Birthday Boy

My Son is Three Years Old

Today, May 6 2013, my little son Bara become three years old. I can't believe that three years has passed since his birth. I still remember that long day of labor, I still remember his first look, it was awesome. That day was a great day. My son's birth remember me of his sister's birth, when I first become a Mom. 

 

Everyday Use by Alice Walker

The Quilt

The quilt symbolizes the heritage of the family. It is made from "all pieces of dresses Grandma used to wear"

It is very important because it shows the difference in understanding the heritage between Dee, and her mother and Maggie. 

Dee is an educated woman who studied in college. She doesn't care about her family, her mom said: "she washed us in a river of make-believe, burned us with a lot of knowledge we didn't necessarily need to know". 

Dee wants the quilt because it's handmade, she wants to hang it, while the mother promised to give it to Maggie when she'll marry John Thomas. Maggie, will not hang the quilt, but she is going to put it for everyday use. In top of that, Maggie knows how to quilt, she learned that from her mother and grandmother. 

Maggie never went to college, nor her mom. They understand their heritage in the same way Grandma and ant Dee understand. Dee went to college not just to educate herself, but to became a different one. She doesn't like her family, she changed her name to "Wangero" because she was named after Big Dee.

Going to Meet the Man by Baldwin

Killing the Man

Mr. Jesse's father had took him to a picnic that he will never forget, when he was a boy. He saw the show of killing the black man, he felt joy that he had never felt before, "He watched the hanging, gleaming body, the most beautiful and terrible object he had ever seen till then". 

At the beginning of the story, Jesse is unable to do a sexual relationship with his wife, at that moment, an "image of a black girl caused a distant excitement in him", he wasn't able to ask his wife to help him "the way he could ask a nigger girl to do it". At the end of the story, he succeeded  in arousing himself, he told his wife, "Come on sugar, I'm going to do you like a nigger"

Jesse interaction with the black people give him the power of superiority over them. He finally become able to do sexual relation with his wife, but it was after remembering the superiority of his race over black people, and it was after taking the black man's masculinity. 

Keeping up With Children

Children, the most precious thing in our lives, need every body around them to keep up with them. 

From the moment that the mother has her child, both of the parents start the process of "taking care".

Nursing, feeding, sleeping, changing diapers, visiting pediatrician, giving shot, potty training, sending to preschool, finding friend, and more and more many obligations the parents have to keep up with to bring up their children. 

I am a mother of two children, four and a half years girl, and three years boy. My children and my lovely husband are my whole life. They keep me busy, but they are the best thing I love to be busy with. 

I think that keeping up with children is a symbol of successful life for the whole family.

Good Country People by O'connor

Hulga's Wooden Leg Symbol

"She was as sensitive about the artificial leg as a peacock about his tail"(O'connor)Her wooden leg was a source of her pride. She feels herself independent with her wooden leg and able to do everything by herself. She didn't allowed anyone to touch her artificial leg except for Manley, the bible salesman. I think that when Manley removed her wooden leg, Hulga starts feel as if she is loosing her pride and she asked him to put it back

Syrian Revolution

Syrian people revolt against Alassad regime (which ruled syria for almost 50 years).
Syrians asks for freedom. They protest to drop the regime. They wish to elect the president of Syria.
For the first time, at Marsh /15/ 2010, Syrians break the fear and pronounce from the deep of their hearts FREEDOM.

The Great Gatsby

Symbolism in The Great Gatsby

The Green Light Symbol 

The green light is a symbol of hope. It is located at Daisy's east egg dock and it can be seem from the west egg dock (Gatsby's place). 

It is a green light and not a red one. Green light means that it's ok to pass. It charges Gatsby with hope to continue his way in achieving his dream, or in achieving Daisy. 

The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg Symbol