Alice Walker uses her own mother as a method to explain the creativity that has lived on in black women from the post-Reconstruction era on. She explains her mother telling stories which came naturally like breathing and her mother’s magnificent garden.
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The novels I will be discussing are; Lewis Carrol’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Phillip Pullman’s Northern Lights. Both protagonists in these books experience their coming of age in a world of fantasy and adventuring into the unknown. While these books are set in realms of what we consider bizarre and fantastical‚ they both provide timeless problems and lessons the modern reader can relate and learn from. The Coming of Age genre in these books’ cases deals with the issue of growing up.
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Alice Walker – The flowers “The Flowers” is a story written by Alice Walker‚ in 1988. It’s a 3th-person narrator that tells the story. The story tells us about a girl‚ whose name is Myop. She lives near a forest in a cabin with her family. Sometimes she walks in the forest with her mother‚ they collect nuts among the fallen leaves – actually they have done it many times‚ so that’s why Myop knows the forest very well. One day she is out for one of these walks‚ but by herself. This day something
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"Comfort‚" by Alice Munro‚ is a short story based on life‚ death and dying‚ suicide and religion. With the depth of all four topics‚ controversial issues arise and compromising situations hold the main character‚ Nina‚ at a difficult crossroad. That crossroad is the wants and needs that Nina yearns for. "Comfort" illustrates a ride through what Nina experiences after the passing of her husband and her dire need to get what she wants or at least to obtain comfort. From the beginning of the story
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Through contrasting family members and views in "Everyday Use"‚ Alice Walker illustrates the importance of understanding our present life in relation to the traditions of our own people and culture. Using careful descriptions and attitudes‚ Walker demonstrates which factors contribute to the values of one’s heritage and culture; she illustrates that these are represented not by the possession of objects or mere appearances‚ but by one’s lifestyle and attitude. In "Everyday Use"
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The obsession with one’s quest for identity is part of the human reality of the self-defining paradox; a universal theme. In essence‚ in Hawthorne’s narrative‚ the readers are able to witness the importance of one’s own definition identity through personal semiotics and the deceiving reality of not finding true self; thus making it both relational and understandable. While Young Goodman brown‚ may have “taken a dreary road‚ darkened by the gloomiest trees” (Hawthorne p.1) the universality of discovering
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In works of literature‚ a sudden realization of self-awareness‚ through an experience of crisis or struggle‚ often refers to an epiphany. In Alice Munro’s Dance of the happy shades‚ epiphanies emerge throughout each ending of the story. For the purpose of this paper‚ I will be examining the epiphanies that unfold in both Dance of the happy shades and Days of the Butterfly. In Dance of the happy shades‚ the epiphany is aimed towards the mothers and daughters within the story. This is evident in the
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In the story “The Flower”‚ "...the days had never been as beautiful as these...each day a golden surprise." Surprise is the element Alice Walker presents in her story "The Flowers." It is at the heart of the meaning of this story which is driven forward by imagery‚ setting‚ and diction. This story catches you off guard with a sudden twist and changes your emotions a full 180 degrees; as you start to realize the severity of the situation and the times. At the beginning of the story‚ Walker utilizes
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that is inherited‚ a special possession‚ or traditions‚ beliefs that are part of a family’s history. In addition‚ to its diverse definitions people as well have different concepts of what heritage means to them. In the short story‚ “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker the diverse concepts of heritage has induced a disagreement. The reoccurring drama over the different perspectives of heritage ends this with an unsettling ending. Dee has not seen her family since her departure for an education. Her awaited
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Adventures In Wonderland and Through The Looking-Glass relate to a dream-like world that is full of adventures that of which a young girl‚ Alice‚ accompanied by various animals‚ insects‚ and imaginary characters experience. Carroll has not only created an abstract character group‚ but has also taken Alice from our ordinary world and put her into a world of playing cards and chess pieces. Through all of the nonsense that is depicted in Alice‚ an important theme is growing up. The senselessness of Alice ’s dream
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