Answer: She wanted to show that women could do what men could do.
Explanation:
Answer: The woman within the poem is comparing her life to a stair case.
Explanation:
At the beginning of the poem, she immediately states "Life for me ain't been no crystal stair." Comparing her life to that of a staircase with no problems and then explaining her life was far from having no issues.
As the poem continues she explains that "her staircase" has splintered, torn up boards, and bare. These things imply issues she has when living her own life. She uses anaologies such as imperfections and darkness in "her staircase" in order to enhance the comparison to her life or staircase.
Answer:
"Stella liked everything from Rosa's junkshop, everything used, old, lacy with other people's history."
Explanation:
The story is about Rosa and Stella who are refugees in America.
Stella is Rosa's niece.
They both left Poland some years ago. They are both affected by the memories of the Holocaust in Poland. The both try to cope with the memory.
Stella copes by attempting to forget and build a new life in New York while Rosa finds it extremely difficult to cope. Rosa resorted to destroying her New York store and moves to a cheap hotel in Miami. Rosa suffers lack of mutual support there and relies Stella for financial support.
