Post character, plot, and thematic information for: - The Yellow Wallpaper by C.P. Gilman - Fiesta, 1980 by J. Diaz - Battle Royal by R. Ellison - Hills Like White Elephants by E. Hemingway
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Yellow - Cory, Danny Fiesta - Lexi, Ellie Battle - Francesco, Andy Hills - Matthew, Sam
White Elephant: As a term, white elephant means a valuable possession that requires more maintenance than it is worth. In the context of the story, white elephant (and the hills described as white elephants) represent the baby inside of Jig.
Barren vs. Fertile: “On this side there was no shade and no trees and the station was between two lines of rail in the sun” “Across, on the other side, were fields of grain and trees along the banks of the Ebro” “The hills across the valley of the Ebro were long and white” The white elephant hills, representing the baby, appear on the fertile side of the river. The fertile side represents going through with the birth, while the barren side represents getting an abortion.
Submission of Women: “And if I do it you’ll be happy and things will be like they were and you’ll love me?” “I don’t care about me. And I’ll do it and then everything will be fine” While make her decision about whether to get an abortion, Jig places the man’s interests before her own. The man seems to hold more power in their relationship.
In Ralph Ellison’s Battle Royal, there are very few named characters whatsoever, but rather a massive mob. This allows us to focus on one or two central, important characters. These include the narrator, who is either unnamed or Ellison himself, and his grandfather. Both are, at first, adherents to the “Booker T.” philosophy for black advancement; they both believe in keeping their heads down and doing the best that they can with what they have. Even the final words of the grandfather adhere somewhat to this, though they are perceived as much more aggressive. They are “Live with your head in the lion’s mouth. I want you to overcome ‘em with yeses, undermine ‘em with grins, agree ‘em to death and destruction, let ‘em swoller you till they vomit or bust wide open.” Although this aggressive terminology shocks his family, the approach of submissive resistance is still more Booker T. than W.E.B. The narrator, similarly, speaks of Booker T., and acts similarly. He willingly joins the battle royal to please the white people, despite the fact that he is plainly suspicious of them. Even when he makes his speech, he complies with their wishes for him to stick with what they agree with. He makes no attempt at open aggression towards the white men. The note his grandfather gives him in a dream at the end is not criticizing his actions, however, but encouraging them and telling him to continue with his subversive behavior.
The basic plot of Battle Royal is much simpler; the narrator’s grandfather, on his deathbed, calls himself a traitor to his own and a spy in the enemy’s country since the Reconstruction. He tells his family to “Live with your head in the lion’s mouth. I want you to overcome ‘em with yeses, undermine ‘em with grins, agree ‘em to death and destruction, let ‘em swoller you till they vomit or bust wide open.” This comes as a shock to the family, and is considered a curse to the narrator. Upon his graduation from high school, the narrator is asked to give a speech to all the town big-shots and to participate in a “battle royal” taking place at the event as entertainment. The boys are shown a stripper, who gets both the fighters and the observers to a point at which they are almost feral, then the boys are put in a ring, blindfolded, and told to fight. They do so, viciously, for both dignity and reward. They are then further humiliated by being made to take money from an electric rug. When the narrator finally does give his speech, few people listen, and it is racked with irony, being about the struggle for black rights and the idea of submission being the way to equality. This is particularly emphasized when he actually uses the word “equality” and is nearly thrown out or beaten further. He gets out of this, and is given a briefcase with a scholarship to the local university for blacks. He goes home and has a dream involving going to the circus with his grandfather, who refuses to laugh at anything. He then tells him to take from the briefcase an envelope, containing a number of other envelopes and finally a note, saying “To Whom It May Concern, keep this n***-boy running.” The story closes with the grandfather’s laughter.
In Ralph Ellison’s Battle Royal, there are very few named characters whatsoever, but rather a massive mob. This allows us to focus on one or two central, important characters. These include the narrator, who is either unnamed or Ellison himself, and his grandfather. Both are, at first, adherents to the “Booker T.” philosophy for black advancement; they both believe in keeping their heads down and doing the best that they can with what they have. Even the final words of the grandfather adhere somewhat to this, though they are perceived as much more aggressive. They are “Live with your head in the lion’s mouth. I want you to overcome ‘em with yeses, undermine ‘em with grins, agree ‘em to death and destruction, let ‘em swoller you till they vomit or bust wide open.” Although this aggressive terminology shocks his family, the approach of submissive resistance is still more Booker T. than W.E.B. The narrator, similarly, speaks of Booker T., and acts similarly. He willingly joins the battle royal to please the white people, despite the fact that he is plainly suspicious of them. Even when he makes his speech, he complies with their wishes for him to stick with what they agree with. He makes no attempt at open aggression towards the white men. The note his grandfather gives him in a dream at the end is not criticizing his actions, however, but encouraging them and telling him to continue with his subversive behavior. The basic plot of Battle Royal is much simpler; the narrator’s grandfather, on his deathbed, calls himself a traitor to his own and a spy in the enemy’s country since the Reconstruction. He tells his family to “Live with your head in the lion’s mouth. I want you to overcome ‘em with yeses, undermine ‘em with grins, agree ‘em to death and destruction, let ‘em swoller you till they vomit or bust wide open.” This comes as a shock to the family, and is considered a curse to the narrator. Upon his graduation from high school, the narrator is asked to give a speech to all the town big-shots and to participate in a “battle royal” taking place at the event as entertainment. The boys are shown a stripper, who gets both the fighters and the observers to a point at which they are almost feral, then the boys are put in a ring, blindfolded, and told to fight. They do so, viciously, for both dignity and reward. They are then further humiliated by being made to take money from an electric rug. When the narrator finally does give his speech, few people listen, and it is racked with irony, being about the struggle for black rights and the idea of submission being the way to equality. This is particularly emphasized when he actually uses the word “equality” and is nearly thrown out or beaten further. He gets out of this, and is given a briefcase with a scholarship to the local university for blacks. He goes home and has a dream involving going to the circus with his grandfather, who refuses to laugh at anything. He then tells him to take from the briefcase an envelope, containing a number of other envelopes and finally a note, saying “To Whom It May Concern, keep this n***-boy running.” The story closes with the grandfather’s laughter. Sorry it's a little long-winded. Andy Monserud
In Ralph Ellison’s Battle Royal, there are very few named characters whatsoever, but rather a massive mob. This allows us to focus on one or two central, important characters. These include the narrator, who is either unnamed or Ellison himself, and his grandfather. Both are, at first, adherents to the “Booker T.” philosophy for black advancement; they both believe in keeping their heads down and doing the best that they can with what they have. Even the final words of the grandfather adhere somewhat to this, though they are perceived as much more aggressive. They are “Live with your head in the lion’s mouth. I want you to overcome ‘em with yeses, undermine ‘em with grins, agree ‘em to death and destruction, let ‘em swoller you till they vomit or bust wide open.” Although this aggressive terminology shocks his family, the approach of submissive resistance is still more Booker T. than W.E.B. The narrator, similarly, speaks of Booker T., and acts similarly. He willingly joins the battle royal to please the white people, despite the fact that he is plainly suspicious of them. Even when he makes his speech, he complies with their wishes for him to stick with what they agree with. He makes no attempt at open aggression towards the white men. The note his grandfather gives him in a dream at the end is not criticizing his actions, however, but encouraging them and telling him to continue with his subversive behavior. Plot in 2nd comment.
The basic plot of Battle Royal is much simpler; the narrator’s grandfather, on his deathbed, calls himself a traitor to his own and a spy in the enemy’s country since the Reconstruction. He tells his family to “Live with your head in the lion’s mouth. I want you to overcome ‘em with yeses, undermine ‘em with grins, agree ‘em to death and destruction, let ‘em swoller you till they vomit or bust wide open.” This comes as a shock to the family, and is considered a curse to the narrator. Upon his graduation from high school, the narrator is asked to give a speech to all the town big-shots and to participate in a “battle royal” taking place at the event as entertainment. The boys are shown a stripper, who gets both the fighters and the observers to a point at which they are almost feral, then the boys are put in a ring, blindfolded, and told to fight. They do so, viciously, for both dignity and reward. They are then further humiliated by being made to take money from an electric rug. When the narrator finally does give his speech, few people listen, and it is racked with irony, being about the struggle for black rights and the idea of submission being the way to equality. This is particularly emphasized when he actually uses the word “equality” and is nearly thrown out or beaten further. He gets out of this, and is given a briefcase with a scholarship to the local university for blacks. He goes home and has a dream involving going to the circus with his grandfather, who refuses to laugh at anything. He then tells him to take from the briefcase an envelope, containing a number of other envelopes and finally a note, saying “To Whom It May Concern, keep this n***-boy running.” The story closes with the grandfather’s laughter. Sorry it's a little long-winded. Andy Monserud
A major theme in Ralph Ellison's short story Battle Royal is the choice between humility and nonresistance or pride and defiance. The main character first encounters this choice when his grandfather speaks his last words. He and his family had known his grandfather as "a quiet old man who never made any trouble" but in his dying breath he says "our life is a war and I have been a traitor all my born days(Ellison 2375)." This changes the main character's view because originally, he had intended to follow his grandfather's way of nonresistance, but now, when he remembers his grandfather and feels "guilty and uncomfortable (2375)." He sees his grandfather's words as a curse because he is no longer sure of which path to take his life. He follows, uncertainly, the path of nonresistance until the "battle royal" where his decision comes to a climax. Originally, he came to the meeting to give a speech about humility but after being abused and beaten up, he realizes that humility and nonresistance can only get one so far. So he slips the word "equality" into his speech and for the first time, he attempts defiance. Much of the story ties into the debate of Booker T. Washington's ideas of nonresistance versus WEB Dubois's ideas of fighting for equality. The main character himself becomes a battlefield for the two opposing philosophies as he struggles to make a decision over which path to take.
Jane - Main Character, Only given name at the very end (24), Sick, Locked in room with Yellow Wallpaper, writes even though people do not want her to, people don't believe that she is sick, sees the woman in the wallpaper, peels off much of the wallpaper, creeps around at the end.
John - Husband of Jane, physician of high standing, says Jane is not sick, in some ways he is keeping Jane from getting better, spend some nights in town, got the mansion for the summer, tells Jane to stay in the room and not do any work, Jane believes that he is also affected by the wallpaper, Tries to get Jane out of the room when then faints, loves Jane very much.
Woman in the Wallpaper – Part of Jane’s imagination, Jane sees her walking around the grounds of the mansion, seen at night in the wallpaper trying to tear out, the reason that Jane tears the wallpaper, a symbol for women trying to break out of the binds of society.
Jennie – John’s Sister, takes care of the house and Jane, thinks that the writing made Jane sick, leaves Jane alone when Jane wants to be alone, may have taken notice to the wallpaper.
Cousin Henry and Julia – people Jane wants to visit but is not allowed to.
Brother of Jane – also a physician and agrees with John about Jane’s illness.
Weir Mitchell – a doctor that Jane could be sent to, name of Gilman’s real doctor.
Puerto Rican Woman- the woman Papi is having an affair with, that both of his son’s know about.
Mami- the mother of Yunior, Rafa, and Madai. She is married to Papi and doesn’t seem to know about Papi’s affair with the Puerto Rican woman, but her son’s know and her sister Yrma seems to suspect it.
Rafa- the oldest brother, who tries to stay out of the way of his abusive father, but keeps his father’s affair a secret.
Ramon “Papi”- the abusive father, who came to America first to come up with money to bring the rest of his family there. He carries out this affair with a Puerto Rican woman, but only his to sons know about it.
Tio Miguel- the uncle who just came to America with his wife. Compared to Papi he seems to be a positive male in the narrator’s life.
Tia Yrma- Mami’s sister who just moved to America with her husband Timo. She’s shows overall kindess and concern for her sister and for her niece and nephews.
Madai- the younger sister of the narator, who is described as the sensitive one in the family.
Wilquins- the mute neighbor at the party, who Yunior takes some interest in.
Yunior- the narrator of the story, who feels guilty that he has to keep Papi’s affair a secret from his mother because he is afraid of the possible consequences.
Fiesta 1980 is about a boy and his family who moved emigrated from the Domincan Republic to the US. This story is narrated by a boy named Yunior who must keep his dad’s affair with a Puerto Rican woman a secret from his mother. His father came to the US before the family and gradualy sent money back to the Dominican Republic, so the rest of the family could join him. The family consists of Papi, Mami, Rafa, Yunior, and Madai. It becomes more difficult for Yunior to keep the secret when his mother’s sister Yrma and her husband Miguel immigrate to the US. His father Papi decides to have a big party to celebrate at Yrma and Miguel’s new apartment in the Bronx. Leading up to the party Yunior describes how angry his dad gets when he figures out he’s eaten before they get on the road because Yunior always gets sick in Papi’s new lime-green Volkswagen van. His mother Mami stands up for him when Papi starts to become abusive, but Yunior is left with the feeling that everything he does will always bother Papi. On their way to the Bronx, Yunior describes the first few times he began to throw in the car. Yunior portrays Mami to be the most kind and loving mother when he says, “while every car known to man sped by us she stood outside with me so I wouldn’t feel alone.” (Diaz, 30) The way Yunior describes Papi is both an unfaithful husband and an abusive father, but he said, “I still wanted hims to love me.” (27) So, throughout the rest of the story Yunior goes back and forth narrating about the good and the bad that he sees in Papi. When they get to the party, Yunior describes his uncle Miguel and his aunt Yrma to be a very positive thing in his life. Inside the apartment they meet other kids, like Wilquins who is mute, but Yunior seems the most interested in him out of the rest of the kids. During the party, Yunior describes Mami’s closeness to Yrma and his Papi’s loudness, but he also describes the first time he met the Puerto Rican woman. Overall he describes how scared and ashamed he was that this was going on and how he couldn’t tell anyone because he was afraid of what would happen. When Yrma asked Yunior about what was going on at home, Yunior said, “I didn’t say anything. Don’t get me wrong, I loved my tía, but something told me to keep my mouth shut. Maybe it was family loyalty, maybe I just wanted to protect Mami or I was afraid Papi would find out.” (39) Only Yunior and Rafa know about his father’s affair, but he only describes the times he’s been question like with his aunt and later with his mother. At the end of the story, the last line says, “Finally I said, Mami, and they both looked back, already knowing what was happening.” (43) This last line could mean one of two things or maybe even both. One, being that he was going to throw up because he ate again at the party or two that he was ready to reveal his father’s secret.
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Yellow - Cory, Danny
Fiesta - Lexi, Ellie
Battle - Francesco, Andy
Hills - Matthew, Sam
Thank you, Per 8 students!
Themes in Hills Like White Elephants:
White Elephant:
As a term, white elephant means a valuable possession that requires more maintenance than it is worth. In the context of the story, white elephant (and the hills described as white elephants) represent the baby inside of Jig.
Barren vs. Fertile:
“On this side there was no shade and no trees and the station was between two lines of rail in the sun”
“Across, on the other side, were fields of grain and trees along the banks of the Ebro”
“The hills across the valley of the Ebro were long and white”
The white elephant hills, representing the baby, appear on the fertile side of the river. The fertile side represents going through with the birth, while the barren side represents getting an abortion.
Submission of Women:
“And if I do it you’ll be happy and things will be like they were and you’ll love me?”
“I don’t care about me. And I’ll do it and then everything will be fine”
While make her decision about whether to get an abortion, Jig places the man’s interests before her own. The man seems to hold more power in their relationship.
--Sam Wood
In Ralph Ellison’s Battle Royal, there are very few named characters whatsoever, but rather a massive mob. This allows us to focus on one or two central, important characters. These include the narrator, who is either unnamed or Ellison himself, and his grandfather. Both are, at first, adherents to the “Booker T.” philosophy for black advancement; they both believe in keeping their heads down and doing the best that they can with what they have. Even the final words of the grandfather adhere somewhat to this, though they are perceived as much more aggressive. They are “Live with your head in the lion’s mouth. I want you to overcome ‘em with yeses, undermine ‘em with grins, agree ‘em to death and destruction, let ‘em swoller you till they vomit or bust wide open.” Although this aggressive terminology shocks his family, the approach of submissive resistance is still more Booker T. than W.E.B. The narrator, similarly, speaks of Booker T., and acts similarly. He willingly joins the battle royal to please the white people, despite the fact that he is plainly suspicious of them. Even when he makes his speech, he complies with their wishes for him to stick with what they agree with. He makes no attempt at open aggression towards the white men. The note his grandfather gives him in a dream at the end is not criticizing his actions, however, but encouraging them and telling him to continue with his subversive behavior.
The basic plot of Battle Royal is much simpler; the narrator’s grandfather, on his deathbed, calls himself a traitor to his own and a spy in the enemy’s country since the Reconstruction. He tells his family to “Live with your head in the lion’s mouth. I want you to overcome ‘em with yeses, undermine ‘em with grins, agree ‘em to death and destruction, let ‘em swoller you till they vomit or bust wide open.” This comes as a shock to the family, and is considered a curse to the narrator.
Upon his graduation from high school, the narrator is asked to give a speech to all the town big-shots and to participate in a “battle royal” taking place at the event as entertainment. The boys are shown a stripper, who gets both the fighters and the observers to a point at which they are almost feral, then the boys are put in a ring, blindfolded, and told to fight. They do so, viciously, for both dignity and reward. They are then further humiliated by being made to take money from an electric rug. When the narrator finally does give his speech, few people listen, and it is racked with irony, being about the struggle for black rights and the idea of submission being the way to equality. This is particularly emphasized when he actually uses the word “equality” and is nearly thrown out or beaten further. He gets out of this, and is given a briefcase with a scholarship to the local university for blacks. He goes home and has a dream involving going to the circus with his grandfather, who refuses to laugh at anything. He then tells him to take from the briefcase an envelope, containing a number of other envelopes and finally a note, saying “To Whom It May Concern, keep this n***-boy running.” The story closes with the grandfather’s laughter.
Sorry it's a little long-winded.
Andy Monserud
In Ralph Ellison’s Battle Royal, there are very few named characters whatsoever, but rather a massive mob. This allows us to focus on one or two central, important characters. These include the narrator, who is either unnamed or Ellison himself, and his grandfather. Both are, at first, adherents to the “Booker T.” philosophy for black advancement; they both believe in keeping their heads down and doing the best that they can with what they have. Even the final words of the grandfather adhere somewhat to this, though they are perceived as much more aggressive. They are “Live with your head in the lion’s mouth. I want you to overcome ‘em with yeses, undermine ‘em with grins, agree ‘em to death and destruction, let ‘em swoller you till they vomit or bust wide open.” Although this aggressive terminology shocks his family, the approach of submissive resistance is still more Booker T. than W.E.B. The narrator, similarly, speaks of Booker T., and acts similarly. He willingly joins the battle royal to please the white people, despite the fact that he is plainly suspicious of them. Even when he makes his speech, he complies with their wishes for him to stick with what they agree with. He makes no attempt at open aggression towards the white men. The note his grandfather gives him in a dream at the end is not criticizing his actions, however, but encouraging them and telling him to continue with his subversive behavior.
The basic plot of Battle Royal is much simpler; the narrator’s grandfather, on his deathbed, calls himself a traitor to his own and a spy in the enemy’s country since the Reconstruction. He tells his family to “Live with your head in the lion’s mouth. I want you to overcome ‘em with yeses, undermine ‘em with grins, agree ‘em to death and destruction, let ‘em swoller you till they vomit or bust wide open.” This comes as a shock to the family, and is considered a curse to the narrator.
Upon his graduation from high school, the narrator is asked to give a speech to all the town big-shots and to participate in a “battle royal” taking place at the event as entertainment. The boys are shown a stripper, who gets both the fighters and the observers to a point at which they are almost feral, then the boys are put in a ring, blindfolded, and told to fight. They do so, viciously, for both dignity and reward. They are then further humiliated by being made to take money from an electric rug. When the narrator finally does give his speech, few people listen, and it is racked with irony, being about the struggle for black rights and the idea of submission being the way to equality. This is particularly emphasized when he actually uses the word “equality” and is nearly thrown out or beaten further. He gets out of this, and is given a briefcase with a scholarship to the local university for blacks. He goes home and has a dream involving going to the circus with his grandfather, who refuses to laugh at anything. He then tells him to take from the briefcase an envelope, containing a number of other envelopes and finally a note, saying “To Whom It May Concern, keep this n***-boy running.” The story closes with the grandfather’s laughter.
Sorry it's a little long-winded.
Andy Monserud
In Ralph Ellison’s Battle Royal, there are very few named characters whatsoever, but rather a massive mob. This allows us to focus on one or two central, important characters. These include the narrator, who is either unnamed or Ellison himself, and his grandfather. Both are, at first, adherents to the “Booker T.” philosophy for black advancement; they both believe in keeping their heads down and doing the best that they can with what they have. Even the final words of the grandfather adhere somewhat to this, though they are perceived as much more aggressive. They are “Live with your head in the lion’s mouth. I want you to overcome ‘em with yeses, undermine ‘em with grins, agree ‘em to death and destruction, let ‘em swoller you till they vomit or bust wide open.” Although this aggressive terminology shocks his family, the approach of submissive resistance is still more Booker T. than W.E.B. The narrator, similarly, speaks of Booker T., and acts similarly. He willingly joins the battle royal to please the white people, despite the fact that he is plainly suspicious of them. Even when he makes his speech, he complies with their wishes for him to stick with what they agree with. He makes no attempt at open aggression towards the white men. The note his grandfather gives him in a dream at the end is not criticizing his actions, however, but encouraging them and telling him to continue with his subversive behavior.
Plot in 2nd comment.
The basic plot of Battle Royal is much simpler; the narrator’s grandfather, on his deathbed, calls himself a traitor to his own and a spy in the enemy’s country since the Reconstruction. He tells his family to “Live with your head in the lion’s mouth. I want you to overcome ‘em with yeses, undermine ‘em with grins, agree ‘em to death and destruction, let ‘em swoller you till they vomit or bust wide open.” This comes as a shock to the family, and is considered a curse to the narrator.
Upon his graduation from high school, the narrator is asked to give a speech to all the town big-shots and to participate in a “battle royal” taking place at the event as entertainment. The boys are shown a stripper, who gets both the fighters and the observers to a point at which they are almost feral, then the boys are put in a ring, blindfolded, and told to fight. They do so, viciously, for both dignity and reward. They are then further humiliated by being made to take money from an electric rug. When the narrator finally does give his speech, few people listen, and it is racked with irony, being about the struggle for black rights and the idea of submission being the way to equality. This is particularly emphasized when he actually uses the word “equality” and is nearly thrown out or beaten further. He gets out of this, and is given a briefcase with a scholarship to the local university for blacks. He goes home and has a dream involving going to the circus with his grandfather, who refuses to laugh at anything. He then tells him to take from the briefcase an envelope, containing a number of other envelopes and finally a note, saying “To Whom It May Concern, keep this n***-boy running.” The story closes with the grandfather’s laughter.
Sorry it's a little long-winded.
Andy Monserud
ok... sorry about that, I thought it had been too long the 1st and 2nd times. Can we delete one?
Andy
Battle Royal: Themes
A major theme in Ralph Ellison's short story Battle Royal is the choice between humility and nonresistance or pride and defiance. The main character first encounters this choice when his grandfather speaks his last words. He and his family had known his grandfather as "a quiet old man who never made any trouble" but in his dying breath he says "our life is a war and I have been a traitor all my born days(Ellison 2375)." This changes the main character's view because originally, he had intended to follow his grandfather's way of nonresistance, but now, when he remembers his grandfather and feels "guilty and uncomfortable (2375)." He sees his grandfather's words as a curse because he is no longer sure of which path to take his life. He follows, uncertainly, the path of nonresistance until the "battle royal" where his decision comes to a climax. Originally, he came to the meeting to give a speech about humility but after being abused and beaten up, he realizes that humility and nonresistance can only get one so far. So he slips the word "equality" into his speech and for the first time, he attempts defiance. Much of the story ties into the debate of Booker T. Washington's ideas of nonresistance versus WEB Dubois's ideas of fighting for equality. The main character himself becomes a battlefield for the two opposing philosophies as he struggles to make a decision over which path to take.
-Francesco Di Caprio
Yellow Wallpaper
Characters:
Jane - Main Character, Only given name at the very end (24), Sick, Locked in room with Yellow Wallpaper, writes even though people do not want her to, people don't believe that she is sick, sees the woman in the wallpaper, peels off much of the wallpaper, creeps around at the end.
John - Husband of Jane, physician of high standing, says Jane is not sick, in some ways he is keeping Jane from getting better, spend some nights in town, got the mansion for the summer, tells Jane to stay in the room and not do any work, Jane believes that he is also affected by the wallpaper, Tries to get Jane out of the room when then faints, loves Jane very much.
Woman in the Wallpaper – Part of Jane’s imagination, Jane sees her walking around the grounds of the mansion, seen at night in the wallpaper trying to tear out, the reason that Jane tears the wallpaper, a symbol for women trying to break out of the binds of society.
Jennie – John’s Sister, takes care of the house and Jane, thinks that the writing made Jane sick, leaves Jane alone when Jane wants to be alone, may have taken notice to the wallpaper.
Cousin Henry and Julia – people Jane wants to visit but is not allowed to.
Brother of Jane – also a physician and agrees with John about Jane’s illness.
Weir Mitchell – a doctor that Jane could be sent to, name of Gilman’s real doctor.
Mary – person taking care of the baby
Danny O’Shea
Fiesta, 1980 – Characters
Puerto Rican Woman- the woman Papi is having an affair with, that both of his son’s know about.
Mami- the mother of Yunior, Rafa, and Madai. She is married to Papi and doesn’t seem to know about Papi’s affair with the Puerto Rican woman, but her son’s know and her sister Yrma seems to suspect it.
Rafa- the oldest brother, who tries to stay out of the way of his abusive father, but keeps his father’s affair a secret.
Ramon “Papi”- the abusive father, who came to America first to come up with money to bring the rest of his family there. He carries out this affair with a Puerto Rican woman, but only his to sons know about it.
Tio Miguel- the uncle who just came to America with his wife. Compared to Papi he seems to be a positive male in the narrator’s life.
Tia Yrma- Mami’s sister who just moved to America with her husband Timo. She’s shows overall kindess and concern for her sister and for her niece and nephews.
Madai- the younger sister of the narator, who is described as the sensitive one in the family.
Wilquins- the mute neighbor at the party, who Yunior takes some interest in.
Yunior- the narrator of the story, who feels guilty that he has to keep Papi’s affair a secret from his mother because he is afraid of the possible consequences.
Fiesta, 1980 – Plot
Fiesta 1980 is about a boy and his family who moved emigrated from the Domincan Republic to the US. This story is narrated by a boy named Yunior who must keep his dad’s affair with a Puerto Rican woman a secret from his mother. His father came to the US before the family and gradualy sent money back to the Dominican Republic, so the rest of the family could join him. The family consists of Papi, Mami, Rafa, Yunior, and Madai.
It becomes more difficult for Yunior to keep the secret when his mother’s sister Yrma and her husband Miguel immigrate to the US. His father Papi decides to have a big party to celebrate at Yrma and Miguel’s new apartment in the Bronx. Leading up to the party Yunior describes how angry his dad gets when he figures out he’s eaten before they get on the road because Yunior always gets sick in Papi’s new lime-green Volkswagen van. His mother Mami stands up for him when Papi starts to become abusive, but Yunior is left with the feeling that everything he does will always bother Papi.
On their way to the Bronx, Yunior describes the first few times he began to throw in the car. Yunior portrays Mami to be the most kind and loving mother when he says, “while every car known to man sped by us she stood outside with me so I wouldn’t feel alone.” (Diaz, 30) The way Yunior describes Papi is both an unfaithful husband and an abusive father, but he said, “I still wanted hims to love me.” (27) So, throughout the rest of the story Yunior goes back and forth narrating about the good and the bad that he sees in Papi.
When they get to the party, Yunior describes his uncle Miguel and his aunt Yrma to be a very positive thing in his life. Inside the apartment they meet other kids, like Wilquins who is mute, but Yunior seems the most interested in him out of the rest of the kids. During the party, Yunior describes Mami’s closeness to Yrma and his Papi’s loudness, but he also describes the first time he met the Puerto Rican woman. Overall he describes how scared and ashamed he was that this was going on and how he couldn’t tell anyone because he was afraid of what would happen. When Yrma asked Yunior about what was going on at home, Yunior said, “I didn’t say anything. Don’t get me wrong, I loved my tía, but something told me to keep my mouth shut. Maybe it was family loyalty, maybe I just wanted to protect Mami or I was afraid Papi would find out.” (39)
Only Yunior and Rafa know about his father’s affair, but he only describes the times he’s been question like with his aunt and later with his mother. At the end of the story, the last line says, “Finally I said, Mami, and they both looked back, already knowing what was happening.” (43) This last line could mean one of two things or maybe even both. One, being that he was going to throw up because he ate again at the party or two that he was ready to reveal his father’s secret.
Lexi Taylor
Themes in Yellow Wallpaper:
Woman's Suffrage: (suffrage)- the right of women to vote in a political election, the right of a women to run for office.
Domesticity: Women do house work and child care while men have jobs and provide for the family.
-Tyler
Hi i am just going to use this for english multimedia project so pay no attention to some following comments that make no sense...
Jarmen 12:56 said...
LOL did you see that noob that i played earlier he was so horrible 10 pool win!
Kake 12:58 said...
@Jarmen What?! you are obviously the noob ive seen some other of your games you have played and you suck! and you have bad manners...
Jarmen 4:20 siad...
@Kake lol who are you to talk kid! your such a kid i bet you get picked on during school... lol noob!
Kake... 9:20 said...
@jarmen Yeah... :(
-Tyler All Done IGNORE ME!!!!
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