Mother-in-law

the mother-in-law asks, “has Nature shown/ her household books to you, daughter-in-law,/ that her sons never saw?” (Rich 67-69). The tone is argumentative and almost confrontational, but as we look deeper, the older woman seems also to encourage the younger woman to pursue the idea of creating her own life outside of her marriage. She seems to be saying, it may be too late for me to create my own identity separate from my husband, but not yet for you. The mother-in-law asks the daughter-in-law if

drunk driving laws were stricter there would be fewer death rates for intoxication manslaughter around the world. More than 17,500 Americans lost their lives in drunk driving accidents in 1993 and another 1,200,000 were injured, according to Mothers against Drunk Driving. That is one death every 30 minutes, and an injury every 26 seconds. (USA today magazine p.8). Sadly, those deaths would be preventable if we had more severe laws against this issue. Drivers are aware of the laws and consequences

Having a mother-in-law who immigrated to the United States from the Philippines I have experienced first hand the difference in our material cultures. Growing up in the Philippines during World War II, her family was often lacking in basic human needs; food was not readily available, clothing was in short supply and one did not dispose of anything that might have another use. She re-purposed everything and threw out nothing, her pantry could feed a family of four for an entire year, and she was proud

how some people enact change? Mother Jones protested for child labor laws. Melba integrated a white high school in order to get rid of racism. Nelson Mandela joined South Africa’s congress to help racism. They all persevered to enact change, but they took different approaches for their problems. Mother Jones made an impact on child labor because she persevered to protect children. They way down to the White House just to protect kids. According to Josephson in Mother Jones: Fierce Fighter for Workers’

Failure to Protect Laws and their Harmful Effects on Abused Mothers Violence against women has been, and continues to be, a problem in the United States. Domestic violence especially is a large part of today’s society. It accounts for 21% of all violent crime (Truman & Morgan, 2014), and one in three women have experienced physical violence at the hands of an intimate partner in their lifetime (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2010). Three women lose their lives to domestic violence every

departure for New York, Devi was engulfed by an awesome loneliness and a wave of uselessness. Her sense of futility overwhelmed her as both the men she had trusted and loved, her father and father-in-law escaped from the “tortured grip of the pain, loneliness and guilt” (84), by dying and her gentle mother-in-law, Parvathiamma by fleeing the house in search of God long before her arrival. Drawn to ‘Kritya’ in Baba’s books more than the ‘kritis’ he quoted earlier, Devi was filled with furry as she was expected

Sita, Devi’s mother, in fact fitted the ideal description of womanhood. Sita, as her name signified was symbolic of an ideal wife, mother and daughter-in-law. She saw her femininity as an “illusion” and so she “seized it firmly by its roots and pulled it out of her soul till the enticing stems of the seven noted scale came, apart, broken and disharmonious in a cluster of pathetic twangs” (105). By giving up her veena she was giving up Saraswathi, to take on another goddess, the most ferocious of

There were many good facts and thoughts, but I just was not captured by that part of the book. When I dove into chapter one, my mind started to become curious when I came across the “I, Thou, It” portion of the reading. It reminded me of how my mother in law told me she

doesn’t have to be violent. Mother Jones fought for child labor laws, Cesar Chavez fought for migrant workers’ rights, and Gandhi fought for independence from Britain. Mother Jones, Cesar Chavez, and Mahatma Gandhi all helped to enact change by using peaceful methods to get their points across. Mother Jones was a kind person who helped fight for child labor laws. The text states, “Nationwide, eighty thousand children worked in the textile industry. In the South, Mother Jones had seen how dangerous

does not have to be violent. Mother Jones fought for child labor laws, Cesar Chavez fought for migrant workers’ rights, and Gandhi fought for independence from Britain. Mother Jones, Cesar Chavez, and Mahatma Gandhi all helped to enact change by using peaceful methods to get their points across. Mother Jones was a kind person who helped fight for child labor laws. The text states, “Nationwide, eighty thousand children worked in the textile industry. In the South, Mother Jones had seen how dangerous