Zachary McCallum 

Research Prospectus  

English 1121 (Prof. Scanlan) 

May 3, 2020 

  

  1. The author of “New York Day Women” is Edwidge Danticat. I liked this story because it shows how the readers mother overcame and easily adjusted into the new world.  

 

  1. The speaker catches her mother out and about in a place where she never pictured her mother to be. Her mother (according to the speaker) has never left Brooklyn. However, she finds her mother in Manhattan. She stealthily follows her mother around. While she follows her mother, she remembers advice and memories of her mother when she was younger.     

  

  1. The Daughter- Moved to Brooklyn from Haiti with her family when she was a young girl. A decision she makes is to follow her mother to the park where she surprisingly founds out what her mother does on a day to day basis. She also makes the decision to give up her seat for an older woman or pregnant woman.  

       The Mother- Came to Brooklyn from Haiti with her husband and young daughter. A decision she makes is to take care of the children of others in the day at the park along with other women. In addition, another choice she chooses to make is to take control of her life and get a grip on this new world she’s never experienced. 

 

  1. Mother (Ethics)– In this short story the speaker’s mother exhibits feminist ethics. The reason is because her taking babysitting/taking care of other children is a traditional normative for women. She also shows  

      Daughter (Ethics)- In “New York Day Women” the daughter (speaker) shows deontology ethics. I say this because in the beginning she said that she usually wouldn’t give up her seat for an elderly but, in the end she remembers her mother’s words and realizes that giving up her seat is the right thing to do.  

 

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