Women Struggles By Nina Revoyr - 1481 Words

Student Name Professor Name Course Unit Date Women Struggles in History In her Novel, Southland, 2003, Nina Revoyr captures the struggles that women, especially those of the Asian American descent, have navigated through history. The novel provides interesting material on many fronts including aspects such as sexuality, multiracial and multigenerational family saga. The book is based upon three women characters with the main protagonist being a young Japanese American woman by the name of Jackie Ishida - a 25 year old law student in her last semester, her aunt Lois and her lesbian lover Laura, an African American woman. These three women in the book represent different aspects of women s struggles and the issues they have to confront in their day to day living. Southland presents the picture a young Asian American woman in her quest of trying to find out her true history and identity and which has exposed her to the larger world. In trying to resolve the inheritance issue of hi s deceased grandfather, Frank Sakai, Jackie as a character exposes other characters of similar struggles and who also have varying relationships amongst each other. The purpose of this paper will be to critically look into the struggles of the three women in the novel and to get lessons from the lives. The lives and struggles of Jackie and Lois will represent struggles of Asian American women while that of Laura willShow MoreRelatedA Contextualization of Nina Revoyrs Southland2670 Words   |  11 PagesSunshine and Noir in Historical Los Angeles: A Contextualization of Nina Revoyr’s Southland Nina Revoyr’s novel, Southland, provides a glimpse into the injustice, scandal, and struggle in Los Angeles from the 1940s to the 1990s due to its racial composition. The novel contains a unique cast of characters who, although often times interact with conflict, are forced to live side-by-side one another in their separate attempts to attain the American Dream. Southland takes its readers on a journeyRead MoreAnalysis Of The Novel Southland By Nina Revoyr1578 Words   |  7 Pagesâ€Å"Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success† (Henry Ford). In the novel Southland by Nina Revoyr, due to the injustices and struggles that characters face, they are forced to come together in the face of adversity and times of conflict in order to achieve their vision of the American Dream. With Los Angeles set as the stage, we as readers are taken through a series of trials and tribulations during the 1940s to 1990s, which uncover the tru e characteristicsRead MoreAcknowledging Postpartum Depression. Years Ago, There Was1392 Words   |  6 Pageshealth of someone dealing with this diagnosis. In â€Å"The Yellow Wallpaper† the main character is given phosphates, tonics, and told to get air and exercise and journeys, and is absolutely forbidden to â€Å"work† until she is well again. (Kennedy, Gioia, and Revoyr 1035). Physicians recommended this method of treatment at the time. While these suggestions may offer minimal relief, they will not cure the depression. Postpartum depression was treated as something not to be discussed and because of this, there