https://padlet.com/jgree252/Bookmarks Made with a wink and a smile en-us 2022-04-02 02:43:07 UTC 2022-04-02 03:43:21 UTC hello@padlet.com jgree252 https://padlet.com/jgree252/Bookmarks/wish/2126222991  Kingston's "No Name Woman” represents a cultural identity crisis. As a young woman, the main character was always told the story of how her aunt with no name defied the norms of their Chinese culture and resulted in her killing herself. This story was held over the little girl’s head and she starts to realize that she too is different much like her aunt and fantasizes about the many reasons her aunt dared to be different. Much like Lucifer who has only known himself to be a devil. He believes that everything he does makes him worst and he can never be different, it is not until he believes in himself that he is able to realize the angel he was meant to be. This reflects in no name woman when the main character realizes that it's okay to be different like her aunt and that she does not have to follow tradition because she is her own person.

]]> 2022-04-02 03:14:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jgree252/Bookmarks/wish/2126222991 jgree252 https://padlet.com/jgree252/Bookmarks/wish/2126235860 Hawthorn’s “The Birthmark “shows how obsession can lead to your very own destruction. The hip-hop song “children’s story” by Slick Rick also tells a story of self-destruction. This is also present in the famous artwork “Can’t help myself” by Sun Yang and Peng Yu.


The main character of “the birthmark” became obsessed with the looks of his wife willing to try anything to rid his wife of the “burdensome” birthmark that his wife adored. He believes the mark diminished her beauty and made it his ultimate goal to remove this mark. He tried everything he could to remove the mark and eventually he did but at the cost of his wife’s life. This theme is present in the Artwork “can’t help myself” the work of art is a robot that is leaking the very fluid that is needed to keep it alive and endlessly strives to live by scraping up the fluid to place it back where it needs to be to extend its own life. If the robot were human, the robot would realize that the life it is continuing to sustain is not life and the only peace it would receive is enjoying the time it has available. Both characters fantasize of how to improve themselves and how they can make things better instead of enjoying what they already have until they end up losing with nothing to show for the journey. 

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