Alone By Amy

Modern Literature was a first introduced in the 19th to 20th centuries, during a time where writers felt like they needed to express themselves through their works. The writers from all around the world wanted a way to share with the world what they were experiencing, whether it was hardship or happiness, they wanted their voices heard. From country to country, from culture to culture, the one thing remains true is that Modern Literature has changed the way we look at other cultures. Stories from past decades teach us the difficulties and hardship that some had to overcome. Some stories have taught us about love and lust, happiness and heartache. Over the decades we have learned a lot through others trials and tribulations in many stories.
For any mother out there that has a daughter, they only want what's best for them. In this story four Chinese women who all recently moved to San Francisco in the 1940's. The one thing besides being immigrants to America that these ladies can relate on is that having American-born daughters is not an easy task. Amy Tan allows the readers to relate to the painful, and always the deep connection that these women have with their daughters. She takes the readers through each family and their secrets of their lives and how old traditions are not always best traditions. Mother and Daughters all over the world were able to relate to this
Edgar's poem "Alone" talks about how as a child he felt isolated. He felt different from all of the other kids, he felt alone. In his early 20's is when Edgar came out with the poem Alone. Shortly after the death of his mother, he had never felt more alone then he did then. Many people over the course of decades can relate to Edgar's poems. Even though this poem came out many many years ago, it's still the one used today in lots of classrooms all around the world. Many students struggling to find themselves can relate to the darkness that is Edgar's poem. The struggle that he goes through to try to find