When Tita tried to avoid helping plan the wedding‚ knowing it would hurt her even more‚ Mama Elena punished her by putting her in charge of baking the wedding cake with Nacha. She started to hallucinate and rebel against Mama Elena. “Tita stood as if in a trance‚ staring at the whiteness of the sheet; only for a few seconds‚ but long enough to cause a sort of blindness. Wherever she looked she saw the color
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she is brave. Throughout the novel‚ Chanda shows this bravery in many different ways. For example‚ Chanda found out mama had aids and brought mama back to Banang even though her family would be a disgrace and shamed because of it. This shows us that Chanda is brave because she argued with Mrs.Tafa and her grandma until they told her where mama was she wasn’t embarrassed to bring mama back home‚ even though everyone thought she would be. Another example of bravery is seen when Chanda goes to the clinic
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tradition upheld by her tyrannical mother‚ Mama Elena‚ to marry. Pedro marries Tita’s oldest sister‚ Rosaura‚ instead‚ but declares to his father that he has only married Rosaura to remain close to Tita. Rosaura and Pedro live on the family ranch‚ offering Pedro contact with Tita. When Tita cooks a special meal with the petals of a rose given to her by Pedro‚ the still-fiery force of their love (transmitted through the food) has an intense effect on Mama Elena’s second daughter‚ Gertrudis‚ who is
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Mama and her sister hugged for the longest time and then Auntie hugged Erich who tried to squirm out of it. Then she went on to grab Irmgard in a tight embrace and finally Aunt Hilde put her strong farming arms around me. "I will miss you all so much. You have such joy in life‚ little Liesbeth." "It is a long journey but we must go to Belgium. I have heard that there is work there and it is safe‚" Mama told all of us and‚ "And we will start in the morning." Little did I know‚ as a child‚ we would
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the narrator Mrs. Johnson or “Mama.” She is the mother of two very different girls named Maggie and Dee. Throughout the short story we learn a lot about Mama and her character traits. She has had a very difficult life. Mama is a poor African-American woman‚ but she is strong and independent. She is a very hardworking individual. Mama’s strength and honesty are depicted especially well during the conflict that arises with Dee regarding the handmade family quilts. Mama grew up in a different time‚
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the story? 2. What happened to bring on Mama Elena’s early delivery of Tita? 3. Where was Tita born? 4. How come it was not necessary to slap Tita on the bottom at birth? 5. Why did Tita feel a deep love for the kitchen? 6. Explain what happened to Tita when she was two days old. 7. Explain the relationship between Tita and Nacha. What made their relationship special? 8. What made it possible for Nacha to nourish Tita and impossible for Mama Elena? 9. Compare and contrast Tita’s
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life were Radine‚ Mama‚ and Papa. Her father‚ which she always called Papa‚ was a strict parent that always wanted to keep the family in check. Papa got accused for transporting oil to submarines along the coast‚ after that he got thrown in jail for 10 years. When he met the family in Manzanar‚ he became very rude and selfish‚ even to Jeanne. Papa has made Jeanne grow up and know that all people are not nice. You could tell Papa was getting very mean when he said this to Mama‚ “I’m going to kill
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Use” talks about traditions‚ relationships and identity. In this piece by Alice Walker the three characters; Dee‚ Maggie‚ and Mama show us the struggles that African Americans during this time went through. Alice Walker’s modern classic "Everyday Use" tells the story of a mother and her two daughters’ conflicting ideas about their identities and ancestry. The mother‚ Mama narrates the story of when one of her daughter Dee‚ visits from college and clashes with the other daughter‚ Maggie‚ over the
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between black and white communities and also portray a true-life meaning to what people sufferer during the bad times of racism. Coach Boone and Mama both share leadership roles‚ uniting roles‚ and also have to overcome attitudes from opposite races. The difference between both characters is that Coach Boone applies his authority in a much harsher way than Mama. Looking at both works‚ it is easy to identify many characters that play important roles in enhancing the true conflict between these two
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answer the door because Walter and Ruth were busy dancing. Once the door was opened‚ Bennie noticed a white man in a dress suit at the foot of the door asking if Mama was there. Bennie replies “no” to the man and Walter invites the man (now introduced as Karl Linder) in to have a seat to talk about the financial matters of the house Mama had bought. Linder tells Walter that the people living in the same community as they would like to‚ are upset with a colored family moving in and would like to keep
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