Carmen now with her friends in the “Windy City” continues to exude aspects of freedom and desirability away from the control of men but she falters when she finds herself suddenly short on cash. In several scenes that follow, Carmen begins to blend into the background in contrast to her friends. Having no other clothing except the pink dress she wore in Louisiana, she appears almost “ordinary” in comparison to her best friend Frankie, who is now thriving with Husky Miller’s entourage. Frankie, no longer in her mismatched clothing and loud costume jewelry, is now wearing a luxurious brown satin gown with a feathered headdress and brilliant jewels (fig. 9). Frankie tries to encourage Carmen to use her beauty to get Husky’s affections in order
When I was little I remember driving across country, going to Florida, and past neighborhoods that were anything but mine. They had old houses that looked like they were going to fall down any minute, real trashy looking. In Colorado, my house was nice and always kept up. I sat in the car wondering what kind of people lived in those run down places and what they were like. The answers came to me years later when I read the book, Famous All Over Town, by Danny Santiago. The main character, Chato, is a young Hispanic boy living in a neighborhood like the ones I saw when I was little. After reading the book, although I never thought I would have anything in common with people who lived like that, I learned that Chato and I have do have similarities, but we have more differences.
Many people have said and think Sister Souljah is a racist. She has made a statement to let people know she is not a racist. She considers herself of being a black sister with an unselfish heart and wants to be heard and will be heard. Sister Souljah has impacted and affected our society today. To some people she is a threat and some people admire her work, thoughts, and music. She has stated ''I am mentally, emotionally, spiritually, physically, intellectually, and academically developed and acutely aware of the condition of African people throughout the entire world".
Belle Graycloud is a feisty, strong-willed Indian woman. She is well respected and is the commanding grandmother of her household. Her family is very close to the Blankets, who are distant cousins. Belle’s daughter, Lettie, is a close friend of Grace. Lettie’s lover, Benoit, is an Osage man that is married to Grace’s crippled sister, Sara Blanket; but he is more like a brother and caretaker to her than he is a husband.
Durango Street is a novel by Frank Bonham. He writes about a young boy who lives in an extremely bad neighborhood. His name is Rufus Henry. Rufus was in a correctional camp for stealing a car. In the camp he met a friend named Baby. Baby lived where Rufus's mother had moved. Baby got released a little bit before Rufus and then went on to his home "the flats." Rufus was left out from camp with a parol officer. His parole officer tells him not to get involved with gangs but Rufus knows he has to join a gang to survive. He runs into one of the local gangs The Gassers, and gets into a little fight with them and the leader Simon Jones. He gets away in good condition, but knows that The Gassers are goin to be looking for him. So he finds his friend Baby and joins the gang The Moors. Rufus gets beat up into the gang, and soon after takes over. He beats up the leader Bantu. Rufus the takes contorl of the gang. The rival gang knows about this, and then beats up Rufus's little sister. Rufus then gets back at them and beats up the gang and blows up there car. He then meets up with a man named Alex Robbins. The man is a social worker who "sponsors" or helps gangs. They have meetings every week and talk about The Gassers and ideas they have. Alex suggests to go to the local football team (TheMaurders) and watch them train. Little did Alex know is that Rufus has an obsession with their star running back Ernie Brown. Ernie is actually Rufus's father, but no-one knows except Rufus and his mother. Simon Jones steals Rufus's book of Ernie Brown that he keeps in secret and in provate. Simon then reads it in front of everyone how Ernie is really Rufus's father. This makes things with the gangs very hostile. The Moors then meet these two girls named Nonie and Jannet. They talk with the gang and convince them to throw a graduation dance. The gang rounds up some money and has the dance. The Gassers try to ruin it by setting off smoke bombs in the ventalation systems, but the dance is not spoiled but turned out great. After the dance Rufus and Alex talk about Rufus going back to school, and they end off with a nice smile.
Almost every person who have a liking to reading enjoyable books, read them from first- person point of view. Usually, what authors do is that when they write a novel from that point of view of a specific character, they want the reader to relate to that character and their emotions; this is where identity comes in. Identity is a state of mind in which someone recognizes who they really are and how they define or see themselves as a being (Study Mode). This is exactly what the author is trying to convey in the main character. This completely on the contrary of what Julia Alvarez is doing in her novel. She wants the reader to learn and understand the protagonist through other characters. She creates a protagonist who never tells her own story, yet still comes to life through the observations that other people make about her. In Julia Alvarez's ¡Yo!, she demonstrates the theme of identity through the perspectives on multiple narrators. These narrators inform the reader their experience with Yolanda Garcia and their feelings towards her; specifically the stranger, the student, and the stalker.
Jennifer Lopez was born in the Bronx, New York on July 24, 1970. She was born in the United States to Puerto Rican Parents, Jennifer considers herself to be a Puerto Rican and she is very proud of her Hispanic heritage and culture. Her father is David Lopez, a computer specialist, and her mother Guadalupe Lopez, a Kindergarten teacher. Her parents recognized Jennifer’s talent and enthusiasm for performing and at the age of five the enrolled her in dance classes. Her mother said “Jennifer always loved to sing, but she was also a great actress and knew that she would have a bright future ahead of her.” With the support of her parents Jennifer grew up to be a very sensible girl, who is still very close to her family. When Jennifer earned her million-dollar paycheck for playing the role in the movie Selena, she bought her mom a Cadillac. Even though they saw Jennifer’s talent at the age of five, their relationship was not always understandable. Jennifer made a major decision and that was not to go to College. That decision was very disappointing to her parents who wanted her to go to law school. Her parents supported her pursuit of a career in show business, they did not wanted to be in the expense of her education. When Jennifer told her parents that she was not going to College and law school, they thought it was really stupid to go off and try to be a movie star.
The story follows a small-town Kansas girl named Millie Dillmount who decides to move to New York City in hopes of becoming a success. She is set on achieving her goal and becoming a “modern” which basically is a flapper. Soon after arriving in New York Millie is mugged and while she runs after her aggressor in a panic, she trips Jimmy Smith. Jimmy is an attractive young man who flies by the seat of his pants. He and Millie end up fighting over her plans and she storms off.
Dorothy West was a novel and short story writer. She was born on June 2, 1907 in
Growing up on the south side of Chicago in the roughest neighborhood in the city I learned a lot from others and just observing my surroundings. At times, I would always think to myself my situation could always be worse than it was, and that there is always someone who is doing worst off than me. But my situation turned from being in a bad position to being in a position where my mother would come to lose her mother and our home that we had been living in, all in the same year. After losing her mother and bother my mom lost herself in her emotions and shut down on everyone and with that came the loss of a home for me and my siblings and her job. Shortly after my mom began to go back to church and so did we. It was the first time in a log time that we had attended church and it played a big part in a learning experience for me and my siblings. Through the days that came to pass going to church sparked a desire of wanting to help others who had or are struggling to get by. My mentor, Pastor, and teacher deserves appreciation for helping my mother through a hard time and keeping me and my siblings active in a positive manor.
Princeton, from the musical “Avenue Q”, can be described as happy, lost, and optimistic. As a recent graduate from college, Princeton has no idea what to do with a B.A. in English. Although Princeton is thrown this seemingly impossible obstacle to overcome, he is determined to find his purpose in life, and it is this quality that Princeton encompasses that I relate to.
The story goes: That Carmen Winstead was pushed down the sewer by girls who were bulling her, she died and came back to take revenge on the girls and whoever doesn’t believe her story. (Storyteller,2015). I don’t think this story is true. I find it hard believe that someone would come back to haunt you and kill you from the grave. When someone looks up her name on google all that comes up is, the story of her urban legend. You would figure if this was a real person who died an obituary would pop up. Per an article posted on wafflesatnoon.com, the legend is fake and was started as a chain letter on myspace.com. It also states in the article that the story was started in 2006 and was expanded in 2013 (Waffles, 2016). Dictionary.com
Louise Gluck, “Meadowlands”, explains to the readers that there are many sequences that is going on with these poems. Some parts are talking about family relationships, love, and other parts in the book talk about marriage, lies, power, and abandonment. Most of the poems are constructed in free verse and in single-stanza. There are many speakers throughout the story. These poems are something that some individuals can relate to are many individuals that may feel lost, hurt, confused and trying to figure themselves out just like Telemachus experienced in Meadowlands. Telemachus speaks about his parents’ lives and feels like he is the third wheel.
Tess Durbeyfield is a victim of both external and internal forces. Passive and yielding, unsuspicious and fundamentally pure, she suffers a weakness of will and reason, struggling against a fate that is too strong for her to overcome. Tess falls victim to circumstance, society, and male idealism. Tess may be unable to overcome these apparent difficulties is destroyed by her ravaging self-destructive sense of guilt, life denial and the cruelty of two men.
As soon as Carrie arrives in Chicago various obstacles face her. She has no experience at working outside home, which makes
When she tries to find a job, she is scared. Carrie has no skills to offer an employer, no job experience, and her clothing was of poor quality. Chicago was a large city, but society at that time did not have many job opportunities for working women. The only jobs that Carrie could possibly get were in the factories that, paid low wages, had poor working conditions, and long hours. She knew that after she paid rent to her brother-in-law, she would have very little left to buy all the beautiful things that she longed for. When Carrie took the job at the shoe factory, she did not like the hard work and considered the other women who worked there to be common. When winter arrived, Carrie got sick and stayed home from work which caused her to lose her job.