The Papas were an ancient civilization that started in 700 BCE. This civilization started becoming strong and developed in the foundational time of the Fries. Part of what made the Papas such an intricate ancient civilization‚ were their ways of building roads‚ water systems‚ and their metalworks. These metalworks are what really made them famous. From the mine‚ they dug up a lot of iron ore. With this ore‚ they made many weapons and tools. The cities were sometimes near or on a mountain with not
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is endowed with southern traditions and values that makes it hard to believe that she was born in New York and attended colleges in the North‚ Brooklyn College and Yale University‚ without mention of any southern connection when she wrote the novel Mama Day in 1993. The fluency of her pen gives a voice in southern literature through her love of land for Willow Springs‚ violence and turmoil in history of descendants‚ and race relationships throughout the community. A brilliantly written story of a
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a mother and child as a romanticized “circular logic” that proves the idea that women are naturally nurturing. This romanticisation exemplifies that the bond between biological mother and child is stronger than any other bond. We see this in “Dear Mama” a song recorded by the late rapper‚ Tupac Shakur. His example not only serves as an example of a queer mono-maternalism but also ties in with Park’s biological essentialism hypothesis. Which states that the human nature of giving birth is a innate
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“Mama Might Be Better off Dead: the Failure of Health Care in Urban America” by Laurie Kaye Abraham‚ follows a families struggles over the course of three years in a poor Chicago neighborhood. Abraham points out specifically how the health care system in the United States has failed the different members of the poverty stricken Banes family. The main character‚ Jackie has the responsibility of taking care of her sick and elderly grandmother. Jackie also cares for her three young children with little
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In the beginning of the work Mama Day by Gloria Naylor the reader is introduced to the three prefatory documents. The reader is completely unaware that the bill‚ a map of the island of Willow Springs and the family tree completely connect and contribute to the main theme and the entirety of the text in itself. It isn’t uncommon in novels for a map of the setting of the text to be present in the beginning of the work‚ it is generally present to allow the reader to visualize and understand the character’s
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Journal Tupac shakure dear mama Tupac Amaru Shakur was born on June 16‚ 1971‚ in the East Harlem section of Manhattan in New York City. During his early childhood Tupac faced many challenges‚ his mother was a crack addict and his farther left them when he was still an infant. Having no one to turn he dropped out of school and started selling cocaine on the streets. At the age of 17‚ hungry for success he began his career as a raper. Soon after his debut on stage‚ his remarkable talent shocked the
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The most important character is mama. i believe this because in anyone’s life their mother would and should be the most important. She runs the family‚ what she says goes. whenever her kids seem stressed she can tell like when ever walter was trying to leave and got into a argument with his wife. Mama jumped in and talked to walter because she could tell he was not the same. Shes there to help guide her family now more then to help with anything. She gives advice and a hand when needed. The play
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In Lorraine Hansberry’s drama‚ A Raisin in the sun‚ Lena Younger‚ or also known as‚ Mama‚ is characterized by a strong noble women. Mama devotes her love and passion to her children‚ her family‚ and God. Mama strived to keep her family strong and unified because material things could never trump the love for family. Before the drama starts Mama’s husband dies and they are waiting to receive a $10‚000 life insurance check. When the check came in‚ and she held it in her hand‚ she felt mournful. That
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Lena (Mama) Younger – A Dissection of Character Personality and actions are definitive pieces of a person‚ but what makes someone’s identity wholly unique to that individual? A person’s core traits allow another being the ability to discern exactly what motivates that person. In the case of Lena Younger‚ or Mama as she is known‚ her identity rests on her pride as an African-American woman‚ the racially motivated world she has grown up in‚ and her immense love of her children. All of these
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your character’s role in the family? Mama may not seem like it it‚ but she is a complex character. Her character develops and changes throughout the play. In the first scene‚ she comes off as a crusher of dreams by telling Ruth‚ "Well-whether they drinks it or not ain’t none of my business. But whether I go into business selling it to ’em (is)‚ and I don’t want that on my ledger this late in life" (42). Mama tells this to Ruth after Ruth tries to convinces Mama of using the insurance check to let
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