none other than “Option 2”‚ which refers to the article I have recently read titled “Why My Mother Wants Me Dead” by Sabatina James. According to the story it sums up family tradition and religion to have selected marriage partners for teen girls and strict guidelines. Certain acts such as not wanting to marry the partner selected for you by the parents can result in family disownment and death. The mother of Sabatina happens to withhold full authority in her life which effected her in a sense as
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After reading Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior by Amy Chua‚ I learned three key differences between Chinese and Western “mothering.” First‚ Western parents are focused on the physiological behavior of academics and self-esteem issues with their children while Chinese parents are not. Second‚ Western parents view their children to try their best and do not need to repay the parents‚ in contrast Chinese parents view their children to be permanently in debt to them. Last‚ Chinese parents believe that
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Yollie Yollie from “Mother and Daughter”‚ by Gary Soto is remarkable because she has many admirable characteristics while this story takes place at Yollie’s house. Yollie is very intelligent. Her family is very poor. She often is a joker but has to deal with her mom teasing her back. Yollie is very intelligent‚ poor‚ a joker‚ and very lovable but her mom and her struggle to find more money for them to buy new things. Yollie shows many traits throughout the story‚ “Mother and Daughter”. In the beginning
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Mother Ceres returns home from a successful day of tending to the crops of the world. She notices that Proserpina is not back from her walk at the seaside and immediately begins to worry. Ceres looks for Proserpina by the seaside where she said she would be. When Proserpina is still nowhere to be found‚ she looks for someone in the area that may have witnessed what happened. Ceres goes to a house near the seaside. An elderly woman opens the door. She seemed to be rather nervous as Ceres begins to
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In the article‚ “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior”‚ author Amy Chua discusses many of the morals of Chinese parents and what is ultimately behind the decisions they make for their children. She begins by acknowledging the stereotypes of Chinese parents‚ and she explains that she too fell into this category. The author explains how she did not permit certain activities for her daughters because they were not in their best interest. She further explains how being a Chinese parent applies to more
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As of now I have not yet experienced to carry a child to my womb. But you know what? I already felt it. It’s really hard to be pregnant in times of troubles and problems. My sister experienced it. On that time‚ she had to move away from us because my mom didn’t want to see her. It’s emotionally hurting. I know how she feels‚ how they feels. Mom is hurting too. But I knew her. She will never show her weaknesses to others. On the other side‚ Ate is hurting. She is emotional because she is pregnant
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Furthermore‚ Connie had very little respect for her parents. She would disobey her mother more than her father‚ for he spent all his time at work. Connie’s mother would ask her to do simple tasks‚ such as carrying herself in a specific way‚ keeping her room clean‚ and going particular places with the family. For example‚ here’s a line from the text when her mother asks her to obey her wishes: "Why don’t you keep your room clean like your sister? How’ve you got your hair fixed—what the hell stinks
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story “I Stand Here Ironing” author Tillie Olsen places readers into the eye of a mother as she evaluates the relationship dynamics between her and her oldest daughter. Using tools such as first person point of view Olsen immerses readers into the lives of The Mother and her daughter Emily and narrates the many misfortunes that occurred in both of their lives. I believe that because of this perspective Emily and her mother are portrayed as “victims” of circumstance. Olsen explains to readers that the
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author provides us with a full and illustrative description of the main characters. The main figures of the discourse are the mother and the father. We can dwell on their traits of character with the help of the word expressions the author uses: The description of Mother: “She seemed really like her old grey bonnet”; “She always does it [decorates the house] at Xmas”; “Mother had to go up and down‚ fetching the things back and forward”‚ and so on. So we can say that she is so devoted to her family
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In the short poem “Mother to Son”‚ by Langston Hughes‚ the mother is revealed to have many unique traits about her that maker her a diligent person. The poem has many metaphors that show the mother is a hard-working‚ persistent‚ determined‚ and strong person who endures her troubles she faces in her lifetime. The mother is stated to be an insistent woman that went through many hard struggles and teaches her son to be assiduous to get through the struggles he might encounter just like how she did
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