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  In this passage from The Life and Words of a ! Kung Woman , Nisa discusses her childhood and all of the various experiences and adventures that she can look back on. She had a bad relationship with her father, to say the least. her father was very abusive, both mentally and physically to his children and spouse. Nisa accounts being hit many times and you leaving her crying to a point no child, should ever have to go through. I think the trauma Nisa endured as a child shaped the way she acted as an adult. she began being active with her husband very early on even when she had just started her transition into womanhood. I think it was a very scary thing for Nisa to go through, but this story led to a very inspiring and impactful story for all readers and audiences. Most children are able to recount many different aspects of their childhood. The good, the bad, the triumphant, and the ugly all get grouped together. It was very nice reading a woman's very detailed account of her child...

 Markham describes in this passage her time as a pilot assisting with tracking and hunting in East Africa. It felt different from many of the other women's writings in the text because of the use of setting. Their demeanor and time were about the same as Blixen's, but Markham expressed their strength in a different way. showed. From her descriptions of how she flew birds, tracked prey, and rescued hunters, the reader could easily see that she was a very clever and skilled woman. Compared to Karen Blixen, Markham seems to have a more positive, outwardly confident, and courageous personality, just in her lifestyle and career. Towards the end of her segment, Markham states that she has returned to England, but she still appreciates and is proud of her work in East Africa. Her description of her work shows the reader that she lives for adventure and risk."If a violent storm drives me into the bush and sansevieria, that's an opportunity and that's the job" (529). S...

  In Totto- chan, Kuroyanagi goes through accounts of her time in school right before the events of WWII in Japan. She describes a few short passages in her passage that represent her character as a child and the kind of experiences and interactions that she had in school. One passage that I found amusing was how The headmaster, Mr. Kobayashi allowed the students to draw musical notes on the floor with chalk (473). The absence of Ryo-chan is probably due to enlisting in WWII or being drafted which was very common during this time in Japan. People of all ages in this story seemed to comprehend that they will most likely never see Ryo-chan again, but the kids do not expect the effects of war the way the adults do due to their age and ignorance as children. Adults understand, for the most part, the consequences of war and the turmoil and heartache it can bring to families. I think having the kids drawing with chalk with n care in the world was a good metaphor for the life as a kid and...

In this narrative, we see a story of a midwife. Logan goes on to recount stories about various families that she has seen that are going through labor and welcoming a new child. It takes a very unique and certain person to be able to perform this job. They have to be equipped emotionally, physically, and mentally for anything that could come up during the birth of a child due to it being such a delicate process. the author is a creature of habit and repetition by the way that she explains how she never goes anywhere without her “orange stick or scrub brush” (484).  She's always ready for the task at hand and she has so much experience in this field due to being a midwife being a generational thing in her family. one anecdote that she shared that I found interesting was when she was talking about how she likes to connect the mother and father of the baby before hard labor comes. she states, “, I tell him this it was you and your husband in the beginning and it was fine. it's you...

    In The Woman Warrior, Maxine Hong Kingston survives relational trauma and emotional hardship from her family life growing up. This does cause Maxine to doubt herself as a human as well as makes her hold herself to an impossible standard. She was constantly surrounded by the need to receive approval from family members. they would be making fun of things she can not change about herself, her appearance, and her voice which added to the emotional trauma developed from her earlier years in life. We see a lot of this in developmental stories especially from women as we typically develop conditions like body dysmorphia from a young age. The Chinese culture established a custom where people were very secretive and liked to keep everything very structured, Kingston's parents had engrained the words "don't tell" (455) in her brain. There becomes a decision between her and her parents because of this very reason. The secrets and the front being put on daily weighed heavy ...

  During her stay at the house, Karen "befriends" a bushbuck she named "Lulu". Since Lulu was a baby, she lived at Karen's home and on her land, but as she grew, she began straying further and further away and returning less frequently. Karen and the houseboys' admirable, loving feelings towards Lulu are demonstrated through the quote "as if it had been the married daughter of the house on a visit" (227). There is an expansive difference between Karen's relationship with nature and that of her ex-husband with nature. It is obvious that they have very different values and ethics, and if the reader analyzes and understands their personalities, the reader will come to see that the marriage cannot succeed. The fact that Karen treats animals like children and feeds them as if they were her own children contrasts sharply with her ex-husband, who kills animals rather than nurtures them. Theor personalities are contrasted vastly in this narrative and p...