{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"33689932","dateCreated":"1296858029","smartDate":"Feb 4, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"taeyang","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/taeyang","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1223342653\/taeyang-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/33689932"},"dateDigested":1531974109,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Brian -sorry about late post-","description":"This sotry <My name is Margaret> by Maya Angelou has a main conflict between Margaret and her boss Mrs.Viola Cuillnan. "Mrs. Viola Cuillnan was a plump woman who lived in a three-bedroom house somewhere behind the post office." plump which means fat or rounded. That was the word that Margaret used do describe her boss. From here we can see Margaret doesn't really like her. Now Mrs.Viola Cuillnan describes her, "\u201cNo, as I understand it, she can talk when she wants to but she\u2019s usually quiet as a little mouse. Aren\u2019t you, Margaret?\u201d This sentence shows that, Mrs.Viola Cuillnan doesn't really happy about Margaret, because she says Margaret as a little mouse. Margaret: "I smiled at her." that is how Maragret responded to her boss. It says she smiled but it isn't really smiling it is "smiling", how do we know that? because we can know that from her last words, it says "Poor thing. No organs and couldn\u2019t even pronounce my name correctly." Yea Mrs.Viola cannot pronounce Margaret's name, she calls her "Mary." But Margaret doesn't like it because her mother gave her "Margaret" but someone is calling her "Mary". Margaret really follows her momma we can see that from \u201cI had to quit the job, but the problem was going to be how to do it. Momma wouldn\u2019t allow me to quit for just any reason\u201d. this sentence.
\nI think the great thing about Margaret is that she works for a woman who she doesn't like. And for Ms.Viola Cuillnan who hired Margaret as her worker even though she cannot pronounce her name. But Mrs.Viola Cuillnan later finally she understands the conflict between Margaret and her that she treats Margaret so badly. This story is all about racism, and all about black person who works for white society. And during the time period in this story i think they always had conflicts between whites, and black people.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"33648944","dateCreated":"1296792820","smartDate":"Feb 3, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"joseph86","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/joseph86","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/33648944"},"dateDigested":1531974109,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"wiki","description":"There are two connected conflicts in this story. One of them is the racism that Margaret has lived. Th other one is a conflict Margaret, and her boss, Ms.Viola. This two person conflict is called an interpersonal conflict. At the very begging the conflict is between Margaret ans society. this conflict started since when she was young and living in a world of racism and discrimination. Margaret says that while all the white girls leaned how to be fancy and elegant, while the black girls had to learn how to do home chores. The next conflict arises when she meets her boss Ms. Viola. She starts disliking her appearance. She said \u201cMrs. Viola Cuillan was a plump woman who lived in a three-bedroom house somewhere behind the post office. She was singularly unattractive \u2026 and her face looked like the mask of an impish elf.\u201d The vocabulary she uses to describe her can be used to assume that Margaret does not like her. Another aspect that conflicts with Margaret and Ms.Viola, is her extreme meticulous attitude. She is stressed out to constantly fill her need of perfection. She complains about learning the different types of dishes and about how every single object in the house had to be placed correctly. \u201cThe exactness of her house was inhuman. This glass went here and only here. That cup had its place and it was an art of impudent rebellion to place it anywhere else\u2026 It took me a week to learn the difference between a salad plate, a bread plate and a dessert plate.\u201d. however I think that the pinnacle of their conflict is when Ms. Viola changed her name because of a recommendation of a friend. This hurt Margaret the most because it took for granted Margaret's mother and her opinions. She repeats the fact the her name is what her mother gave to her, not one adapted to be used more comfortably. So at this point one feels empathy towards Margaret. First she is discriminated","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"33648960","body":"and then she works for someone she dislikes, then this someone tries to change her name.","dateCreated":"1296792863","smartDate":"Feb 3, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"joseph86","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/joseph86","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"33681476","body":"Thanks Joseph,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1296847893","smartDate":"Feb 4, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"33642072","dateCreated":"1296784162","smartDate":"Feb 3, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"negrasolano","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/negrasolano","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1222961550\/negrasolano-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/33642072"},"dateDigested":1531974110,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"nicole solano","description":"
\n The story \u00abMy Name is Margaret\u00bb by Maya Angelou is about a black girl named Margaret that has an interpersonal conflict in her life, and and a direct conflict with another person in this case it\u2019s her boss Mrs.Viola Cuillnan. Margaret is faced with a difficult situation when her boss has names her \u00abMary\u00bb.Margaret disagrees with this and feels insulted towards this. Margarets is a ver young black girl living in a racist community, working in a big house of White people, which in my perspective gives her insecurity and doubts about the way she acts,thinks,and talks.Margaret only sees the negative aspects of Mrs.Cuillnan and we know this due to her way of talking about her, and looking at her.You can see that she doesn\u2019t quite trust her boss due to the fact that black people have been discriminated and thought to be intimidated towards white people.Margaret has a big conflict\/issue towards Mrs.Viola due to her changing her \u00abidentity\u00bb without asking her permission, she just did it like if Margaret was Mrs.Viola property. So she goes ahead and does something that will hurt Mrs.Viola.Due to the advantage that Mrs.Viola took of changing Margaret\u2019s name ,Margaret decides to do something to make her realize she can\u2019t disrespect her like that, and she does that by throwing Mrs.Cuillnan\u2019s favorite dishes until she can gain her respect back..Margaret says \u00abIt was a dangerous practice to call a Negro anything that could be loosely construed.\u00bb She finally made Mrs.Viola realize that she can\u2019t treat her like that and was called Margaret not Mary.We can see that in order to understand the way Margaret thinks,reacts,and feels, is important to know what she has been through and that what she feels is disrespect towards her and her race.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"33681324","body":"Thanks Nicole,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1296847744","smartDate":"Feb 4, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"33581336","dateCreated":"1296704844","smartDate":"Feb 2, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"SolSpier","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/SolSpier","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/33581336"},"dateDigested":1531974110,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Sol Spier","description":"The Story "My Name is Margaret" by Maya Angelou is a story about Margaret, an African American girl who faces an internal conflict, and an interpersonal conflict with her boss. It is incorrect to judge a person's actions without first knowing the reason for their actions. In order to analyze Margaret, one needs to know her background, in an attempt to understand her feelings, which lead to her actions. We know that Margaret is a black girl living in a southern town sometime in the 1900's; by this we can conclude that she lives in a racist community. This means that she struggles with racism, feelings of insecurity and inferiority towards the white class. At the age of 10, Margaret works for a white woman, Mrs. Viola Cuillnan. The first description Margaret gives of Mrs. Cuillnan is "Mrs. Viola Cuillnan was a plump woman who lived in a three-bedroom house somewhere behind the post office. She was singularly unattractive until she smiled, and then the lines around her eyes and mouth which made her look perpetually dirty disappeared, and her face looked like the mask of an impish elf" (Angelou 1). As we can see, from the first day Margaret meets Mrs. Cuillnan, the only thing she notices are her defects. Margaret clearly dislikes her boss, even since the first day; this is surely because of Margaret's own internal conflict. She has grown up in a society in which she is discriminated for her skin color, which has caused her to resent white people. In order to cope with her own feelings of inferiority, Margaret must put Mrs. Cuillnan down, so she can feel a little more superior herself. The climax of the story occurs when a woman recommends Mrs. Cuillnan to call Margaret Mary, solely because it\u2019s a long and inconvenient name. A person\u2019s name is their identity, and this white woman was degrading Margaret\u2019s identity for her own convenience. Naturally resenting her inferiority, Margaret is enraged. She goes home an describes Mrs. Cuillnan as \u201cwhite, fat, old and without children\u201d (Angelou 2) in order to feel a little better about herself. The next day, Mrs. Cuillnan calls Margaret by the name Mary. Completely enraged, Margaret says \u201cIt was a dangerous practice to call a Negro anything that could be loosely construed as insulting because of the centuries of their having been called niggers, jigs, dinges, blackbirds, crows, boots and spooks\u201d(Angelou 3). Margaret, being an African American is especially sensitive to being called \u201cout of her name\u201d. Along with other African Americans, the way she grew up caused her to resent her inferiority in society, and be more affected by these offenses. In order to understand Margaret\u2019s conflict with Mrs. Cuillnan, one must understand Margaret\u2019s internal conflict. There is always more to a story than what meets the eye.
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\nMy Name is Margaret by Maya Angelou","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"33618930","body":"Sol,
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\nThis is great... I really liked the methodical and analytical approach that you took here... you reasonably said that we need to know the background of the character before we can judge properly... and I think that you are right.
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\nThanks,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1296762958","smartDate":"Feb 3, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"33561768","dateCreated":"1296681805","smartDate":"Feb 2, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"pprada","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/pprada","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1315457538\/pprada-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/33561768"},"dateDigested":1531974110,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Paula Prada :)","description":"In the story \u201c My Name is Margaret\u201d by Maya Angelou, the main character Margaret struggles through conflicts against a segregated society, against her boss Mrs. Viola Cuillnan, and she even faces internal conflicts. \u201cWhile white girls learned to waltz and sit gracefully with a teacup balanced on their knees, we were logging behind, learning the mid-Victorian values with very little money to indulge them\u201d. As we see, she could access to half the opportunities the white girls would have. While working with Mrs. Cuillnan she is also segregated, \u201cI had a glass to drink from, and it sat with Miss Glory\u2019s on a separate shelf from the others\u201d. This shows how she couldn\u2019t sit with the other white people in the house, but she rather had to sit with the other African American in a different place. When Mrs. Cuillnan is at porch with her friends and Margaret is introduced one of Mrs. Cuillnan\u2019s friends commented: \u201cWell, that may be, but the name\u2019s too long. I\u2019d never bother myself. I\u2019d call her Mary if I was you\u201d. This shows a lack of respect to Margaret, because the white people won\u2019t even call her for her real name. Margaret was also being called a \u201c Clumsy little black nigger\u201d when she broke the plate. Margaret also faces a problem against Mrs. Cuillnan, which seemed to be very inhuman. Margaret is bothered by the perfection of Mrs. Cuillnan\u2019s house. \u201cThat cup had its place and it was an art of impudent rebellion to place it anywhere else\u201d. Margaret felt pity for the miserable live she felt Mrs. Cuillnam had because she was old, fat, without children, and she lived in loneliness. She had lots of money, but she was unhappy. Margaret was surprised at the fact Mrs. Cuillnan did not adopt the colored girls; \u201cThose girls, who could have been her daughters, were beautiful. They didn\u2019t have to straighten their hair. Even when they were caught in the rain, their braids still hung down straight like tamed snakes. Their mouths were pouty little cupid\u2019s bows. Mrs. Cullinan didn\u2019t know what she missed\u201d. When Mrs. Cuillnan had her only chance of having daughters, she rejected it, and therefore rejected what could have brought lots of companion, and happiness to her life. Lastly, Margaret faces the internal conflict of not knowing what to do. She really wants to quit the job, but she doesn\u2019t want to disappoint her Momma either. \u201cI had to quit the job, but the problem was going to be how to do it. Momma wouldn\u2019t allow me to quit for just any reason\u201d.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"33623384","body":"Thanks Paula,
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\nPlease make sure that you write in the present tense when you write of literature.
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\nThanks,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1296766901","smartDate":"Feb 3, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"33527638","dateCreated":"1296616786","smartDate":"Feb 1, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"bibi_lamas","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/bibi_lamas","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1285202747\/bibi_lamas-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/33527638"},"dateDigested":1531974110,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Bianca Rodriguez-Lamas","description":"
\nIn the story \u201cMy Name is Margaret\u201d by Maya Angelou the main character Margaret an African American facing an interpersonal divergence with her boss Viola Cuillnan. Margaret feels trapped, controlled by a white woman who eventually proves to not have respect for her. Margaret has a durable time learning the routine of this household since Ms.Cuillnan is portrayed as a perfectionist. \u201cThe exactness of her house was inhuman.\u201d The tightness, the flawlessness of the home boggled Margaret\u2019s mind. In a certain way Margaret feels envy towards Viola\u2019s lifestyle. Ms. Cuillnan didn\u2019t have anything against Margaret. \u201cShe\u2019s a sweet little thing though.\u201d But Margaret begins to judge her and \u201cput her down\u201d in order to feel better about her self and her lifestyle. \u201cAs ugly a she was, I thought privately, she was lucky to get a husband above or beneath her station.\u201d Mary feels disrespected by Ms. Cuillan when she calls her Mary.\u201d Imagine letting some white woman rename you for her convenience\u201d Margaret didn\u2019t know how to react to this situation whether to cry to laugh or be angry. This is when she felt boundaries between Ms. Cuillnan and herself where broken. She had lost her respect towards Ms. Cuillnan as Ms. Cuillnan in her eyes had lost her respect towards her. She wanted to find an escape, quit the job and never come back. But she couldn\u2019t just bail, so she began to be sloppy as she knew Ms. Cuillnan was a control freak. She imagined she would get fired, but it didn\u2019t happen. In order to obtain that flee ticket she dropped one of Ms. Cuillnan\u2019s favorite casserole shaped like a fish and the green glass coffee cups. \u201cOh, Momma. Oh, dear Gawd. It\u2019s Momma\u2019s china from Virginia. Oh, Momma, I sorry.\u201d She was devastated she didn\u2019t know what to do with herself something that was so precious to her heart had been destroyed, it wasn\u2019t only material but something with significance to her. \u201cThat clumsy nigger. Clumsy little black nigger.\u201d Margaret felt insulted by Ms. Cuillnan and in order to get back at her she disrespected her by breaking her belongings. Margaret was satisfied with her self, since she had but Ms. Cuillnan down she felt a sense of revenge inside which resulting in relief to leave.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"33551280","body":"Bianca,
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\n1) This sentence is missing a verb and I am not sure what you mean by 'divergence': "In the story \u201cMy Name is Margaret\u201d by Maya Angelou the main character Margaret an African American facing an interpersonal divergence with her boss Viola Cuillnan."
\n2) Nor do I quite get the use of the work 'durable' in the next.
\n3) Remember to stay in the present tense when writing about literature: "The tightness, the flawlessness of the home boggled Margaret\u2019s mind." "Margaret didn\u2019t know how to react to this situation whether to cry to laugh or be angry." "This is when she felt boundaries between Ms. Cuillnan and herself where broken." There are more examples...
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\nThanks,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1296670405","smartDate":"Feb 2, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"33557332","body":"
\n1)In the story \u201cMy Name is Margaret\u201d by Maya Angelou the main character Margaret an African American facing an interpersonal conflict with her boss Viola Cuillnan.
\n2)Margaret has a hard time learning the routine of this household since Ms.Cuillnan is portrayed as a perfectionist
\n3)In the story \u201cMy Name is Margaret\u201d by Maya Angelou the main character Margaret an African American facing an interpersonal divergence with her boss Viola Cuillnan. Margaret feels trapped, controlled by a white woman who eventually proves to not have respect for her. Margaret has a hard time learning the routine of this household since Ms.Cuillnan is portrayed as a perfectionist. \u201cThe exactness of her house was inhuman.\u201d The tightness, the flawlessness of the home boggled Margaret\u2019s mind. In a certain way Margaret felt envy towards Viola\u2019s lifestyle. Ms. Cuillnan does not have anything against Margaret. \u201cShe\u2019s a sweet little thing though.\u201d But Margaret begins to judge her and \u201cput her down\u201d in order to feel better about her self and her lifestyle. \u201cAs ugly a she was, I thought privately, she was lucky to get a husband above or beneath her station.\u201d Mary feels disrespected by Ms. Cuillan when she calls her Mary.\u201d Imagine letting some white woman rename you for her convenience\u201d Margaret does not know how to react to this situation whether to cry to laugh or be angry. This is when she feels the boundaries between Ms. Cuillnan and herself was broken. She lost her respect towards Ms. Cuillnan as Ms. Cuillnan in her eyes had lost her respect towards her. She wanted to find an escape, quit the job and never come back. But she couldn\u2019t just bail, so she began to be sloppy as she knew Ms. Cuillnan was a control freak. She imagines she would get fired, but it does not happen. In order to obtain that flee ticket she dropps one of Ms. Cuillnan\u2019s favorite casserole shaped like a fish and the green glass coffee cups. \u201cOh, Momma. Oh, dear Gawd. It\u2019s Momma\u2019s china from Virginia. Oh, Momma, I sorry.\u201d She is devastated she does notknow what to do with herself something that was so precious to her heart had been destroyed, it wasn\u2019t only material but something with significance to her. \u201cThat clumsy nigger. Clumsy little black nigger.\u201d Margaret feels insulted by Ms. Cuillnan and in order to get back at her she disrespected her by breaking her belongings. Margaret was satisfied with her self, since she had but Ms. Cuillnan down she felt a sense of revenge inside which resulting in relief to leave.","dateCreated":"1296676748","smartDate":"Feb 2, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"bibi_lamas","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/bibi_lamas","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1285202747\/bibi_lamas-lg.jpg"}},{"id":"33618822","body":"Great Bianca,
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\nThanks,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1296762842","smartDate":"Feb 3, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"33522414","dateCreated":"1296610253","smartDate":"Feb 1, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"pjoaristi321","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/pjoaristi321","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/33522414"},"dateDigested":1531974111,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Paulina Joaristi","description":"This story is a dramatic conflict in which the main character Margaret, struggles against her boss, Mrs. Cuillnan. Fighting the fears of being controlled by a punctilious white woman who would eventually try to have the power to change her name. A struggle known as Man Vs man in which one person stands in the way of others intentions. Being a negro in those days called for harsh and rough times. I think any reader may feel empathy towards Margaret. She is still a youngster who is learning to accept the ideals of society. While working for Mrs. Viola Cuillnan the main character learns that her boss has a fixation over order and cleanness. \u201cThe exactness of her house was inhuman.\u201d Everything was so perfect that Margaret even struggled to learn how things worked. \u201cIt took me a week to learn the difference between a salad plate, a bread plate and a dessert plate.\u201d \u201cAll human beings are good at birth, but later on are corrupted by the evils of society\u201d. I mention this because Margaret insults and complains about Mrs. Cullinan because of envy not because Mrs. Cullinan is mean or anything like that. Mary is not stressed out because she can\u2019t keep up with the perfect and lavish life Mrs. Cullinan has, but because She desperately desires it. Society has filled her with jealousy. Margaret even says that she feels bad for Mrs. Cullinan; \u201cThat evening I decided to write a poem on being white, fat, old and without children. It was going to be a tragic ballad. I would have to watch her carefully to capture the essence of her loneliness and pain.\u201c In reality the only person filled with pain and suffering is her. Everything changes when Miss Glory has the idea of calling Margaret \u201cMary\u201d. For the simple reason that it is shorter. \u201cWell, that may be, but the name\u2019s too long. I\u2019d never bother myself. I\u2019d call her Mary if I was you.\u201d By saying she would never bother to caller her Margaret we know that she feels powerful and superior. When Mrs. Viola starts calling her Mary is when she realizes that she as been defeated, a sense of respect as been lost. \u201cMy anger saved me from either outburst.\u201d This is when Margaret decides to break Mrs. Cullinan Virginia dishes. As a rebellion it was the one way she felt she could express herself. She was triumphant; she had made her boss feel sad and had gotten the one-thing human beings most desire happiness and a feeling of power. \u201cI got to the part where she fell on the floor and screwed up her ugly face to cry, we burst out laughter. \u201c
\nBibliography: \u201cMy Name is Margaret\u201d
\nBy Maya Angelou
\nRousseau","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"33550900","body":"Paulina,
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\n1)I am not so sure that I understand what this means: 'Fighting the fears of being controlled by a punctilious white woman who would eventually try to have the power to change her name.'
\n2) This is an incomplete sentence: 'A struggle known as Man Vs man in which one person stands in the way of others intentions.'
\n3) Two things here: 'I think any reader may feel empathy towards Margaret.' Why put in 'I'? Also, what would be a better preposition here than 'towards'?
\n4) In general, we write in the present tense, when writing of things we have read?
\n5) OK, you say, 'I mention this because Margaret insults and complains about Mrs. Cullinan because of envy not because Mrs. Cullinan is mean or anything like that. Mary is not stressed out because she can\u2019t keep up with the perfect and lavish life Mrs. Cullinan has, but because She desperately desires it.' This really needs support from the text then.
\n6)"For the simple reason that it is shorter." Incomplete sentence here.
\n7) Please fix up this sentence... "This is when Margaret decides to break Mrs. Cullinan Virginia dishes."
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\nThanks,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1296670039","smartDate":"Feb 2, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"33642402","body":"1) She does not want her overbearing boss from having complete control over her life to the extent that she could even change her name from Margaret to Mary.
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\n2) This is a struggle of the kind in which one man stands in the way of another\u2019s ambitions.
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\n3) Most readers would feel empathy for Margaret
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\n4) No, but it\u2019s acceptable. A notable example might be a book like Rabbit, Run by John Updike, which is written in the present tense.
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\n5) I mention this because I get the impression that Margaret insults and complains about Mrs. Cullinan because of envy not because Mrs. Cullinan is mean or anything like that. In my opinion Mary is not stressed out because she can\u2019t keep up with the perfect and lavish life Mrs. Cullinan has, but because She desperately desires it.
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\n6) She wishes to shorten her name to Mary because it is shorter.
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\n7) This is when Margaret decides to break Mrs. Cullinan collection of Virginia dishes.","dateCreated":"1296784448","smartDate":"Feb 3, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"pjoaristi321","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/pjoaristi321","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"33681442","body":"Alright Paulina...
\nBUT, no more questions (regarding #4)... I'll tell you... we always write in the present tense when writing essays or responses to literature... The Updike example is good, but it is fiction and the same rules don't apply.
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\nThanks,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1296847855","smartDate":"Feb 4, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"33476310","dateCreated":"1296564810","smartDate":"Feb 1, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"meladovelado","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/meladovelado","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1317260331\/meladovelado-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/33476310"},"dateDigested":1531974111,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Melanie Velado Response \"My Name Is Margaret\"","description":"The narrative \u201cMy Name Is Margaret\u201d by Maya Angelou describes the main character, African American Margaret facing an interpersonal conflict in her life. In other words, she\u2019s facing a conflict with someone else. In this case, it is her white boss, Viola Cuillnan who is having an interpersonal conflict with Margaret. First of all, Margaret feels pretty frustrated because everything in Mrs. Cuillnan\u2019s house has to be absolutely perfect: \u201cThe exactness of her house was inhuman. This glass went here and only here. That cup had its place and it was an art of impudent rebellion to place it anywhere else,\u201d (My Name is Margaret) Margaret feels stressed because she is not used to such perfection and care of meticulous details. Throughout the narrative, Margaret expresses hard feelings towards Mrs. Viola, and insults her silently in her own mind. We can infer that she feels pity for Mrs. Viola because she is an old white woman who lives in a three-bedroom house with her husband without children and with lots of money. We can infer that Margaret has an insulting and sarcastic attitude towards the Cuillnan\u2019s family because she feels envy that they have all that they want and feel superior and powerful. \u201cShe was singularly unattractive until she smiled, and then the lines around her eyes and mouth which made her look perpetually dirty disappeared, and her face looked like the mask of an impish elf,\u201d (My Name is Margaret) Margaret clearly dislikes Mrs. Viola Cuillnan and doesn\u2019t feel satisfied working in her home. Most importantly, the climax of the conflict occurs when Margaret serves the ladies in the porch and a friend of Mrs. Viola recommends her to call Margaret: \u201cMary\u201d instead of her real name because its very long. Margaret feels great disrespect from Mr. Cuillnan\u2019s part because she doesn\u2019t believe she has the right to shorten her name just for her convenience. \u201cThat horrible woman would never have the chance to call me Mary because if I was starving, I\u2019d never work for her. I decided I wouldn\u2019t pee on her if her heart was on fire,\u201d (My Name is Margaret) Margaret wanted to quit her job, and couldn\u2019t find a solution until Bailey solved her dilemma and showed her Mrs. Cuillnan\u2019s favorite dishes, as an option for revenge. Margaret then drops Mrs. Viola\u2019s dishes and at last, she calls Margaret by her real name. \u201cI could never absolutely describe to Bailey what happened next, because each time I got to the part where she fell on the floor and screwed up her ugly face to cry, we burst out laughter,\u201d (My Name is Margaret) At the end, Margaret is happy because she has solved her dilemma and is satisfied with her decision and the lessons she taught Mrs. Viola Cuillnan.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"33513642","body":"Great Melanie,
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\nGood work.
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\nThanks,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1296602381","smartDate":"Feb 1, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]}],"more":false},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}