Water by the Spoonful

Marjane’s outspoken personality helps her and hurts her in various ways. Marjane is around her family most of the time, so that affects her and makes her think more about what’s happening around her. She was affected by how her parents treated the maid, so she wanted to revolt against “the difference in social classes”. She has shown that in page 38 when she decided to demonstrate; this shows how her outspoken personality helps her to help others in a good way. Her outspoken personality also hurts her because of how she misinterprets some situations. For example, Marjane and her friends attempt to imitate the people around them by applying the physical violence that the people

She has no sympathy that her daughter was just sexually assaulted by a family member, even though about 60% of children who are sexually abused are abused by the people the family trusts (“Darkness to Light End Child Sexual Abuse”). Rex and Rose Mary tell Jeanette that she will be fine and that she can handle herself. They are too busy trying to pretend that their financial situation is okay to truly care about Jeannette being sexually assaulted.

The pay Water by the Spoonful is social significance of crack cocaine addiction. The play Water by the Spoonful is about four crack cocaine addicts who are recovering their crack cocaine addiction together. They chat online and tell each other their daily struggles. Odessa is a janitor who has a son who came back from the military name Elliot. Odessa is like the mother of the three other recovering addicts. Another social significance in the play is Elliot’s addiction to pain medication. Elliot got injured in the Iraq war and they prescribe him some medications which he later became addicted. This shows the issue that many veterans face when they come back home. Even those people who aren’t veterans who also become addicted to their prescribe

and “The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant,” the main characters face choices that may

After a year, her father arrived at the camp and Houston began to see the camp for what it really was, her birthplace (Houston, 47). The camp had been the end for her father, but for her, it had been the place where life truly began. She had entered the camp as a child, eyes closed but as the years passed, her eyes could no longer stay shut. Manzanar forced Houston into a lifestyle where she was no longer carefree but instead aware of the world around her (Houston, 40). Her ‘awakening’ was sparked by her father’s return from Fort Jackson. Her papa had always presented himself as a great man, buying expensive clothing and always chasing a dream. When he returned from the Fort, Houston saw him for who he truly was, not who he presented himself to be. “He wasn’t a great man. He wasn’t even a very successful man. He was a poser, a braggart, and a tyrant (Houston, 58).” Manzanar kept adults busy and the children had no choice but to become independent individuals. The camp enlightened Houston and the other kids to the real world and what had become of it.

Because she was considered a small child, her siblings took extra care to make sure she was okay and that she did not grow up the way she did. Jeannette Walls often took it personally when she thought that she failed her as a big sister. Many times throughout her life “felt like I [she] was failing Maureen, like I [she] wasn’t keeping my promise that I’d [she had] made to her [Maureen] when I [she] held her on the way way home from the hospital after she was born.” (Walls 206). The confilct Maureen was facing, was external. She could not change the fact that her siblings looked after her like she was there own child. They would buy her presents, and try to protect her from the cruel, harsh world their parents put them in. Maureen older siblings made she was

Minnie Pearl was the family matriarch, she strictly enforced churched, she was the best cook, and after church she would host Sunday dinner. She was known as the family provider to her grandchildren and 4 children, including a son with mental disabilities. Minnie Pearl was a single parent, after her husband gambled away the family's money he left them in Central Georgia stranded in a mobile home with no savings so Pearl had to work two jobs. While Mrs. Thomas understands the role she played and takes full responsibility of her actions she also believes she has paid her debt to society and she’s a changed woman.

‘So many women make such a big deal out of these things. But you're stronger than that’” (Walls 184). Sexual assault is dangerous and potentially traumatic. When Jeannette tries to confide in her mother after this incident, however, Rose Mary fails to address the issue directly. Instead of fulfilling her parental role by confronting Stanley, she tells Jeannette that she is “probably imagining it” and that she should not make it a “big deal.” By avoiding this responsibility, Rose Mary is neglecting her child—in a traumatic situation where Jeannette needs help, her mother downplays the danger. When she asks if Jeannette is okay, she simply “shrugged and nodded” (Walls 184). The indifference of her reaction suggests that she feels unable to genuinely confide in her mother. Jeannette’s relationship with Rose Mary has deteriorated due to her neglect of the situation’s severity. Later, Rex’s irresponsibility forces his daughter into a similar

Mattie; however, is not considered able to live and support herself and is considered a burden her family members. Because of this she is moved around

Water by the Spoonful, is a play that centers the struggles of redemption. The main protagonist Elliot is damaged and is trying to overcome his issues by not moving forward. The play displays Elliot’s attempt to overcome his past, but it indicates that he is having trouble moving on.

When Massie gets kicked out of the camp her mom and dad said she has to pay the money back. It is not a negligible amount of money, and she has to get a job. I predict she won’t like her job at first. Massie is spoiled and she never had to work before. She does not want her friends to see her working. “ The image of Kimmi sweating in the SAT nut while her friend read magazines by the pool popped into Massie’s mind. I was more depressing than fur coats.” (Harrison 49).

The ability to think can truly alter one’s life and their experience, without even realizing. As individuals, the decisions we make in life determine our outcomes and fate. Essentially, we can bring change not just for ourselves, but to those around us. In the novel Like Water For Chocolate by Laura Esquivel and the commencement speech “This is Water” by David Foster Wallace, the resolution one makes can be illustrated through three concepts which affects the individual as well as the community around them. These concepts are choice, love and freedom/liberation. Through these traits, the authors put forth the notion that individuals have the power to refine their life as well as others for the better or for the worse.

Mrs. Martha Hale in The Jury of Two peers, is a woman that inspected a woman that supposedly murdered her husband. The woman is called Minnie Wright who used to be friends with Martha Hale but lost touch since Minnie marries Mr. Wright. Martha hale prove more outspoken during the jury session. Martha feels like she could have been there for Minnie and mended her wounds if she had still kept in touch. Martha had 20 years to find out how Minnie was doing. So being sorry now won’t help because Minnie is set to be charged for the murder of Mr. Wright her husband. Had she kept in touch with Minnie maybe this occurrence wouldn’t have happened. Martha hale is a person that “hated to see things half done” which can explain how sad she felt for the

Raging water is not a place for me, heights and the thought I can drown cause me to not go. I can’t swim, so why bother going to raging water? Good thing, I decided to not to go on this 6th field trip. Instead of going to waging water, I am struck with the small and annoying 4th graders. I am supposed to be helping Mr. Peterson and his students which include my brother a 4th grader. “You can help me with the garden,” he said. The garden, it is the school garden. Mr. Peterson is responsible for taking care of the garden. “Go with Andrew and you two water all of the plants,” he said. Andrew is another 6th grader who also didn’t want to go to raging water so he got stuck with the 4th graders. I walk to the garden, there are metal fences all around

Water is a very important commodity to live. Some people say it’s a right, but others at as if it’s a privilege, and as a result, people lack it. The human body is about sixty percent water, but in what I have seen just in my twenty years of life, people do not drink merely enough of it. Instead, water has been replaced as a go-to drink by things like milk, coffee, pop, or energy drinks, but natural energy lies in water. With water we can be more energized, awake, and of course, hydrated, which all together collaborate to help us flourish, stay healthy, and live long. It’s most of the earth’s surface, too; water’s all around us, but we neglect it and deny its crucial place in our health and humanity.