“I Stand Here Ironing” Responses to questions: 1. The narrator is not a good mother because she does not care about Emily’s future. The narrator is the mother of Emily‚ Susan‚ and Ronnie. She says that the father of Emily left her “[…] before [Emily] was a year old” (paragraph 55). She had to get a job and work during Emily’s “[…] first six years” (55). The narrator went to Nursery School because she believed that it was the only way “[…] [she] could hold a job” (13) during the Great Depression
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Another winner of the National Youth Arts Artist of the Year Award‚ Julia Davis is a staple at the Musical Theatre of Anthem. Some of her favorite roles in the past couple of years have been Cosette in Les Miserables‚ Jellylorum/Griddlebone in CATS‚ Cinderella in Into The Woods‚ Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat‚ Carrie in Carrie the Musical‚ and Ronnette in Little Shop of Horrors. She has won Upscale Singer’s Scholarship awards for both 2013 and 2014 and was runner-up for
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“I Stand Here Ironing” by Tillie Olsen is a story about a mother who loves her child deeply‚ but it is at a depressing time in history. Other dark influences seem to have a negative effect on Emily’s personality such as the mother giving birth to her at a young age and having few resources. I think the climax of the story is when Emily calls her mother to tell her she has won the amateur school show. Emily and her mother seem equally surprised. Although Emily is happy at the moment‚ it doesn’t really
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Lizzy Rosa LCS Book Review Summary: In the Time of the Butterflies is an award-winning book written by Julia Alvaraz‚ a famous Latina writer. This is the story of the four Mirabal sisters during the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic. The sisters make a political commitment to overthrow the Trujillo regime. Throughout the book you can see the family being prosecuted‚ humiliated‚ tortured and imprisoned‚ all for going against the government in secrecy. When they are caught
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In this essay I will analyze and interpret the short story: “The dress” written by Julia Darling in 2006. Rachel and Flora know each other very well but their relationship is very complicated and unnatural. When the dress was missing‚ Rachel was furious and immediately jumped to the conclusion that Flora had taken it. This indicates how well she knows her sister and how little she thinks of her. The text indicates that Flora has a low self-esteem‚ that she’s very jealous at Rachel and thinks of
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On October 9th‚ 2012‚ then Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard delivered a speech to Parliament in reaction to the movement of Tony Abbott‚ the Leader of the Opposition‚ to have Peter Slipper removed as Speaker‚ due to some sexist and crude texts. She uses appeal to logos and ethos‚ second person pronouns‚ and ad hominem—yes‚ a logical fallacy‚ but one that has proven to be very influential to political audiences—to persuade her audience to discredit Abbott and understand her reasoning for defending
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Dirty clothes are disgusting and smell very bad. That is why everyone has to wash clothes on a daily basis. The steps to washing clothes: sort the clothes into piles‚ prepare the washing machine‚ and fill the washing machine. Although washing clothes might seem to be a hassle‚ following the proper steps will make washing clothes quite easy. The first step to washing clothes is to sort the clothes into piles. Set aside the clothing that has “hand wash” or “dry clean” on the tag; these don’t go
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Martina Navratilova once said‚ “Labels are for filing. Labels are for clothes. Labels are not for people” (Navratilova). This quote is trying to say that judging someone off of their outside appearance is not the right way to judge someone. A lot of people are affected by stereotypes. Stereotypes judge people falsely‚ and are a problem in our society. Stereotypes can be defined as generalizing a large group based on an idea‚ and they impact our society in many ways (Stereotypes). For example
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persons life. Working can change and influence a persons personality in many ways. Working is a necessity in life and depending on the job‚ can determine how that person acts in their daily lives. A paragraph from Tillie Olsen’s‚ “I Stand Here Ironing‚” reads this‚ “After a while I found a job hashing at night so I could be with her days‚ and it was better. But it came to where I had to bring her to his family and leave her. It took a long time to raise the money for her fare back.” The narrator
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Do clothes make the man? We have always been told that its what`s inside that counts‚ and "the clothes don’t make the man "‚ I totally agree with this statement. In today`s world media influence people a lot about their body image‚ men constantly feel to have a muscular body‚ and wear new brand clothes. Moreover they encounter muscular and well dressed and modish men as example of their ideal body image. Even women see skinny models with fashionable clothes‚ makeup
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