Ever wonder what lies in your subconscious mind? Or what you think about when you sleep‚ but do not remember? In “Dark Pines Under Water” poet Gwendolyn MacEwen shows that human subconsciousness is a place of exploration‚ and hides the more deep parts of one’s inward self. The land “turns you inward” as one sees what is really on the inside. The subconsciousness of a person is what they may not know or realize about themselves. A visual metaphor is used to display subconsciousness as “a forest in
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their children up. Likewise‚ Mrs John concentrates on her household‚ as well as on Annie’s upbringing and education. In addition‚ many critics comment that Annie’s difficult relationship with her mother represents the relationship between colonial Antigua and England. LeSeur argues: [A]lienation from the mother becomes a metaphor for a young woman’s alienation from an island culture that has been completely dominated by the imperialistic power of England. [...] Kincaid focuses intensely
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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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Alison Bechdel’s memoir‚ Are You My Mother recounts her extremely difficult and painful relationship with her mother as well as the struggles she endures due to her queer identity. For individuals that identify as homosexual‚ disclosing their sexual identity can often be a negative experience that works to oppress rather than liberate them. This memoir illustrates how a deep‚ almost obsessive attachment‚ to a queer individual’s parent can work to further complicate‚ worsen and intensify the common
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at all stages of life: childhood‚ our teenage years‚ and then adulthood. Flying Over Mother uses flashbacks‚ cinematography‚ and the actors’ performances together with the narration to demonstrate how the protagonist’s life is constantly accompanied by fear: beginning with his mother’s lessons as a child and then by his approaching death as his ship plunges from air to earth. The flashbacks in Flying Over Mother take the audience from the cockpit of a crashing spaceship to scenes of a Russian peasant’s
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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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Amy Tan‚ the author of “Mother Tongue‚” gives the audience a new outlook and better understanding of the struggles that every immigrant who lives in United States had gone through every day. Amy Tan gives the audience the positive view on the “broken” English speakers by using herself and her mother as an example. Her mother did not get respect from the hospital and also the stockbroker due to her limited use of English. In contrast‚ Amy Tan was treated very well because of speaking proper English
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The Plight of Single Mothers in Poverty Drew E. Langford University of Maryland University College Asia Child-rearing can present unique and diverse challenges to all parents. These challenges combined with the multiple complications due to poverty begin to paint a picture of the social problem for so many single mothers in many nations. A study of 18 affluent western democracies conducted by David Brady and Rebekah Burroway (2012) showed that single mothers across the board have a disproportionately
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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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Reality Flow Conversely Through Your Brain Imagination and reality appear to flow in opposite directions within the brain. Published on November 22‚ 2014 by Christopher Bergland in The Athlete’s Way "My Wife and My Mother-In-Law" by William Ely Hill circa 1915. My Wife and My Mother-in-Law is a famous ambiguous optical illusion in which a woman appears to be both young and old as your brain flips back and forth between two conflicting perceptions. Images like this illustrate how your brain can play
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