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Short stories Emma by Carolyn Cole Themes which which present themselves in Emma Emma are
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Child Childhoo hood d innoc innocen ence ce Frien riends dsh hip Infd Infdel eliity Unait Unaith hlne lness ss and and deceit deceit
!aria" while only bein# a year old" is more matre than $orian becase she deals with the nisance o !s. %obinson everyday as well as she see&s to emlate Emma.
Mom Luby 'pea&er( Eli)ah" frst person child narrator !ain character( !om *by 'ettin#( soth states" possibly *oisiana or Tennessee" late +,--s. !om *by tilies part o her room/hose as her bsiness 0arters. 1er home is comical" eberant" )oyl and welcomin#. It is sli#htly disor#anied and 0ite bsy. It has trapped ood odors. The bsyness o her home is intermin#led with )oylness and love. Themes( +. 2. 3. 4. 6.
ener enerosi osity ty and and mater maternal nal love love Femin eminiism overty 5ananas 5rreac 5 eacra racy cy
1ere we fnd the #reatest theme as generosity and maternal love comin# love comin# ot. 7e fnd that this story teaches a ndamental lie lessons o acceptance o others and admittance that lie isn8t yor way all the way arond. 9'he loo&ed &ind o pretty" bt lost.: This line #ives a testament to the act that perhaps or way" isn8t the only way. The writer also ma&es the statement that the system bilt to help others" is actally ma&in# lie di;clt.
Ma Luby, the protagonist . 'he is maternal" hardwor&in#" and charitable to her children and to other people. 'he is sassy and her speech is with spice" she is a 0ite li&able person and has a terrifc sense o hmor. 'he is etremely clever and can handle con=icts very well. 'he is a doctor" herbalist" preacher" lawyer" and a mother. 'he is also a little vain.
Raymond’s run The story %aymond>s %n is told rom the frst person perspective o '0ea&y. The settin# is in 1arlem" ?@. !ayday is the hei#ht o sprin# and so it was celebrated in the older Eropean cltres. It is the prime o sprin#" the middle. 7hen sprin# is in all o its #lory and the =owers are bloomin# and that n stA. B7armest day in sprin# when people cold #o ot and have n.
%aymond is a #enerally a happy child with a wild ima#ination" shown in when he has Dfts o antasyD e.#. when he thin&s he>s a circs perormer.
'pea&er( '0ea&y. B 1ael Eliabeth $eborah ar&er '0ea&y is a stron# athlete" and this is easily overloo&ed. 1erein she also tac&les the common stereotype o what yon# #irls shold be. '0ea&y is also 0ite cynical. 'he is orced into a manner o livin# where she had to #row p beore her time by bein# brdened with the 9parentin#: o her brother" %aymond. '0ea&y is a very admirable character in the way that she contines to train $E'ITE the act she has her brother to care or. 'he is sassy and she is witty" even tho#h she has a very frm wor& ethic. In this story we are able to #et a eel o the tonality o how <rican
Two Grandmothers by live 'enior Eamples o racism( +
Eamples o diAerences in treatin# the narrator( In the eyes o Towser she is parentin#. There is a h#e societal diAerence between Towser and randma $el. Towser is 0ite aGent" and in a diAerent socioHeconomic brac&et. 'he comes rom a non carin# way o lie withot love and nrtrin# bt providin# all the materials thin#s or the child i.e. ood" school" treatment o illness. Towser wishes to be orever yon# and lead the lie o social btter=y with relationship that are artifcial that have presti#e. 'he is white and o the privile#ed class" by this" she atomatically assmes that blac&s are inerior and e0ates them to ob)ects. Bb)ectifcation o a person 'he is a very =at character with the only aspect o bein# #lamoros and see&in# the hi#h lie. randma $el is the eact opposite to Towser. 'he spends mch time with her #randda#hter and nrtres her #randda#hter in every possible way. randma $el" who is blac&" is a comple character. 'he is not all bad" and she8s not #ood either. 'he belon#s to a diAerent time" and a diAerent way o thin&in#. This wold eventally come bac& to hant her as her #randda#hter becomes trned oA with her. 'he is araid that her #randda#hter wold become li&e Towser.