The Old Generation In The Medicine Bag

“ She understands and accepts their relationship. Her father and Mrs. Cadaver are just friends but Sal understands their relationship might grow into something even more. Sal learns to accept everything her father went through with Mrs. Cadaver. As a result of everything I wrote, I feel that acceptance is one of the major themes throughout the book Walk Two Moons. The author put many clues in the text of the book to support this theme.

The quilts mean for Maggie communication with family and culture.So there are two different meaning of heritage because The two sister has a very different attitude toward their heritage. However, the truer one is Maggie’s concept of heritage because it means for her more than a shown popular fashion “things“ it means to love and connection to memories and people. “ Heritage is defined as something that is or can be inherited; such as in culture, tradition, or it can be something of importance” (dictionary.com). In Alice Walker 's short story, "Everyday Use", Dee has recently discovered her heritage, so she returns home with the goal of getting some of her mother’s possessions to put it to her new apartment in the college including the “quilt”. Dee wants to take the quilt that her mother has promised to her sister Maggie.

The main character's journey aligns with the archetypal hero's journey in my book because they are the same character. Momma in the book resembles mother archetype character. Because of Mommas kind heartedness she has become the mother figure to a few relatives and also helped others in need no matter the skin colour. For example in the book, Momma when talking to a white dentist she says, "'When you come to borrow my money you didn't have to beg. You asked me, and I lent it."'

In the book, Warriors Don’t Cry, Melba Pattillo Beals brought significant events that are significantly influenced her and the other characters. There are two factors that I feel have significantly influenced Melba and other characters in the book, such as family and community support and racial politics. Family and community support have significantly influenced Melba because in her family, Melba got support from her Grandma India and Mother Lois. Even though Grandma India is always strict to Melba, Grandma India showed her attention towards Melba. As an example, “You’re staying home, baby … Everything’s being taken from me!” (82).

Pauline Hopkins once said that “our surroundings influence ours lives and characters as just as much as fate, destiny, or any supernatural agency does.” In most cases, Hopkins would be correct. One can absolutely see this concept in the case of Leah Price from The Poisonwood Bible. Early in this novel, Leah Price is the daughter that tried to follow in her father 's footsteps. Almost everything that Leah does is to gain the respect from her father, Nathan, that she so craves. Leah’s fight for Nathan’s attention and love has gone on for years, since she was born basically.

Lena Younger (also known as ‘Mama’) is portrayed as the matriarch figure of the Younger family. Since her husband, “Big” Walter Younger died, she has become, “the center of her family 's life and controls many of the interactions of the other family members… such as the economic decisions”. (Bloom) She is religious, moral, and always ready to give advice to her children and grandchild. However, it’s her traditional and conservative way of thinking that leads to many disagreements with the other characters. While Mama “represents the traditional prescribed domestic role assigned to the women of her generation”, her daughter-in-law Ruth Younger represents “a generation in transition”.

Her use of flashbacks tells the different stories of each family, and eventually connects them all near the end. She uses metaphors to express the connection between both the girl and her mother. The similes Tan used are included to compare the differences between the mother and daughter she refers to. Tan has a theme of the importance of family in all her books, but The Joy Luck Club focuses on the most important relationship there is, the one shared between a girl and her mother, and it can overcome even the most different of

Scott Momaday, is a story of his past. Momaday explains how his grandmother was the last of the kiowas and that, in itself, made her special. He goes on to say that she still kept in touch with the tribe because he remembers how some kiowas, greasy hair and all, came to visit. Momaday was young, and this crafted how he saw his grandmother and the stories she told him sparked his imagination. When the time comes that his grandmother passes, he returns to the place that triggered his memory and drove his imagination.

Her main motivation is the love she has for her grandson because she must travel to purchase the medication he needs to overcome his illness. In addition, all the small details of her journey prove to be significant by allowing the reader to further analyze the short story and understand its theme. Many people

The author particularly appears to be a person growing up in the first half of 20th century when the family values, ancestral connections, and the intimate norms were the things to be preserved. The author connects with her audience on the value and preciousness of the ‘family’ and ‘home’. She writes the essay right in the center of the setting that she is describing and possess a strong sense of connection with her surroundings. She also writes as a mother of the young daughter who wants to transmit the love and knowledge of family values to her daughter, but she knows that these values have become oblique and her daughter would never understand their true

Once Nancy met the love of her life Ronald, she assumed the role of the primary caregiver. It could then be noted that her personality shifted from one of autonomy to one of intense caring for others. Besides being a homemaker, in mid-life she become a personal protector for her husband. Her personality shifted when Ronald experienced a near death experience, and Nancy again showed how caring and passionate she was about her family. Nancy exemplified post-conventional morality (5).

On top of all this, my aunt and her husband own a lake house that they maintain all year. Finally, the last trait that makes my aunt a remarkable person is that she is always ready to help my family. When my two younger siblings were born, my aunt drove to my house to stay with my older sister and I. Another example of her willing to help my family was when I was too young to stay at home alone. My aunt would babysit my sister and I when we were too young to stay at home alone.

Over the course of a person’s life they will grow, learn, and change. In Natasha Chang’s Memoir Bound & Western Dress, there is a character whose life story emanates this. The book is based on the interviews the author has with her great aunt – Chang Yu-i. Natasha explains how Yu-I went through many trials and tribulations throughout her life but through it all became a better person. One of Yu-I’s earliest struggles was growing up in a very traditional household.

Some connections that I have with the book Year of impossible goodbyes is that my mother used to live in Asia for a very long time. I also have a younger sibling, but mine is a girl, that I have to take care of if my parents aren 't around. But the biggest connection I have to this book is that I have a brother, just like Sookan, that I don 't get to see very often because he is married and has two kids. Throughout the book of year of Impossible Goodbyes Sookan is very brave when she goes to school, washes her grandfather’s feet and when she makes it to the south. When the soldiers cut down their beloved pine tree Sookan’s grandfather got sick.