Maya confronts Mrs. Cullinan by breaking one of her prized dishes on purpose, refusing to refer to her as "Mary" or "Miz Helen," and ultimately quitting her job as a domestic worker. Maya asserts her sense of self-worth and refuses to be disrespected by Mrs. Cullinan.
Maya, in the short story "Why I Live at the P.O." by Eudora Welty, defies Mrs. Scullinan by moving out of her house and taking up residence at the post office after a disagreement. This act symbolizes Maya's independence and demonstration of self-reliance in the face of conflict with her family.
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Ms. May lived in the town of South Lebanon, near Dayton, Ohio, when she was a child.
a good scentence for defy is, "i would not defy my fathers orders."
The word defy is a verb. Defy means to reject or to refuse.
Defy Everything was created in 1999.
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The population of Defy Appliances is 2,600.
I defy you to give me a worthwhile sentence! It was not wise of the defendant to defy the court's initial ruling.
The plural of defy is defies. As in "this defies the laws of gravity".
The word 'defy' is a verb (defy, defies, defying, defied).The verb form 'defy' is used for the first and second person, singular, present; and the first, second, and thrid person, plural present.The noun form for the verb to defy is the gerund, defying (an uncountable noun with no plural form).
Antonyms of Defy: obey, yield, surrender, give in