“Indian Woman” by Jeanette Armstrong “Indian Woman” by Jeanette Armstrong is a moving poem about the struggles a first nations woman has had to face throughout the past few hundred years. One can really see how the narrator’s perspective changes from the beginning where she sees herself as this “savage” woman only capable of giving birth‚ to the end where she states just how amazing she is and gives life to tribes. Not to mention‚ she sounds mad in the beginning compared to the end where she seems
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In Ain’t I A Woman‚ Patricia C. McKissack and Fredrick McKissack tell Sojourner Truth’s story‚ beginning with her birth and childhood. The book then begins going into detail about her as she grows up‚ her birth name being Isabella to her master‚ and Bella to her parents. After dealing with her mother and fathers’ death‚ being sold from one person to another‚ Isabella is then married to a older slave named Tom‚ whose first wife was taken away from him and sold. It was a forced marriage‚ but they
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“The Poet’s day will be moment upon moment of gladsomeness‚” writes Maxine Hong Kingston in her book To Be the Poet. “Poets do whatever they like.” I take a walk in Wissahickon Park after dropping my twins at their school. The trails are muddy from heavy rains and temporary streams have formed along my path. (I have an hour before I need to open my laptop and get to work on my day job; not all poets do whatever they like.) The fuscia flowers of the redbud tree are brilliant against the green of early
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In the novel The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston the struggle of not being able to move on is evident when it comes to Maxine’s mother Brave Orchid. Brave Orchid born in raised in a China has moved from her little village to the city of Stockton‚ California. The difference in culture is massive and Brave Orchid doesn’t conform to the “new” ways. This ultimately affects those around her. The subject matter of this novel is the identity crisis of the author which is caused mainly by her own
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In the excerpt from The Woman Warrior‚ by Maxine Hong Kingston‚ the purpose is finding one’s identity through the hardship of family struggle because if not‚ they will forever be lost. This passage shows the purpose through the acts of irony‚ anecdote‚ and imagery. Kingston struggles with finding her identity through the participation in forgetting her aunt. She believes by not mentioning her aunt’s name will wash away any sins her aunt caused‚ but the irony is that she still speaks of her
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Warrior‚ by Maxine Hong Kingston‚ is a book a young woman trying to develop her own identity. Throughout this book‚ Kingston spends countless days trying to find herself in the cruel world. In a culture where men superiority rules‚ Kingston attempts to recognize herself as her own person‚ and not as a slave. Kingston attempts to create a world where both men and women are treated as equal. Through all of her days and conquests‚ and in all of her efforts to produce equality‚ Kingston eventually
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especially one with several small‚ frail‚ children? My stomach curled and cringed every time I saw a corpse. Whether it was eaten from or prowling for more living creatures‚ they all upset me. Maxine was the first to spot a survivor. I had given up hope on finding anyone‚ but she still pressed on. Maxine was the
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Maxine Kumin Maxine Kumin‚ who experienced many different views of the world through travel‚ feels the most comfortable in New Hampshire‚ her rural home. In any area that she travels‚ she always makes a similarity to her home‚ as expressed in her poems. In her poem‚ "The Long Approach"‚ she is driving in her Saab hatchback from Scranton to her farm in New Hampshire. She also discusses her plane ride back from Orlando to New Hampshire the week before. Throughout the poem she makes references
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Breaking through the Silence An elderly woman waits along the sidewalk as the Metro bus full of student swings by to pick her up. As she enters‚ she holds a number of 99¢ Store bags in hand. She is clearly Hispanic‚ her brown skin and white hair and her modesty stand out. The bus continues its route. The elderly woman knows her stop is coming up. But she obviously strains to put her words together when notifying the bus driver. Impatient and incomprehensive‚ he simply ignores her. Seeing this
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Silence has the meaning: the state of being forgotten; oblivion. In the novel Silence by Shusaku Endo‚ that is type of silence that gave the book its title. The silence is created by God’s absence in Father Rodrigues’‚ the main character‚ life and experience in Japan. As Rodrigues lives in Japan in search of his former teacher‚ he goes through inner turmoil as he questions God’s decision to remain silent while His people are being tortured for keeping their faith in Him. Silence by Shusaku Endo
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