What Makes Lucy From New York?

Moreover, after Lois is grown up, the story says, ‘She was tired a lot, as if she was living not one but two.' Even though Lucy doesn't exist anymore, ‘the life of what might have happened if Lucy had not stepped sideways' shadows over her all the time. From this it can be implied that Lois is always with Lucy, the other ego of hers. Also Lois is always listening to ‘the voice of a person who should have been there but that was not, an echo.' It could be implied that the echo is Lucy's voice.

"The Lesson" by Toni Cade Bambara is a short story set in the inner part of New York City that gives the reader an opportunity to briefly see into the lives of children living devoid of wealth and education. It takes place in the early seventies, following the civil rights movement and during a time when the imbalance of wealth in terms of race was immense. Bamabara, through the use of narrative point of tone, symbols, setting and characterization, brings out and develops what I believe to be the two main themes of the story: materialism and social inequality.

This black and white sitcom displays many characteristics that differentiate this show from current ones. During this time, women were displayed in the upmost manner and they had to keep the “lady like” image. Lucy is displayed as this innocent quiet lady who was expected to only do right. Women were expected to maintain their elegance and class, while men were able to have a bit of freedom with their personality. She was never shown drunk and was always well behaved. Having Lucy in a drunken state could alter others’ opinions of her. In the show, they never referred to Lucy as pregnant. They would always say that Lucy is “with child” or “expecting”. Also, it was forbidden for Lucy and Ricky to sleep in the same bed on television. They were filmed on two separate twin-sized beds, even if they were married. Everything was nicely thought out in hopes to not degrade Lucy’s status as a woman. The

It is often said that kids don’t usually understand race or racism, and that is true until Janie is met with kids who have faced oppression all their lives. Janie is a young girl who is raised by her grandmother in the deep South during the 1930’s. Janie lives among many white kids and doesn’t realize that she is not white until she sees a photo of the children and cannot identify herself in the picture. “Dat’s where Ah wuz s’posed to be, but Ah couldn’t recognize dat dark chile as me. So Ah ast, ‘where is me?’ Ah don’t see me’”(9). Janie didn’t know that she was a black girl because she had always been treated the same as the white kids, and they never treated her any differently than anyone else. The only kids that ever abused her with their words were the other black kids at school, they always teased her for living in

Next, she takes the time to meet and get to know people before making assumptions about them. She makes her own opinions on things and doesn’t just take others opinions as fact.

Caroline's growth mindset affects her life by allowing her to find happiness with her daughter. Clearly, Caroline is someone that refuses to give up and is not afraid of a challenge. When she took Phoebe in as her own she knew it wasn't going to be easy. Caroline disputed to get Phoebe an "education...regardless of [her] ability" (Edwards, 163). Despite Phoebe being a little slow at learning, Caroline argued for her daughter because she "wants to learn". Caroline fought for Phoebe, so she can be happy and Caroline's happiness branches from her desire being fulfilled. Therefore, struggling to do what is best for Phoebe, she was able to have "small triumphs, and so much hope" (Edwards, 164). As a mother, Caroline would do anything to make Phoebe's

In the book The Left-Handed Fate by Kate Milford, Lucy Bluecrowne proves her strongest character trait is her knowledge. First of all, Lucy shows how knowledgeable she is when she is talking to Max after he got kidnapped. Max believes he has never seen the kidnappers in his life, but Lucy asks, “‘What if they took your memories[?]... What’s really out there in the world[?]… I have read a book or two beyond navigation and trigonometry” (Milford 246). Lucy, though she is a sailor, has read books on philosophy and literature.

Many Americans confuse race and culture and perhaps that is the reason why television stations continue to produce shows that are filled with stereotypes. Harry Walters believes that many blacks feel as if new “black” shows often portray the cliché roles for blacks (1993). Thus, it is important to break barriers and show Americans the true reality of the African Americans and the education system. It is evident that not all blacks suffer from the public education system, but in some small towns, children are being disserved by their teachers and administrators. Additionally, blacks are not the only group of people who experience this due to the fact that poverty has no color or race. Race does play a huge role in an education system, but class and money outweighs everything. In order to prove this point, there needs to be a seemingly privileged black girl in Underprivileged so the viewers can become open minded about the social status and

However, Lucy did not see it this way. She was excited and wanted to share about her new adventure. Later in the passage, she mentions that as an adolescent she finally realized that she had cancer. This is baffling to think of as an adult, who stresses about every term and ailment that they have.

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The documentary 7 Up! provided insight to 14 children’s lives whom have vastly different backgrounds in the 1960s and the follow-up video 7 Plus Seven, allows us to see the changes that have or have not occurred. Comparatively to all children, these 14 lives have multiple influences effecting their thoughts and decisions. Particularly I will discuss the influences of class, family, race, and gender and determine whether or not the patterns demonstrated at age seven correspond to the patterns at fourteen.

3). This quote from "Rocktalker" says that Lucy does believe that she can talk to rocks because she explains with confidence what the rocks talk about and what she usually hears. This proves that Lucy believes that she has an ability to talk to rocks. Margot and Lucy are similar in a way because they both believe in something and that 's what their role is throughout the entire story.

Young Jewish girl, raised by her overprotective mom in the multicultural lower east side of New York.

Apparently her father thought not. Ever since her mother had been killed when she was little. Things had already been bad between Lucy and her father and her mother was the one Lucy depended on most. When she died everything just went down hill. Her father got stricter and more distant and Lucy found herself seeing more and more of her room.

For instance, last week when she was at home, one of her friends that was struggling in math texted Elizabeth and asked her if she could help her with her homework, Elizabeth was very busy with her own homework so she asked her friend to give her 5 minutes so she could finish her homework that way she would be free to help her. After five minutes Elizabeth called her friend and helped her with her homework, Elizabeth was concerned for her friend because she didn't seem to understand what she was explaining to her, but