Thematic Analysis Of Bertha Flowers

Though Jeannette has a colorful past she proves herself as capable enough to be accepted into such a college and further proves her worth as a student in the college. She works her way through her years of college proving to be an incredibly self-sufficient young woman.

The reader gets to know the true colours of Connie. She knows that she is pretty, she is jealous,

Within this quote, the author uses point of view through Jeannette to convey the understanding. Through Jeannette’s perspective and knowledge of her current situation, the reader can infer that the family is poor and is faced with obstacles that they are shortly able to overcome even with their compact sum of money. Another example that demonstrates how point of view supports the understanding, is when Rose Mary (Jeannette’s mother) finds an old sewing machine in their new house. She, “ said it would come in handy because we could make our own clothes even when the electricity was turned off “ (153). In this quote, Jeannette’s mother is trying to make living at 93 Hobart Street seem like an adventure by finding new activities to do with her children.

Her father later told her that she was a special girl, that not many little girls can cook or boil water all on their own. Jeannette realizes that she is special just by this happening and later learned to laugh at her crisis. All of her life, decisions affected her life growing up. She decides that she will be the person she wants to be. Jeannette has had a rough life, but as soon as she faced a crisis, she learned something new about herself.

I might not be a person like Martin Luther King Jr., W.E.B Du Bois, Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammad, Bell Hooks, and Jesse Jackson, or I might not be a part of organizations like the NAACP, SCLC, Afro American Unity, and Black Panther Party, but if I ever get an opportunity to make a difference these people and organizations made to the lives of African-Americans, I would never hesitate to take it. Although, these people adhered to the different ideologies, they all are unique, as they all had a significant role in fighting against the struggles of African-Americans in one way or the other. It’s true that, these people were able to achieve the equal

For all of Marguerite’s life she has dealt with the horrible rude effects of racism. Regardless of these bad events she is a very smart and is imaginative. The major things that the young girl Marguerite encountered were white prejudice, black powerlessness, and strong female subjugation. All of these have strong effects on anyone who would have to deal with problems such as these horrible ones listed. She grew up in this era of racism and was affected by it on a regular basis. She would have these extravagant dreams of being Caucasian in skin tone and being a beautiful girl instead of a dark skinned

Between pursuits of her love interest, Amelie takes it upon herself to help the other characters in the film. Through her interactions with the other characters, A great contrast can be seen between the title character and the supporting cast. Whereas Amelie seems to bend the rules of reality with her imagination, many of the other character are locked down by their inability to imagine other possibilities. In helping these characters, Amelie's imagination also expands their imaginations and beliefs.

Even it’s against the law, but if you just not going to do anything, then there won’t be any change at all. When Rosa Parks got arrested because of refused to give up her seat to a white passenger man on a Montgomery bus. She knew it’s time to make changes, to help not just herself but for all black people have the right of movement.

Claudette tells the story through her point of view. The nuns classified five stages of being civilized. They started at stage one which is them being at St. Lucy’s where they are going to be taught. After a time, they move into stage two where they realize that they need to adapt and learn about the new culture. This stage is where they start to feel homesick and don't feel like they want to learn this new culture at all.

I read “Sister Flowers” and had a hard time staying focused to get to through it. It was about a young girl Marguerite and Mrs. Flowers. Marguerite was a bright young girl, who was doing exceptional in her schoolwork. It seemed that she was too shy for as much description they gave throughout the reading. Mrs. Flowers stated to Marguerite, “Now no one is going to make you talk-possibly no one can. But bear in mind, language is a man’s way of communicating with his fellow man and it is language alone which separates him from the lower animals” (Angelou).

Rosa Parks is an amazing example of standing up for the cause. She knew she was supposed to hand over her seat to a white man. She knew that the aftermath of such an act at that time was punishable by jail time. And she did it anyway, for the dream of equal rights to all, no matter the race, color,

Marguerite’s physical appearance itself is representative of stereotypical beauty admired in woman. She is described as a tall actress with auburn hair and blue eyes, a childlike mouth and a

Momma also showed Marguerite how to be independent and strong. Momma is a very strong and independent woman, she ran a store all by herself, she was financially stable, and had more money than the “powhitetrash” (28). Marguerite saw the strength and power that Momma

The idea of lack of humanisation and identity is woven in throughout the novel as Bertha is often described in an animal like manner which under normal circumstances would not be associated with a Lady of great wealth like

Once returning to Stamps, silent and traumatized, Marguerite meets Mrs. Bertha Flowers. Marguerite discusses her as “the aristocrat of Black Stamps.” (93) Marguerite looks up to Mrs. Flowers in many ways. She is beautiful and sophisticated and according to Marguerite, Mrs. Flowers “has remained throughout my life the measure of what a human being can be.” (94) Mrs. Flowers took Marguerite under her wing and into her home. She shared her books with her and allowed Marguerite to read from them, spend time with her, enjoy cookies, and lemonade, all while bringing her back from her silent ways after her rape. She encouraged Marguerite to be “intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy” as not everyone had the ability or luxury to become educated. (99) Marguerite was in awe of