to buy her children’s freedom‚ but her mistress‚ who her grandmother was very loyal to‚ asked her for a loan one day. Linda’s grandmother had saved $300 and went ahead and loaned her money to her mistress who promised to give her back the money‚ but never did. An owner was never required to give pay to the slaves‚ so the loan never had to be repaid. Linda’s mistress died when she was at the age of twelve‚ so six years after her mother’s passing. Linda was almost sure she would be given her freedom;
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girl who always stays at home. She’s very shy to make friends that resulted for her to get bullied by the other children in their street. “Sydney‚ it is a beautiful day why don’t you go outside and make some friends?” Sydney’s mother asked her while they eat their breakfast. But Sydney keep quiet for a while and said‚ “I like to read books.” Her mother trying to understand her daughter’s situation and supporting her saying‚ “Well‚ if that’s what makes you happy I’m fine with it but sometimes you
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Toni Morrison Sethe ‚ a Slave to Her Past Beloved by Toni Morrison is a vivid picture of the cruelty of slavery. It is a novel that depicts the horrifying practicies of enslavement in the early Nineteenth Century in the United States of America. It is a depiction of the horrible conditions under slavery and the dehumanization suffered by human beings when they are owned by other human beings. Beloved is a story of a black woman’s struggle to overcome her past memories which are bounded
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decides to take a bold decision of cutting her hair short‚ but then realizes that she made a mistake and she need to stay true to herself. She makes this choice to differentiate herself from other girls. “It’s such a sure and easy way of attracting attention." “ With the feeling that people really enjoyed looking at her and listening to her came the foundation of self-confidence.” Bernice is desperate to have attention she needs people to acknowledge her. Days passes ‚ Bernice sits on the barber’s
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and Her Doctor” “Between a Woman and Her Doctor” by Martha Mendoza is the author’s personal experience of a complex abortion while dealing with the difficulties of legal disputes and limited medical assistance during an emotional time in her life. Mendoza uses the expressive purpose as she writes her story to express her depressing and frustrating feelings she has during the death of her child as well as the challenging time as she tries to obtain a dilation and extraction procedure. Her secondary
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a beautiful moment when a mother sees her baby for the first time‚ but it can be quite overwhelming when her baby is born with a defect. Though some women don’t feel the courage to face the challenges of having an “abnormal baby”‚ others are willing to accept their child as he/she is. In this story‚ The Monster on Her Cheek‚ Rebecca Roland demonstrates the emotional struggle but choosing to embrace her child either way. In the setting‚ Roland started off her narrative with a baby who was just born
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Sandy and her beautiful sisters – analyses “Sandy and her beautiful sisters” is a short story written by Antonia Fraser. It is a rewriting of the classic fairy tale Cinderella. The story tells me‚ that being beautiful isn’t equal to being happy or to have a good life. The protagonist Sandy is a character with depth. She is‚ unlike her two beautiful sisters described as “plump” with long curly hair. Because of her lack in beauty Sandy has grown up being the unnoticed sister‚ which has resulted
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There is a Garden in Her Face: Superficial and unrequited love The garden is used as a metaphor to describe her face (also uses her not her face) Campion suggests the root of love came from lust and desirability Metaphor: ‘There is a garden in her face where roses and white lilies grow” compares her face to a garden and therefore nature’s work of art Comparison between the roses (passion) and white lilies (purity)‚ white skin and rose colored cheeks By a garden being in her face it is figurative
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Susan Glaspell’s short story “A Jury of Her Peers” follows the plot of Minnie Wright and her husband’s death. Its impact as a piece of revolutionary feminist literature is established through her daring choice to explore the depths of morality and justice. She asks us to question ourselves throughout‚ pleading for us to answer to what we would do if justice failed us throughout the course of our lives. The story opens with Mr. and Mrs. Peters‚ the Sheriff and his wife- Mrs. Hale‚ and the county
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that makes her think that it’s her way back because it’s they way that she got there. Although it’s the way she got there its not her way back because when she opens the door she does not see her family at the seder but instead she sees a farm with horses and chickens and other animals. Many people who read the book think that when she opens the door she will want to not see them again because she thinks that the other family is much more fair to her. But i know that if the door did lead her home that
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