Words To Describe Rosaleen

Lily starts off stuck living in an unloving, abusive household and decides to free herself from the negative atmosphere that she had been living in her whole life. Lily is perpetually abused by her father. He forces her to kneel on Martha White's, gets exasperated every time she speaks, and yells at her for no reason. Lily is not the only one noticing the terrible treatment, Rosaleen does too. Once after Lily had to kneel on the Martha White's Rosaleen said to her, “Look at you, child. Look what he’s done to you” (Kidd 25). Noticing the unloving treatment Lily gets, Rosaleen knew that their household was demoralizing place for Lily to be in, which is why she didn’t question when Lily when she later runs away. Lily one day realizes she needs to do something about her horrible life at home. While sitting in her room she hears a voice in her

In the words of biographer Douglas Brinkley "Rosa's refusal to back down made her ‘the spiritual essence' of the civil rights movement." Her decision showed that

In addition to the Black Mary, Rosaleen showers Lily with love and support. Rosaleen treats Lily like she is her own daughter. Rosaleen accepts the way Lily is and has faith in her. "'Here you go. Happy Birthday" (28). Rosaleen cares about Lily and knows when something is important to her, like her Birthday. Lily never gets anything from T-Ray on her Birthday, but Rosaleen cares so much about her that she still gets Lily something. Rosaleen can tell when Lily is in pain or is sad like most mothers can. "'Well why don't we sit down on the side of the road awhile?'" (28). Rosaleen acknowledges the fact that Lily feels upset, and is comfortable expressing the need to rest and relax. Since Lily has known Rosaleen a long time she is comfortable expressing herself around Rosaleen and knows that Rosaleen will listen to her problems and insecurities. "'I was the only one who knew that despite her sharp ways, her heart was more tender than a flower skin and she loved me beyond reason'" (11). Rosaleen and Lily have a connection that most mothers and daughters have. They care

Knowing that she and her family are able to survive such distressing situations without having to jeopardize their views allows her to have faith in her family's future and gives

Lily and Rosaleen are both fighting and seeking a better life that doesn’t involve cruelty. What really got them moving out of the town they are living in is the danger they would face if Rosaleen got caught escaping from jail. Lily said to Rosaleen,

Rosa Parks, a very important and influential black woman in history. When a student is learning about Blacks fighting for equal rights, it is almost certain that the name “Rosa Parks” will be mentioned. The story that students are taught is that she was a quiet woman who had had enough and refused to give up her seat on the bus, which is not entirely true. Yes, Ms. Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man because she was sick and tired of being treated in such a horrible way, but she was not as quiet as everyone was taught to believe. Some might even say that history got the great Rosa Parks story wrong. An author by the name of Jeanne Theoharis definitely agrees to that. She agrees strongly that she wrote an article titled “How History Got the Rosa Parks Story Wrong”.

Rosaleen is a singular character used by the author to symbolize a greater issue; segregation and racism. “Two of them held me by the arms while the other one hit me-- the one with the flashlight” (Kidd 46). The men abusing Rosaleen in the jail cell is an example of racism, if the men did this to a white individual they would be arrested. But because Rosaleen is black and in that current

Rosaleen was Lily’s maid while she was living with her father, T-Ray. Lily runs away from home with Rosaleen. At first Rosaleen doesn’t know where they are going and eventually Lily tells her. This quote is said by Rosaleen when she finds out what is really going on. “I get it. You ran off ‘cause of what your daddy said about your mother. It didn’t have nothing to do with me in jail”(Kidd 53). This quote is significant because it makes Rosaleen think that Lily doesn’t really care about her. Eventually August and Lily talk about Lily’s mother. Rosaleen and August knew about Lily’s mother. This quote is said by Lily while she was getting comforted by Rosaleen. “I wish you’d told me what you knew about my mother”(Kidd 264). This quote is significant because Lily realizes all the secrets that were hidden from her. Rosaleen taught Lily that the truth isn’t always great through keeping secrets from

Luckily for Lily, she comes upon the Boatwright sisters once she reaches Tiburon. Because of the fact Lily does not have anyone to share her love with, she is compelled to stay and live with the Boatwrights. At one point in the novel, Lily and August are having a conversation when August asks Lily “What else do you love Lily?”(Kidd 39). Lily then thinks to herself, “No one had ever asked me that before. What did I love? Right off the bat I wanted to say that I loved the picture of my mother…but I had to swallow that back”(39). Lily does not feel comfortable enough yet that she says, “ I love writing poems, just give me something to write, and I’ll love it” despite the fact that Lily really loves August (39). She loves August so much that she would rather stay in Tiburon with the Boatwrights than be with her own father T. Ray. The loss of Deborah results in Lily going to obtain love somewhere other than her own home. This is also why Lily takes Rosaleen with her. Rosaleen is a black nanny who used to work on T. Ray’s farm. She has been there for Lily in the past but she cannot always be there one hundred percent because of her race. Due to Deborah’s death, Lily does not have a mother figure, however, he journey to Tiburon with Rosaleen proves to be a success as she finds the Boatwrights and strengthens her relationship with her nanny, Rosaleen.

She makes up detailed, yet vague lies and is able to get away with practically anything. This does not help her because she usually thinks of her lies on the fly. If she doesn't think of it enough or in depth, it can easily backfire in her face and get caught. Rosaleen does not correct Lily's lies because if she does, she does not want to go back to the jail and doesn't want to risk being caught.

Lily states how sometimes she gets really mad at Rosaleen, and sometimes almost hate her because she would embarrass her and Lily was so annoyed by the things that she was doing. When Rosaleen spit on the people's shoes, Lily was really annoyed and embarrassed how Rosaleen was being so manly. Another example, “Well, you are dumb! You have to be dumb to pour you snuff juice on those men's shoes like that. And then dumber not to say sorry, if you’re saying it will safe your life.

Rosaleen warn Lily that she might get bored because she plans on going to town to go to a place where she will be allowed to register to vote, but Lily doesn’t care and goes along with Rosaleen. Unfortunately, to be able to go to the place where Rosaleen would be able to register to vote, they have to go through the bad part of town. While they are on their way, a group of racist white men start to say racist comments to Rosaleen. Having dealt with enough, she spit her chewable tobacco on one of the men’s shoes. Then an altercation between the Rosaleen and the men starts.

I describe Rosa J. Young with the word STRONG because despite of the obstacles she never gave up. She tried to bring the education to the people who didn’t have one. Rosa J. Young also wanted to teach the word of God to those who didn’t know him. She was a person with a gift of learn and also to teach, but she was also a woman who believed in god, which she always prayed. One of the biggest contribution of Rosa J. Young to the local community was the Rosebud Literary and Industrial School. She was encouraged and determined to stablish a private school receiving support from both sides Blacks and Whites in the immediate area. In 1914 the Mexican Boll Weevil a destructive pest of cotton that almost close the school that Rosa J. Young was created,

This influenced her way of thinking, and she didn’t come to her own conclusion on her own. The woman didn’t change her perspective at all, and stuck with what she thought was right based off of outside

Rosa Parks face challenges in the passage and how she faced this challenges were. Also, she had characters role in this challenges. First the characters role was she would never give up. Second character role was hard work. Last characters role was she was always in a nice mood.