of the Semplica-Girls and therefore plummeting the family into debt. Additionally, parallels can be seen between the father and the Semplica-Girls in the way they live their lives, which also acts as a criticism of the narrator. The critique is quite obviously that wealth is not necessarily an accurate measure of happiness, since although the Semplica-Girls are – in the mind of the father – supposed to bring happiness, they inevitably do quite the opposite.

    The author appeals to her target audience with emotion. The audience in this story are  those who read Glamour magazine and could possible be only daughters in their family. Those people who feel discourage or unwanted are

Writing exhibits a form of communication, empowerment through freedom of speech, and allows the general public to become educated on matters that may not be eminent. Julia Serano is a trans woman who uses her writing, her voice, and her very being as a means to combat transphobia, cissexual privilege, gendering, and “passing” centrism. In Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity, Julia Serano dismantles the misconceptions that various individuals have concerning tans women, gender, sexism, and femininity. In order to accomplish this, Serano provides examples from her life as well as her observations before and after her transition from male to female (MTF). Thus, she is able to demonstrate the form in

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She is compassionate to an extent and takes great amounts of consideration for those in a lower class than herself. However, despite this she does not heed the amount of benevolence she appears to have, she cannot relate to these women and has a limited understanding of how the workers actually feel (as Sheila has never been in their situation, hence not identifying with Eva). On more than one occasion she even gets jealous, acting as though it was almost impossible to “be sorry for” Eva. Which causes her to lash out abusing her status/ power within

Time periods and major historical events greatly impact people’s identities and how they see themselves fitting into the world around them. For every generation, there are rough patches to muddle through, but for some, this actually lasts their entire lives. For example, Lucy Glover, a woman living in 17th century Scotland, struggled with being held “a slave” by her husband and longed to be able to pursue her own dreams. During the Scientific Revolution, females were rarely allowed to further advance their educations and were certainly not given the credit they deserve if they were lucky enough to conduct research. However, Lucy’s goal was to make sure all of her children were able to follow their hearts in the future and put their needs far above her own.

The majority of people think a good mother should love and take good care of her children. Upon reading Sula, by Toni Morrison, the majority of people would also think that Eva is a terrible mother. However, Eva is in fact a good mother, and she shows this throughout the story. Yes, Eva’s actions are questionable, but they are meaningful and have a huge impact on her. Where others might see Eva as cruel and her actions are not right might actually be reasonably good and acceptable to others.

In the first three chapters, there is an explicit tension between what women wrote in their diaries and how they actually interacted with society writ large. Sarah Connell 's diary speaks of how her “Papa was low-spirited,

“Beautiful things grow to a certain height and then they fail and fade off, breathing out memories as they decay” (137). Beauty and youth are often held at high regard, people will go to any length to keep themselves young and beautiful. However, sometimes the striving to stay youthful and attractive is what causes the people to lose and waste what they previously had. This is the case in The Beautiful and Damned, Anthony and Gloria Patch are obsessed with the ideas of youth, beauty, and money. They desire only beautiful things and a beautiful lifestyle, however, they must learn the lesson that beauty and youth are not forever. Through its timeless characters, descriptive prose style, and themes of class systems, youth, and beauty, The

As she raises Kevin, it becomes more apparent that his abusive, destructive behaviors are something that Eva cannot control. She continues to try and connect with her boy but cannot due to the constant grief he gives her on purpose. Since the father is not around often, Eva has no one to consult about these behaviors and becomes consumed with trying to bond with the boy who is intentionally making her life hell. This is very destructive and dangerous because more often than not, Eva lets Kevin get his way and enables him to assert his power over her and then pretend to be an angel when his father comes around. It is apparent that Kevin has no empathy or regard for his poor relationship with his mother, even though she continuously tries to connect with him and start new every time he does something

The new girl, Lila Murray, only wanted to be normal. She is determined to leave behind all of the drama in her old life, and start fresh in Heartside Bay. But when she falls for Ollie, the hottest guy in school, she instantly creates an enemy named Eve, the school queen bee. All Eve wanted was Ollie to herself but Ollie wanted Eve far away from him. Ollie and Lila had an instant connection and became friends. Eve tried everything to keep Lila and Ollie apart. By the end of the book, Lila and Ollie managed to stay together and not let Eve interfere.