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But by using an 'instructional,' distanced format, the reader is able to both laugh and sigh at the same time, as the implied meaning of Diaz's phrases is slightly softened by the harshness of the satiric tone.
The use of deliberately offensive terms like 'halfie' indicates Diaz's dual project of parodying racial and gender norms while also showing the humanity behind them. Even when talking about dating whites, Diaz elides the two words together, to suggest the way that people speak: whitegirls, he says, are easy and "give it up," a "halfie will tell you that her parents met in the [civil rights] movement," showing a sly mockery that the reader is only interested in how to get the girl in bed, not to hear about the serious effects of the civil rights movement on black and white people's lives.
Diaz's story shows the complex, contradictory, and often offensive stereotypes society has about women of...
"To Da-duh, in Memoriam" takes on the voice of a child to portray a lost world, that of a grandmother's home in Barbados. The child's limited perspective is a source of humor, as the child, born in Brooklyn, can only gaze at the island with an uncritical perspective. In contrast to Diaz's supremely opinionated narrator, a child gazes upon the world with open eyes, yet there is also childishness in her grandmother's perspective, a woman who wonders if there are any trees at all in New York, and does not believe that anything in the world can be as beautiful as her homeland. The child resists her grandmother's embrace of the island, even while she is seduced by its beauty. Using such a limited perspective enables Marshall to inject ironic tension between what is observed and what is understood, in a similar though less obvious fashion than Diaz.
Narrative therapy is a postmodern therapeutic approach that focuses on the stories or narratives that people form and develop to explain meaning in their lives (White & Epstein, 1990). Narratives are affected by social constructions and subjective interpretations of events in people's lives. The therapist attempts to help the client by working together to modify narratives that are ineffective or detrimental to the client's functioning (White & Epstein, 1990). The
Chez Bippy, the place where Sonny can usually be founds, some kind of headquarters for his activity, is usually presented with the sounds of Frank Sinatra or Dean Martin, as they can be heard in the background. The music is great to put a sound on Sonny's slick approach and style. Any of these singers would be associated both with the shows they were part of and with the
Conclusion Qualitative data using individual stories are very important because they give insight into the challenges faced by certain groups such as pregnant teenage mothers. A more comprehensive approach to reducing adolescent pregnancy is needed. Many risk factors including a mother's own history, the absentee father, and misuse of birth control contribute to teenage pregnancies. These can override the benefits of school activity participation and performance in preventing teenage pregnancy. Therefore,
Narrative Role in Story Narrative perspective plays an important role in many works of literature and often helps to determine the themes of said work. DH Lawrence's short story, "The Rocking Horse Winner" is an allegorical tale, which investigates the relationship between luck and money and the impact that these topics have on the characters in the story. The omniscient narrator of the story helps to guide the reader through the
Keeping the continuous, cycle and rhythmic sense of time before us is another task we have come to associate with the study of narrative." (2000, p. 8) V. Reflection and Deliberation Clandinin and Connelly state that 'reflection and deliberation' are both terms which "refer to the methods of practical inquiry and are springboards for thinking of narrative and story as method." (2000, p. 8) Reflection is stated to have a sense
A qualitative approach to the research was definitely indicated above a quantitative approach for several reasons, not the least of which is the type of therapy being employed and the types of outcomes expected. Because narrative therapy techniques are by their very nature deeply personalized and subjective, it is next to impossible to quantify the actions or results that occur in/come out of this therapeutic technique. Also, n order to