Empress Orchid Analysis

Finally with the help of Premier Zhou Enlai, Jung Chang’s father no longer served in detention. While in detention the guard watching over Jung Chan’s father plays mind games with him and convinces him that his wife created a conspiracy against him. Things got out of hand causing them to sleep in seperate areas and forces Jung Chang’s father’s mental and physical health to deteriorate (which later, his health imporved). Luckily her friends did not tell on Jung Chang which relates back to the title of the chapter, “Giving Charcoal in the Snow”, that refers to helping out others when needed. Also in this chapter, Jung Chang experiences her first time in a university.

But at this point Sal’s mother was pregnant so when her mother gave birth the baby was dead when it got strangled with its umbelacelcord. Sal blamed herself because she thinks if she never climbed that tree none of it would have happened. Sal thought, “ He said to me, “ It wasn’t your fault, Sal—it wasn’t because she carried you. You mustn’t think that,” I didn’t believe him,” (page 138). If Sal didn’t believe her father 's words then she thinks she caused her mothers miscarriage and she is probably upset about this.

A series of unfortunate events, is what led to Blanche Dubois’ downfall. Blanche’s actions in response to her husband’s suicide and losing her house caused her to be viewed as a pretentious prostitute in the town she lived in. Blanche tries to start a new life in New Orleans but is never able to get away from her terrible past and only keeps encountering problems. Blanche Dubois’ downfall was caused by her husband 's suicide, losing her house and job, and finally when Stanley exposes her. One of the main reasons that led to Blanche’s downfall was due to her husband’s suicide.

Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Meh is a depressing story I hate getting flashbacks from things I don 't want to remember. -Anonymous When Adeline was born her mother died and then her family started to abuse her physically and verbally. Spacing My personnel opinion about Chinese Cinderella is that it is a depressing story because she gets abused by everyone except two ithat are the grandfather and the aunt. That is why I think that Chinese Cinderella is a depressing story . When Adeline and her family iwhen her mother died they blamed it on Adeline ,but when father married Naing everything became different from what it was or what it would become.

Their internal conflicts with cultural hybridity and their shame at the secrecy of their family, prompts Kingston and Rodriguez to use writing as means of reaching a catharsis. The first lines of Maxine Hong Kingston’s story begin with "You must not tell anyone," my mother said, "what I am about to tell you. In China your father had a sister who killed herself. She jumped into the family well. We say that your father has all brothers because it is as if she had never been born."

His father remarried with Felipa’s sister, which young Dali was not too happy about, even though he respected his aunt. Dali and his father argued about many things throughout their lives, until his father’s death. In 1922, Dalí enrolled at the Academia de San Fernando in Madrid. He was later suspended from the academy for criticising teachers and starting a riot between students. He returned to the academy in 1926, but was permanently expelled shortly before his final exams for declaring that no member of the faculty was competent enough to examine him.

Right from the moment of her birth, she was discriminated upon by the members of her tribe. This is due to her mother and twin brother died during the delivery, leaving Paikea as the unfavorable child to her grandfather Koro. This emphasizes the dislike Koro has for her because she survived over her brother, who would have become chief after Porourangi. When Porourangi told him his wife had given birth to a girl, Koro was disgusted. He announced he “would have nothing to do with her” because “she has broken the male line of descent.”Koro’s reaction to Paikea’s birth clearly demonstrated his discrimination towards females.

Johnsy reacted poorly to losing her health, wishing death upon herself and prompting her friend to tell Mr. Behrman "'[Johnsy] is very ill and weak…the fever has left her mind morbid and full of strange fancies…'" (Henry). Mr. Behrman heard the news of Johnsy's wish to die and tried to save her life, ultimately dying in the process. Johnsy experiences loss in various ways, and it is her reaction to each loss that ultimately affects the people around

She never recovers from the devastating death of her young husband, indirectly caused by the nature of his sexual desire. The death of her relatives are instrumental in reducing her to poverty, as do the desires, the costly “epic fornications” of her forebears. Her own promiscuous sexual desire destroys her reputation and her professional career. (Henthorne ) The death of her relatives leaves deep scars on Blanche’s soul, but even deeper scares are

Whenever Sister would criticize how the women are treated in her society or how awful it felt to have the uterine regular inside of her, Andrew would brush off the comments as an unimportant, woman’s-only issue. Sister would further try to explain to her husband the oppression herself, and many women, dealt with every day, “but he could not comprehend such petty complaints in the face of greater issues” (Hall 33). This brushing off of feminist and women's issues is similar to how our own patriarchal society disregards women’s issues. This is due to male privilege, a social issue that allows men advantages in life solely based off of their sex, and is prevalent in every aspect of life. In Allan G. Johnson’s article, Patriarchy, The System he states that “manhood and masculinity [are] most closely associated with being human and womanhood and femininity [are] relegated to the marginal position of ‘other’” (74).