composition starting with “Finally the smoke cleared and I could see” Finally the smoke cleared and I could see what I think I’ve been looking for‚ for five years… I saw a small‚ abandoned house‚ which was run down and you could see dead ivy along the tattered walls. It was a little haunting but I promised myself and my sister in law I would help find my two nieces that had made a giant mistake five years ago… He drove out here‚ into the middle of no where and just dropped his
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Rosa Zhang Santiago 5 4 Oct 2015 The Iron (Fist) of the Circumstance “I Stand Here Ironing”‚ by Tillie Olsen‚ is a story told by an unnamed mother who struggles to balance family and financial stability. The mother retells her experience raising Emily‚ the oldest daughter of the family‚ who faces both emotional and physical hardships such as depression‚ separation from her family‚ and illness. Throughout the story‚ the mother is constantly ironing clothes‚ symbolising her maternal duties that ironically
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Delia Amadiz Dr. Shearin English 112A Due Date: June 6‚ 2011 Short Fiction Reading Log A Mother’s Struggle: Tillie Olsen’s “I Stand Here Ironing” Tillie Olsen’s “I Stand Here Ironing” examines a mother’s internal struggle about the way she raised her eldest daughter Emily. By opening with “I stand here ironing” the author depicts the oppressive world of domestic tasks that engulfed and forms the mother’s life.” The repetitive motion of the iron moving “back and forth” across the surface of
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books to show what it is like to live in a specific culture. Throughout my first book‚ If I Ever Get Out Of Here‚ each character had different cultural components to their life. Lewis Blake ‚ one of the main characters‚ lives through life challenges every day. He is not blessed with things that most people have. For example‚his house is caving in‚
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Chapter Six I Grew Up Here I’ve lived in a lot of places since I was born. My first home that I can remember is the red house. I don’t know where it was‚ but I called it the red house. The red house had a red roof‚ it was one story‚ and I had an awesome room. I had a large bed‚ and it had a Disney princess bed comforter‚ a canopy‚ and was the best trampoline I ever had. The kitchen was like a hallway‚ it was narrow and long. My memory of the red house is very vague. I remember the day the movers
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The central character within “I Stand Here Ironing” is not the unnamed mother‚ it is the child that the mother is distraught over due to the mother’s negligence. We only learn of Emily through her mother’s monologue. From what readers can gather from her mother’s monologue is that Emily is a nineteen year old young lady who is having trouble with school. The counselor called because of her concern of Emily’s development and to speak to her mother one-on-one‚ but the mother doesn’t see what good she
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I Really Wish I Could See My Grandfather Again The one I really wish I could see again is‚ my Grandfather Michael Sauro. He was an immigrant from Italy‚ who was an Air Force Veteran. My Grandfather had raised a great family of five in Syracuse‚ New York. He was married to my magnificent Grandmother for fifty-three years. He worked up until he was seventy-four years old. My Grandfather was a unique person. Being from a foreign country is a lot different from being in America. After
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things I could live without‚ but what CAN’T I live without? Well there’s the obvious things‚ oxygen‚ food‚ water‚ shelter‚ no-one can live without these‚ these things are vital for everyone’s life. But beyond the essentials‚ what is one thing I couldn’t possibly live without? One thing I wouldn’t want to live without? 2. Maybe Television? Castle‚ Bones‚ X Factor‚ My Kitchen Rules‚ where would I be without my favourite drama series or a fix of reality TV? Well if I was that desperate I could always
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be absolutely tumultuous. Tillie Olsen’s “I Stand Here Ironing” recants one mother’s struggle to connect with her daughter and still overcome the adversities placed upon her. One of the central themes of this narrative is a mother’s guilt over not being able to connect with her daughter. This disconnection is brought on by external forces such as poverty and social oppression as well as the inexperience of being a mother. Olson‚ in her story "I Stand Here Ironing‚" reflects this guilt and emotional
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Because I am furniture is narrated by Anke the protagonist. In my opinion Anke’s narration has a good description that gives me‚ the reader‚ a view of what’s happening in the story but most importantly she is a believable narrator. She describes in detail her emotionally conflicted life. Anke does witness her father constantly beating her brother and sister‚ but it’s only her that Larus her father does not abuse. Throughout the story‚ it’s all come to a conclusion that Anke is not abused‚ but still
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