The Housemaid

Oprah Winfrey is a remarkable women and role model for many. Oprah Gail Winfrey was born on January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Her parents, Vernita Lee and Vernon Winfrey were young and unwed. Oprah’s mother left after her birth to find work and her father was in the armed forces, so Oprah was left in the care of her grandmother Hattie Mae Lee. The family was very poor and the two lived a very frugal lifestyle. As a young child, Oprah was very intelligent. Her grandmother valued…

Tituba confesses to it. There is a lot of questioning going on, while all eyes may be off of Abigail, and now on the foreign slave. They went to go accuse Tituba instead of a little white girl because, Tituba was a slave, and Abigail was more of a housemaid, there is racism and sexism almost throughout the whole book, only the women are really being accused, and only two men have been accused. It could have been that people thought witchcraft was mor a a women’s sport. The bit of racism we see,…

From the book written by author Neale Hurston, “Their eyes were watching God”, the author numerous times have used a main character named Janie to illustrate a universal message to readers of what it would take to be an independent person. And throughout the novel readers begin to notice how Janie as a person growing up have always questioned her identity alongside with society's expedition of how a woman should behave. And by living up to her mother's expectations, Janie has lost her voice and…

It was at this times Emmett Till; a 14-year-old boy was killed by a group of white men. Annie was working as a housemaid for Mrs. Burke, a mean white woman, who made Essie feel disgusted with her life. The killing horrified Annie who for the first time in her life was afraid and felt threatened of been killed due to her skin color. One night she overheard a conversation…

Maycomb’s Disease British writer Amelia Barr once said, “Injustice is a sixth sense, and rouses all the others” (A-Z Quotes). In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee, the author, displayed different cases of injustice in the cozy town of Maycomb. For instance, black women experienced inequity just because of their race. In addition, those who believed in advocating African Americans encountered persecution for their beliefs. Correspondingly, different adults in a young girl’s life attempted to take…

In the novel, “the color purple”, the female roles and male roles in the society seem to change. Females were meant to be the housewife while a man has to do the working to provide for his family. However, the female characters in the story had changed into not going through the demands of being a housewife and into not leading the man to be superior over them. The roles changed my having the females do the work and even wear pants. “What I need pants for? I say. I ain’t no man.” This describes…

In today’s society, women are expected to have all of the rights that men do, and those rights are supposed to be equal. However, this idea is preposterous to some males. This was especially true in the 1980’s, where women’s rights were not as much of a norm as it is in 2017. This period of time, precisely 1986, is when Margaret Atwood wrote her dystopian novel, The Handmaid’s Tale. The novel describes a society in which women are stripped of all of their rights and forced into social classes…

In this chapter, we try to equipt the child with precautionary measures in case someone tries to take advantage when parents/guidance are not around to monitor. A method that is often recommended is like a game, thus, parents or teachers should put questions that are unexpected to test the intelligence and awareness of that child. Such questions could go in the following pattern. Example, what if...? What about....? and hear the child answer it. Parents or teachers can generate a story to make…

helps Valencia give birth to her son and then a few minutes later, a daughter. The daughter is in poor condition as the umbilical cord was badly placed and she had a caul over her face. The doctor tends to the newly born children as Papi and the housemaid, Juana see the babies. The doctor tells Amabelle and Juana to help the children and…

Peace and Quit The play Trifles, written by Susan Glaspell is based off a true murder that happened in 1900 in Warren county, Iowa. The true cold case, just like the play, used symbolism to reveal the motive and killer. Throughout, three specific characteristics within the house uncover the truth behind Mr. Wright’s death. The symbolism that Glaspell used creates a mystery that can only be solved if every line is read. Mrs. Wrights quilt, dirty kitchen, and dead song bird all guide the reader…