about her fear of society changing the ways of her daughter‚ turning her into an independent adult. She fears that her daughter will change from the innocent young girl that she is‚ into a not so innocent‚ careless adult who doesn’t need her mother’s love. As the speaker’s daughter grows up she wants her to stay the same‚ always be good and careful in life‚ staying by her mother’s side. Each stanza represents a different time period in the daughters life starting with infancy and ending with adult
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generation gap between four-immigrant American Chinese mother and their American born daughter‚ which is cause by the bi-culture difference‚ lack of communication and the different view of America‚ in order to illustrate the culture differences and hardship in a immigrant family in America. In the novel‚ Tan illustrates the generation gap between the four Chinese immigrant mothers and their Americanized daughters is caused by the bump of two culture‚ the eastern traditional culture and the western
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Evaluation of Mockingbird by Eminem: The song “Mockingbird” by Eminem reveals many concepts throughout the song. Many emotions were shown through his lyrics for the love he has for his two daughters. His lyrics provide a brief and straight forward message but if you take time out to interpret each line it consumes a story of his life. The word alone proved an important message about how he feels about himself as a father and describes the problems he faced trying to raise Hailie and Laney. The
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Rape: The Father-Daughter “Relationship” Approximately 1‚000‚000 Americans are victims of father-daughter incest. (The National Center for Victims of Crime‚ 2011). In the poem Persephone II by Carrza DuBose‚ a young girl is a victim of sexual abuse by her father. Throughout the poem‚ she constantly expresses that the man was her father and her lack of comfort with the situation at hand. Persephone never identifies her father; she merely refers to him as “him”. The use personification‚ similes and
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noticeably towards their daughters. Tan accentuates how the four newly-immigrated mothers constantly clash with their American daughters because they demand unconditional obedience from their daughters. Throughout the novel‚ Tan demonstrates that the restrictive Chinese culture impedes the development of the American daughters’ individuality‚
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Eavan Boland’s poem "The Necessity for Irony" begins in narrative tone‚ when on a unremarkable Sunday Eavan‚ with her daughter‚ go browsing for antiques in town. However‚ by the end of the poem‚ Eavan’s tone is lyrical‚ as she sends an apostrophe to the "spirit of irony‚" asking it to "reproach" her for focusing on antiques rather than what was truly beautiful‚ her child. Her dramatic shift in tone is slow and accomplished using various techniques. In the first stanza of "The Necessity for Irony
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In the short story “I Stand Here Ironing‚” by Tillie Olsen‚ the characterization of the mother and the mother’s attitudes toward her daughter are made apparent through the use of narrative techniques and other resources of language. The narrator uses symbolism‚ flashback‚ and repetition to show a bereft mother who feels helpless in the decisions regarding her daughter and her hopefully bright future. The first sentence of the excerpt “I stand here ironing‚ and what you asked me moves tormented back
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a poor miller who had a beautiful daughter. When he crossed paths with a King‚ the miller tried to get friendly with him by telling the King about how his beautiful daughter could spin straw into gold. The King who was greedy at heart took the daughter‚ and brought her to a room where he gave her a day to spin straw into gold. If not she would be sentenced to death. Breaking down into tears‚ fearing for her life‚ a little man opened the door to where the daughter was. He then made a deal to spin her
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amusement to this story and tells the nurse to be quiet. Though these events by themselves are not particularly important‚ by assuming that Lady Capulet played a largely background role in the upbringing of her daughter‚ we are given the impression that Lady Capulet does not know her daughter very well as she has missed out on being there for Juliet appears to have a much formal relationship with her own mother than she does with her nurse. The nurse comes across as quite a garrulous character in this
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the duck represents how effort can create desired results. c. What hopes does the mother have for her daughter? The mother hopes that the daughter will be independent‚ shameless and English speaking. d. Why does the mother lose hope? The mother loses hope because of the pain and effort it took losing the swan and dealing with attaining citizenship. e. Why does she want to tell her daughter her message in perfect English? She wants to convey her wish and show the pride in her growth. f
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