Excerpt From The Winter Hibiscus Summary

She then “went to her mother’s grave, and planted a hazel sprig on it. She cried so hard that her tears fell to the ground and watered it. It grew and became a beautiful tree. Three times a day Cinderella went and sat under it, and wept and prayed” (Pg 182). The authors show that one can find solace and grow past hardship with patience and authenticity, which is symbolized through the growth of the sprig.

A owner of a rice plantation bought her as a gift for her son. In the novel the setting of Amaris village and a plantation have many differences and similarities. There are numerous differences between Maris village and the rice plantation. First off Amaris village was a happy place and the plantation is huge and have many slaves that are abuse. In the village family has huts they share with family, but at the plantation there are many slaves in one little shack.

In Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns the historical context unravels before the eyes of the reader as time grows more modern. When reading the story one sees that many things have changed over time. One may witness that the use of automobiles are just coming about, along with the use of indoor plumbing. As the story goes along, the author explains the historical context of a small southern town in 1906.

This device is explaining that her life was forgotten then remembered again. Later, the author shifts to simile were thousands bee’s, met love, from the tree to the root in every blossom. As the author made this a simile to represent what she thought love was. Which led her to feel week or faint from marriage.

A transition is a process of changing from one form or circumstance to another. It can be challenging, confronting, exciting or transformative and has different outcomes or results for different people. Transitions are seen through the compilation of poems in The Simple Gift by Steven Herrick, they are evident in the picture book The Red Tree by Shaun Tan and are also in the film The Pursuit of Happyness by Gabriele Muccino. The Simple Gift has three main characters, an old hobo named Old Bill, a young homeless teen named Billy and a wealthy, privileged girl named Caitlin.

When the soldiers cut down their beloved pine tree Sookan’s grandfather got sick. She wanted to see him all the time, but was obedient and only went in his

Culture differences, the differences of culture that has been created due to immigration, can create many tensions between generations in a household. The short story “The Jade Peony” manifests culture shock through two incidents. The first incident is depicted when Jung, Kiam, Liang were talking to their dad and telling him how grandma’s unacceptable disgusting behavior was causing them to get insulted by their friends. “The problem for the rest of the family was in the fact that Grandma looked for these treasures wandering the back alleys” “All our friends are laughing at us!”. Their father replied to this by telling to stop this but in the back of his head he thought “how could he dare tell the Grand Old One, his aging mother,

This leads her and others in her life to be at odds. Furthermore, illustrating Jaine's idealism of love by seeing the world in such detail and viewing it differently than most people, especially when considering a pear tree coming into bloom, as Jaine sees it as "every blossom frothing with delight," (Page 11) which helps to paint a detailed picture of the

The world they lived in was different, but some of the decisions and challenges are the same. C. The green leaf that lands on the porch symbolizes Lisa. The tree was necessary for the green hickory leaf to grow and have life, but the wind blows the leaf to a new place; just as Lisa cares about her grandmother and the care that she received from her. But now Lisa has moved to her new place in life at

For the Hmong in The Latehomecomer, language has both positive and negative effects on the Hmong people. Through Yang’s story, readers can see that verbal stories play a crucial role in the Hmong culture. The Hmong have a high value for stories and storytelling. Yang shows this when she says, “Like so many other children, in other parts of the world, in a time of nothing, we heard stories of what was before.

Ha is a little girl who was living in Saigon during the Vietnam war and survived it. Her and her family fled the country avoiding death during this time. During the escape they came across many many obstacles. They were all gone through without her father who had been missing from his service in the military. After going through all these hard times Ha was able to grow stronger as a person.

Through her use of symbolism the author shows how much the marigolds mean to Miss Lottie. Through her use of point of view readers have a clear view of the look and atmosphere of the old town and the how the marigolds were the only beautiful thing

She thought the garden was beautiful. Kincaid experiences awfulness because slaves made the gardens. The water from the river was used to flood the rice fields. Their rice-cultivation skills were used to maintain the plantation.

Visual literacy is used in everyday life. By reading and analyzing images in books, magazines, T.V and short films, we are able to make sense and understand how these pictures relate to the writing associated with them. The Red Tree a book written and illustrated by talented Shan Tan uses a variety of different visual literacy techniques which then create a story valuable to teenagers in todays modern society. By creating a distinct series of images using composition, social value and the reaction provoked.

At the end of the The Monkey Garden most people felt sorry for the young girl that was an outcast because she did not want to grow up. However, the narrator must learn that things changed and people change too. She needs to realize her friends are growing up and hanging with boys is acceptable. She must learn that perspectives change throughout life and not everything stays the same. The Monkey Garden won 't always be a safe magically place.