https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci en-us 2022-11-09 18:20:51 UTC 2022-11-18 18:47:42 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f43c.png schillerjohn https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2377364986 The main message of the story is beauty is not all good. It comes with good and bad.]]> 2022-11-09 18:57:47 UTC https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2377364986 huangjoshua https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2377371638 daughter, mother, father, grandmother, rich man that married her grandmother, rich man's baby son.
The mother develops the daughter's concern by making her worried that she isn't beautiful.]]> 2022-11-09 19:02:12 UTC https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2377371638 bojjasaasthra https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2377376573 the setting of different countries helps develop the story by showing how her mother being a part of Chinese culture allows her to call her daughter plain faced with no hesitation, yet making it upset her mother saying this because she lives in the USA and is used to those values. secondly, tan being in the usa makes her feel unattractive due to the fact that she does not fit beauty standards here. ]]> 2022-11-09 19:05:24 UTC https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2377376573 schillerjohn https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2377377197 "If beauty is bad luck, why do I still want it? Why do I wish for reasons to be in vain?"(Tan 11) She reflects on her want for beauty and how she learns of the bad luck that comes with beauty as she wonders why she still wants the beauty of her mother.]]> 2022-11-09 19:05:49 UTC https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2377377197 schillerjohn https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2377386894 The prevading tone of the story is wishful. SHe wishes all throughout the story to be as beatiful as her mother. She even wishes for it after she learns of the bad of beaing beautiful.]]> 2022-11-09 19:12:21 UTC https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2377386894 bojjasaasthra https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2377389578 One noteworthy feature of the text is the stories the author tells from her mother and grandmother, because it adds to the story and shows how her mother and grandmother added to her desire to be 'beautiful']]> 2022-11-09 19:14:12 UTC https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2377389578 bojjasaasthra https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2382979788 The main message of the narrative is that even though Saeed came out as gay, he was unable to be completely honest with his mother, making him feel like the burden had not been lifted from her. "I had come out to my mother, but within minutes I had realized that I had not come out to her as myself.", (pg. 98, Jones)]]> 2022-11-14 14:27:03 UTC https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2382979788 bojjasaasthra https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2382992882 Saeed, his mother, and his friends
Saeed's mother develops his concern of being accepted as himself by his family and her, as shown in this quote, "Coming out to her, then, became such a daunting prospect because I knew I would have to lie in order to tell the truth." ]]> 2022-11-14 14:33:05 UTC https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2382992882 schillerjohn https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2383001556 The pervading tone is anxious. He is anxious to come out to his mother and he is anxious about how the phone call ends. We can see this in his behavior when he says "I talked myself in circles to find the perfect phrasing before I realized there was no way around it."(98 Jones)]]> 2022-11-14 14:37:28 UTC https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2383001556 huangjoshua https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2383003812 "There was still so much I hadn't told my mother, so much I knew that I would probably never tell her. I had come out to my mother as a gay man, but within minutes, I realized I had not come out to her as myself."(pg. 98, Jones) He reflects that even though he told his mother he was gay, he knows there is still so much he hasn't told his mother.]]> 2022-11-14 14:38:31 UTC https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2383003812 bojjasaasthra https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2383004664 The setting of him leaving a party where he was having fun to lift his mother's phone call helps develop the theme that though he is happy in his life, the fact that his life as he lives it and is happy with it makes him unhappy. A quote that shows this is , "...and walked out to the back porch." (97, Jones) ]]> 2022-11-14 14:38:51 UTC https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2383004664 bojjasaasthra https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2383021038 A noteworthy feature of the text is the diction. The way the writer talks is especially honest and informal. A quote that displays this is, "I was at Rob's house with other speech kids trying to get as drunk as possible as quickly as possible of cheap sangria." this shows how informal he is.]]> 2022-11-14 14:46:31 UTC https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2383021038 bojjasaasthra https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2383065023 The main message of the narrative is that family can show you who you are. ]]> 2022-11-14 15:08:36 UTC https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2383065023 bojjasaasthra https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2383069369 America Ferrara, Granfather, Dad, Great Grandfather

Her great grandfather helped her realized that she is more tied to her family then she thinks she is.]]> 2022-11-14 15:10:08 UTC https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2383069369 huangjoshua https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2383083032
"I stood on the land that generations of my family stood on before me and let myself feel the full depth and complexity of the role immigration played in my life. The opportunities and the gifts and the dreams it afforded, and for the first time understanding what it truly cost." She reflects that immigrating to United States made her lose the richness of her past and the links to her historical identity.]]> 2022-11-14 15:15:02 UTC https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2383083032 schillerjohn https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2383083663 The prevading tone is self discovery. She is trying to figure out her purpose and what she wants to do in her gut. Shes trying to find this part of her self in her ancestor. "I so deeply identified with, an ancestor who reflected back to me such a vital and unexplained aspect of my self.]]> 2022-11-14 15:15:24 UTC https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2383083663 schillerjohn https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2383087605 The note-worthy feature is the picture of her watching the grave of her father thinking about herself and her past showing her the thoughts we see in the story. It shows the setting as well as her body language.]]> 2022-11-14 15:17:32 UTC https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2383087605 huangjoshua https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2383095003 The setting being Esperanza helps develop the plot by letting her know that she lost hundreds of years of history, of connection, of identity, of family, of knowing the people and the land that she comes from, of knowing herself when she immigrated to the United States.]]> 2022-11-14 15:21:39 UTC https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2383095003 bojjasaasthra https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2386554040 The main message of the narrative is that one person has the ability to change someone's life.]]> 2022-11-16 13:11:36 UTC https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2386554040 bojjasaasthra https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2386556782 the pervading tone is the moving on.]]> 2022-11-16 13:13:21 UTC https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2386556782 bojjasaasthra https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2386560055 Marguerite, Mrs. Flowers, mother, sister
Mrs. Flowers effected Marguerite's life by giving her a love of literature and helping her feel heard/seen. ]]> 2022-11-16 13:15:32 UTC https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2386560055 schillerjohn https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2386583985 The settin of the story is in the midst of the great depression in a segregated town in lousiana. This contributes to her feeling trapped.]]> 2022-11-16 13:30:47 UTC https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2386583985 huangjoshua https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2386621322 "All I cared about was that she had made tea cookies for me and read to me from her favorite book. It was enough to prove that she liked me." She reflects that Mrs. Flowers likes her because she invited her to her house.]]> 2022-11-16 13:54:27 UTC https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2386621322 huangjoshua https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2390336877 A noteworthy feature of the text is the dialogue. The way Marguerite talks to Mrs. Flowers shows how Marguerite thinks of Mrs. Flowers. Marguerite doesn't talk a lot while she is at Mrs. Flowers house she only talks when Mrs. Flowers asks her something.]]> 2022-11-18 18:47:42 UTC https://padlet.com/schillerjohn/v3pdl7fgepn23eci/wish/2390336877