It told us a very beautiful love story. The mistress of the home-Della had such beautiful hair that "if the Queen of Sheba had lived in the flat across the airshaft, she would have let her hair hang out the window some day to dry just to depreciate Her Majesty's jewels and gift." But she is often tortured with poverty. It took her several months to save one dollar and eighty-seven cents. But she insisted buying a Christmas present by disposing of her hair.
I interpret this to mean that as much as we women would like to erase the thoughts from our heads, it is something that stays with us not only in childhood, but through adulthood as well. Santos mentions seeing a title on a magazine that reads, “How to find the perfect dress for that perfect evening”. This statement references the society that we live in and the emphasis we put on body perfection and designer things. Young girls and women alike are bombarded by the pressure from society to be a certain weight, a certain height, and to wear certain clothes. I think this poem also highlights the way we think others view us.
Bracelets dangling and making noises when she moves her arm… The dress is loose and flows, and as she walks closure, I like it. I hear Maggie go "Uhnnnh" (Walker 2439). She shows a very selfish characteristic and that trait is repeatedly brought out in the story. For instance, she begins to ask for things in the house like the chair and desk. Another instance is when she asks her mother for the quilts her grandmother had made, her mother said they were for Maggie; Dee's reply was, “Maggie wouldn't appreciate the quilts” and Maggie says, “Dee can have them” (Walker 2441).
She finds the courage to rise up above societies expectation that she stay in this marriage, and walks out: “S’posin’ Ah wuz to run off and leave yuh sometime” (30). When Janie runs off with Jody, she knows that society will not approve, but she does it anyways because she is after that feeling of lust and desire that she experienced under the pear tree. Jody makes Janie feel good, at least at first. He spoils her with the finest treats and he treats her like a true lady. Also, he was perceived as “socially acceptable” by most everyone; he was a prominent businessman and Governor.
Mama is very attached and protective of the most precious quilts. When Dee visits back home she doesn’t realize that they have become an important part of her too as she says she doesn’t really want the two quilts that were made by Mama and Big Dee, her aunt. She implies the important part of having the one she wants is because These are all pieces of dresses Grandma use to wear She did all this stitching by hand. Imagine! She held the quilts securely in her arm, stroking them” (748) Dee (Wangero) can feel the love of her Grandmother through these quilts.
Then, she goes and sells her hair to get the chain for his watch. They meet up, and come to find out for the both of them, she has chopped of hair, and he has no pocket watch. That is how this story is ironic, the two get something that their other half will like, but they don’t need it now, so it becomes irony since the outcome was much unexpected for the two of them. Another example of irony is the short story called The Necklace. In the story, a woman needs a necklace for a certain dance or ball, and she is quite too poor to buy something as extravagant as the necklace should be.
I know how we always want the next new makeup or hair product that’s going to make s look like the model in the commercial. Women can’t just run to the store in sweat pants because they value their appurtenance too much. Women don’t feel as confident when they don’t look nice, but men don’t really care either way. In the reading, “Do thin Models Warp Girls Body Image?” I agree with Nancy when she says thin models on the runway or on TV can cause very young girls to become anorexic or bulimic. Nancy says, “Girls are being bombarded with the message that they need to be super-skinny to be sexy.” (Hellmich 706) I believe that is very true when she says that but what young girls don’t realize is that you could be beautiful and sexy with any body type that you might have.
As Marley grew he would have sought out friends and acquaintances that he found beautiful. Growing up from a young girl, I use to cry because I wanted my mother to buy me outfits that matched. But as I got older, I told myself I don’t have to match because other kids are matching. I see beauty in my own eyes. Whatever I think is cute, even if it’s ugly, I would get it, and it would be my own style.
Dee’s perspective Have you ever met a person, who did not care about anyone but themselves? In Alice Walker’s short story of “Everyday Use” the character Dee is a very self centered person .She expresses this in many different ways.She wanted everything thats not hers. When she graduated from high school she took one of mother’s suits made a dress out of it, and after that she wanted someone to buy some pumps/heels to match with it. Whenever she came to visit she would rub her intelligence in. Once her and her husband arrived at mother’s house, Maggie and Dee started arguing about who take the quilt that been in the family for a very long time.
Myrtle yearned to be the epitome of Tom’s desires by wearing fancy dresses and deeming herself as higher than her class (31). Fitzgerald introduces Daisy Buchanan as yet an additional character who struggles with her own personage. Daisy desperately wants to please her parents and live up to the expectations that society demands for how her life should be, even if it means sacrificing her own happiness. Although Daisy falls deeply for Gatsby, the social norms