... and then she moves in with her art teacher. Ellen then moved in with her grandmother, then with her aunt and cousin and finally with her new Mama. Although various major events, traumatic to an eleven year old, take place, Ellen tells the story as though everything is normal. Ellen starts the story ... family and is riding the pony. The scene then switches back to her mother's funeral with Ellen's Aunt Nadine and cousin Dora. At the funeral Ellen's mama's mama (grandmother) calls her dad a bastard and storms out. Ellen goes on to join the girl scouts and earn practically all of the badge...

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... selfish man to a selfless one is his mother. Walter, through the guilt he felt after hurting his mother, grew up and took responsibility for his family. Mama is a very strong character in this play. She is the keystone to the Younger family's metaphorical bridge. Being Walter's mother, she has authority over him ... of her family and buys them a house. Walter, who believed that the money would go towards his dream to buy the liquor store, is crushed. Mama, seeing that Walter is depressed, tells him, "I'm telling you to be the head of this family from now on like you supposed to be" ....

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... yard. They await the arrival of the other daughter, Dee. The exposition goes through the mother's thoughts of how the day is going to progress. She knows exactly how Maggie will act once Dee arrives. Mama sits outside and waits for Dee, all the while she daydreams about the way she wants the rest of the afternoon ... to go. A television show comes to mind with the thought of Dee and her sitting in the kitchen hugging like a perfect mother and daughter. Mama also thinks of the other house, the one that burnt, and the way Dee hates the old house. The new house on the other hand sits in a ...

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... model to his son and not the strong black man of the family. "I want so many things that they are driving me kind of crazy Mama," (Hansberry 254). He tells his mama as what would make him happy. Walter as the only man of the family does not even think he has a real job as he complains ... to his mama that "I open and close car doors all day long. I drive a man around in his limousine and I say, "Yes, sir; no, sir, very good, sir" (Hansberry 254). Walter's devotion to ... had no clue that his wife was carrying a baby, and once he found out, he simply walked out of the house without sayi...

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... to let them know that the mother was not going to be coming back for awhile he was depressed and just kept to himself. The family was falling apart. With mama not being around and living her life it seems she does not miss her family. In her letters she just compliments Mary on how she is so responsible. She did ... caring less about the house. Everyone was gong to live there lives without their mother. The father was doing his daily routines and finally one day when he received another letter he just burnt it. Mama was not going to come home and when Benji saw the burnt letter with the...

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... well. The following recounts what I remember from my long, scary, and transformative move from Mexico to the United States. It all started in the early hours one typical beautiful day in Tepic, Nayarit Mexico. I was nervous and excited. For what, I don't know, but what I do know is that I was going to be reunited with my Mom ... return. I cried all night as my worst fears were realized. "They left me here!"," I thought. I cried myself to sleep that night and the next day as still I was with this stranger with no word on my family or what was going to happen to me. Finally on the third ....

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... and learning about each other. I went to the markets, the mall, and visited friends' houses. These things brought back many memories. When there were three days left to my seventeen day vacation, my family and I piled into two vehicles and headed to a beach house. The house was located in a little town called, Sabaneta. I was excited to see more family and friends ... wanted me to look down there. A feeling that reminded me that I yet still needed to visit my mother's grave. Two days left of my seventeen-day vacation, the day I have been not looking forward to. It was the day I needed t...

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... , ten-year-old India is determined to find out more about her mother. She persuades the preacher to tell her ten things about her mother. "One, your mama was funny. She could make just about anybody laugh," the preacher starts. India learns that her mother was red-headed, she liked to plant things, she could ... who runs the local pet store. She'll work cleaning up the store for two weeks in exchange for a red leather collar. Otis fascinates her by starting the day singing to the animals. He lets all the gerbils, hamsters, lizards, snakes and birds out of their cages. Then he takes up hi...

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... , ten-year-old India is determined to find out more about her mother. She persuades the preacher to tell her ten things about her mother. "One, your mama was funny. She could make just about anybody laugh," the preacher starts. India learns that her mother was red-headed, she liked to plant things, she could ... who runs the local pet store. She'll work cleaning up the store for two weeks in exchange for a red leather collar. Otis fascinates her by starting the day singing to the animals. He lets all the gerbils, hamsters, lizards, snakes and birds out of their cages. Then he takes up hi...

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... of the ambulance while they rolled my mother out the stretcher. My mother then was admitted into the Intensive Care Unit. My sister and I kissed her and said, "I love you mama. " I did not know those were going to be my last words or even my last time seeing her alive forever. We were told that no children were allowed in the ... because we had school the next morning. Early that morning, we were awakened by my grandmother. She fed us breakfast and told us we were not going to school that day. Then, we asked her how our mother was doing and she sat there, looked at us, and she finally s...

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... engraved in my heart and implanted a cold-steeled determination in my inner core. My sisters and I were transferred to a cheaper school and had to walk six miles to school every day. None of us complained and we managed to endure the physical strain somehow. Those six-mile treks, however, were an agonizing bliss. They were moments when my perspective formed. Not ... and fully utilize every opportunity that was given to me. I remember each time my sisters and I passed, we would sprint the six miles and excitedly hand over the reports to mama, squealing "Your useless girls are back! " My ...

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... Wendla told her mother that she wanted to know where babies come from, her mother answered that to conceive a child, a woman had to love her husband. With the song "Mama Who Bore Me," Wendla lamented that her mother did not wanted to tell her the truth. The young girl was upset about the lack of knowledge presented to her. This ... with the illusion of something to live for. In Spring Awakening, this feeling was found in Anna's lyrics: "It's like I'm your lover-or, more like your ghost-I spend the day wonderin' what you do, where you go"(Sater 29). In the scene, all the girls were in ad...

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