Fireflies

Fireflies To manipulate someone is to influence or control them shrewdly or deviously, in a way that benefits the manipulator. In an excerpt from The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan called “Fireflies”, the narrator is easily manipulated by a fellow student named Simon. The excerpt begins with Simon letting the narrator know that he has these feelings for her, as does she for him. Simon, with his sneaky manly ways, decides the easiest way …showed first 75 words of 616 total…

…showed last 75 words of 616 total…always being manipulated and never said anything about it, they just kept their mouths shut and took it. But nowadays women are learning from each others mistakes and when they realize, like the narrator in the excerpt “Fireflies” that they are being or have been manipulated; they break it off and move on. Women are getting stronger everyday and I believe that Amy Tan is pushing this aspect so that women can become even stronger.