Lullaby: Yoda and Ayah S Children
Anastasia
English II
3-16-15
Lullaby
I’m doing this literature paper on the story Lullaby by Leslie Marmon. In the first paragraph I will talk about Ayah’s children. Secondly, I will talk about how Ayah lost her kids. Thirdly, I will talk about Ayah the character and then I will talk about Chato. My thesis is to tell you how sad this story is.
First, Ayah has a sad memory of the time her two young children, Danny and Ella, were taken away from her. White doctors came to her house, they were trying to get her to sign some piece of paper. It was because she did not know English and she couldn’t read, she signed the paper with fear in high hopes that they would go away. After she signed it, they attempted to take her children away from her. She grabbed the two children and ran up into the hills. She waited there all day, until Chato came home. Ayah is the main character and narrator. In the present tense of the story, Ayah is an old woman reflecting on her personal history: memories of her grandmother weaving outside, the birth of her first child, the death of her child Jimmie in war, and the loss of her two young children, who were taken away by white doctors. She looks for Chato at the bar, where he can usually be found on the days he receives and cashes their small assistance check, but he is not there. Leaving the bar, she eventually sees him walking home. They stop to rest, and Chato lies down in the snow. Seeing that he is about to die, Ayah wraps a blanket around him and sings him a lullaby she learned from her grandmother.
Chato is the husband of the story’s narrator. Because he speaks English and she does not. When white people come to the door to inform them that their son, Jimmie has died in the war, Chato who must translate the devastating news to Ayah otherwise she wouldn’t understand. When the white doctors come to take their two young children away from them, Chato who must communicate to Ayah that she has signed the children away to the white
English II
3-16-15
Lullaby
I’m doing this literature paper on the story Lullaby by Leslie Marmon. In the first paragraph I will talk about Ayah’s children. Secondly, I will talk about how Ayah lost her kids. Thirdly, I will talk about Ayah the character and then I will talk about Chato. My thesis is to tell you how sad this story is.
First, Ayah has a sad memory of the time her two young children, Danny and Ella, were taken away from her. White doctors came to her house, they were trying to get her to sign some piece of paper. It was because she did not know English and she couldn’t read, she signed the paper with fear in high hopes that they would go away. After she signed it, they attempted to take her children away from her. She grabbed the two children and ran up into the hills. She waited there all day, until Chato came home. Ayah is the main character and narrator. In the present tense of the story, Ayah is an old woman reflecting on her personal history: memories of her grandmother weaving outside, the birth of her first child, the death of her child Jimmie in war, and the loss of her two young children, who were taken away by white doctors. She looks for Chato at the bar, where he can usually be found on the days he receives and cashes their small assistance check, but he is not there. Leaving the bar, she eventually sees him walking home. They stop to rest, and Chato lies down in the snow. Seeing that he is about to die, Ayah wraps a blanket around him and sings him a lullaby she learned from her grandmother.
Chato is the husband of the story’s narrator. Because he speaks English and she does not. When white people come to the door to inform them that their son, Jimmie has died in the war, Chato who must translate the devastating news to Ayah otherwise she wouldn’t understand. When the white doctors come to take their two young children away from them, Chato who must communicate to Ayah that she has signed the children away to the white