Written in 1986 by Li-Young Lee the poem “I Ask My Mother to Sing” tells the immigrant story. Lee himself is an immigrant‚ his family came to the United States in 1959 fleeing persecution. In his poem Lee captures‚ the pain and sadness immigrants face as they try to remain connected to their homeland. The title itself says a lot about the poem‚ although its meaning is made clear later. In the fifth line Lee states how he does not know what his home country is like‚ he has “Never been in Peking‚
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True and advanced works of Chinua Achebe‚ Refugee Mother and Child is a beautiful poem. Chinua Achebe was born in the 1930s in Ogidi‚ Nigeria. Chinua wrote this poem after getting inspired by the citizens of the countries which were going through war. He illustrates the difficulties and suffering they had to go through. The poem is organized into two stanzas each with different lengths. The lines are more or less the same size. The lines are explained clearly and are easy to understand with simple
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My Mother Ellawee Washington‚ she is the reason for my being. I watched her daily struggle to raise five children and never a word that we were not going to make it. My dad was killed when I was barely 8 years old‚ which left her a great responsibility. My mother is my love‚ advisor‚ mentor‚ cheerleader‚ and motivator. Every Mother’s Day I would tell the stories of how my mother took care of me even into my adult life and she replies I did not do it by myself; God led the way for me to take care
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In the articles‚ “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan and “Rhythm of the Caribbean: Connecting Oral History and Literacy" by Glasceta Honeyghan‚ the authors discuss different types of language styles that they grew up with. The authors discuss their difficulties and what was enjoyable to them. The articles remind us that working hard on what you enjoy will be worth it one day. In the article‚ “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ Tan describes what it was like growing up in an immigrant family in the United
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In “The Revolt of ‘Mother’” by Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman‚ Sarah Penn is a hardworking housewife who has had great regard for her husband and his wishes throughout there forty year married. Until one morning Sarah‚ who is referred to in the story as Mother‚ goes against her husband’s ambitions in hopes of having a better live. Taking place in the late 1800’s in rural America‚ the “Revolt” is a typical story of a woman’s rule as a wife and mother. Her husband Adoniram‚ who is referred to as Father‚
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that is my mother Debbie Lyn Garrido Cruz. I admire my mom for the kindness in her heart‚ her strength and independence‚ for pushing me to be different and to not be someone I’m not. She is the hard working mother of six‚ who has raised all of them on her own‚ trying and managing to get by on a day to day basis. My mother actually is just an ordinary woman but in her small figure lies an extraordinary fortitude‚ perseverance‚ an altruistic soul and a very kind heart. The kind of mother who brought
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Summary Report 2: Will working mothers take your company to court? Today‚ working mothers have become more likely to sue their employers for discrimination. According to data collected by the Center for WorkLife Law‚ in the United States‚ roughly two-thirds of plaintiffs who sue in federal court on the basis of family responsibilities discrimination prevail at trial. The type of discrimination for particularly working mothers has a name: “maternal wall bias”. It takes the form of comments like
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The theme of mother-daughter relationships is found throughout most of the chapters in The Joy Luck Club. It is the most predominant theme in the book. Some mother-daughter relationships‚ like the one found in the article by Psychology Today‚ represent how Rose Hsu Jordan was feeling when she married Ted despite her mother’s objections. Rose then needed her mother to help her to realize that because she chose not to make her own decisions‚ Rose would end up ruining the rest of her life. This situation
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Balancing Work and Family: be a working mother or a housewife Nowadays‚ as it becomes more popular and acceptable for women to cease being a full time housewife and to become a full time employee instead‚ many raise the question “should women be housewives or working mothers?” In general‚ most of women would want to be a good mother and employee‚ and hoping they can have enough time to make their full commitment as both a wife and a mother. However‚ due to limited time‚ resource and energy‚ that
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been no crystal stair”. Mother to Son‚ written by Langston Hughes is a poem of a mother trying to give her child a heads up on life‚ and how hard it may get at times. Life has been difficult for her and she wants to make sure that her son will have a better life than the one that was given to her. She teaches him to have perseverance and make the right choices. Her words of wisdom are surely of an uneducated woman that has plenty of advice to offer. In this poem‚ the mother is trying to inspire her
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