Mothers & Ancestors

Lineage

Lineage by Margaret Walker, she talks a lot about what her grandmothers were like. She repeatedly says in the poem, "My grandmothers were strong." At the end of the poem she asks, "Why am I not as they?" She wonders why she is not like what her grandmothers were once like....

Brown Girl Dreaming

Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. Raised in South Carolin...

Girl

The text "Girl" is about a girl who is told to do things that a young woman should do herself. She is told to set up the table different ways for different meals, how to dress, and even how to clean."This is how you set a table for lunch; this is how you set a table for breakfast" She is told to do these things so she is aware of the responsibilities that she will have as she gets older