... poverty as Eliza's features are "no worse" than the other ladies at Convent Garden but is "very dirty" in comparison to them. Her appearance and clothes are unkempt as her "little sailor hat of black straw" had "long been exposed to the soot of London" and "her hair needed washing badly". ... greater extent her profession as a prostitute. On Hollywood Boulevarde, where she sells her "wares", Vivian fits in with the other "working girls" with her revealing clothes, heavy make-up and her "boots held up by a safety pin". She keeps her boots black by using a black permanent marker to erase an...

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... needed everyone to work together to provide food, however, it became a crime. The story of No-Name Woman serves as a backdrop for Kingston's own experience growing up as a Chinese-American, torn between the world of Chinese customs and traditions that surround her like "ghosts" and her new, permissive American environment. (Note that for Kingston's mother, the word "ghost" is used in ... the children's annoyance. Indeed, she is soon little more than an annoyance to the entire household. Her inability to perform even the easiest tasks, such as washing dishes or mending clothes, renders h...

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... responsibility to take care of them as well as a maternal love for them. Yet they are a product of her false self, the self she is trying to shed. Edna is torn. One action that should be examined is her sending her children to Iberville. She wanted them to learn what it was like to be close to nature and not grow ... . With her bruised wings she could no longer fight the evils of society. So she left the cruel would she knew, returning to the calming sea. She stripped away her clothes, the last link she had with the world, and let nature take her home. She had returned to her true self, ...

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• Grade Level: High School