The Significance of Word is Your Bond in Toni Cade Bambara's "Gorilla, My Love." In the short story, “Gorilla, My Love,” Toni Cade Bambara expresses the intention of a little girl named Hazel. In the story, Hazel is riding along with her grandfather, Uncle Hunca Bubba, and brother from a long road trip from gathering pecans as a family. During the ride back Hazel is feeling disturbed by Hunca Bubba story he is telling Hazel’s little brother about getting married to some lady. Hazel
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Gorilla, My Love Research Paper In the short story “Gorilla, My Love” written by author Toni Cade Bambara our main character, Hazel, lacks trust from the adult figures in her life and experiences betrayal. The biggest betray Hazel witnessed leads to her ultimate disappointment, Hazel soon begins to believe that all adults are deceitful and in fact cannot be trusted and also cannot stand behind their word. Hazel ultimately learns no to believe in everything she is told or hears. Throughout our lifetimes
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Michael Martin Donald Partain ENGL 102-01 September 6, 2013 Betrayal in “Gorilla, My Love” In the short story “Gorilla, My Love” by Toni Cade Bambara a young girl named Hazel feels betrayed by adults who do not treat children with respect and honesty. In the story Hazel is riding in the car with Granddaddy Vale, Hunca Bubba, and her little brother, Baby Jason. Bubba believes he has started a new chapter in his life, so he wants his family to refer to him as Jefferson Winston Vale. He shows
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In the two short stories Gorilla, My Love by Toni Cade Bambara and A&P by John Updike there is a Marxist approach of differentiating the levels of the younger generation and the elders, whether who has a right to say and what actions will be done. There is also an alienation approach from both characters Hazel and Sammy at the end of their stories they come to realize what you want to accomplish in life, it needs to be done alone. Elders seem to either forget or not understand the quick changes that
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