A Comparative Study of Initiation Theme Between The Color Purple and The Joy Luck Club Abstract The Color Purple (1982) and The Joy Luck Club (1989) are two distinguished works of American minority literature. Under a comparative study‚ these two books tend to enjoy a similar initiation mode. First of all‚ the women in the two books similarly face the difficulties sparked by the confusion of cultural identity‚ the racial discrimination‚ and the sexual discrimination. Second‚ the novels develop
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his father’s life insurance money and plans to take the bribe from Linder to not move into their new home Beneatha‚ angry at the situation‚ says Walter Lee “is no brother of mine” (Hansberry‚ 499). Daniel Petrie portrays Lena as a very strong woman in this particular scene. Lena‚ though equally disappointed in Walter Lee‚ responds by saying‚ “Child when do you think it is time to love somebody the most? When they done good and made things
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What defines a person? The story Mirror Image‚ written by Lena Coakley brings up the argument about‚ who we are and finding ourselves. Are we judged by who we are externally or what our thoughts are internally? Lena Coakley truly captures the idea that who we are as a person is defined by what our values and beliefs are and not what we look like on the outside. The first I time I read this story I found myself very confused as did my peers. After re-reading and having a discussion‚ I learned that
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Walter Lee Younger‚ the son of a Lena Younger and the wife of Ruth Younger‚ believes independence means being successful and free from poverty when the play starts. In his mind‚ the insurance check that the family is receiving from the death of Big Walter is supposed to be his ticket to independence‚ and he plans to spend it on buying a liquor store with two of his friends. After Lena spends a portion of it on a new house and the rest of the money is stolen
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was a strong connection of love between two people in these texts. The first text that I looked at that showed the connection of love was Delirium. This novel discusses the connection of love. Love is the main theme of this novel. The main character Lena‚ lives in a society that believes love is a disease that people should be cured against. Before she is cured she falls in love with an Invalid (a
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was. Late at night on the bent parch Leo Auffmann wrote a list he could not see in the dark‚ exclaiming‚ “Ah!” or‚ “That’s another!” when he hit upon a fine component. Then the front-door screen made a moth sound‚ tapping. “Lena?” he whispered. She sat down next to him on the swing‚ in her nightgown‚ not slim the way girls get when they are not loved at seventeen‚ not fat the way women get when they are not loved at fifty‚ but absolutely right‚ a roundness‚ a firmness
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Overview of the Movie: The Joy Luck club centers on four‚ middle-aged‚ Chinese immigrants‚ Suyuan Woo‚ An-mei Hsu‚ Lindo Jong‚ and Ying-ying St. Clair. Although the relationships that exist between each of the four women are important‚ it is the exploration into each woman’s relationship with her first generation daughter that is central to the plot line. Through this exploration‚ the generational and cultural gaps that exist between the each of the women and their daughters are exposed; allowing
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Directions: Each section of The Joy Luck Club begins with an anecdote that symbolizes the main ideas that are to follow in the women’s stories. For each section‚ you will analyze the anecdotes by answering the questions below. You can refer to each section’s lessons/experiences to provide details that support your analysis. Part I: Feathers from a Thousand Li Away: a. In the space below‚ bullet point words/images/lines from the anecdote that stand out to you (it’s okay if you don’t know the
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she wouldn’t do anything like that as she walks in‚ she says "Yes I would too Walter. I gave her a five-dollar down payment." (1.2.75). Ruth’s dream of having a baby is dried up when she knows they can’t support another child in the household. Lena Younger has always dreamed of a garden with beautiful flowers in her own yard next to her own house. But she is devastated when she hears that Walter took the rest of money for the house and Beneatha’s school money and gave it to Willy Harris who
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DRAMA ANALYSIS - by S. Tropnas of A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry I. Central Idea or theme of play A Raisin in the Sun is a three-act drama focusing on the black working class Younger family subjected to the emotional stresses of living in a cramped apartment while confronting bigotry and economic hardship. They dream of leaving behind the ghetto apartment they have all lived in for many years. The play’s title comes from the opening lines of “Harlem‚ a poem by Langston Hughes‚ which
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