Mama is a very strong character in this play. ... Walter's character did not change much because of Mama's trust in him. When she figures out about Walter deceiving her, she becomes enraged, and states, talking about Walter's father, "I seen him...night after night...killing himself...but you gave it all away in a day" (129). ... Another example of this would be when Mama told him that she bought them a new house. ... He was in denial for the longest time, finally snapping out of it when Mama started to beat him. ...

• Word Count: 904
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"I want so many things that they are driving me kind of crazy Mama," (Hansberry 254). He tells his mama as what would make him happy. Walter as the only man of the family does not even think he has a real job as he complains to his mama that "I open and close car doors all day long. ... This made his mama say that Walter was a "disgrace to his father's memory" (Hansberry 255), since he did not make any effort to stand up and fight through the hardship. ... It is no surprise to hear Mama proudly say, "He finally came into his manhood today, kind of like rainbow after the rain" (Hansberry 2...

• Word Count: 947
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

One day he found out that his high school sweetheart was pregnant, he then got married to her during the summer after their senior year in high school, and the two moved together from Boise, Idaho, to Cambridge, Mass where their son was born. ... It's basically telling him from the baby mama to him that she wasn't able to take care of the baby, Emma, and that she just needs some time to get things straight before she comes back. This whole thing came as a surprise because Ben didn't even date her that long and didn't even know she was pregnant till that day. ...

• Word Count: 1309
• Approx Pages: 5
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The boys had to adjust to not physically seeing their mom every day. ... The youngest son is going through the "mama's baby stage." He just wants to be with his mama and does not mind telling anyone about it.​ ​...

• Word Count: 1993
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

October 26, 1995 is the day that I was born. ... There weren't any hospitals nearby in the village, so a day before my mom was due, my parents travelled to the city to give birth to me. ... The first word I said was "Mama and that was around when I was a one year old. ... I love school, and learning new things every day. ... She is a very hard working woman, and one day I wish to be just like her....

• Word Count: 1387
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

PARENTS AND KIDS RELATIONSHIPS "October Sky" by Joe Johnston and "Every Day Use" by Alice Walker's stories deal with parents and kids relationships. ... In "Every Day Use" it's a story narrated by a woman who describes her self as "a large, big-boned woman with rough, woman-working hands." ... This was shown when she says to her mother "She can have them, Mama, I can still remember Grandma Dee without the quilts." ... As well as "Every Day Use" by Alice Walker provided us a list of conflicts, which made Maggie and her mother relationship very static. ...

• Word Count: 1757
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School