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Women literature is defined in many ways . It explores the reaches of women’s lives. They focus on the dynamics of relationships with family, friends, and lovers. They may end happily, though not always, that examine issues which confront many women, at work or at home. Women literature tries to reach out to all women. A lot of women have been through things that have damaged them physically and mentally. They write to show how women got through their problems, how they stood tall and held their head high. They right to guide fellow women who go through similar things so it won’t lead them it to depression or anything worse. In a lot of the books they talk about women looking for their identity finding themselves after their hardship. It goes through the history of women describing how they got to the place they are now there life. It strives for women to take a stand know their inner beauty. Women have always made a big difference in the world but never been acknowledged for it.
In Enslers book she describes the different emotions from women growing up and I have never read nothing like that .To Ensler language is what is important. Language defined is a body of words and the system for their use, most common to people as a way of defining who they are, from the same community, nation, geographical area or their cultural and tradition. In the authors eyes what you call your body parts is a big deal. Your description of you shows the level of respect you have for yourself, in this case your body. When defining your sexuality, body, e.t.c your choice of words and the way you say things also gives off emotions and inner feelings of one’s self. A point the author is trying to make is that women are self- conscious and don’t give themselves enough credit. Women are looked down on and certain acts like talking about their vaginas is something they would find shameful because of society
It isn’t what we are taught in high school. And then there is the women who really went through hardship in camps loosing their homes have to be the head of the house, why can’t we learn about that. So many women have been raped and abused and people have seen or known and kept quite, why is that? When will women’s lives be cherished . In women literature that’s what it’s about understanding what it means to be a women, taking control. In the book two or three things I know for sure I like how the family was basically a females. The cycle of women in a lot of families are the same or have similar outcomes. Very few women have the strength to change. I believe it has to do more with them seeing the life and turning the look on it negative so it would be something they hate and want to change, It's like a family curse. You can't stop all habits you will eventually pick up some but it's the ones you choose to keep that make you stand out from all the rest.
I learned about a lot of different women and the different struggles. I learned a lot about being a women and how u really physically have to love yourself unconditionally. I recognized why I go through some of the things I do based of other women’s stories. I want to continue reading books about women and learning about their obstacles . I found that you can learn a lot about your life and things that go on from it and it helps when trying to make goals for yourself. I want to know more about the work Ensler it is similar to the things I want to do. I enjoyed the movie on the female inmates a lot it made me want to cry. Women literature is one of the best things out for women because only previous women can guide and encourage women.

Two or three things I know for sure

After finishing this book I came to conlcude that her saying it can be the truth or fiction was based on peoples believe. She stated in the book that her aunt didn't believed she was rapped because she only believed whgat she chose to believe and that same statement goes for who ever the listener/reader is because wether they believe it or not it is truth to her.
The cycle of women in a lot of families are the same or have similar oputcomes. Very few women have the strength to change. I believe it has to do more with them seeing the life and turing the look on it negative so it would be something they hate and want to change, It's like a family curse.You can't stop all habits you will eventually pick up some but it's the ones you choose to keep that make you stand out from all the rest. Dorthy's two or three things..., were a lot of truthful things about life and it help me understand the situations she was explaining better. My favorite two or three things was the one where she stated you can love and hate something and not understand why. i believe this is true about nost life instances and people settling for things they truthfully can hate  but at the same time it's like they love it because they stick with it in a sense.

two or three thing i know for sure

The beginning of this book is a little confusing I must admit. The way it opened and said it was telling a story and then it was just her talking I wasn't sure when the story begin or ended. In the beginning she starts of saying she is a story teller. All stories are not true and she makes that statement known as well. So i wonder is this a true story, a fiction story, or a little bit of both. It almost seems as if she is telling the story from her eyes, something an outsider wouldn't see. It's like the world sees this image as something they think might be real but can be a lie to the person who is living the truth. From what I did understand it seem like as a child she was confused. She wondered who determines her life along with her family’s life. Why did she have to be labeled as white trash when she was innocent? More importantly why does any have to be labeled as something because the way they choose to live? It is true though depending on your families action you can easily get a label based off them. When her mom died there was a part in the book where the aunt announced them as their mother's daughters and i took that as her aunt trying to label them as well. As an adult no matter what you should never tell a child they are this and they are that. And if it is done at home you can expect that if it comes from strangers it affects the child mentally.

the shawl

Rosa is a lonely and doesn't really have anyone to confide in. It's like she is scared of everyone in the world she feels as if they are out to harm her in every way. She puts herself in a box to shut herself off from the world. Just like a lot of human beings in this world. In the book you never hear Rosa talk about her having an real friends in her life. It could possibly be because she was still young when she got taken to the camps and didn't really get to live her life.
Persky tried to be her friend. He tried to get all the worries off her mind and have her enjoy her life. But she just pushed him away. She viewed him as someone trying to run a game on her. I believe his role was to try and open her up .He got he to get a little out of her shell and from the looks of it he was the only one to make some success. Through out her whole life she was in need of letting out her steam and with the help of Persky and the manager at the hotel she got to do some of those things. Her lashing out at the manager was letting out all her emotions she felt from being in the camp. She went through torture ,and couldn’t stand up for her rights couldn’t say what she wanted and at the hotel she did. She called the manager a nasiz directly during their conversation. Which shows being there she really felt as if she was in the camp.

Rosa

Rosa is not crazy, I would call it her just being human. I believe that Rosa destroyed her shop because it caused her pain in some sense. It didn’t bring her peace. It brung her a mixture of emotions, to know people didn’t cherish the history of things but just the display it brung . She wanted to make a difference get people to open their hearts but instead she felt like she lived in a world with no own facing the truth. As if everyone is living a lie.
Rosa lived her life as if her past was her on going presence . She need some type of release from the horrible life she once lived but instead she never puts it behind her . It seem like she despise people who choose to act like it never happened . Her niece is someone in particular. But I also believe her hatred towards has more to do with than her just putting everything behind her. I think Rose blames Stella for the death of her child, because of her selfishness. At the same time Stella is all she has and I honestly feel they should be sticking together rather than falling apart. Rosa just need someone to care for . Her daughter was the only comfort she had left and it got taken away from her so she plays the world for it. Rosa imagination is very wide . I was amazed at how she imagined a whole life for her daughter out of no where. But at the same time she could have been imagining the life she wanted for herself as her daughters.

The Shawl

This book started of different to me than most of the books we read. It starts off with the danger and the problem right in the beginning. You don’t get to know each character as a person or see what they about it straight to the disaster. Which can be a good or bad thing depending on the reader. To me it was a good thing because there was no sugar coding, no one was painting a false picture it went straight to it and told it exactly how it was.

 My heart really goes out to Rosa having to try to nurture a baby while going through both physical and mental abuse. Having to protect her baby from the enemies and her own kind all at once because the enemy would have killed her and her own kind wanted to eat her. I can’t imagine the pain she felt when all she wanted to do was run and save her baby but could only sit in watch because it would have been her life. At the same time to me Rosa watching Magda die was the death of herself as well. In a sense it killed her spirit. I believe the only way she kept pushing was to pretend as if her daughter was still living. No one knows how it really feels to have everything taken away from you, and loose hope. Then to have a child which is the only thing you have to love and love you unconditionally and to then have that taken away. That is horrible and I don’t fault Rosa. Rosa she is just like every other mother in the world who wants nothing more than to love her child. It is wrong for people to judge her because of it, give titles and think of her as crazy. She is human and every human has emotion and reacts to any situation they been in.

divine...

The father is the one who lost himself the most. He went from a successfully man being able to provide for his family to someone who could barely take care of himself. It felt like his children lost all respect for him which is really sad because he did nothing more but long to be with them. He didn’t appear the way they remembered or do the stuff they once loved. As for his wife I'm not sure how much she resented him for the changes she had to make in her life to now become the provider of the family.
the confession to me was more of letting the world know that they were ordinary Americans just like them and didn't deserve to be accused of all those things. I am guessing the Japanese believed confessing will sent them free but instead it hurt them .
I was surprised that no one came out and told there full story. I really wanted to know what happen to them in there. I wanted to know why they read there letters and crossed out their words knowing that was there only communication. the stripped them of all privacy which is so cruel. and as for the children and mother it like they treated them like animals. They gave them food only if they finished all their food and to do so they had to eat as animals. They gave them army leftovers to keep warm. In the end it was if they had nothing left ,no sense of self. In fact the only thing that kept them together was their faith and because they were together. As for the father he had it rough he was alone and still kept up the little strength he had just to make it home to his family.

Continued..

There are a lot of different emotions that come out of this book. You'll find a lot of lies, a lot of fantasizing and some truth as well. The questions is why were so many lies told, and so many secrets kept. After all they have been through why didn’t they get it out, was closure ever desired? Maybe they lied to feel better about everything or they could have been too scared to face the truth. Lying could have been their way of gaining strength and being able to bare their hardship. The fantasizing had a roll in that as well. I took it as their sense of hope. They envisioned them being free. They wanted their lives back they wanted their freedom the wanted to be proud of who they were and not be ashamed and hide it. There were times where they dreamed about things being worse than they already were. Which is hard to figure out a meaning to. It could be that the fear they built up inside haunted them and their dreams were the only place they allowed them to come out, because it was hidden in each one of their thoughts.
With the war ending you would think things would get better but in my eyes it kind of got worse. I say this because they had this set way of how it would be if they returned and instead they got the complete opposite. They didn’t receive any comfort no welcome, not anything. In the camp they at least had people on their side they had friends who didn’t turn their backs on them and people who accepted them. Back at their home the only had each other no one helped them get on their feet. They didn’t treat them equal etc. who want to go home to that and even going back to their home which wasn’t home to them at all nothing was the same.

4/14

Looking at the title of this book I wouldn’t have thought the book was about a traumatic situation. I don’t know if the government was merrily right to put people through such harsh conditions. Did this process help them in anyway? Were any of the people put in the camps actually found guilty. I can find a lot of reasons why this process was wrong. To have innocent people loose their homes, and their job. To have a life one day and then have it all taken away the next. To be isolated from society . That was just cruel. People come to America to live their dream life or close to it the become citizens so why do they get treated different . Where is the equally and freedom they are promised . Where was there justice. Did they even receive an apology .Were they ever treated the same again or were they always looked at from now on as enemies. What about the children I can’t imagine what was going through their minds. They got everything taken from them with no explanation of why they were being punished. What about their education that was taken from them.
To me the mother had to taken in a lot. She built up a lot of strength to hold their family together . To have a partner one minute and then be al alone the next . Then on top of that having to pretend to despise where she came from. I believed that the family was very Americanized .They were no different from an American family just their outer appearance. The government shouldn’t have all that power their should be guidelines. All those innocent people shouldn’t have gone through all that , it just isn’t fair.

Push Continued

In the beginning of the book Precious lacked power. She had no control over her situation. My question is how is who has the power determined. What does it me to obtain power? In this book as well as for precious to obtaining power was her gaining self control, it was her taking charge and saying that it is her life and only she controls it from now on .As the book goes on she gains that power which isn’t hard to believe seeing as she figured out how to survive under someone else power over her. But is her gaining her power going to be a forever thing and will she keep going on with only her controlling her life. Or will she search for love because the lack of not having it is un bearing. She is only human and I’m curious of if she stays strong. I’m curious if she becomes like her mother in the sense of wanting someone to love her and fall into the trap of that love being controlling and abusive. I’m not saying she going to turn out wrong, in fact I’m rooting for her to be better than her mother. It is just uncommon for an abuse victim to just go on with their life. Everyone needs closure from any situation. I wonder if another book will be published, and what happens to her mom, what happens with her. With books you really get into and can see everything the person goes through it is hard to walk away saying it was a good book, indeed it was but now I have so many questions un answered so it becomes a good book that left me with an incomplete perspective.

"Push"

I believe that it her decision to change was always there it just took her a while to gain the strength to change. But when she gain it she went full force, she was determined. The alternative school was a big part of her change. Being at school and around her friends is where her thoughts about things and views change. Then the change came with her wanting to be the best mother she can be. Which kind of shocked me. With Precious being so young and not even all together and with the father being the baby’s father to have to live with the hurt and replaying of what happen to her, or maybe seeing him in her son. It is a very hard thing to deal with . I believe the friendships she made and her perspective of her friends changed a lot of her perspectives she got from society. There is a part in the book that brought up being homosexual and how Precious didn’t agree with it due to religion and the world. But when it was looked as what kind of people hurt you verses who didn’t and determining who was wrong in that aspect she didn’t find any wrong in people being homosexual. In fact it was homosexuals that helped her through because her teacher along with one of her friends were. When precious went to her group meeting she also discovered she couldn’t based what happen to her on how she looked. There were a lot of girls in the group and within those girls there were different races, hair colors, eye colors, shapes , and sizes. Precious defining herself and gaining self esteem I believe came with her teacher not wanting to her anything negative and letting them put themselves or each other down. Also with having her son she has to set an example so she is gradually getting to that point.

Push

Reading this book and putting myself in her shoes I know I wouldn’t be able to do it, I probably would want to die. I can’t imagine how she gained the strength to deal with everything. TO not have love but be used by both parents is crazy. This book touched me in a different light because of the career path I chosen which is to be a social worker. It made me wonder if all girls in New York go through things like this. I wanted to know the percentage and why it is an ongoing thing. It made me what to slap her mother for her, I mean I know that isn’t the answer but what kind of sick minded women lets her boyfriend /husband whatever touch her baby and let him have a baby with her baby and the worst part is blame the child. What about the people at the welfare place why wouldn’t they report it why do so many turn their backs and act like nothing is going on. Where are the caring people? Where is her safety? Who’s protecting her? How does a child get forced out of school for being pregnant who mad that rule. I wonder how her mother’s childhood was and what she went through. I wonder what made precious keep fighting even before her baby. To grow up without a family is one thing but to grow up with family and treats you like your nothing to them nothing more than something they own it is very painful. I want her to find someone to care for her it makes me angry to see her taking that abuse. She is scared for life and can never erase those memories away. She is scared for life. She tries and takes a stand because she believes everything will be alright

fun home

　
　
　
　
As a child she was facing confusing situations. Do people know as a child that there sex choice is right verses wrong? It seems like her father knew and was doing things to test his theory. Is it safe to say that if she was shown love and affection she wouldn’t be gay at all. I don’t think it will ever be known how it is determined. Being gay now a days is being accepted and I think it was good for her parents to accept her. The parents both gave tough love to me and it seem as if they were so caught in themselves that they forgot about there children. Her and her mothers relationship wasn’t really spoken of. It was more like they lived there life but when they needed each other they were there for one another and understood each others feelings. Her and her dad seemed close. That goes along with what is said about daughters relationship with there father. It seem like the confided in each other and they had similar likes as well as opposite ones. In the book near the end the father decide to come clean with his daughter it was like finally getting the courage to say what she already knew and vise versa. There isn’t a defined right way to raise your children, nor is there a law. So to say that they were un fit parents would be wrong , the only thing that can be said is they raised them as best they could . By what was shown to them as a child and what the thought was right.
Reading this book it was confusing and it wasn’t a book I would honestly choose to read. But as I read I got some sense of understanding it and visualizing in my mind the life she lived as if it was my own .

fun home contined

The title of the book is called fun home. This book may have begin with there house being like a fun home but we all say through that rather quickly. In my eyes it was more like the kids were miserable and all individually searched for a way out. I’m not sure why the father treated his kids this way but I don’t think tuff love is the answer. Everyone deserves to feel loved and express it however they choose.
Is it ok to make your family miserable on order to keep the family together.
Unhappy marriages are common in this world . To a child it is an unfair thing . No matter what you go through letting your kidds witness that is like setting them up for failure.

Fun Home

This book is different from all the books we have read so far. It was made into a comic. When you think of a comic you think of something that is suppose to be a funny, action, and unreal story. When I first brought the book I thought it would be another book to get lost in. like me feeling what they felt. Instead it kind of confused me I didn't know what feeling to get. I’m confused to what truly happen vs. what they individually believe. Does anyone know the truth at least one. How do you determine what’s suicide and what isn't. the way this book puts things its like they should question a lot me deaths than they usually do. Is being attracted to the same sex inherited? or is it something that just comes about. Is it the result of a child receiving tough love.

Closing thoughts

I never heard anything about the Mirabel sisters until know. Reading this book it gave me mixed feelings. There was a point when I was like go for it be daring make a difference and then at the same I wanted them not to do anything at all but live their lives as normal people and stay safe. Then a question came to mind. What is being normal? Is there just one definition or are there many. It seems like from the beginning they knew they had a purpose. They had a calling you can say. Even though one sister might have held it off it caught up with them all eventually. These sisters were brave women, women that should be looked up to; Women that everyone should know about. Women deserve to make a stand; they deserve to have a voice. Why aren’t enough women heard? Why can’t we be what they teach about in school more.  Is it better to face death knowing you didn’t do everything you wanted out of fear or is it better to face death knowing you yourself made a difference. I look at these sisters as women of power. I know they didn’t officially have power by law but they made their own sense of power.I believe the author wanted this to been a story heard all over the world.  They author felt that these women story is too unknown . That the world needs to know what people go through and not only who or what the government wants us to know. We need to know what the people from other countries go through. We need to know what dangers lifestyles women face so when we question why would they want to come to the U.S and live like us we know the real answer.

In the time of the butterflies

Patria's Timeline

• 1938 she goes to convent
• 1940 decided to be a nun
• 1941decides convent isn't for her, she meets Pedinto
• falls in love with him nd gets married
• has two kids
• losesed her third child,faith and marriage all at once
• Goes on pilgrimmage
• Virgin Mary speaks to her
• Regains her faith,strengthens relationship with family
• Her children are grown, she has been married for eightteen years and her marriage is going down little by little
• new years reunied with sisters
• findsout she is pregnant
• takes in minervas son
• goes on retreat while pregnant an is a victim in bombing. this is where she decides right then and there that  she need to be apart of the movement (stopping the killings of children) . at this point her relationship with god strenthens
• her two sisters husband and son get taken into custody
• she is the one he takes charge of holding the incomplete  families together
• find answers on her relatives well being,
• sacrifices her life for her sons to god
• gets her son back

The Sisters

With me having dominican friends and a dominican boyfriend I still never heard of so much violence in the Dominican Republic.This comes to a great shock to me. I always think of D.R as a beautiful place I would love to visit.Reading this book it has me wonder how many womend have we lost because they stood up for their right.If women speak up is the automatic response death. if so why, how come who decides this. Why is this world so threated by women empowerment.I admire women who don't take no for an answer and are willing to speak their mind.This book shows how women can come together for a cause just because they believe.These four different lives came together to make a difference. With them being sisters and with the same background theses girls are all different and have the the ability to live as they choose.


The Power of a Woman
The empowerment of a women begins within herself,
if that women loves herself;
she has that authority to love anyone she chooses.
The power of a women becomes even stronger
when she finds herself and knows who she is;
and doesn't let anyone tell her otherwise.

The power of a women can make her strong enough
to stand on her own two feet; and finally that women is independent .
She will not be afraid to ask for help or help herself.

The power of a women is stronger then the grip of a
lions teeth when his prey is in his mouth.

The power of a women is a power no man could live without ,
because without a women there can be no man.

The power of a women is endless;
so stand tall, and represent for all the women in the world.

The would you rather game was very interesting. To me it seem like the girls played the game often. It started of with reasonable questions and as it gradually went on the question went to the extreme meaning even death . The questions could be out of curious, or even situations she has been in and don’t know how to respond to. If it is out of curiosity then it is safe to say girls minds are wide ranged and can be anywhere. It is not what people expect it to be. At the end of one of the games both girls ended up crying and it made me wonder what kind of life they live and is all the really feel that they have is each other. In fact my question is how well are girls really known . Girls are all unique. You can’t read a book on girls and expect to have them down pack. Unless you take the time out and get to know her you will never truly know her.

   If you look inside a girl
You would see how much she really cries
You would find so many secrets &lots of lies
But what you’ll see the most is how hard it is to stay
Strong when nothing is right and everything is wrong…
                   Strong girl 

lives Girls Today

    Nothing Girl
Maybe I wear baggies
and white socks with flip-flops,
maybe I don't like listening to rave
and I'm not on the social mountaintops,
maybe I don't care about the things
that make your worlds twirl,
maybe you look at me and think:
Gee, what a nothing girl.

Maybe I like giving smiles
which seems to be a sin today,
and maybe I allow my imagination
to sometimes run away,
maybe you don't understand this
and that's why you cannot see,
if this make me a nothing girl,
hey, that's ok with me!

The world makes you believe
your personality mustn't be detected,
your face must be picture perfect
and wear cloths just the best, to be accepted.
Maybe I look at you
and feel sorry that you're blind,
robots you have became,
yourself you'll never find.

God made you, as well as me,
this means I am something,
the world is a liar
and if I must be a nothing
for you to see it,
then so be it!

I found this poem and to me it relates to a few different voices in this book rather than one person.It has points about life that a few have touched on but not fully grasped in some stories they recognize the world for what it is. Then you have those girls who choose to follow everything the world wants them to become.I reveal that girls lives today are very confusing,unanswered dreams or nightmares. They can shift at any minute on a rocky path uncertain of what is right fore them or  what is right for them because of society. What they need verses what they want. What they can have v.s what they can't.

I am an Emotional Creature

This book made me realize that I am not alone in all the obstacles I have faced in life. At the same time it also made me wonder is this all because I am a female. If I were a male would it be the same or are women only considered to be emotional creatures. In this world why is so much pressure pushed on women than men? We are looked at as very emotional and unable to handle things but is it that or is it that we are way stronger than men because there is so much we hold in and deal with that men can't? We deal with pressures from life can they? There is always people saying women can't do anything a man can do, but is it safe to say that the truth is a man can’t compare nor handle as much as a women can? Why are girls throughout childhood given all these rules and set ways and boys given freedom? Who made these rules?
In the passage “Tell Me How to be a Girl in 2010,” it touched me and I feel for all girls. Where did all these ideas of what being a girl is come from. I know with me growing up it's like even when you do what is right or what you feel is best for you it is still some how wrong. If you take the words like I'm lonely, I'm scared, etc, it shows how confused society makes things. You can be taught things at home about go outside or to school and it is like you have to live in a whole new tradition it is an all new trend. Is this going to go on the same forever or is it getting worse and worst.

Monologues

The stories in this book gave me mixed feelings. After reading this book no one can walk away with just one emotion. I laughed, shed a tear, gained knowledge, and also received answers to questions. Theses feelings came from reading the individual stories along with remembering my own memories. I believe everyone needs to sit down and read this book at some point maybe even watch the plays. I read angry vagina and then after watching it performed I got a better perspective on it. This story was like a women standing up for herself in society. Asking questions that some of us may need to really sit down and ask. Who really made up all these things women have to go through? Was it a female or male? Do they realize what we go through? Most importantly does this world realize what we women go through? I don’t think they do. I don’t think us women realize how precious we are or how much we should be appreciated in any situation. Why do we have to settle with what is given to us ,do we not deserve more. When does every women get to feel like the princess she is. Why do guys feel that the can do what ever to women and little girls? Who said this was ok? This society we live in, does it benefit women enough. I can think of a million questions to ask that sadly to say probably will never receive an answer. What else must we do to be heard? What can be done without us being looked down on as rebels to our society. As a women I believe that this is a wonderful book.

To Ensler language is what is important. Language defined is a body of words and the system for their use, most common to people as a way of defining who they are, from the same community, nation, geographical area or their cultural and tradition. In the authors eyes what you call your body parts is a big deal. Your description of you shows the level of respect you have for yourself, in this case your body. When defining your sexuality, body, e.t.c your choice of words and the way you say things also gives off emotions and inner feelings of one’s self. A point the author is trying to make is that women are self- conscious and don’t give themselves enough credit. Women are looked down on and certain acts like talking about their vaginas is something they would find shameful because of society. The author is asking questions referring to what women would dress their vagina with for a few reasons. One reason is dealing with the level of respect they have for themselves. Second it also portrays what type of women she is, as well as the type of personality she has.

Unique :The Vagina Monologues

The author wrote this book in the form of drama. Drama defined is a prose or verse composition, especially one telling a serious story, that is intended for representation by actors impersonating the characters and performing the dialogue and action. The stories in her book can be looked at as scenes in a movie waiting to be seen. The author refers to the stories as vaginas, meaning different types of women. When I say different it can range from a woman’s traits, feelings, race, experiences etc. The author focuses on women being heard. There is always a story that lies behind every women wanting and yearning to be heard. And the author does exactly that. She wants a vagina to be seen as more than what it is. When people think of the word vagina they only think of it in one form, as a body part. To the  author that is not enough because it is not just that . She wants women to be seen as meaning more than just one purpose. She wants people to know women’s bodies are sacred. She wrote this book hoping that self-knowledge, and freedom is gained. She hears a lot of stories about violence toward women and feels empowered to be part of the movement to stop it.

Night Women

From the start of this chapter I wondered why they were given the name night women. Is that what the called them where they are from? Can a night women be a considered a job just like any other job or is it to be decided? And by whom? This women is trying to make a living to take car of her child. Usually people have some like for their jobs but her words don’t show any pleasure in it at all. Her main concern is her child. Is she ashamed, is she depressed, is she happy or just ok with it all? Ironically it doesn’t say. Instead it stays that she thinks about her long distance love as she puts it along with the dreams she instills in her son. She takes him to this place a dream land ,they connect to this world daily and it binds there love together. I see It as the only thing lifting her spirit. The only thing that keeps her together. It made me wonder if she had any more plans or how she would keep up here income as her son gets older. I don’t believe the world realizes the extent a mother will go to for there child. Is it merrily wrong ?maybe. But who am I to come in-between their survival. Who is anyone to take that away ? Where is the government to support them? This just shows the on going strength in women is still strong and will continue to grow.

Like in a previous story this one also puts her child first this shows that the women in these stories have set priorities that they make their life goals to follow. these priorites come from their culture.

The Missing Peace

The title of this chapter can send you in many different directions. What is peace? Peace is defined as describes a society or a relationship that is operating harmoniously and without violent conflict. Peace is commonly understood as the absence of hostility or the existence of healthy or newly healed interpersonal or international relationships, safety in matters of social or economic welfare, the acknowledgment of equality, and fairness in political relationships. In international relations, peacetime is the absence of any war or conflict .the setting of this chapter takes place under harsh conditions. Not being safe in your own home. It is like your backyard is the battle field. Imagine not being able to walk out of your house without hearing a gun shot. Then on top of that, having a curfew that if you miss it may very well cost you your life. How would you be able to live with that, I can only imagine how those children felt. Is the peace they were looking for freedom? Being able to breathe, run outside, and play. Or perhaps each character had their own vision of being free. Emilie could have been looking for her strength as peace. She needs to finally let her mom go and stop her nightmares. Learn how to accept it and move on. The girl could have been looking for a few different aspects of peace. She could want to feel safe, and not be surrounded by danger. She probably needed some questions answered. Having your mother die at your birth is one of the harder things you can go through. Trying to find the part of you that feels empty; her wanting to be as close to them as possible. In my opinion the way the book describes them is as semi-prisoners. Trying to control people is not the way to be. Where are other governments? Why aren’t they helping etc theses are things that need to be changed. You can’t preach about it but can’t find any way to stop it or even try.

Unique: For Mohammed on the mountain

Unique: For Mohammed on the mountain: " This is one of the poems I enjoyed reading in the book. Not because I could relater or because it made me happy inside. ..."

For Mohammed on the mountain

   
This is one of the poems I enjoyed reading in the book. Not because I could relater or because it made me happy inside. It touched me in a sympathetic way. In this poems it talks about family and how well they our appreciated but then it also turns the table and shows how family members are so against each other. My interpretation of her words is that she loves her uncle dearly. Not because he is like her American friends uncles not for the food he eats or the things he has but just for who he is and from what she hears about him. She wants to get to know her family and interact know about her heritage etc but is sadly turned down over grudges held and the family feeling betrayed because her father decided to move to America. Although he tried to embrace his brother this is an on going grudge where neither has heard each others side. I understand how this can effect her way it did it is a very sad situation. It also made me think of how many immigrants we have and if they all go through this shame from  family and are never except anymore because the searched for a better life. Why shouldn’t they follow there dream? Why should they be looked upon as out casted or religion breakers? And then also have to deal with the judging and disrespect from Americans who feel they don’t belong. It looks like either way they can’t win. What kind of world do we live in? If people can take a walk in each others shoes I wonder how different thing would be and how I would feel if it was me.

Unique: MY Thoughts

Unique: MY Thoughts: " People use poetry as an outlet of emotions. It is used to express feelings, beliefs or in some cases it’s the only ..."

MY Thoughts

     People use poetry as an outlet of emotions. It is used to express feelings, beliefs or in some cases it’s the only way people find out who they really are. When it is said that poems humanize people I believe that it acknowledges human characteristics. It holds as many emotions as a human can along with different ideals and many directions it can go in. In Nye’s poems she has a lot of different aspects she focuses on. In here poem “How long does peace take” I felt like her question is something that had to come to everyone’s mind at least once. And depending on what kind of peace you are searching for the solution to world peace will never come out.

  In her poem “Those whom we do not know” she focused on the diversity we lack. How we are so quick to judge or quick to be evil to strangers. Still to this day we are stilling facing issues of people not liking people just because how they look. And like Nye it wouldn’t bother me at all. Who says we have to be against each other?  Why can’t we all get along Why is there so much war? Where did it come from? All questions we as human want answered but no one seems to have the answer to.

 “To feel the love of people whom we love is a fire that feeds our life. But to feel affection that comes from those whom we do not know…is something still greater and more beautiful…”-Pablo Neruda. This was placed at the top of the page in this book it had me thinking. Most people even me will wonder how you possible can love a stranger more than the people you care about. But then after thinking more into I thought maybe   that’s what we are missing in this world maybe that’s why all the problems occur. If you think about it in the sense of helping someone in need out and helping family out. You will feel something deeper inside for the person in need because they would merrily show how much they appreciate it and it is indeed a great feeling.

Unique: Touched by an Angel

Unique: Touched by an Angel: "Touched by an Angel We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temp..."

Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel

We, unaccustomed to courage
exiles from delight
live coiled in shells of loneliness
until love leaves its high holy temple
and comes into our sight
to liberate us into life.

Love arrives
and in its train come ecstasies
old memories of pleasureancient histories of pain.
Yet if we are bold,
love strikes away the chains of fear
from our souls.

We are weaned from our timidity
In the flush of love's light
we dare be brave
And suddenly we see
that love costs all we are
and will ever be.
Yet it is only love
which sets us free.

Maya Angelou