Feminist perspective

The book The flowers Silvia the mom of Sony is stereotyped and controlled and overpowered by men in general. In the beginning of the book there was a violent seen where a man tore down the door looking for Silvia because apparently she stole money. Here the author shows that she was with men for their money and would use them to steal from them. Which causes her into trouble but also her son. Another scene is when she actually gets married, wait don’t forget she is a Latina, to Cloyd who is a white man who owns apartment buildings and they move in with him. Sony asks his mom what had happen to Goofy the dog and Cloyd gave her a “pissed off” look and she apologized to Sony for not bringing Goofy. This shows how the author but Cloyd as the dominant man in the story for giving her the look and her trying not to look at him to not make him upset. Also her attempts to make a good house wife like cooking and cleaning for him and at first she wanted to but now she is bored and she is trapped at home. When she actually decided to have a night out Cloyd get super angry with her for leaving and probably jealousy is raging through him since she is very pretty according to some characters from the book. I kind of lost my train of thought once it comes back I’ll continue this post…. Comment please :)

Metacongnitive free write

My only reading skills is rereading and rereading passages I don’t understand and looking up words I don’t know. Other than that I didn’t really go in depth with books. Now my reading skills have improved quite a bit but it is all with practice. I lately have been pausing between a couple pages and reflecting on what is going on. What has happened? What will happen? And I ask myself all kinds of question so I could just understand and not get lost. My worst reading habit I used to have was if I didn’t understand I just hoped that if I kept reading id figure out where I was and still continue on. That is the worst mistakes I did because I would finish the book and not remember anything I read. Practicing and getting into a habit is hard but not impossible and hopefully throughout this class I pick up better habits. Another habit I have picked up is trying to figure out themes and how they have changed while getting to know the characters in the book The Flowers. I remember trying to begin this book and I got lost on the first five pages. I hope people know what I’m talking about and am not the only one who experienced this in the beginning. The good thing is getting into the habit of rereading helped. Comment if there is any errors I would appreciate it J

Character Description

Silvia is the mother of Sony. According to Sony she is a mother that doesn’t really take into consideration that she has a responsibility to take care of and only act like she does. “My mom has to be there with me too. She has to take off from work and listen and act like she was all worked up about me too, which she wasn’t, and I knew it, because I heard her taking all the time on the phone about what she was up with , but the lady judge wasn’t going to notice nothing.”(page 4). This was when a cop pulled him over and asked him what he was doing. Then the cop farted and Sonny laughed. Which got him into trouble and ended up at court. Sonny knew his mother didn’t care even if she acted like she did at court. She was also a mother that isn’t really there with her children and doesn’t have a stable relationship with a man. “She was tired, and she didn’t like to waste time because she was already way too busy. It was my mom, if she wasn’t at her job , was out on dates and whatever” (page 5). Sonny knows she works hard to keep them with a roof over their head and food but that there isn’t a good connection with them since she doesn’t really know them.

My mother never...

My mother never gave up on striving me and my sister to do our best. She is a woman that I look up to the most. Her name is Victoria and born in Mexico. Since she remembers her mom, my grandma, suffered abuse from her dad, my grandfather. My mom ran away when she was fourteen and came to the United States to have a better start in life. On  the age of fourteen she tried finding any kind of job except nothing that dealt with disgracing her self. She always reminds my sister and I how working with respect and honor will lead to a happier and better life. At the age of eighteen she met my father and got married a year later and also had me. This February her and my father are having their eighteenth anniversary. Also this year I’m graduating and she has been a great support in my life and always says she wished she had the chance to go to school but her parents didn’t want her to. Which was another reason she sort of left. Now she has a loving husband and two daughters that are trying to make her proud, and her own beauty salon business here in Gilroy. She is the most amazing woman I have ever met.

I am...

I am a person who looks for quotes about what is going on in my life. I am the oldest child in a family of four. I am easy to get along with. I enjoy reading romantic/ adventure novels.I have read a book recently in the winter breaks called Dear John and I enjoy book versions than movie versions of books. I am a gullible person sometimes.I believe in morals and consequences ,good or bad, in every action.I can be very talkative or very quit. I am a person who loves music any kind form Mexican to Korien pop to County music. I have a passion of taking care of my family and close friends. My middle name is named after my grandma (dad side of the family). I have a total of fifteen aunts and uncles and too many cousins that I haven't met yet. I have two main shows I watch, Pretty Little Liars and Trufo del Amor. I am Hispanic even though come confuse me to be in the Asian ethnicity. I am passionate about being in school and staying in school. I can consider myself sort of feminist. My goals is graduating and going into a UC or CSU by fall and earning a major in Business Administration and minoring in communications, but the main school I am looking forward to an acceptance is San Diego State or UC. I thinks thats the basics about me. Comment if any questions or correcting my if I made mistakes I need more practice in my writing. :)