{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"33681040","dateCreated":"1296847491","smartDate":"Feb 4, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"cfgonzalez94","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/cfgonzalez94","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/33681040"},"dateDigested":1531974021,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"I am Margaret ","description":"Margaret finds herself immersed in a conflict not so much of racism, but more of a conflict of finding herself through the actions of those that surround her. The story might suggest that Margaret is not completely defined by herself, but more so through the way she reacts towards the reality that surrounds her. The most pervasive conflict which is underlined as the story progresses, would be the switching of the "roles". Margaret is the black girl, and according to this, the reader should be susceptible to feel pity for this colored woman. In the story however, the reader is presented with a "mirrored" representation of life-style. Margaret feels sorry, and somehow "disgusted" by her mistress. "As ugly a she was, I thought privately, she was lucky to get a husband above or beneath her station." A white woman who has nothing to offer asides from the fact that she is white. This inversion of the roles are present to send a more important message and acts as a higher moral conflict. Margaret, being a capable, "colored" woman is subject to the restrictions placed on her by an ordinary, ugly, white woman. Beyond any type of regular "man to man conflict", the story is set to highlight the idea that a person, with their individual value and skills, is only as good as society allows them to be. Margaret may consider herself a better person than her mistress, but her mistress, being a white woman, has the power to transform Margaret's image and even change her name just because it pleases her more. This is the true conflict that Margaret faces and can't seem to fight it off. We, as readers, can certainly feel empathy for Margaret's conflict. Everyone knows their true worth and what they are capable of, but when other people walk over you simply based on means or resources, there truly isn't much you can do, even though you may be more talented in every aspect. Sometimes, power and status outweights the essence of the original intention.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"33686620","body":"Thanks Carlos,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1296853503","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":"33665302","dateCreated":"1296834907","smartDate":"Feb 4, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"hansel.andrew","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/hansel.andrew","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/33665302"},"dateDigested":1531974022,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"will andrew","description":"In the story My Name is Margaret by Maya Angelou, Angelou is working for a woman who she doesn't like all that much. Margret worked for Mrs. Viola Cuillnan who lived in a 3 bedroom and was not all that attractive. She lived with a cook, miss Glory. in the reading the author describes "The 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. At twelve o\u2019clock the table was set. At 12:15 Mrs. Cullinan sat down to dinner (whether her husband had arrived or not.) At 12:16 Miss Glory brought out the food," this emphasizes the dislike for the woman. One day when she was serving the friends of Mrs. Cullian a friend says her name wrong and then Mrs. Cullian calls her Mary which tops it off and she returns to the house very angry. Margret Had a choice because Miss Glory told her Mrs. Culian's favorite dishes in the cabinet "Her favorite piece was a casserole shaped like a fish and the green glass coffee cups," When Margret broke the cups and dishes Mrs. Cullian was so upset that when asked "Who did it, Viola? Was it Mary? Who did it?" she replied "Her name\u2019s Margaret, goddam it, her name\u2019s Margaret." and throwing a piece of plate at Margret accidentally hit Miss Glory's ear letting the whole neighborhood know what Margret's name is. I personally have sympathy for Margret because when i was a kid i used to be called willie and it was terribly annoying. However, i handled it by not responding to that at all not even a cry for help, there never was one but i wouldn't have. I understand why Margret did this but i think she went a bit extreme with what she did. All she really had to do was not answer to Mary, unfortunately it wouldn't have been all that great of a story if they did.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"33681042","body":"Thanks Will,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1296847492","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":"33654492","dateCreated":"1296822966","smartDate":"Feb 4, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"dmarin464","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/dmarin464","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1225941095\/dmarin464-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/33654492"},"dateDigested":1531974022,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"My Name is Margaret","description":"In Maya Angelou\u2019s narrative \u201cMargaret\u201d, there are various conflicts that the author develops to build the tension towards the climax of the story. The first conflict describes how poor Negro girls and rich white girls both aspired to the same mid-Victorian values. However, it was clear that all the \u2018dainty doilies\u2019 that poor Negro girls learned how to embroider would never have a place in the life they live. \u201cI mastered the art of crocheting and tatting, and there was a lifetime\u2019s supply of dainty doilies that would never be used in sacheted dresser drawers.\u201d It was also clear how that the only way a poor colored girl could learn how to live a cultured life as it was understood at the time was to serve a wealthy white family. \u201cDuring my tenth year, a white woman\u2019s kitchen became my finishing school.\u201d The second conflict wakes up from slumber when we expect the characters to play. Traditionally, a wealthy white girl is is to pity a poor Negro girl who serves her as a maid. As the story unfolds, it is Margaret, the year old girl, who herself pities her mistress for her bareness, and the fact that her husband has children with a colored lady as well.
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\n\u201cMy pity for Mrs. Cullinan preceded me the next morning like the Cheshire cat\u2019s smile. Those 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. Or maybe she did. Poor Mrs. Cullinan.\u201d
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\nShe redoubles her efforts to come early, leave late, and work hard for Mrs. Cullinan. \u201cFor weeks after, I arrived early, left late and tried very hard to make up for her bareness. If she had had her own children, she wouldn\u2019t have had to ask me to run a thousand errands from her back door to the back door of her friends. Poor old Mrs. Cullinan.\u201d
\nFinally, the last conflict is more of a personal conflict of one character against another. When Margaret\u2019s mistress challenges her identity by changing her name to Mary, Margaret is able to destroy that which her mistress hold most dear, Margaret herself laughs as she recounts how her mistress tried to save the shards of her connection to wealth, lineage, and heritage. This way, Margaret effectively is able to free herself by destroying the family heirlooms, and redeems her identity. When her mistress exclaims in anger, \u201cEverything was happening so fast I can\u2019t remember whether her action preceded her words, but I know Mrs. Cullinan said, \u201cHer name\u2019s Margaret, goddam it, her name\u2019s Margaret.\u201d And she threw a wedge of the broken plate on me.\u201d Thus, in the end, she brings the conflicts in her upbringing to a resolution, as she proves that she is the master of her own destiny, and was won the battle to retain her name and her identity. \u201cMrs. Cullinan was right about one thing. My name wasn\u2019t Mary.\u201d
\nIn the end, we feel empathy for Margaret in defending her sense of self, her freedom, and her identity. She sees the mistress as a comic caricature who is trapped by her own cultural understanding of her identity, which is an empty shell that easily shatters.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"33681012","body":"Great Daniel,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1296847460","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":"33649536","dateCreated":"1296793963","smartDate":"Feb 3, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"jsutton26","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/jsutton26","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1222961183\/jsutton26-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/33649536"},"dateDigested":1531974022,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Mr. Bombastic","description":"Maya Angelou\u2019s short story \u201cMy Name Is Margaret\u201d is about an African American women that has difficulties adapting to her new job. Margaret is assigned to work as a maid for a white high class family called the Cullinan. Margaret first impression and first issue she had with her new work, was the organization of the house. This other level of organization molested Margaret for she wasn\u2019t use to it. Mrs. Cullinan had a different plate, a different glass, and different silverware for every different meal she ate. \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. At twelve o\u2019clock the table was set. At 12:15 Mrs. Cullinan sat down to dinner (whether her husband had arrived or not.) At 12:16 Miss Glory brought out the food\u201d This order, this perfection that Mrs. Cullinan had in her house frustrated, and annoyed Margaret. Due to Margaret\u2019s background she felt that this order was unnecessary and disturbing. What troubled Margaret the most was Mrs. Cullin\u2019s friends idea of changing her name to Mary. Mrs. Cullin friend\u2019s idiotic reason of changing Margaret\u2019s name because it was to long. \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 Margaret strongly opposed about the fact that Mrs. Cullinan was changing her name for her own accommodations of pronouncing for more letters. Furious about her name changing, in revenge, Margaret picked Mrs. Cullinan\u2019s favorite silverware. Margaret placed them in the basket and dropped them in front of Mrs. Cullinan. I don\u2019t fell empathy towards Margaret, for many reasons. First, the way Margaret reacts to the situation is childish and immature. Second, Margaret insults Mrs. Cullinan by noticing all the defects that she has. Margaret even makes fun about Mrs. Cullinan by trying to make a poem about all her defects. \u201cThat evening I decided to write a poem on being white, fat, old and without children. It was going to be a tragic ballad.\u201d I really like the suspense in the ending, you really expect to see what are the consequences or the reaction of the people from Margaret letting go of her favorite silverware.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"33680978","body":"Thanks Jonathan,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1296847431","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"}},{"id":"33686238","body":"Your welcome Mr. Webster","dateCreated":"1296852912","smartDate":"Feb 4, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"jsutton26","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/jsutton26","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1222961183\/jsutton26-lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"33647714","dateCreated":"1296790535","smartDate":"Feb 3, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"ereiche","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ereiche","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1226183145\/ereiche-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/33647714"},"dateDigested":1531974022,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Erik Reiche","description":"In Maya Angelou\u2019s \u201cMy name is Margaret\u201d, the main character, Margaret is an African American, uneducated, young girl who faces numerous conflicts that mainly involve her new boss, Viola Cullinan. Mrs. Cullinan is a \u201cplump woman\u201d who lives in a three-bedroom house, but has no children.
\nMargaret is constantly frustrated and uncomfortable with Mrs. Cullinan\u2019s organization habits. \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. At twelve o\u2019clock the table was set. At 12:15 Mrs. Cullinan sat down to dinner (whether her husband had arrived or not.) At 12:16 Miss Glory brought out the food\u201d (MNIM) Due to her different backgrounds, Margaret sees this type of organization as not normal and useless.
\nEven though some conflicts shape Margaret\u2019s actions and emotions, most of her actions are caused by one specific event; when Ms. Cullinan changes her name. Even though Margaret was really uncomfortable and didn\u2019t enjoy working for Ms. Cullinan, Margaret reached a turning point as soon as Ms. Cullian changed her name. \u201cWell, that may be, but the name\u2019s too long. I\u2019d never bother myself. I\u2019d call her Mary if I was you\u2026I fumed into the kitchen. That 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 (MNIM) The changing of her name made Margaret realize that she wasn\u2019t able to work for Ms. Cullian. This event is also the direct cause of Margaret\u2019s decision to break Ms. Cullian\u2019s favorite casserole as a desperate intention to be fired and \u201cget even\u201d with Ms. Cullian. \u201cHer name\u2019s Margaret, goddam it, her name\u2019s Margaret\u2026And she threw a wedge of the broken plate on me\u2026 I left the front door wide open so all the neighbors could hear. Mrs. Cullinan was right about one thing. My name wasn\u2019t Mary.\u201d (MNIM)
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\n*(MNIM) = \u201cMy name is Margaret\u201d","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"33680912","body":"Thanks Erik,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1296847364","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":"33647652","dateCreated":"1296790430","smartDate":"Feb 3, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"mekster","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/mekster","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1222961126\/mekster-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/33647652"},"dateDigested":1531974022,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"VUBSTAH","description":"\u201cMy Name is Margaret\u201d by Maya Angelou presents a conflict of a negro woman who is conflicted her with values and her dignity, when she accepts a job to work for a white woman as her maid. This conflict is both external and internal, but more external because it has to do with someone else. In this case, her boss, Mrs. Cuillnan. The first thing Margaret hates about or is bothered by Mrs. Cuillnan\u2019s lifestyle is that everything is perfectly neat and everything is in order. Like OCD. Nothing could be out of place in her house.\u201d This glass went here and only here. That cup had its place and it wasn\u2019t an art of impudent rebellion to place it wnywhere else.\u201d This is what Margaret comments about her boss\u2019s lifestyle. Although she is stressed out by this, she feels pity for her boss and is also jealous that her family gets anything they want because they are rich.. Another thing that conflicts between her and Mrs. Cuillnan is that she calls her \u201cMary\u201d instead f Margaret because the name is too long and this bothers her very much. Margaret feels disreosected in a way, she doesn\u2019t feel that she is being treated how she shoud be. Margaret even wanted to quit her job because of the way that she was treated and how she lived and worked. after \u201cstanding up\u201d to her boss, she is finally called Margaret and is respected, and after all, she is happy in the end. I feel compassion in the end for Margaret mostly because she was badly treated and wanted to quit, but didn\u2019t, she stood up and demonstrated her feelings and in a way, tought Mrs. Cuillanan a life lesson about equality.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"33680428","body":"Thanks Jaime,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1296847080","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":"33644384","dateCreated":"1296786371","smartDate":"Feb 3, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"AmandaTrejos","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/AmandaTrejos","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/33644384"},"dateDigested":1531974023,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"amanda","description":"\u201cMy name is Margaret\u201d is a story that deals with a very peculiar conflict. Margaret gets this job as a maid in a white women\u2019s house where she has to learn many things she had never imagined they even existed. It took her a whole week to learn the \u201cdifference between a salad plate, a bread plate and a dessert plate\u201d. Such a change made Margaret feel a little bit uneasy about her new job, but she later on got the hang of it. What bothers Margaret the most was the moment a friend of Mrs. Cullinan called her Mary, \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 Margaret was furious when she heard this. In a way, I think that she has the right to be upset about a stranger calling her by a name she dislikes, but it gives her no reason to act the way she did. She made a plan with one of her friends to break Mrs. Cullinan\u2019s favorite, most appraised and her most valuable silverware. She did this so she would have an excuse to give her mother to quit her job. Once she breaks them and sees how hurt Mrs. Cullinan is, instead of feeling sorry she is amused by her reaction. Because of her attitude, I don\u2019t feel any sympathy for her; she is acting very childish and immature. For me, a moment where I find there is an escalation of suspense is when she goes ahead and agrees to do break all of the silverware. When she is in the kitchen and lets go of the tray that is a very exciting moment.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"33680346","body":"Thanks Amanda,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1296847032","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":"33644322","dateCreated":"1296786330","smartDate":"Feb 3, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"Linndzy","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Linndzy","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1290198368\/Linndzy-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/33644322"},"dateDigested":1531974023,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Lindsey Pent","description":"The story \u201cMy Name is Margaret\u201d by Maya Angelou, is a story about an African American woman named Margaret. Margaret encounters many problems with the white woman she works for throughout the story. Mrs. Cullinan, the name of the woman Margaret works for, comes from a very wealthy background. Margaret says many things about the wealthy white women of the society and the difference of how they are raised in comparison to her own upbringing and education. \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 One of the biggest conflicts that Margaret faces is that she is limited to what she can do because of the color of her skin. She is limited not only in actions but she is also in a way less attractive. Whites were considered superior in everything; they even thought that the ugliest people were more attractive than an African American. \u201cAs ugly a she was, I thought privately, she was lucky to get a husband above or beneath her station.\u201d Even though Mrs. Cullinan was unattractive and plump, in their society she was still considered more attractive than a beautiful black woman. We can relate to Margaret in that we are also sometimes kept from doing things that we want to do because other people are considered superior and more capable.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"33680276","body":"Thanks Lindsey,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1296846994","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":"33635370","dateCreated":"1296777710","smartDate":"Feb 3, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"arifishman95","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/arifishman95","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/33635370"},"dateDigested":1531974023,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"MARGARET","description":"Margaret faces a conflict that is not solely presented as a worn-out tale of racism and discrimination, but instead, it becomes a conflict the deals with dignity and the value of the human being, despite of their ethnicity. Evidently, the fact that Margaret\u2019s name is in fact Margaret and not \u201cMary\u201d serves only as a threshold to a larger and more relevant picture. Margaret is a strong, young lady who faces the conditions and expectations of people who don\u2019t fully understand the essence of humanity within every person. And in their ignorance, they turn to methods of segregation and division as a way to justify their higher existence. Beyond this misunderstanding of human value, Margaret faces a conflict that seems to trouble her mind and ridicules the \u201cwhite\u201d sensation of \u201cbetter\u201d. \u201cAs ugly a she was, I thought privately, she was lucky to get a husband above or beneath her station.\u201d Margaret sees Mrs. Cullinan as an ugly person. This seems to contradict the idea of white supremacy, because, according to popular belief to them, white was pretty, black was not. So, in the face of an ugly white woman who persists in calling Margaret \u201cMary\u201d simply because it accommodates more to her pleasing, there seems to be a contradictions between the \u201cpure\u201d white and the \u201cdirty\u201d. It seems like a hard concept to grasp, but Margaret\u2019s conflict is not because she is not being called by her real named. The conflict truly takes form in the sense that Margaret\u2019s persona is better and more beautiful than Mrs. Cullinan\u2019s, but unfortunately, she is limited by the color of the skin. Mrs. Cullinan, ugly as she can be, is still white, while Margaret is not, and the fact that she presents herself as a better person in comparison to Mrs. Cullinan is what causes this conflict between what the eyes are willing to perceive. Finally, as readers we should feel sorry for Margaret\u2019s conflict, since even though she could have been a much better person than Mrs. Cullinan, her dark skin color doesn\u2019t let it.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"33680232","body":"Thanks Ari,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1296846943","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":"33490994","dateCreated":"1296579725","smartDate":"Feb 1, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"melafavini","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/melafavini","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/33490994"},"dateDigested":1531974023,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"melanie favini response","description":" The story "My Name is Margaret" by Maya Angelou talks about an african american woman named Margaret who works for a white woman named Mrs. Viola Cullinan. Throughout the story, Margaret faces a problem with Mrs. Cullinan. She feels Mrs. Cullinan is sarcastic and makes fun of Margaret. Margaret does not prove anything nice for Mrs. Cullinan, she feels everything in her house has to be perfect, her dishes, her plates, her spoons, forks, and knifes. "That evening I decided to write a poem on being white, fat, old and without children." Here, we can see how she feels about Mrs. Cullinan. I do not find empathy for Margaret. I feel every one is the way they are and if Mrs.Cullinan feels everything in her house has to be perfect, she has all the rights to feel that way. Margaret isn't really in a tough situation just because she doesn't like to work there, she can perfectly quit her job. Margaret also feels a sort of resentment toward Mrs.Cullinan because she doesn't like her calling her Mary. She feels shortening her name shows a sign of disrespect. "That horrible woman would never have the chance to call me Mary because if I was starving, I\u2019d never work for her." I also feel Margaret as arrogant and jealous, she wants Mrs.Cullinan learn a lesson and therefore at the end of the story she decides to break a tray with Mrs. Cullinan's favorite pieces of silverware. "...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." Here, we can see how Margaret actually enjoys to see Mrs.Cullinan on the floor and crying, and we can notice Margaret's sarcastic tone when she "burst out with laughter."","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"33513520","body":"Hi melanie,
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\nThere are two things here that I think could make this phrase stronger; do you know what they might be? "The story "My Name is Margaret" by Maya Angelou talks about an african american woman named Margaret..."
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\nAnd here, two mistakes: "I also feel Margaret as arrogant and jealous, she wants Mrs.Cullinan learn a lesson..."
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\nThis is very well written though and you have incorporated your quotes really well... I'm wondering however if you think that the story builds on itself in terms of conflict... Do the stakes get raised? Are there any risks for Margaret? Does the writing make you care at all?
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\nThanks,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1296602283","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"}},{"id":"33596902","body":""My Name is Margaret" by Maya Angelou is a story about Margaret, an African American woman."
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\n"I also feel Margaret to be arrogant and jealous, she wants Mrs.Cullinan tolearn a lesson..."
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\nYou could say the story build in term of conflict because we see Margaret getting more and more irritated towards Mrs. Cullinan's perfectionism. By the writing, I noticed Margaret having a very sarcastic tone towards everything","dateCreated":"1296746637","smartDate":"Feb 3, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"melafavini","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/melafavini","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}},{"id":"33618700","body":"Alright Melanie,
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\n'African-American' should be hyphenated.
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\nThanks,
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