The Mamas & the Papas

My father thought it was ridiculous, causing my mama to give him a strange look. We were hungry, but mother made us continue praying and fasting. My little brother would whine and squirm in mama’s arms. Everyone in our small house was in a bad mood. Mama didn’t talk much to papa, and I was left alone most of the day. Later in the week, father came home with something important to tell mother. He took her into their

Fasting, Feasting Book Club Book Review Have you ever traveled to a distant country? Have you ever lived away from home with people unknown to you and not part of your family? Fasting, feasting by Anita Desai is a booker Prize finalist novel, which does a great job in portraying everyday family life and conflicts. Through Fasting, Feasting, Desai takes you on a journey through two different society with very different traditions. She does this by portraying the family dynamics from two different

On the first morning, Jeanne and Mama try to use the latrine in their block but discover that the toilets are overflowing onto the floor. They try another latrine two blocks away, but just like every other latrine in the camps were the same. The toilets are back to back with no partitions. One old woman sets up a cardboard box around her toilet as a makeshift partition. She offers the partition to Mama, who graciously accepts it. These cardboard partitions become widely use until sturdier partition

white community. Even though the play shows us how Berniece’s view is understandable and accurate, it also shows us that there’s other views than hers. Berniece believes all men are the same. She says, “I look at you and you’re all the same. You, Papa Boy Charles, Wining Boy, Doaker, Crawley …

How is a American Identity created? Over the last few months I have read several different articles and texts surrounding this topic. An American Identity isn’t something you just get when you come here. It’s something you earn. It’s what you make of yourself. America’s habits and customs help mold it into what you end up with. Someone’s national identity and someone’s personal identity are made by the country they live in. But they do come into conflict. Because some things that happen in your county

Kambili and Jaja’s change in perspective propelled by their cousins. In Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus, one is introduced to the characters, Kambili and Jaja, whose lives are controlled by their authoritarian father, Eugene. As the novel progresses, these two characters are exposed to a world that is completely divergent to the one they know, one that significantly changes their perspective about life. The influence that their cousins, Amaka, Obiora and Chima have propels this change

characters of Chief Eugene and his wife Mama (Beatrice). The plight of this woman is not limited to those occasional damages he caused her but the frequent battering she undergoes from him which has seem to become a normal phenomenon among the members of the lovely family. It is quite surprising that Eugene, a man who has dedicated his life to fight for his people’s political freedom from the threats of the nearly emerged government is a wife beater. His wife Mama seems to be a very calm, reserved and

Rozel’s mother was in labor for a long period of time while giving birth to Rozel that it decreased the supply of oxygen that Rozel received during delivery. Her mother had an induced labor to facilitate childbirth and she was able to give birth to Rozel through normal delivery. At birth, Rozel was successfully resuscitated due to the difficulty of breathing. She was diagnosed with laryngomalacia which causes partial blocking of the airway opening. She was then hospitalized for one month and received

“My Favorite Chaperone,” demonstrates the hardships in the life of an immigrant in America. Maya, an immigrant, is shifting from the Kazakhstan cutler to American cutler. She has been relocated to America for around seven months. Maya and her best friend, Shannon Lui, are on the gymnastic team. Because of Maya’s strict parents she and Shannon’s limited time together is at gymnastic practice. Though Maya loves her family she wishes she had a family like Shannon’s, with more American ways of life

others’’. Esperanza got over this and accepted the fact that some people can be mean or hurtful. She got over this by cheering up Isabel about not winning queen of may because of how she looks she did this by giving her the thing she loves most from Papa. What she did on pg 227“ I want you to have something that will last more than a day” said Esperanza and lifted up the doll from the valise and handed to Isabella ‘to keep as your