Excerpts from: Mario Puzo, The Fortunate Pilgrim; Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior


Excerpts from: Mario Puzo, The Fortunate Pilgrim; Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior


Elayne Guzman

Mario Puzo, The Fortunate Pilgrim

Quote:

“So then, a pregnant widow, still young, with no one to turn to, she never succumbed to terror, despair. She had an enormous strength, not unusual in women, to bear adversity,…fate did not make her bitter; that was left t friends and neighbors, these very neighbors who so intimately shared the summer night..But after the tragedy of losing her husband, the face of the world showed itself”

Meaning:

This quote means that people will show their true face, how of good friends they really are when you are the most vulnerable and when you need them the most. Some circumstances in our lives makes us valuable or not to the so call “friends”, especially if you are a female. Females tend to be portray depending on the moment and the circumstances they’re going through, as a valuable friend or not as long as that female does not need the help of anybody and can handle anything by herself.

Chosen:

I chose this quote because it reflects the reality that especially women face in today’s society. It is like saying, tell me what you have and I will tell you if your worth. Some people or “friends” disappear when you need them the most and suddenly show up when you are recovered from whatever you were going through and they become your friends again; A sad situation that we encounter in this busy and not so busy society.
   

Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior


Quote:

“ … and you, you are a plant. Do you know that? That’s all you are if you don’t talk. If you don’t talk you can’t have a personality, you’ll have no personality….you have to let people know that you have a personality and a brain”

Meaning:

This quote means that as a woman we need to have a voice and continuously show our skills, our strengths in today’s society and demonstrate that we are capable of pursuing our goals and be successful at it. Around the world, women are unable to provide themselves with a stable sense of identity due to machismo. As women we must speak up, we must have a voice and be confidence of our place in society.

Chosen:

I chose this quote because all over the world, women suffer a lot because of gender inequality, gender imbalance; therefore women understand that in order for us to have equality and continue to have that gender equality we must have a strong voice and makes us heard.
  

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