Daughter

The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, by Kim Edwards, explains the burden of keeping secrets, parenthood, and marriage. When Norah Henry unexpectedly goes into labor, smack in the middle of a blizzard, her husband David is forced to deliver their child. David, who is an orthopedic surgeon, successfully delivers their son, but is caught off guard when there appears to be another baby coming. Immediately David recognizes signs of Down syndrome and instructs the nurse, Caroline, to take her away to an…

Pastan’s poem, “To a Daughter Leaving Home” is a mother’s reflection of the progression of her daughter’s life from childhood to being independent and leaving home for the first time. The speaker is a mother who reflects back on teaching her daughter to ride a bicycle at eight years old and compares the memory to her daughter’s current independence of leaving home as an adult. The nostalgic tone of this poem conveys that the mother is emotional about the parting of her daughter, but she…

Song writes from the perspective of the youngest daughter in the family. As the youngest in a Chinese family traditional, she is to take care of her mother and set aside other life goals. The daughter has been imprisoned in her mother’s home for so many years that her skin is “aspirin colored,/ tingles with migraine” (Song 12-13) from the lack of sunlight. As the daughter begins her daily routine giving her mother a bath, she gets “a sour taste” (Song 26) in…

Dialectical Journal Entries—The Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan Passage: “Years before, she had dreamed of writing stories as a way to escape. She could revise her life and become someone else. She could be somewhere else. In her imagination she could change everything, herself, her mother, her past. But the idea of revising her life also frightened her, as if by imagination alone she were condemning what did not like about herself or others. Writing what you wished was the most dangerous…

parenting style can affect daughters’ assertiveness, critical thinking abilities, strength, and her day to day interaction with others. “Daddy’s girls” and “domineered daughters” are the two typical relationship patters between father and daughter. (Bell, 2001). Daddy’s girls are defined to be women who are affectionately admired by their fathers. For the most part, fathers who genuinely loves his daughter promote a sense of accomplishment and high self-esteem. The daughters who grew up to be…

In Caroline Hwang’s published essay , The Good Daughter, she talks about the struggles of assimilation, being a first generation child and thus figuring out her culture after being Americanized. The author poses many interesting questions such as “Is it okay to Americanize your child’s culture if it’s for their future?” and “Is it culturally insensitive to deny your children the right to learn their parents culture?” Although I am not the first generation child, I have experienced the same…

The Magic Daughter, written by Jane Phillips, intimately portrays her life events of horrific experiences and living in fear of her psychological illness. Jane Phillips focuses on the hardships, stigma, triggers, and coping techniques for someone who is diagnosed with Multiple Personality Disorder. Her story began as a suicidal note, but soon became a source in identifying and accepting her psychological disorder. The Magic Daughter, brings traumatic events to subconscious awareness. Jane…

over his daughter to accomplish his goal. Upon introducing Gawain to his daughter, the host states, “I bring you my daughter, if it does not displease you, for I have no more splendid entertainment to charm and please you” (“The Knight” 112). Immediately, the host is presenting his daughter as an object of entertainment, and fulfilling his role as a host by basically giving his daughter to Gawain to do with what he will for the night. The sense of ownership the host feels towards his daughter is…

In Sandra Cisneros’s article, Only Daughter, she writes about herself and how her father and society saw women in the 1990s. She begins her writing by mentioning that she had six brothers but even if she had six brothers, she was still lonely since her brothers were embarrassed to play with their sister. So when Cisneros suggested that she would attend college, her father was overjoyed because he thought that this was the perfect time for her to find a husband. But as years go by and finally…

Short Story Essay The short stories “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment,” “Rappaccini’s Daughter.” and “The Birthmark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne all revolve around the idea of unusual or unnatural use of science. These three stories include a scientist who conducts an experiment or works towards a goal to change something that occurs naturally and is not in need of change. Based on the characters and plots of these short stories, Nathaniel Hawthorne shows that the use of science for unnatural purposes, or…