A relationship developed between Clara and Lecon and Clara became pregnant. Once Clara became pregnant with Lecon's child, the family fell apart and the family lost respect for both Lecon and Clara. To avoid a scandal it was decided that that Ida would become the alleged mother. During Clara's pregnancy both girls were sent away to a convent to have the child. Ida was treated with little respect and had to earn her keep at the convent by cleaning while Clara was doted on. Once the child was born, Ida returned with Christine, but Clara did not. This upset Ida's father very much and he started working even more so he could be away from home and became dependant on alcohol. He became a very angry man and got into many fights. Many years later both her mother and father passed away. .
Ida, at 15 years old, seemed as if she was developmentally at the proper place with regard to Erikson's eight psychosocial stages of development. Trust versus mistrust is the first stage, while ranges from birth to 1 years old. In order to gain trust, an infant must received the proper nurturing, attention, food, feelings of safety, and everything else that would fulfill their needs (Sroufe, Cooper & DeHart, 1992). Although, all that is mentioned in the story was that Ida was very nave, she seemed to be a very trusting girl and became very attached to Clara right away. She seemed to have confidence in her family and Clara that they would do what was best for her and look out for her.
The second stage is called autonomy versus shame and doubt, which occurs during the ages 1 to 3 years old. This stage is where a child learns "to be self-sufficient by mastering tasks such as feeding and dressing themselves, and they begin to separate from their parents. They also learn to conform to social rules. Children who do not develop autonomy may doubt their abilities and their capacity to act on the world and develop feelings of shame (Sroufe, Cooper, & Dehart, 1992).
Perhaps these women's strength inspired the novel A Yellow Raft in Blue Water. ... His many awards in Native American Studies helped him to become strong in his ethnicity and later write the work A Yellow Raft in Blue Water in 1987. ... Michael Dorris' brilliant work, A Yellow Raft in Blue Water, portrays three generations of Native American women. ...
Yellow Raft In Blue Waters is a tale of three women a fifteen year old half black and half Indian Rayona, who is trying to find herself, her American Indian mother Christine, consumed by both tenderness and resentment for the people she adores, and the mysterious Ida, who is the mother and grandmother. ...
My most favorite part of the entire summer was when my parents allowed me to go down the river in a canary yellow raft that we called flipper. The flipper was a 6 foot raft. ... We would start to get into the rafts we normally had anywhere from 3 to 6 rafts full of people per run. Everyone had there designated spots on the raft. ... I see everyone trying to get back in the raft. ...
Harry ran to the professor to find him sitting in front of a very old looking book, with yellowed pages and hand-made cover. ... The Professor shows Harry the great Underground Sea, and the raft the Hans had started to build out of the ropes, (while he was asleep) that they brought along and of driftwood. ... The Professor and Harry take off to where Hans is working on the raft and immediately boarded it. ... Slowly they get closer to the raft, giant waves thrashed the raft around. ... Under the raft Harry saw a huge shadow that resembled a crocodile. ...
It was the second week into our visit, my brother Davide and I, decided to purchase a raft. ... Excited was the word, we stayed up to half two in the morning blowing the raft up and preparing what we were going to wear, even sun tan lotion was thought of, we meant business. ... Before we jumped in my father told us to wait, we had forgot to tie the safety rope around the raft. ... One of the other men noticed that the raft was deflating, as if things were not bad enough, three men hanging to the side of the raft, two children inside it, it was unimaginable. The roar of the lifeboat was heard...
The next day was the first day of the adventure a big red and yellow charter bus came to the hotel and picked us up we all were excited one my cousins friends name Paul he was the life of the party type of person. ... We had a great time cliff climbing and white water rafting. ...
Two boats, seven surfers, two Skis, five cameramen, an Internet technician and me. I found out I was going two days ago, and so here I am, winging my way to some Indian Ocean outpost before I"d even had time to consider what kind of surf mission required the presence of Kelly Slater, Tom Carroll and big-wave nutters Ross Clarke-Jones, Peter Mel and Ralph Hagen (who is my brother) chucked in at the last minute to round out the mix. We were on our way to a secluded spot off the coast; I was in the boat with my brother, Carroll, Peter Mel and the Internet technician. When a couple of the...
IM SURE MOST OF U REMEMBER THE SIGHT OF A MAN IN A YELLOW SUIT POP UP INFRONT OF WOT LOOKED LIKE A VERY SMALL BOAT COMPARED TO THE GREAT HMAS ADELAIDE & GIVING HIS RESCUERS A BIG HUG. ... HE SPENT AN HR TRYING TO SEE WHETHER HE COULD FREE THE LIFE RAFT BUT IT WOULD TAKE 3 MEN TO DO SO. ...
In the richly textured novel A Yellow Raft in Blue Water, author Michael Dorris splendidly weaves a narrative in which the meaningful stories of three generations of women are told. Each story is incomplete without the other, and the reader is not fully able to understand the beginning narratives ...
