KK Blog Post 3 -- Compare Night Women to New York Day Women
At first, the day women described in Night Women are different from the day women in Brooklyn. Day women in Night Women are mostly working as pieceworkers in the daytime to earn little money, while the day women in New York have free time in the daytime, exploring the world. Finding the similarities between the two stories, two characters, both stories reflect the embarrassed social status and the weakness of women, which represent the gender role in both countries. Female were mostly not highly educated at that time so they could not engage in common jobs. Since a majority of people recognized the statement that men should support the family, single mom undertakes more pressure than male. Both of them have a hard time making money and they have no man to rely on. On the way of supporting the family, they can only make sacrifices on themselves to support their children. In the aspect of dignity, women make decisions to become either night women or day women.
Efforts and sacrifices have transferred to the money, but both mothers do not want to expose their sacrifices to their children. Since they are afraid of bringing negative effects that can affect their mental or situation at some places, they try to avoid their identities and their jobs in front of their children and other people. The Night woman makes up the job to another scene, because the night woman wants to keep the purity of her son's childhood memory and the Day woman chooses to avoid the opportunity that will harm her daughter's status and confidence in the community. In those situations, both women have made their recessions, which represent the protection they make to their children whether they are truly good or not. The ultimate goal of both women is supporting their children, and this behavior can be understood by the meaning of love of mothers.
Compared to Haiti, Brooklyn is able to broaden the day woman's horizons with its modernity, acceptance, and a potential quick change to the society that recognizes women's ability. Since New York City is big, it provides shelters for people who don't want to be exposed. Since there is no necessary to be stuck in a small room as night women, her traces of working has not been found by her daughter until her daughter starts to notice her mom's behaviors in the daytime. Her daughter, the next generation, has gradually become a highly educated person that can be employed by mainstream jobs. Even though the employment status of Haiti is not mentioned in the text, and the night woman has a son, the social status of female in Haiti has a bigger pace left than New York City. In Haiti, people are constrained in a small district, lacking of opportunities to revolt from the bad stuff. There are many Night Women in Haiti, but there is a big proportion of them having a daughter. It is possible that the circle of night women will still last to the next generation.
Efforts and sacrifices have transferred to the money, but both mothers do not want to expose their sacrifices to their children. Since they are afraid of bringing negative effects that can affect their mental or situation at some places, they try to avoid their identities and their jobs in front of their children and other people. The Night woman makes up the job to another scene, because the night woman wants to keep the purity of her son's childhood memory and the Day woman chooses to avoid the opportunity that will harm her daughter's status and confidence in the community. In those situations, both women have made their recessions, which represent the protection they make to their children whether they are truly good or not. The ultimate goal of both women is supporting their children, and this behavior can be understood by the meaning of love of mothers.
Compared to Haiti, Brooklyn is able to broaden the day woman's horizons with its modernity, acceptance, and a potential quick change to the society that recognizes women's ability. Since New York City is big, it provides shelters for people who don't want to be exposed. Since there is no necessary to be stuck in a small room as night women, her traces of working has not been found by her daughter until her daughter starts to notice her mom's behaviors in the daytime. Her daughter, the next generation, has gradually become a highly educated person that can be employed by mainstream jobs. Even though the employment status of Haiti is not mentioned in the text, and the night woman has a son, the social status of female in Haiti has a bigger pace left than New York City. In Haiti, people are constrained in a small district, lacking of opportunities to revolt from the bad stuff. There are many Night Women in Haiti, but there is a big proportion of them having a daughter. It is possible that the circle of night women will still last to the next generation.
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