Vrunda Dave Nakia L. Lynn Thomas Jefferson University BEHLT 341– Behavioral Health and Neurorehabilitation Where Is My Mango Princess? Cathy Crimmin’s “Where is the Mango Princess” is her personal journey with her husband’s, Alan’s, brain injury. Alan was hit on the head by a speedboat, while the family was on a holiday with some of their friends in Canada. He suffered from traumatic brain injury (TBI). Alan was rushed to the hospital in Kingston via a helicopter.
Karen Fields presents a plethora of “stories” or oral recollections of history posited by her grandmother for inclusion in a memoir titled Lemon Swamp and Other Places: A Carolina Memoir. These “stories” as Grandmother Fields calls them provide us with insights into what life was like for a black person in Charleston, South Carolina during the era of Jim Crow in the South. The act of remembering the past, those memories that individuals hold with them as they travel through life, provides us with an encapsulated view of what living was like to them for a specific period. However, these “stories” are not substantial enough to understand the complexities of history in its entirety on its own. Oral histories and personal recollections vary between
"Crossing the Swamp," a poem by Mary Oliver, confesses a struggle through "pathless, seamless, peerless mud" to a triumphant solitary victory in a "breathing palace of leaves. " Oliver's affair with the "black, slack earthsoup" is demonstrated as she faces her long coming combat against herself. Throughout this free verse poem, the wild spirit of the author is sensed in this flexible writing style. While Oliver's indecisiveness is obvious throughout the text, it is physically obvious in the shape of the poem itself.
In the story, “A Place Where the Sea Remembers” by Sandra Benitez, every character faces major difficulties of some sort. From Marta being raped to Don Justo’s daughter dying, there are twists and turns around every corner. A topic the author brushes upon is education and where it lies in society. By getting an education, anyone can acquire more wealth and can be useful in day to day life. “A boy’s education is very important” (Benitez 73).
The novel goes through many recurring themes such as child abuse, social and economic differences, and legitimacy. These themes not only impact the main character but all the characters as a whole. It is the harrowing story of how Ruth Anne “Bone” Boatwright, a child must learn to cope and deal with the many terrible atrocities that are inflicted upon her by her stepfather, “Daddy Glen.” Before Bone could even coherently make a judgment upon herself she was labeled as an outcast. She was a sin and mistake that should be labeled as such for the world to know about it.
There are many different forms of literature out in the world. They come in forms of novels, short stories, articles, and poems. They help people by allowing them to be informed about certain topics and they even make people forget about their daily lives while they enter a totally different world. If literature never existed nobody would obtain new information, they wouldn’t escape reality, famous authors wouldn’t be famous, and publishers wouldn’t be publishing any great works of art. What makes literature, literature, is its wide use of imagery and symbolism.
We’re all animals, to begin with. Where the Crawdads Sing is a book authored by Delia Owens. The novel is a coming-of-age story set in the 1950s and 1960s that follows the life of a young girl named Catherine Danielle “Kya” Clark as she grows up amid North Carolina's marshlands. Throughout her life, Kya has faced several obstacles, including abandonment by her family and violence from those around her. Yet, she also finds peace and friendship in the natural environment, especially in her home, the marsh.
In this article, the author Lauren Tarshis illustrated why scientists predicted aliens probably exist. At first, there was a radio report describing scary scenes that alien devastate the earth, which result in thousands of Americans fled their homes. In fact, they missed the introduction of the radio report that it was a work of fiction and came from a famous science-fiction novel called The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. After this event, scientists began to explore whether aliens exist. They focused on the planets that have sufficient water, earth-sized and belong to "Goldilocks planets" (have suitable distance with stars) so that it can support life.
Furthermore, in "Where The Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens, the power of place is also evident in the way the location serves as a metaphor for Kya's journey of self-discovery and growth. For instance, the marshlands are initially presented as a hostile and intimidating environment, much like the challenges Kya faces as a young girl trying to survive on her own (Owens 34-37). However, as Kya becomes more familiar with the marshlands, she begins to appreciate its beauty and complexity, which mirrors her own growing self-awareness and confidence. Moreover, the novel suggests that Kya's connection to the marshlands is not only personal but also cultural, as she inherits a deep respect and reverence for the natural world from her mother and other
Kya's father's abandonment had a profound impact on her relationships with her family and those around her. According to "Where The Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens, after her father left, Kya's mother "had given up trying to raise the other children, let alone Kya" (Owens 17). As a result, Kya had to learn to take care of herself at a very young age, and her siblings often treated her cruelly. Despite this, Kya had a deep love for her family and longed for their acceptance, even though she was often met with rejection. This rejection extended beyond her family, as she was also shunned by the townspeople due to her family's poverty and her own isolation in the marsh.
In the 2018 Bildungsroman novel, Where The Crawdad Sings Delia Owens delves into the complexities of relationships and how they can redefine someone's identity. This is seen through the protagonist Kya Clark who is a young girl that lives on the outskirts of society in the marshlands of North Carolina. Kya's life is characterised by her relationships with those around her; her tumultuous familial ties and her compassionate bond with nature. Ultimately Owens encourages the readers to consider the beauty and complexity of human connection as she delves into the intricacies of Kya's relationships. Kya’s intense familial relationships are a central theme in the novel, as Owens explores the crucial role family plays in one’s sense of purpose and
Kya is intimately connected to the marshes, and she finds solace and comfort in the natural world. The author describes the beauty of the marshes in vivid detail, such as in the following quote: "The marsh was so wide open, so vast, that the sky seemed to fall into it”. In conclusion , The novel "Where the Crawdads Sing" explores themes of isolation, prejudice, and the power of nature. Kya is abandoned by her family at a young age and left to fend for herself in the marshes. Her isolation causes her to feel deeply lonely and long for human connection.
¨ It`s not the future you're afraid of. It`s repeating the past that makes you anxious ¨ -unknown . What is fear? Is it not knowing what will happen next ? One wrong decision could ruin your whole life.
In the novel Where The Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens presents symbolism, setting, and imagery in order to highlight the way that Kya was treated, ultimately illustrating that peoples origins can be unusual from others and affect how people form relationships as well as who they each individually turn out to be. In this day of age, growing up different from someone else is not unusual. People are more accepting and welcoming than they were ever before. If anything, people like it more now if you are different from everyone else.
Lewis Carroll “I can’t go back to yesterday because I was a different person then” (Lewis Carroll). Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who is more commonly knowns as Lewis Carroll, was born on the 27th of January in 1832. He was the oldest boy out of his ten other siblings and he loved to entertain them by amusing them with magic tricks and logic games. When Lewis was only twelve years old he created his own newspaper, “Rectory Magazine” that he and his family contributed poems to. As a boy, Lewis attended Richmond School in Yorkshire.
