Angela Carter once said, “But you have no silver linings without a cloud.” This quote was certainly true for the servant girl named Kaali in the short story The Cleft by Prajwal Parajuly. Though all the insults and negative gestures aimed toward Kaali may seem destructive but those insults have actually helped her develop perseverance, resilience, and self-confidence. Without those insults, Kaali would have had a harder time developing these essential qualities. Throughout Kaali’s life, she has learned to persevere through all the hard times people give her. “You wash plates like a blind woman – just today I had to rewash three plates – and you mop like a baby.” Parvati said on page four of The Cleft. Even though Parvati insults Kaali’s
Adversities are a natural part of an individual’s journey through life, but what is it that empowers us to persist through such hardship despite feelings we have reached the end of our capacities? Perseverance. Perseverance is the foundation that enables individuals to push through challenging situations. Both the novel, Walking Home by Eric Walters and the novel The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis are two works of literature that prove how perseverance is the key foundation for individuals to pass barriers set in their way. Muchoki and Parvana are characters who both persevere through family trauma that hits their household, they are able to preserve getting over the discriminatory mental barriers within their damaged countries and additionally are able to persevere through the physical agony faced upon them in their journey.
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
Imagine: A young boy scavenges for food to provide for his impoverished family which was composed of his ill mother and starving siblings or a homeless, single mom desperatley seeking for shelter. These synopses from "Angela's Ashes" by Frank McCourt and "The Street" by Ann Petry share a common theme: perseverance through hardships. In "Angela's Ashes," a memoir by Frank McCourt, he stells about the harships he endured through his childhood, such as, struggling to assist his family in the midst of poverty by stealing food to provide for them. Futhermore, in "The Street," a novel by Ann Petry, tells the story of young Lutie Johnson, a homeless single mom who is seeking shelter for herself and her children. In these two excerpts, the authors use the characters, settings, and events to develop the theme, which I've identified as perseverance through hardships.
Infamy: Pearl Harbor and its Aftermath was written by John Toland, an American author and historian. He was a graduate of Williams College in Massachusetts and attended Yale School of Drama, with his primary goal of becoming a playwright. Some of his most famous books were written about the World War II Era. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his book The Rising Sun, focusing on the history of Japan during WWII from the Japanese point of view, rather than the American side. He also wrote Adolph Hitler: A Definitive Biography and Battle: The Story of the Bulge. Many of his books focused on the military, so he was quite qualified to write this book.
Once a newborn is brought into the world, it resembles innocence and purity. As the child becomes older and observes savagery within, it will result into bad behavior that leads to consequences and rules to keep the child align. Growing up also leads a child to face multiple obstacles in their lifetime. However, this journey called life is provided in multiple different variations for all children when it comes to obstacles. Although Helen Keller faced many challenges in her lifetime, she faced the toughest challenge when she was younger.
Maya Angelou once stated, “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.” In the novel The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls the family faces many defeats but, the only way to overcome them is to persevere and be resilient. The Walls children are forced to do things that a traditional child would not have to. This causes the children to gain the ability to be strong and learn valuable life lessons from the hard times. Being independent, truthful and forgiving will help the Walls family persevere and be resilient through the struggles that will lead them to future success.
The short story “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid was a bittersweet warning from a mother to her daughter. The reader is experiencing the viewpoint of the protagonist through the soliloquy of her mother’s instructions that batter her like bugs smacking the
Jeannette was at the lower class growing up, but she learned to survive anyway she could at a very young age. Considering Jeannette’s parents were not very stable, Jeannette saw that even though she was at the lower side of things, there is always a chance for greatness. A good example
Throughout a person’s life, mistakes are made followed by lessons that can enhance the values of a person and change their view towards life allowing them to be grateful for what they have. With literature and excerpts of stories, we can learn off of the mistakes or successes the characters make and take the morals and decisions of the characters into our own life. In the short story of “Abuela Invents the Zero” by Judith Cofer Ortiz and John Boyne’s novel of The Boy in Striped Pyjamas, both Constancia and Gretel know that loving someone close to you is quite hard no matter what their background is and what might happen to them in the future. After making mistakes and spending some time with these people, the girls began to realize that they
This guidance is shown especially in the story of Lena St. Clair and her mother Ying-Ying. When Ying-Ying visits Lena and her husband at their new home, she senses the uneasy and precarious nature of their marriage, and tries to warn her daughter of this through subtle comments during her stay. One of these comments, “’You put something else on top, everything else fall down. Chunwang chihan” (163), leads Lena to recognize how fragile and superficial her relationship with Harold is, and that realization allows her finally stand up to him. Ying-Ying’s experiences in her first marriage taught her this lesson the hard way, when the buildup of her husband’s cruelty led her to an inability to carry his child. Although Lena’s circumstances are far less drastic than her mother’s, the same “last straw” mentality can be applied to both situations. Ying-Ying’s wisdom from her past helps Lena to save her future before that straw falls, in addition to showing her the cracks in a foundation that she thought was unflawed. In this action, Ying-Ying’s past in China aids her in guiding Lena towards a better life than she had, the ultimate goal of motherhood that is reinforced throughout the
Many say that events, good and bad, from childhood shape a person’s future. Things like the death of a loved one, domestic violence, expectations and economic struggles can surely mould one's true self. However, the gap between finding the person they want to become and the one to avoid becoming is controlled solely by the way one chooses to handle these things in life. This is directly connected to the novel, Crow Lake by Mary Lawson, in which the life of Kate Morrison and her three siblings is depicted. The children are faced with tragedy when both their parents are killed in a fatal car accident and they are left orphaned to fend for themselves. The novel perfectly embodies what it takes to get through extremely tough times and push in order
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken pieces” -Ernest Hemingway. The great American classic, A Farewell to Arms, carries a phenomenal story that does not deserve to be taken from any library or curriculum. The sexual content deemed inappropriate in this book is often taught in high schools. There are several lessons and moral values that can be learned throughout the novel. Also, considering when this novel was written, all of the language and political content is valid and in no way offensive.
Has anyone lived a life without misfortune? Doubtable; even the person with what could be described as the ideal life deals with some form of adversity. The novel, Speak, and the short story, The Third and Final Continent, both use plot as a way to convey themes of hardship. Moreover, these texts both use symbolism in order to develop their themes as well. The Art of Resilience and Speak utilize characterization as a method of developing their respective themes. Speak, The Third and Final Continent, and The Art of Resilience each deal with the theme that all people must learn to cope with adverse situations.
The Posters that were used during World War II targeted women, Mechanics, and Hard working men. They targeted different types of people in order to get these people join and fight for America. By targeting these people it helped because these people to join in the fight. It targeting men who worked in factories, women who were nurses and doctors, and young mechanics who knew the inside and outside of cars. Because they targeted a specific audience it caused many more people to join the air force, army, and the air force. This was a way for the government to get more troops and more doctors.
The short story “I Stand Here Ironing” (1961) by Tillie Olsen is a touching narration of a mother trying to understand and at the same time justifying her daughter’s conduct. Frye interprets the story as a “meditation of a mother reconstructing her daughter’s past in an attempt to express present behavior” (Frye 287). An unnamed person has brought attention and concern to her mother expressing, “‘She’s a youngster who needs help and whom I’m deeply interested in helping’” (Olsen 290). Emily is a nineteen-year-old complex girl who is atypical, both physically and in personality.