English 15: The Gilda Stories Chapter 4

1.) a. In Boston Massachusetts during the 1955
b. In the chapter Gilda owns her salon and Fox comes in looking for Toya and Gilda feels in need to protect Toya.
2. Two characters are Bird and Gilda; in the chapter Bird has a good heart and spirit . Gilda has her own salon and is a hair dresser.
3. Four new characters in the chapter are ; Toya comes in scared to the salon because Fox is following Toya, Skip a heroin addict and is also Savannah's pimp; Savannah is a brave women and is willing to help others; and Fox is Toya pimp and vampire. The antagonist in the chapter is Fox.
4. The main conflict the protagonist is struggling with is trying to kill Fox in order to set Toya free which leads to Bird and Gilda trying to kill Fox. The protagonist struggles with killing Fox because she knows how much she values life and struggles whether to kill Fox or not which is her struggle in the chapter struggle.

Healthy Relationship

Healthy relationship consists of what of components in order to make the relationship last here are some of components that need to be followed in order to maintain a healthy relationship with your partner: commitment, trust, honesty, communication, and respect. Every couple needs to commitment in a relationship in order for the relationship to stay strong; commitment is going the extra mile for their partner and staying by their side through sickness and heath. Trust is needed in every relationship because you need to trust your partner during your deepest conversations. Honesty is what keeps a healthy relationship going; being honest is not telling your partner lies and being faithful to the relationship. Communication is what keeps a healthy relationship, communicating with your partner you are able to discuss about your relationship and understanding your partner more. Respect, many relationships fail because of respect in a relationship you need to respect your partner’s decisions and actions and you need to be able to respect the change of your partner in order to maintain a healthy relationship.

Giovanni's Room: Interpation of Quote

In the novel Giovanni’s Room, written by James Baldwin in part one chapter three; the protagonist David and Jacques are having a conversation about being in a gay relationship. The scene takes places in Les Halles in Paris. Jacques opens the conservations will warning David about having a relationship with Giovanni. Jacques mentions to David ““‘Love him and let him love you…You can give each other something which will make both of you better- forever- if you will not be ashamed, if you will not only play it safe’” (Baldwin 57). This quote is explains that Jacques is telling David to love Giovanni and to not let anybody interfere with their love. Jacques see that David is afraid by society and what others may think about him being gay. Jacques also refers to David to risk falling in love because one never regrets falling in love and to take a chance with Giovanni. At the end of the quote Jacque encourages David to fall in love because if not he will live in regret just like Jacque.

English 15: The Mee Street Chronicles: Fever

Priscilla Pineda

English 15

Professor Lennon

February 2, 2011

The Mee Street Chronicles: Straight Up Stories of a Black Woman’s Life: Fever

At times people are scared of falling in love because they’re scared of their sexual identity; they’re scared of people judging them, or they’re scared of belonging in society. When you fall in love you need to learn how to accept yourself and your partner opinions, do not be afraid of society. In The Mee Street Chronicles: Straight up Stories of a Black Woman’s Life in the story “Fever”, the narrator finds love. Her lover is Stacey, and they both struggle with their love for each other because they are afraid society will not accept them as lesbians and are afraid of accepting themselves.

In “Fever”, the narrator, Frankie, is the protagonist and the antagonist is Stacey. The protagonist, Frankie falls in love with Stacey; and they start having a secret relationship because they are in fear of people calling them a “bulldagger” or “dyke”. Stacey, the antagonist, cannot admit that she is a lesbian and is in fear of what others may say. She tells Frankie that they should start seeing other people because she is scared that others may find out of their love affair. Frankie agrees to start seeing other people while they’re still seeing each other, but she starts noticing that Stacey is drifting away from her.

The two major conflicts in the story are fear of self acceptance and fear of being discovered by society. Frankie struggles with the fear that others will find out that they’re lesbians, but Frankie worries more about Stacey in the story. On page 115 Frankie the narrator, states, “I could see it was beating her down on the outside. But, Lord, what was it doing to her on the inside? Taunting her? Torturing her? Making her hate herself? What if, one day, she started to hate me, too?” In the story Stacey struggles with accepting herself as a lesbian and is afraid of society. Frankie was in love with Stacey, but she was scared of losing her because Stacey was afraid of being discovered as a lesbian. To deal with this society pressure they camouflaged their love by dating other people in which Frankie did not like, but she agreed upon it to make Stacey happy because she didn’t want anyone to notice, for Stacey, dating other people was also a way to figure herself out.

Towards the end of the story gets, Frankie tired of hiding and wants Stacey to commit just to her, but Stacey refuses and suggests seeing other people. On page 118 Frankie states, “I had to admit I was and nodded. But I realized I was tired of fear running us and I wasn’t scared that I’d give Stacey up for it. Which came as a revelation, I hadn’t recognized before that I felt that way.” Frankie realizes her feelings for Stacey and knows she wants to be with her forever. Stacey never confronts her true feeling for Frankie while Frankie always tried to tell her true feelings that she loved her. Stacey simply just ignores it. At the end of the story, Stacey is engaged to Ned which torments Frankie to tears because she realizes that Stacey and her will never have a life together as she has hoped.

In the story, Stacey is in denial because she never confronts her true feelings for Frankie. She is in fear of society; she decides to accept to Ned proposal of engagement because she wants to ignore and forget Frankie. Stacey goes through a difficult choice because she not sure if she made the right decision of getting engaged because deep down inside she still has true feeling for Frankie. Frankie was also read to make a choice of letting others find out about their love because she didn’t want to lose Stacey.

Reading this story of the struggles of sexual identity, I could relate to the story because my uncle is gay and it took him 10 years to tell my family. He dated women, but no one ever questioned it. Even he came out of the closet, he told everyone that he was scared of us not accepting him. But we didn’t care; we just wanted him to be happy. Reading this story I could see the eyes of Stacey because she got engaged just because she was in fear and refused to be called a lesbian. It is the same path my uncle took, he dated girls so order no one would judge him.

Family: Omar Pineda

He is an extraordinary and a wonderful man he is a, husband, friend, brother, son and father. His name is Omar Pineda and was born and raised in El Salvador on September 9, 1977. He is the oldest out of his four brothers. He always mentioned he never enjoyed his childhood because he always had to take care of his brothers. Among his four brothers two of them are deaf. He was bullied and made fun of in elementary school for having deaf brothers. He was teased in elementary school and was called “ el Niño que habla manos” which means in English the boy who speaks with his hands. He once told me he used to hate when they called him that because there is nothing wrong with being different.
My father had a miserable childhood, but her overcame being bullied around and defended himself and his brothers. When the civil war began in El Salvador my father’s family were forced to leave the country and came to the U.S. Once my father arrived to the U.S they settled in Hollywood, California; where he would start the next chapter of his childhood on Normandie Street. My father tells me stories on how Normandie Street made him change into a man.
My father spent the rest of his childhood on Normandie Street, were he spent every afternoons selling fruits from the fruit truck which my grandfather owned. My father loved that fruit truck because it taught him responsibility. He once said that my grandfather taught him valuable lessons on that truck on how it is important to take care of our family. My grandfather appreciated my father because he knew he was going to be a great man one day because he always defended his brothers and made sure they were well taken care of.
On Normandie Street no one teased or bullied my father or my uncles because no one on Normandie Street thought that being deaf was not something to make fun of. My father loved that his brothers were finally going to live a life without being bullied or teased. He always looked out for his brothers when they were in need, and that’s what I think made him into a man, by taking care of his brothers.
After living only a few years on Normandie my grandfather died when my father was only fifteen years old. Although my father was still a teenager he became a man when he arrived to Normandie Street. Although I still do not know what type of conversations my grandfather and my father had on that fruit truck I know that those few conversations he had made him change into a man. I know my father was not able to enjoy his childhood, but I admire the fact that he always defend his brothers, and when he moved to the U.S he became a man because he always cared for others and grew stronger into a man when my grandfather passed away.

Family: Omar Pineda

He is an extraordinary and a wonderful man he is a, husband, friend, brother, son and father. His name is Omar Pineda and was born and raised in El Salvador on September 9, 1977. He is the oldest out of his four brothers. He always mentioned he never enjoyed his childhood because he always had to take care of his brothers. Among his four brothers two of them are deaf. He was bullied and made fun of in elementary school for having deaf brothers. He was teased in elementary school and was called “ el Niño que habla manos” which means in English the boy who speaks with his hands. He once told me he used to hate when they called him that because there is nothing wrong with being different.
My father had a miserable childhood, but her overcame being bullied around and defended himself and his brothers. When the civil war began in El Salvador my father’s family were forced to leave the country and came to the U.S. Once my father arrived to the U.S they settled in Hollywood, California; where he would start the next chapter of his childhood on Normandie Street. My father tells me stories on how Normandie Street made him change into a man.
My father spent the rest of his childhood on Normandie Street, were he spent every afternoons selling fruits from the fruit truck which my grandfather owned. My father loved that fruit truck because it taught him responsibility. He once said that my grandfather taught him valuable lessons on that truck on how it is important to take care of our family. My grandfather appreciated my father because he knew he was going to be a great man one day because he always defended his brothers and made sure they were well taken care of.
On Normandie Street no one teased or bullied my father or my uncles because no one on Normandie Street thought that being deaf was not something to make fun of. My father loved that his brothers were finally going to live a life without being bullied or teased. He always looked out for his brothers when they were in need, and that’s what I think made him into a man, by taking care of his brothers.
After living only a few years on Normandie my grandfather died when my father was only fifteen years old. Although my father was still a teenager he became a man when he arrived to Normandie Street. Although I still do not know what type of conversations my grandfather and my father had on that fruit truck I know that those few conversations he had made him change into a man. I know my father was not able to enjoy his childhood, but I admire the fact that he always defend his brothers, and when he moved to the U.S he became a man because he always cared for others and grew stronger into a man when my grandfather passed away.

Family

He is an extraordinary and a wonderful man he is a, husband, friend, brother, son and father. His name is Omar Pineda and was born and raised in El Salvador on September 9, 1977. He is the oldest out of his four brothers. He always mentioned he never enjoyed his childhood because he always had to take care of his brothers. Among his four brothers two of them are deaf. He was bullied and made fun of in elementary school for having deaf brothers. He was teased in elementary school and was called “ el Niño que habla manos” which means in English the boy who speak with his hands. He once told me he used to hate when they called him that because there is nothing wrong with being different.
My father had a miserable childhood, but her overcame being bullied around and defended himself and his brothers. When the civil war began in El Salvador my father’s family was forced to leave the country and came to the U.S. Once my father arrived to the U.S they settled in Hollywood California; where he would start the next chapter of his childhood on Normandie Street. My father tells me stories on how Normandie Street made him change into a man.
My father spent the rest of his childhood on Normandie Street, were he spent every afternoon selling fruits on the fruit truck in which my grandfather owned. My father loved that fruit truck because it taught him responsibility. He once said that my grandfather taught him valuable lessons on that truck on how it is important to take care of our family. My grandfather appreciated my father because he knew he was going to be a great man one day because he always defended his brothers and made sure they were well taken care of.
On Normandie Street no one teased or bullied my father or my uncles because no one on Normandie Street thought that being deaf was not something to make fun of. My father loved that his brothers were finally going to live a life without being bullied or teased by. He always looked out for his brother when they were in need, and that’s what I think made him into a man taking care of his brothers.
After living only a few years on Normandie my grandfather died when my father was only fifteen years old. Although my father was still a teenager he became a man when he arrived to Normandie Street. Although I still do not know what type of conversations my grandfather and my father had on that fruit truck I know that those few conversation he had made him change into a man. I know my father was not able to enjoy his childhood, but I admire the fact that always defend his brothers, and when he moved to the U.S he became a man because he always cared for others and grew stronger into a man when my grandfather passed away.