The universal knowledge and strength of a mother can become, ironically, an element that provides difficulties in many relationships. The love between a mother and daughter is eternally enchanting and frustrating, invigorating and challenging. Mothers serve as a role model and example to their daughters, providing insight and guidance in every walk of life. Despite the stress many mother-daughter relationships endure, a mother’s advice is imperative. Through examining Amy Tan’s book The Joy Luck Club, Sandhya Shetty’s painting Mother and Daughter, and “Sonnets are full of love, and this is my tome” by Christina Rossetti, the power of a mother’s influence is evident.
She then found out that she had never been satisfied with any of the expensive jewelry or clothes she owned when she lived in India, those things meant nothing to her. But the gift from this poor girl meant the world to her. Mary went through lots of things in her childhood but overcame each and every one of them,and now that she has found the garden she is a strong, kind, gentle little
Although she should do so many works, she always did it happily. She hoped, with such sincerity, her mother would love her sincerely
A mother and daughter love and support each other through good times and bad times. In an article written by Eavan O 'Brien, he talks in further detail about the dynamic mother-daughter relationships have. He states, "before sisterhood; there was the knowledge - transitory, fragmented, perhaps, but original and crucial - of mother-and-daughterhood" (JSTOR). This alludes to how people should value the first person who a child develops a relationship with. Hester and Pearl share these same qualities and more throughout the novel.
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Lily was in search for a connection wither her mother, which made Rosaleen irrelevant in finding that connection. Lily constantly jumps from one love to another. Until, eventually, she found and equal love for all, “And there they were. All these mothers. I have more mothers than any eight girls off the street, the moon is shining over me”(Kidd 436).
Throughout her daughter’s life, and at the time of the portrait’s painting, Vigée Lebrun takes control of her daughter’s actions to show her as an extension of herself. “By the time Vigée Le Brun came upon the artistic scene, antiquity had become a Paris fashion, and the neoclassical style was eagerly endorsed by such painters as Vien, David’s teacher…As for Le Brun, since she always wore white muslin dresses, all she needed to do was add a veil and place a wreath of flowers on her head. She took special pleasure in decking out her daughter, Julie, in similar fashion.”53. From the time she dresses her she raises her daughter to be very much the same person as her. A plan that can only end in disappointment.
Then there is my Grandma Brenda who had recently passed away, she was always the one who everyone could go to although she was the one who never held her tongue. Her death was one of the biggest hits that the family took, and opened other eyes to how dysfunctional our family really is without her presents. Moms are the best, they carry you for nine months, feed you, change you, teach you many great things, there to comfort you in heart breaks, and even there when you have hit rock bottom. Not everyone gets the chance to be on another level with their Moms other than a Mother Daughter relationship. I’ve been on both levels of the totem pole as a Daughter and a friend when needed.
I sat there nervously wondering why any college would ever accept me, frozen with panic unable to continue any of my applications until I heard my sister’s voice ring in my head telling me how gifted I am and motivating me to continue because I’ll never flourish if I never try. In those moments of self-contemplation, I realized that my sister was the most influential person in my life. She has been with me through thick and thin and I doubt I would have gotten this far in life without her. Throughout my life, I don’t think there has been anyone rooting for me quite like my sister. Even since before I was born she prayed and prayed every night for a little brother even when both my parents and other sister didn’t.
And another conversation is that “I am too smart to cheat….It is under me” (157).Even though Kim’s mother suffered loneliness ..she is such a bold character to suffer and sacrifice though she got hardships and rejection from Aunt Paula. . “You may need to change your dreams. My little heart, listen. But sometimes our fate is different from the one we imagined for ourselves.