Although written quite differently, "In Search of Our Mothers" Gardens" by Alice Walker and "Seventeen Syllables" by Hisaye Yamamoto are quite similar in the messages that they convey about women and keeping culture alive that is passed down to their daughters. ... Children were also the product of women who were just looking for love, and got children out of the act of love (60). ... Walker also describes how her mother expressed her artistic self through her flower garden that she took so much pride in (63). ...

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The garden, "loved like an only child," is a symbol for Poland, the homeland of the persona's father. ... This attachment, as the audience is told that the poet's father has, "swept its [the garden's] paths ten times around the world." Such a hyperbole emphasizes Feliks' strong connection with his garden, the only place he truly belongs... Through the simile, "I'd ravage the backyard garden like a hungry bird," Skrzynecki compares himself to a fledgling bird safe in the security of his nest. With another simile, "rows of sweet corn: tended...

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"She married for love, and the love turned to dust. She had bonny children, yet she felt they had been thrust upon her, and she could not love them" (225). ... Bassett was the families gardener, symbolizing church and low class society. ... Better of dead, than in a life without love and full of GREED....

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Paul's behavior is strange because even though the children knew that she could not love them, he still sought her approval rather than that of his father's which is what most little boys have a tendency to do. But the portrait that the mother paints for Paul of his father is one of extreme bitterness and misfortune, it appears as though she has completely forgotten that she once "married for love" (118). The only real communication that takes place is between Paul and the gardener, Bassett, and between Paul and his uncle, who seems to serve as more of a father figure to him than...

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My father, a perfect man with love, is the oldest and shortest (not too much but enough to call "shortest") in my family. ... Mom and Dad fill my world with love, although sometimes they yell at me louder than any noise on the road. ... He has a small garden with more than thirty columbines on the highest floor of my own building, I really like him at this point, and I think he loves fresh air and natural, so do I. ... I love my father because he is a generous gentleman. ...

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In the soliloquy hamlet refers to his world as useless or disgraceful His speech is full of words that suggest rot and corruption which is shown with words like "gross" (I,II, 138) and he also refers to his world as an "unweeded garden" all this shows how unstable hamlets state of mind is since he can't seem to think of anything good about the world he lives in which is caused by his fathers death and his mother remarrying so quickly to King Hamlet's brother which disgust Hamlet and makes him disgusted by the weakness of his mother. ... When Ophelia will reject Hamlet's love it ...

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She asks him sullenly what they will do on his birthday, but he has no idea so he goes out into the garden to ask his nine-year-old and plain daughter. ... I think John McCreedy and his wife has a cold and very not intimately relationship, which contains neither love nor happy moments. ... McCreedy does not like his daughter much, but tries very hard to love her. ...

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Not only does she work hard every day, but also she has raised seven kids, a big garden every summer, and I can't forget my dad. She didn't just "raise" me and my brothers and sisters like her garden, she taught us. She taught us principles, values, hard work, goals, and most importantly a love of the gospel. ...

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Although the two authors were acquainted with each other, there is no proof that one influenced the other in their writings; yet, the story of Miss Brill, from "The Garden Party and Other Stories" and "Eveline from Dubliners," may prove that theory to be wrong. ... Frank is a sailor with a home in Buenos Ayres, who loves and treats her with great respect and tenderness and entertains her with stories from his travels. ... Eveline loves her father and regrets the idea of leaving him, but she does not want to become like her mother, who sacrificed so much for her family, either. ... On one hand,...

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You know how some people say that they never realized how much they loved their childhood until after they grew up? ... There was lots of love, lots of space and lots to do. From gardening to cutting hay, from working the horses to doing household chores, the world "bored- never found its way into her vocabulary "she loved it all and none of it seemed like work to her. ... She realized she was missing the love of a man in her life. ... So they began looking for a place outside of the city "a place complete with animals running all around and a garden full of vegetables just wait...

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Likewise, Martha Smith endured strenuous work from raising, and feeding farm animals, taking care of eight children, milking cows, harvesting a garden and canning all of the goods, to making the clothing for herself, husband, and children, carpets, coats, and doing the laundry. ... He says "You learn to love a job that is not like sacking groceries, or working in a factory or painting houses, because everybody watches you when you come down the street. ...

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He didn't have any jobs when he was a teenager but he liked to help the gardeners with the yard work and sometimes he helped load trucks with workmen. ... I think that the way he was raised affected his ability to show love and to communicate well with other people and talking to him about his life answered a lot of questions that I was too afraid to ask him. ...

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We all have a favorite place in our childhood. That place where we can hide ourselves from the world and its problems. That place is where we can spend hours and hours enjoying our time and making plans for the future. There we can create our own imaginary friends, who spend the time with us and acc...

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Everyday, I would come home from school and go straight out to our old air raid shelter, situated at the bottom of the garden. I loved to touch her soft feathers and stroke her wings. ... We had fallen in love almost instantly, and had gotten married not long after. ... Everyday I would come home from work and we would sit together under the night sky, sharing our love through a metaphysical link. ...

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Although Reva knew of her father's search for a proper husband, she couldn't help but fall in love with a young, strong, dark skinned farmer. ... He too was of the vaishya class and worked a plot of land adjacent to the garden Reva worked in (Altekar 67). ... Never feeling wanted like this before, Reva was overcome by love for her new husband and his family. ...

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When my mother was a senior in high school she was head over heels in love with my father but what she didn't know was he was a horribly abusive man with a huge drinking and drug problem. ... I have been to Disneyland, Bush gardens, cedar point and many other places that I know I wouldn't have gone if it wasn't for him. ... He has made his fair share of mistakes but he is my dad and I love him and am thankful for him each and every day. ...

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Craig Terry Enc1101 A Day of Mixed Emotions It was the first day of the rest of my life my grown up life. My stomach was in groaning for food, and I couldn't seem to do anything with my hair. I had all my pens, papers, notebooks and other miscellaneous items stuffed into my s...

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Dear Beloved Son, At this time in our lives it's just the two of us, your father lives in a separate house. You are six years old, first grader attending Saint Bridget Catholic Academy. I am 29 years old, and this is my second year at La Guardia Community College. Right now my major is Liberal Arts...

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When they grew up Larry fell in love with Ann. ... She was invited by Chris who loved her and wanted to marry her. ... She expected Ann to remain faithful for ever to Larry and believed that Ann had not married yet because of her love to Larry. ... George was so overcome by such warm welcome and love that he decided to forget the whole matter and stay for dinner. ...

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North By Northwest is a humorous, adventure and love story all rolled together in one movie. ... 'Townsend' cannot be convinced that Thornhill is not Kaplan, even though Thornhill tries to explain the misunderstanding to him by saying that he is headed for the Winter Garden theater that evening. ... (As they are driving away, one of the thugs pretends to be a gardener in the front of the mansion.) ...

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My mom looked around happily, "it's a perfect house!" she exclaimed. "Can't you just imagine a murder taking place here Molly?" I nodded in agreement and pushed aside the wispy white drapes at the large bay window in the living room. Outside a wide expanse of closely clipped green lawn swept to t...

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It's hard to think about that day. Who knew it would be the last day I would spend with her. It still feels like a fresh nightmare that just happened last night. But it didn't. It happened over two years ago and I was still struggling with this new reality. I didn't like it. I hated it. How could th...

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The biggest factor in our marriage problems is my father in law, Mr. David Robinson, and to some extent Dennis her brother. Dad never worked or did anything for his wife and family. All his life he was addicted to drugs and admitted several times to rehab. After a break became alcoholic and attracted to gambling, and fighting on streets in Saddar. ...

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