Since I was 7 years old, I have had this doll that had previously belonged to my great-grandmother. For me to have this 8-inch-tall doll meant that in a way that a slight part of her was still with me. This doll has become a symbol of how much I cherish family and those few close friends that I have, along with how I take pleasure in the little things and that I’m happier with things that have meaning than the most perfect gift someone could buy. It also has become a source of comfort for me through tough times. When I was 7 years old, I was cleaning out my grandmother’s basement with my mother and grandmother, and we found boxes of belongings from my great-grandparent’s house. Among an assortment trinkets and sets of clothes, we had found …show more content…
For me, it was more of the thought that my great-grandmother would be with me through college and would be helping me in my most stressful times. In 1928, my great-grandmother had saved up enough money to send herself to nursing school, like the strong independent woman she was. However, when the stock market crashed, she lost all of her savings and was no longer able to fulfill her dream of becoming a nurse. When I told my family that I wanted to be a nurse and work in Pediatric Oncology, my grandmother broke down in tears. This woman has only cried a handful of times, so I was obviously concerned when she did. I had not previously known that my great-grandmother had planned on being a nurse, and looking back, I feel like there have always been people and experiences in my life pushing me to become a nurse and to help others. Now for me, it is though I will fulfill that dream for my great-grandmother that she was never able to accomplish, and having her little doll gives me hope that I can accomplish anything I set my mind to. For me, ever since I was 7, this doll meant that in a way that a slight part of my great-grandmother is with me, even though I was never able to meet her. This doll has become a symbol of how much I cherish family and those few close friends that I have, along with how I take pleasure in the little things and that I’m happier with things that have meaning than the most perfect gift someone could give
It was a little girl’s second Christmas and, although she does not remember now, she was so excited to open the big red package from grandma. She ripped open the package and the soft, handmade brown bear went poof in her hands. She has kept the ratty, old bear not for its beauty but because it has sentimental value of a simpler time. Like this example, many people have memories of items they grew up with that have more than monetary value, most people forget the real value of these items, however, and commercialize them as art or sell them away as junk in garage sales. In Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use,” we are shown a vivid example of what can happen when people take these once treasured items for granted. Walker’s character Dee/Wangero is an estranged daughter and sister who has not seen her family for six years reappears at her mother’s home to take away her family’s most sentimentally valuable possessions. Because Wangero’s view of her own heritage has been skewed and distorted by her peers, Wangero forgets the value of her mother’s possessions in an attempt to impress her contemporaries. Through Wangero, Walker reveals how misunderstanding one’s heritage can lead him to search for his place in a fake legacy invented to help him reconcile his misunderstanding of his own origins, and can even cause him to cheapen his family heritage because of a desire to stand out among his peers.
This symbolizes Jeannette and her life. I think the tinkerbelle doll symbolizes Jeannette being lit on fire and also it symbolizes her life and how it keeps falling apart.
Where are the memories of our pasts held? In scrapbooks full of photographs, or perhaps written on the pages of a locked diary? Picture though, something as simple and ordinary as a closet full of clothes. Think about its contents, where they have been worn, what they have been through, the stories attached to each item. The nameless protagonist of Diane Schoemperlen’s short story Red Plaid Shirt does this as she recalls a snippet of her past life with each article of clothing she picks up. Red plaid shirt, blue sweatshirt, brown cashmere sweater, yellow evening gown, black leather jacket…each item has a tale of its very own, and when combined they reveal the full story of the main character’s life.
Written by Kim Edwards, The Memory Keeper’s Daughter tells a story filled with secrets, lies, and heartwarming love—secrets that would tear relationships apart and form unbreakable walls, but also secrets that would allow a tremendous abundance of love to build in unexpected places. Set over a span of twenty-five years, the novel explores many different characters and their true colors, some more surprising than you think, in order to portray the complex story.
Yano, perfectly supports the veiled truth of Hello Kitty and Uyehara uses the Hello Kitty Doll to symbolize the “mute[ed] presence that does not look back at you or judge”, an “Asian female” who is obedient and listens. In scene two, the Hello Kitty Doll would be the alternate persona of the VEGETABLE GIRL and MAD KABUKI WOMAN, “the submissive Asian female, the wildcat, and the innocent little doll” (Prasso 149, 150), all signs of Yellow Fever. Uyehara placed the Hello Kitty Doll and all the accessories as part of the text to communicate to the audience that Yellow Fever is considered a ridiculous fetishism of the Asian female
Marge Piercy wrote the Barbie Doll poem in 1973, during the woman’s movement. The title of the poem Barbie Doll, symbolizes how females are supposed to appear into the society. In the poem Barbie Doll, the main character was a girl. She was described as a usual child when she was born. Meaning that she had normal features that any person could ever have. Piercy used “wee lipstick the color of cherry candy” as a smile to describe the child before she has hit puberty. After the character hit puberty, the classmates in her class began to tease her saying “you have a big nose and fat legs.” (Piercy pg. 1) Having a big nose and a fat leg is the opposite of what females are supposed to be presented as in the gender stereotype. In the society that the girl lives in, follows the gender stereotypes that presented females as a petite figure with a slender body. These expectations made the character go insane. She wanted to fit into the society so she “cut off her nose and legs and offered them up.” (Piercy pg. 1) Even though the girl was “healthy, tested intelligent…” (Piercy pg. 1) no one saw that in her, but her appearances. In the end of the poem the girl end up dying, a...
...im as a keepsake. The figurine becomes a memory of Laura that Jim can bring with him when he leaves Laura and returns to his life, but it also indicates the normal woman that Laura will never become.
What do little girls do with these dolls? They put on fresh makeup, change there fashionable clothing, and style there long luscious hair. This alone is creating a psychological change in a little girls brain, it is instilling that this is what is customary for a girl to do. Rather than fixing things you are to play princess, along with your easy bake oven. For centuries society has quietly driven a complex into the hearts and minds of young girls, that you have to be pretty to succeed. In our time today you rarely see unattractive; politicians, movie stars, musicians, officials or entertainers. Anybody who is somebody these days has attractive physical qualities.
From five years old up I knew I wanted to be a nurse practitioner. When I was around 13 years old my mom got very sick which had her in and out of the hospital, this only pushed me further in the direction of becoming a nurse practitioner. I would always see nurses in and out of my mom’s room when she was in the hospital, some were nice others were not. I always tell myself, “You’re going to be one of the nice ones, the one that makes the whole ordeal just a little bit better.”
What is Symbolism? Symbolism is the use of any of certain special figures or marks of identification to signify a religious message or divine being. I am building my own museum called the “Museum of Mysteries.” If I were to set up this museum what are some of the items I would include? In my museum I would set up all of my prized possessions, these items are: a cross, my diploma, a pair of scissors, and a broken chain.
In the short story "Barbie-Q,” by Sandra Cisneros, the young girls didn't mind they did not receive other things such as new Barbie's or Ken Barbie's and the friends to go along with the dolls (206). These girls were just happy to play with their own dolls. The girls have bonded with each other and they enjoy playing with each other's dolls. A doll brings two or more children together for fun and social entertainment. Have you ever listened to a child frequently you will hear a child say " so what” that means the child really don't care, it don't matter; nothing else mattered to the two little girls. In the short story "Barbie-Q,” by Sandra Cisneros to purchase a brand new Barbie doll meant that the dolls are expensive in the store so the girls are very happy and pleased to own a second hand Barbie. When the parent places the dolls in the child's hands the dolls take on the character of the owner's beauty; culture; how girls see themselves and the future when the kids are all grown up. Barbie is a fun toy to dress up. Each child has her or his own imagination of a Barbie doll. I, too, myself, like watching all the different cultural background Barbie dolls in the malls or Macy's Department Store around Christmas times. Most large department stores dress
The nurse is one of the most important of the health team in caring for children. My aunt is going through everything to be a nurse and is almost there to graduate. I saw her love for nursing and everything shes been going through and her love of helping people. It changed my idea of going somewhere in life and choosing what she chose.
Stone, Tanya Lee. The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie: A Doll's History and Her Impact on Us. New York: Penguin Group, 2010. Print.
When I was very young, I owned very many Barbie dolls. To me, they were just so beautiful, and flawless, and I loved them very much. But the Barbie that said the most to me was the President Barbie. This spoke to me. It said that anyone, anywhere, of any gender, socioeconomic status, background, sexuality, ethnicity, race, or belief system could be anything they ever wanted to be, as long as they worked hard enough to achieve it. And this is a very important message, and it is a message that Barbie sends to people every day, all over the world.
I slowly opened the front door -- the same old creak echoed its way throughout the old house, announcing my arrival just seconds before I called out, "Grandma!" She appeared around the corner with the normal spring in her steps. Her small but round 5'1" frame scurried up to greet me with a big hug and an exclamation of, "Oh, how good to see you." It was her eighty-fifth birthday today, an amazing feat to me, just part of everyday life to her. The familiar mix of Estee Lauder and old lotion wafted in my direction as she pulled away to "admire how much I've grown." I stopped growing eight years ago, but really, it wasn't worth pointing this fact out. The house, too, smelled the same as it's ever smelled, I imagine, even when my father and his brothers grew up here more than forty years ago -- musty smoke and apple pie blended with the aroma of chocolate chip cookies. The former was my grandfather's contribution, whose habit took him away from us nearly five years ago; the latter, of course, comes from the delectable delights from my grandmother's kitchen. Everything was just as it should be.