The Mamas & the Papas

1930's Mississippi, the main character sees and begins to understand the separation between blacks and whites, and how the whites did awful things in order to get the blacks to listen to them. Then, many bad things happen, including Mama losing her job as a teacher, and Papa getting severely injured, while the plans with the boycott did not go as they originally were planned. At the climax of the story, T.J. goes off with RW and Melvin Simmes to break into a store where T.J.'s gun that he wanted was

Her and her older brother, Jaja, reside in Enugu, Africa with their father and mother. Their father, Papa, is a priest; while their mother, Mama, is a stay at home mom. Their home is a destructive, toxic, calamitous environment, mainly due to the fact that three of the four main characters: Mama, Jaja, and Kambili, repeatedly get hit, abused, and are constantly being brainwashed by the means of Papa. It may seem that Papa’s abuse is just physical but it is in fact emotional too. Home is somewhere

December 25th. Papa is dead. He is passed out in a doorway with the blood alcohol content four times the legal limit. Mama tells me not to cry. I do not cry. December 22nd. Papa bursts through the door like an avalanche, picking up speed and debris as he falls. Tumbling, stumbling. He buries his head in his arms and he sobs. Mama cradles him in her arms as he weeps bitterly. December 17th. Papa isn’t drinking, but he is acting like he is. He’d come home late, sober, and nobody knows where he spent

to them. First of all, it is unjust for a man to shut one's eyes to his family especially his wife and child. Because of this, it could bring a rift to the relationships in the family and leave the other party in disappointment. This is shown when Papa explained the whole situation where Aunt May and her boy, Kassim was neglected by Yem, a husband to both Aunt May and Jah, although Aunt May is the second wife to Yem. It is also a terrible mistake to not inform the first wife on marrying another woman

(1 year before 1916), and my papa came in from getting the mail with surprise on his face. We all gathered around the breakfast table and opened the mail. It was a letter from the United States military saying that he has been drafted into the war of 1918. It was 1915 and my mama and papa and I was all sitting on the couch listening to the radio. We heard the news that Germany sunk the cruise ship, The Lusitania. We were all stunned and shocked. We also heard that Germany wanted to have a submarine

to them. First of all, it is unjust for a man to shut one's eyes to his family especially his wife and child. Because of this, it could bring a rift to the relationships in the family and leave the other party in disappointment. This is shown when Papa explained the whole situation where Aunt May and her boy, Kassim was neglected by Yem, a husband to both Aunt May and Jah, although Aunt May is the second wife to Yem. It is also a terrible mistake to not inform the first wife on marrying another woman

reveals that the Simms brothers are just using him and when T.J isn’t around, they speak behind his back. Then Cassie asks Mama the reason behind R.W and Melvin hanging out with T.J, Mama explains to Cassie that it makes them feel good to have someone to be able to laugh at and to use.   Next, Mr. Jamison goes up to the Logan house and requests to talk to Papa. Cassie overhears Mama and Papa’s conversation about what Mr. Jamison wants. Thurston Wallace doesn’t want the Logans to destruct his

I'm Not Scared – CHAPTER SUMMARIES CHAPTER 1: Main characters have a race, Maria hurts her leg. Barbara forced to complete a forfeit, Michele does it instead. Michele completes forfeit. Most of the main characters are talked about. Papa brings them a present of a model Gondola; Acqua Traverse is revealed. CHAPTER 2: There is a talk with Michele and Maria at the start. Michele finds Fillipo, there is a lot of description of Michele finding him. Michele at this point is horrified, he tries to

might find ya a wife.” “I don’t know, Marcus. I’m a McCoy, and you know my family don’t like them people. Mama always says those Hatfield’s ain’t no good,” Rudolph replied. “That ain’t true. Some of them folks are real good people. Come on, we’ll go after supper.” “Okay, you better not say a word to my mama or papa,” Rudolph replied. “Rudolph! Marcus! It’s time for supper!” Rudolph’s mama yelled outside. Rudolph and Marcus went and sat at the supper table with the family.

characters express their religion of the Catholic faith, as well as looking into the traditional Nigerian beliefs of Papa Nnukwu. By illustrating some very contrasting religious beliefs and methods of religious expression in her characters, she encourages readers to consider their own views on religion and helps them understand some valuable lessons on the subject. Adichie uses Papa Nnukwu to teach readers that different people find spiritual pleasure in different religions, and helps the reader