Vocabulary From “The Lilies of the Field”
Amiable- to be friendly and noble. “A sculptor would have interpreted the features in terms of character, but Homer Smith’s mother had once said of him that he was two parts amiable and one part plain devil.”Antagonism- to be angry; hostile.“Homer felt antagonism stir in him, but it was a fine day and he was carrying the day in his spirit.”
Pantomime- a routine “She went through the pantomime of shaking hands with one of the nuns and he told her what she was doing, pointing out the “you” and the “her.” “Segregated- to be set separated from others.““If you learn English from me,” he said apologetically, “you’re sure enough going to get yourselves segregated some places.”“
Dilemma- a problem that
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Exultation- rejoice “Loneliness had long since dropped away from him and he felt exultation.” Elude- escaped “He wanted to mingle his voice with these others but the words eluded him so long as he regarded them as words; when he thought of them merely as sounds, they made a pattern in his mind.” Reverence- purity.“ When he walked to the station wagon, he was empty of thought but was filled with the throbbing sound, a happy feeling of …show more content…
Chapter 1
A legend is someone that is renown throughout the lands as a figure who has done something extraordinary and has left a mark on the world, for better or for worse.
In “The Lilies of the Field,” Homer Smith was the legend. You can tell in the first chapter that he is destined to become a legend by how he lives. He travels from place to place and never settles down. Surely he would stop somewhere with his station wagon and guitar and find his destiny. Fate brought him to the German nuns and that same fate will lead him to become a legend.
Homer Smith seems like he would make a good friend because he is friendly to everyone. Even when he met Mother Maria Marthe who spoke sternly to him in her native tongue he kept a “cool head” and tried to find the goodness in her and her surroundings (p. 13). You can also tell that he treats everyone he sees the same and never judges by the color of their skin.
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Marigolds “Marigolds,” written by the author Eugenia W. Collier, begins with the main character, Elizabeth. The story is told in first person, being told by Elizabeth when she gets older. “Marigolds” takes place in Maryland during the Depression. The reader can tell it is the time of the Depression because in the story it says, “The Depression that gripped the nation was no new thing to us, for the black workers of rural Maryland had always been depressed.” Both the setting and time in this short story are important.
In the story The Lilies of the Field by William E. Barrett, Homer and Mother Maria express contrasting personality traits. Firstly, Homer is flexible, meaning he does not live by a strict routine or specific plan for the day. For instance, Homer sleeps in late while he stays with the nuns rather than waking up early to start working or begin a routine. Mother Maria, in contrast, is strict. She lives by a precise routine consisting of waking hour, mealtimes, prayer moments, and work time. Secondly, Homer is considerate while Mother Maria is unsympathetic. After his first payday at a construction company, Homer uses this money to buy groceries for the nun’s meals. Mother Maria, on the other hand, refuses to pay Homer after he spends long hours
An ethical dilemma is defined as a moral issue, where a situation has two equivalent undesirable alternatives and neither choice will resolve the ethical predicament.
“Marigolds”, a short story written by Eugenia Collier, illustrates a very complex struggle,but one almost all of us can relate to. It was set in the Great Depression, yet it has relevance today. It is a struggle all of us must go through, though it may hidden unlike the struggle Collier describes. “Marigolds” conveys the struggle between an aimless and innocent adolescent, and a mature and compassionate adult. The clash of two minds and two consciences. Looking through eyes of a 14 year old girl named Lizabeth, Collier declares a very important and relevant message to the reader. One summer night, Lizabeth learns the same lesson Collier wishes to tell the reader. Her theme in “Marigolds” is living a ignorant life, like that of a child,
In the book, The Secret Life of Bees, my impression of Lily changes throughout the book because as she is learning and finding new information about her family, more specifically her mom and her reactions to the information she receives. For the rest of the book, I believe Lily gave me 3 different impressions. The 3 are that she feels insecure about herself, lonely, and a bit self-centered but also can be forgiving and loving.Throughout the story, many impressions changes as the situation changes.
experiencing or questioning this perpetual segregation. However, this is the point at which we discover the double-bind. The minority feels secluded, aggravated, and feels as though it is their duty to always confront micro aggressions. When you do not speak in opposition to the aggressions, it is only letting segregation to persist. Yet, if you ...
Segregation restricted the types of opportunities for members of different racial or ethnic groups to intermingle among themselves. Blacks and whites attended separate schools. Especially in the South, school segregation had been supported de jure (concerning law) for generations. Even when the white schools were closer to their residences, black children were often forced to attend the nearest all-black school. Whereas, in the North segregation was more commonly de facto (concerning fact), and the children attended their neighborhood school, which was in most cases only attended by the race that presided more dominantly in that neighborhood. “If children go to...
Segregation is the institutional separation of an ethnic, racial, religious, or other minority group from the dominant majority (Dictionary.com). This prevents blacks from playing sports with white people. However, Robinson was a huge success in life. He shocked the world with what he accomplished by breaking the color barrier in 1947.
Eugenia Collier’s “Marigolds” is a memoir of a colored girl living in the Great Depression. The story does not focus on the troubles society presents to the narrator (Elizabeth), but rather is focused on the conflict within her. Collier uses marigolds to show that the changes from childhood to adulthood cause fear in Elizabeth, which is the enemy of compassion and hope.
But separation is that which done voluntarily, by two equals- for the good of both!” (246) Malcolm defined segregation and separation were two different things. Segregation was created by white government to control African Americans, that could also have been called slavery. However, the definition for separation was the formation of African American, they build their own communities in order to balk at the white society. One example from Malcolm’s childhood which he experienced racism. When he was a child, he witnessed both his parents destroyed by white society, but what may have influenced him the most was he attended school in Lansing, there he experienced affliction on a daily basis by his classmates and teacher. Even as Malcolm X earned top grades and was voted for being the class president, a teacher dishearten him from being a lawyer because Malcolm X was black and taught him bigoted propaganda. This was Malcolm’s first-time interaction with integration. Malcolm left Michigan because he knew that he could not avoid the limiting racial identity that society enforced on
Jonathan Kozol, an award winning writer, wrote the essay “Still separate, Still Equal” that focuses on primary and secondary school children from minority families that are living in poverty. There is a misconception in this modern age that historical events in the past have now almost abolished discrimination and segregation for the most part; however, “schools that were already deeply segregated
Annenberg Foundation. (2014). Separate is not equal: Enforcing the codes of the Jim Crow south. Retrieved from http://www.learner.org/amerpass/unit13/context_activ-2.html
Elements. Kozol makes many points throughout his writing of Still Separate, Still Unequal, but I would like to point out three. One of Kozol’s main elements in this writing is that many people think that racial isolation is declining; on the contrary, he says, “The truth, unhappily, is that the trend, for well over a decade now, has been precisely the reverse.” He proceeds to provide statistics from inner-city schools that prove what he says. Most poor inner-city schools consist of only a small percentage of whites (if any). The white kids in those neighborhoods are more often than not attending a private school farther away, and this displays the racial divide. Many schools named after heroes of the Civil Rights Movement were expected to be
During this time, the idea of segregation was a very controversial topic among the c...
[2] An Ethical dilemma is defined as “a situation that arises when all alternative choices or behaviours have been deemed undesirable because of potentially negative ethical consequences, making it difficult to distinguish right from wrong” (Samson and Daft, 2005, p.158)