Do you think Jing-mei’s mother is right to push Jing-mei so hard, or do you agree with Jing-mei that her mother’s pride is foolish? Do you think that Jing-mei is cruel to her mother or that her mother is cruel to her? Write a 5-8 sentence paragraph or two analyzing the relationship between the mother and daughter. Support your statements with details from the story.

the characters in string all have major secrets that they strive to avoid revealing throughout the play.

frances ellen watkins harper writing was influenced by: b. the education she received growing up in the north.

she was born in baltimore, maryland, on september 24, 1825. after the death of her parents, her uncle reverend william watkins, a teacher at the academy for negro youth, raised and educated her. she also continued educating herself by accessing a library of the family she worked for, beginning writing poetry afterwards. as a civil rights activist and abolitionist, watkins greatly influenced her life and work.