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Within the memoir The Distance Between Us the author, Reyna Grande provides details about her two grandmothers, Abuelita Chinta and Abuela Evila. They both reside in rundown houses in Mexico, while their children , Reyna’s parents try to start life in the United States. They have very little money and struggle to provide for the abundance of people living in their cramped houses. Despite the fact that their situation is similar Reyna prefers living with one over the other. Both grandmothers took different approaches when taking care of their grandchildren. Abuela Evila obviously favored one over the others. “ She spent half an hour running the comb through Elida’s long hair while we watched”(24). She placed one grandchild on a pedestal while …show more content…
At Abuela Evila house there’s no sense of right or wrong. Since she treats the family badly there isn’t an indication for them treat each other well. She creates an unjust house by not treating everyone fairly. “Abuela Evila gave a pork chop to Abuelo Agurio, another to Elida, the third went to Tia Emperatriz, and the last pork chop she took for herself”(19). Abuela Evila let Reyna and her siblings go without eating with no hesitation. She didn’t even try to find a way for everyone to eat, she didn 't mind sending them to bed hungry. It’s unfair that they had to eat beans covered in oil while everyone else was able to have pork chops. Her lack of concern displays her indifference towards the inequality in her household. Instead Abuelita instilled unity. Despite their lack of resources they worked together to make the best of their situation.For Christmas ”Abuelita Chinta would save the shells of the eggs she fed us all year long.”(136) and they would paint it in different colors and designs and use it to decorate their tree since they could afford ornaments.They all worked together for the common good in contrast to Abuela Evila house where it 's everyone for
Blue Bird was about fourteen. They were taken in and made to feel at home.
This novel is a story of a Chicano family. Sofi, her husband Domingo together with their four daughters – Esperanza, Fe, Caridad, and Loca live in the little town of Tome, New Mexico. The story focuses on the struggles of Sofi, the death of her daughters and the problems of their town. Sofi endures all the hardships and problems that come her way. Her marriage is deteriorating; her daughters are dying one by one. But, she endures it all and comes out stronger and more enlightened than ever. Sofi is a woman that never gives up no matter how poorly life treats her. The author- Ana Castillo mixes religion, super natural occurrences, sex, laughter and heartbreak in this novel. The novel is tragic, with no happy ending but at the same time funny and inspiring. It is full of the victory of the human spirit. The names of Sofi’s first three daughters denote the three major Christian ideals (Hope, Faith and Charity).
My Forbidden Face by Latifa relates to this course in a number of ways. First, the fact that the author cannot divulge her real name for fear of being beaten, raped, and/or killed is one way that the book correlates with the class. Other examples are subordination of women, veiling, and keeping women out of the public eye. The Taliban are very extreme in their treatment of women; in fact, it is almost as if they are living in the very distant past.
A strong maternal bond is crucial in one’s life; however in both Paradise of the Blind by Duong Thu Huong and Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel, the authors portray the distant relationship between the mother and the daughter as a tool to critique the ‘inhuman’ traditions imposed upon the family members in their respective societies. Though Houng’s and Esquivel’s novels are set in Vietnam and Mexico respectively, they assert that family traditions are unjust and forbid family members to pursue their own dreams, ambitions, and desires as portrayed by the two teenage protagonists and their mothers, who are obligated to sacrifice their own lives for others. In order to gain their freedom, the protagonists have to detach themselves from their oppressive, domineering mothers to break away from the undesirable family traditions in their culture.
When they first arrived to the United States their only hopes were that they would have a better life and that there were better special education programs for Maribel to attend at Evers. Alma imagined that the buildings would look a lot nicer than they really were. The family was surprised that they could take things from the street that someone threw out of their house, but were in working condition. When they arrived they didn’t think that you would actually have to learn English to be able to communicate, but after going to stores and interacting with people they learned that they need to learn English if they want to live in America. They hoped that you could be able to afford anything in America by working, but based off of the money Arturo was making they learned that you can’t buy everyth...
There is a total of eleven family members in the immediate Sanchez family. This paper will discuss Gloria and Celia Sanchez. Celia and Hector are the parents of 24-year-old Gloria and her five siblings. Gloria lives in the same neighborhood as her parents, with her husband Leo, who is not a U.S. citizen. Gloria and Leo do not have any children, but her sister Carmen comes over frequently for visits. Gloria’s relationship with her husband is rocky because he is physically abusive. Gloria wants to the abuse to end, but is scared if the authorities get involved that Leo will be deported. She is also concerned if she leaves her husband, her church and family will not stand by her decision. Another worry is the lack of schooling and training
Catholicism glorifies and represents mothers as the main foundation of the family through the example of the passive and unconditional loving Mary, the mother of Jesus Crist. This idea of the mother as unconditional lover beings has been passed on and reproduced in the Chicana/o community. Gil Cuadros and Reyna Grande through their autobiographical work testify against this predominate idea of the mothers being caring and loving persons. Even though most mothers fall into the norm of a normal mother, normality is subjective, therefore Cuadros and Grande’s work represent the complexities of reality. Grande’s The Distance Between Us and Cuadro’s City of God are autobiographical narratives that incorporate reality as a form of testimonial of existence, an act of healing and resilience. Given that these author’s life experiences can be
Junot Diaz has a "powerful insight into the realities of the Caribbean diaspora, American assimilation, and lives lived between cultures" -this according to the citation for his 2012 MacArthur Fellowship. This is How You Lose Her, brings forth an honest modern perception of gender dynamics as well as hegemonic masculinities.
We have all heard the saying, “What goes around comes around”, in this particular book, “This Is How You Lose Her” written by Junot Diaz, the main character Yunior learns firsthand what it is like to have karma served to him on a cold silver platter. Throughout this book Yunior has several polygamous relationships with different women. He cheats on them, and lies to them, all the time thinking that this is what love is. Yunior did not have a father figure to show him how to treat women or the difference between right and wrong. From a young age he watched his big brother bring in different women night after night, and thought that was the way to treat his relationships.
Esperanza explains how Mamacita “sits all day by the window and plays the Spanish country” (77). Esperanza expresses the emotions that Mamacita feels since she is homesick and doesn’t fit into the new society she was brought into. Instead of shaming Mamacita for the way she acts and the way she feels, Esperanza takes into consideration the hardship of being a person of color in an environment that doesn’t accept her for who she
Not to mention, Grande’s family was separated because of the United States but her cousin Elida went through the same thing. Her cousin was separated from her mother and was forced to stay behind until her mother send for her. Grande states “She promised Elida that one day soon she would send for her, and although she did eventually keep her promise, Elida had to stay behind for now and watch a taxicab take her mother away”(Grande, 46). By Elida’s mother leaving it shows the physical separation the U.S. causes on families. It separates the child from his parents, as we all know that a parental figure is very important in a child's development. Elida was ripped away from having her true mother by her side and having a real family. This is one
In the book Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande, she takes us on the journey of her life. The book deals with issues many immigrant families deal with on a daily basis. Reyna explores the difficulties that come with being a child of an immigrant, parents not being emotionally or physically present, and child abuse. I will be speaking about my feelings and thoughts about how this book affected me and what I enjoyed about it.
...esses the grandchild?s comfort when she is at her grandmother?s house (1239). Abuelita is her grandchild?s guardian angel or moth?she shows her the light. She cures her illnesses, instills values in her, and brings religion into her life. She is the reason that the grandchild undergoes such spiritual and emotional maturation.
In the novel No Great Mischief, the narrator, Alexander MacDonald, and his twin sister are raised by their grandparents after the deaths of their parents and eleven-year-old brother. On one hand, Alexander calls himself ‘unlucky’ as his parents died but, on the other hand he finds himself ‘lucky’ because he is blessed with grandparents, who have worked so hard to provide every luxurious thing for their grandchildren, which they even didn’t provide the same for their own children, so that they wouldn’t ever feel themselves near to the ground. Cordelia and her two other sisters, Regan and Goneril, are brought up by his father, there is no one in the family who can take care of these girls in all respect, no one who can teach them good and bad manners. Regan and Goneril being an elder sister are supposed to take care of her younger sister and guide her as a mother; instead, they are jealous of Cordelia as she is Lear’s favorite and obedient daughter. As Cordelia is thrown out of the kingdom, she goes to her sisters and tells them that she knows about their falsehood and makes request to t...
In the memoir The Distance Between Us, Reyna Grande, the author, tells of her experiences in the United States after her unconventional journey to get there. Whilst in the United States many things scare her, like her sketchy neighborhood, and other things fill her with anticipation, like her first day of school. Reyan was especially excited to see the ocean for the first time in America when going to the beach with her new family, including her long-lost father. Doing this was one of the many things that made her feel at home in America, but as time progresses there were things making her feel homesick. At school she was very put off about the way she was poorly treated, being a new Hispanic student. “I wished I didn't have to sit here in