Carol's Daughter

Things Fall Apart is a The title Things Fall Apart is foreshadowing many themes in the book. Some of the themes are about what exactly has fallen apart: his family, his culture, his own morals and way of thinking, and just his life in general. To elaborate, his family was a mess, to begin with, the father, Unoka. To some Unoka seems like an outgoing person but in this culture, he was the black sheep of the family. Unoka to his family and to his culture was very lazy he didn't have any ambition

comes in the room. “Goodnight Papa, I love you”, exclaimed Helena. “Goodnight Helena, sweet dreams”, says Yaakov. Helena was one of Yaakov’s daughter, she was the youngest of the two. His other daughter, Abigail, she was the oldest daughter. Mr. Levi had moved on from Shmuel, he married to a women called Shaniqua and he had two daughters. He never told his family about Shmuel because he felt guilty that he was never able to find him. 10 years had past and he was living a good life, he was

helping boost the family status. Women have many children, some have over ten, in hopes that one child will be born a boy. In some families, when no sons are born after many tries, the mother will dress and raise a daughter as a son. The child is called a bacha posh, and the daughter is brought up as a boy so that the outside world will see the family as more

and to communicate effectively can help strengthen our own emotional health, as well as our connection to the important people in our lives. In “Everyday Use” certain characters I would like to explain the relationships between Mama and her two daughters Dee and Maggie; the relationship that they have towards one another maybe the cause and effect of the actions taken place during the story. Mama is a robust woman who does what is needed to maintain the upkeep of the land. "I am a large, big-boned

Mama always had a love-hate relationship with my hair. If she was around me all the time, she’d comb and gel my black curly hair into an unpredictable shape, whatever she wanted. It almost always became a frizzy, tangled mess. I never liked her hair styling but I finally learned not to argue with Mama. I liked my hair like I like my food: simple. No need to add anything, or spend more money. My mama didn’t see it like that. “See, all you have to do is a little of this and a little of that and you

miracle happened. My daughter Margaret was born. It brought great joy to my wife and I. Margaret was a great joy she was very smart, some called her a child prodigy. That brought even more joy to know there was a genius in our family. A few year later in 1916 another miracle my second daughter Janet was born on June 27, 1916. She was beautiful just like her mother. Our family was growing and our girls brought us happiness everyday. In 1918 it was November my youngest daughter Helga was born. I had

“Lose some weight and I’ll be proud to call you my granddaughter.” As a three year old, I did not take offense, but as a bulimic and depressed seventeen year old, those words haunt me. I grew up in a Vietnamese family of immigrants that sought to start a new life after the war. Presented with a blank slate, my family aimed to create an image of perfection. As a first generation Vietnamese American, I failed to meet their standards of perfection. I was often told that I was ugly and did not fit the

Mrs. Wilson is a 67-year-old African American born in New Orleans, LA but lives in Prentiss, MS has 3 kids with her husband Lorenzo, who is 70 years old. Mrs. Ann is a stay at home wife while Mr. Lorenzo is a retired Veteran. They have a two daughters, which are Michelle 36, she is a college graduate from the University of Southern Mississippi, she’s work and run a private daycare, Shanna 30, is a Jones County Junior College graduate and work at Boswell Regional Center, and a son Lee 31, who works

Mother-Daughter Relationships All mother daughter relationships can be quite challenging at times. Especially when the daughter is forced to do the unwanted. In Amy Chua’s memoir The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom, and Amy Tan’s novel The Joy Luck Club, exemplify the obstacles that come along with the roles of a mother daughter relationship. Although these excerpts address the same situation their tones are opposing. Chua’s tone of memories with her daughter show annoyance but still caring, while

The Wedding Planner's Daughter. Coleen used symbolism very well in this book that it even determines the theme which is: never give up on your dreams. Coleen has this as the theme because of the symbol that represents the main character Willa. In all of the books that Coleen wrote she has used symbolism in all of the characters to show and represent the theme of the book. Coleen has very good symbolism formatting. For example, in the book, “The Wedding Planner's Daughter,” it states, “ I never