A Mother's Daughter By Ann Walls

In Reyna Grande’s memoir, The Distance Between Us, Grande explains how difficult it was for Reyna to grow up with many parental figures in her life. Reyna’s parents left Iguala, Mexico for the United States in search of work to build their dream home in Mexico. As a result, Reyna and her two siblings were sent to live with their cruel Abuela Evila. The living conditions (living condition in US and mexico) Reyna had many parental figures in her life that affected her identity, Tia Emperatriz, Mago, Mila, and Natalio, but Diana Savas had the greatest impact by mentoring and encouraging her to go to school and become a writer. Although Tia Emperatriz, Mago, Mila, and Natalio had an impact on Reyna’s identity, Diana Savas had the greatest parental effect on her because she was there when she

In the book, Mama Might Be Better off Dead, there were two main characters that were crucial to the plot of the story, Jackie Banes and Mrs. Jackson. Throughout the book, I found Mrs. Jackson to have the best connection with public health. Mrs. Jackson was an elderly and disabled women with a variety of health care odds stacked against her. She had numerous health concerns; such as, diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, and an amputated limb (Abraham, 1993). Mrs. Jackson suffered these health issues because she was a poverty stricken women and experienced economically depressed living conditions. Due to her low socio-economic status, Mrs. Jackson did not qualify for full coverage Medicaid because she was not considered in a low enough income bracket unless she put more than half of her monthly social security towards health benefits (Abraham, 1993). As a woman with limited resources, Mrs. Jackson was unable to afford the cost of benefits much less her own survival expenses. The duration that Mrs. Jackson experienced insufficient resources led her to all of her unfortunate outcomes regarding her health. One of the reasons Mrs. Jackson needed an amputation on her leg was due to an untreated wound that resulted from her diabetes. Her diabetes had also gone untreated because she was unable to afford treatment and transportation costs to help her infection heal (Abraham, 1993). In the book, no one cared about Mrs. Jackson and it was because she was a poor

In Cinderella Ate My Daughter Peggy Orenstein examines the triumphs and pitfalls navigating raising a daughter, in today’s mixed message world. From peer pressure and the need to fit in today’s society, young females have commercialism forced at them at every turn and in very clever ways. Doll creators have been pushing the boundaries of good taste with each new season launch. When the more “mature” actresses at the age of 17 feel the need to do something drastic to remove them from the wholesome image created for by company executives, mothers and consumers feel betrayed, and yet then we need to have a dialog with our kids as to why just last month Miley Cyrus was wonderful but now she is not okay for the viewing household.

Growing up in today’s society can be traumatizing for any child. When it comes to growing up as a young girl, however, it can be downright devastating, but not only for the child but the parent as well. There are so many decisions to be made when choosing how to raise your child, assuring that you have instilled proper values to develop a healthy sense of self-worth and confidence.

The poem “Mothers and Daughters” is written by Pat Mora. Pat Mora is a contemporary award winning writer, who writes for children, youngsters and adults. She was born in El Paso, TX in the year 1942. She attains a title of a Hispanic writer; however, the most of her poems are in English. In her literary work, one can observe the different aspects of the immigrants’ lives such as language issues, family relationships, immigrants’ experiences and cultural differences (1187).

Discuss how your investigation of the generic conventions of poetry has influenced your understanding of at least one poem that you have studied in this unit.

In the “Invisible Child” written by Andrea Elliot, a lifestyle of a homeless girl named Dasani and her family is shown. Elliot displays Dasani’s culture, and some of the struggles that she and her family face daily because they are homeless. Dasani is very dedicated to her school work. She wants to be better than anyone in her family ever was so she doesn’t have to worry about being homeless for the rest of her life. In some ways I can relate to Dasani, I am very passionate about my school work as well. I want to excel so I can be my very best in the future. However, our reasoning’s for wanting to be the best we can be are a little different. She wants to excel so she no longer has to worry about being homeless whereas I’ve never been homeless so I cannot say the exact same. I grew up being a very privileged kid. Both of my parents worked full time good paying jobs. I’ve never had to want for much of anything. My parents have always spoiled me with nice things, they have always made sure my siblings and I had nice clothes and a decent meal to eat. They are even paying for me to attain a college education. Dasani and her family however are a lot different from mine. In the “Invisible Child” Elliot tells us how Dasani’s parents do not have legit jobs, instead they have side “hustles” that only bring in a few dollars. Elliot states (2013) that a lot of mornings Dasani was starving at school because she had no breakfast. Dasani and her siblings also had to wear clothes that were

In Meredith Small’s article Our Babies, Ourselves she focuses on people’s social and psychological development through examining the different cultural aspects of raising a child. During this process she compares the American perspective of treating babies, to those of the Gusii and the Dutch. Throughout her examination many points are made that I believe can give the reader’s a valuable understanding of the impact of different means of parenthood on a child’s future development.

Questions have been raised on whether Chinese parenting raises more flourishing children than Western parenting. Despite what people think, in Amy Chua's essay “The Roar of the Tiger Mom”, she portrays the differences between the beliefs of Chinese parenting and Western parenting. Chua introduces the views of a Chinese parent compared to the views of a Western parent. The methods used by Chinese mothers in raising their children are drastically different from Western mothers. Each defends their methods and believes the other group is doing their job poorly. In the end, both types of parents just want one thing-- successful children.

On of the works of art that I have come across this term is an oil on canvas titled “Young Mother and Two Children” by Mary Cassatt, an American Impressionist painter, measures 92.08 x 73.66 cm. The subject matter of a mother and her two children done in the Impressionist style depicts a lifelike representation with an almost ethereal viewpoint There is also a sense of unity as it is a closed composition, which directs the eye to the piece and although there are three subjects within the painting, it seems as one unified and self contained image.

The idea of Mother Earth is extremely empowering for women; most women believe that, right? Ellen Cronan Rose finds the idea of mother earth tremendously unempowering. Rose writes in her article “The Good Mother: from Gaia to Gilead”, that the imagery of mother earth is deeply problematic and is harmful to the feminist cause. This is a shocking view considering that most women don’t seem to have a problem with that idea. Ellen Cronan Rose states that the “mother earth” metaphor is harmful to the way women are viewed in society because it perpetuates negative stereotypes against women, it views the earth and women primarily as producers, and it overlooks the fact that both men and women are connected to nature. She goes in-depth into how mother earth imagery can impact women.

This is Radio National’s Open Learning programme. Today we start a new series “Soundscape” designed to investigate current social issues as portrayed in new books on the market. I am your host Yoshie Samosir, and we will commence out programme by examining Alice Pung’s autobiography Her Father’s Daughter which will feature the issues, representations and beliefs present which positions the audience to accept the dominant reading of the text. It is a moving story of an unspoken conversation between a Chinese father and her daughter, about growing up and growing old. Alice Pung has had a remarkable life, particularly her movement with the determination of discovering her cultural identity and confirmation of her attitudes and beliefs being a

“Night, Mother,” by Marsha Norman deals with the topic of suicide and the thoughts associated with coming to this final conclusion. The reader is introduced to Jessie, a recently divorced woman and Thelma her mother. Jessie’s characterized as being in her thirties and epileptic. One would think that this epilepsy would be the main contributing factor in Jessie’s decision to commit suicide however it is but a minute factor in the final conclusion. Towards the ending of the play Mama is trying her hardest to keep Jessie from committing suicide but the scenes do not seem to only be about Jessie.

I dedicate this book to my mother, Annie Smith Tyson. My grandmothers Henrietta Bates and Rebecca Shephard. These three women stood in the gap for me on many occasions, along with my beautiful, wonderful, strong, and powerful mother. My grandmothers who now watch over me within the great cloud of witnesses, taught me how to walk as an individual but with a heart to serve. They were the ones who showed me how to believe God, how to call upon His name and how to trust Him. Their unique qualities brought God into my life and into the hearts of others, through lives of prayer, lessons on life and great wisdom. Whenever I needed something, my grandparents would pray and teach me how to pray. They led by example; I was always encouraged to trust

“God, when will you create a woman who will be fulfilled in herself, a full human being, not anybody’s appendage? She prayed desperately”.