He often argued with his wife who in his opinion never supported him. Walter said to Ruth “a man needs a woman to back him up” (1132). However Ruth clearly did support him when she talked to mama about the insurance money on his behalf. She just did not want to encourage his fast money ideas, which she knew in her heart were foolish pipe dreams. He also gave his son Travis his last dollar.
Feeling successful, Sara returns home to find her mother fatally ill. After her mother's death, her father remarries only to find his new wife, Mrs. Feinstein, is a gold-digger after his late wife's lodge money. Sara and her sisters, still angry over their father's treatment of them, become enraged at his quick marriage after their mother's death and refuse to help him when his new wife spends all his money and refuses to work. Sara goes back to New York and finds a teaching job. Mrs. Feinstein is not satisfied with Reb's money and wants more from his daughters. She is angry that Sara is avoiding her father, so she writes a nasty letter to the principal of the school where Sara is teaching, Hugo Seelig, in an effort to give her a bad reputation.
Relationships in Citizen Kane Kane’s Parents * The relationships between Charles foster Kane and the characters in the film are based on the relationship Kane shared with his parents * Jim and Mary Kane forfeit their son to Walter Thatcher, a wealthy banker, when the family suddenly comes into wealth. * Kane’s mother appears distant and emotionless towards her son and although we assume she sends her son away to ensure he is raised appropriately * From what we see of Jim Kane, we can tell that he is an alcoholic and has violent tendencies towards his son. Perhaps Charles is sent away in order to protect both himself and his wealth from his irresponsible father. * Kane's mother sends him away when he is only eight years old, and this abrupt separation keeps him from growing past the petulant, needy, aggressive behaviors of a pre-adolescent. * As an adult, Kane has a great deal of wealth and power but no emotional security, and this absence of security arrests his development and fuels his resentment of authority.
When Newman says, “I probably cried when the bride kissed her parents” and that she is “eating the entrée I checked off months ago” I feel she doesn’t just like weddings but wants one of her own. I believe that these are common feelings for any girl at a wedding, especially those that want their own. Newman claims her reasons for not being married are “all only partly true and shot through with contradiction” (61). A contradiction she has with marriage is what she explains it to be, “marriage is about handing the woman off, like a baton, from her father to her husband” (61). Men are continually thinking about owning the greatest “possessions” (wives, money, etc.)
Mr Birling asks Eric where he got the money from and he says”(miserably) I got it-from the office” this shows that Eric cared about Eva and he put himself at the risk of being fired and have nothing at all left. Everyone is shock that Eric would steal form his own father. Eric is very disappointed with his mother for refusing Eva’s case and he says to his mother “then-you killed her-and the child she’d have too-my child-your own grandchild-you killed them both- damn you, damn you-“ this shows Eric is angry with his mother and that he thinks its her fault she’s
We learn that the couple have only been married for two weeks. These comments shock and disgust George, this could be because they are a new couple yet Curley’s wife is acting in this manner or he could be shocked that such a down graded worker would say this about their boss, which could make the job-less. Steinbeck uses repetition to emphasis the point that Candy has seen Curley’s wife give both Slim and Carlson ‘the eye’. This could show that Curley’s wife is a flirt with the other ranch workers. Candy finishes his gossip by announcing his own opinion ‘I think Curley’s wife is … a tart’.
On the oppose side of the marital spectrum, Zeena regularly professes her hypochondria to her husband. However, in response to the sledding accident, she “seemed to be raised right up just when the call came to her” (Wharton 131). This ironic “miracle” proves Zeena’s addiction to martyrdom, emotionally dependent on first her illnesses, then to her vocational role. Although professedly unhappy, she relies on her marriage for a sense of purpose. In an examination of the constancies, it seems as though both wife and husband, woman and man, are reliant upon both one another and their marriage to function
You’re the one with the wretched heart.’” (Hosseini 27) After her mother’s death, Mariam faces a father who refuses to acknowledge her due to her harami status, and she is sent off to be married to a strange man in a different city just so her father doesn’t have to see her. Her husband, Rasheed, abuses her for their twenty-seven year marriage because she is unable to carry a child to term. Later, when Rasheed is determined to kill Laila, Mariam must rely on her inner strength to save her friend. Through all of her hardships, Mariam faces life with the grace and acceptance of what God hands her because of her strength. Laila, additionally, had to face the death of the man she loved and her parents in an explosion during the war.
Rodriguez watches his family depart and notices the sorrow and worry felt by his aging mother. He watches her wave goodbye "toward no one in particular," and cannot understand the exact reasons for her sorrow. After speaking to his father for the first time all night, he realizes that they are sad because they are so quickly losing touch with their children. Never again will their Christmases be the way they once were in the past. Maybe he feels a sense of guilt for being selfish in his own desires to become wealthy and successful and wishes he had realized that his parents, the people he owes so much to, still need love and affection.
He expected mom and the rest of us to endure Dad’s behavior and “keep the family whole.” According to the church, putting up with an alcoholic and abusive husband was considered at best a woman’s lot and at worst her fault” ( Ryan, 72). His alcoholism poses numerous arguments about money between him and his wife. “We don’t have any extra money, Mother” Kelly exclaims during one argument (164). “Of course we do, Kelly. You’re drinking it right now,” Evelyn states, in one of the first times she stands up against her husband