My mother told them “no because long as it not stopping me from seeing she is not going to let anybody operate on it”. Well I got very upset with my mother about this because I was tied of the kids teasing me. My mother told me to be patient she has turn it over to God and he will take care of it. Well my mother is a very Christian type person. So when she pray about something she no longer worry about it.
The events at the end of the book test the love and Janie must prove her dedication to TeaCake to end his miserable rabid state, Janie feels the wrath of the ‘boys’ from the back of the courtroom. They forgive her later, however, when they realize that what she did was best and that she truly lives TeaCake. Janie’s decision to return to Eatonville with her newfound selfhood shows the solidarity that she feels with the black community and the words of Mrs. Turner made her forget her white lineage and love her blackness. Janie’s to selfhood is also a journey through the varying lifestyles and communities of the thriving African American culture. Hurston succeeds in portraying a political message through her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Flannery O’Connor should have titled the story “A Good PERSON Is Hard to Find” this would have fit with the theme of what she was trying to get across to the audience. O’Connor used gestures to grab her audience and what better than an old Southern woman and a sociopath killer. In the end after years of acting like a good lady and good Christian the Grandmother has a revelation and understands that it is not her life that needs salvation and hopefully for the Misfit one good deed deserves another and he will be able to change his course in life and become a man that looks to help instead of hurt the fellow
Females wanted to please the master, but also wanted to make sure their family had the necessary tools to be content. As you can see females did not take much of a break throughout their maturing process. By continuing to exert the amount of energy they did, it is said that this construct inherently made black females enduring than most. It was then allowed to create a prominent, tenacious figure amongst whites and blacks to be the icon for the congregation of black
It seems that after the war, Native Americans were taught how to act as whites, because the missionaries (particularly Christian ones) sought to civilize these people. Teaching them proper behavior of both women and men and to urge them to take on the husband/wife relationship as they hadn't before. But a big note within the text was that this change was not immediate at all. African Americans however, seemed to have a little bit more pull after they were freed from slavery. The women helped built up institutions that also included churches.
They were not large enough in number to make any severe impact on the antebellum period. Their vivacity gave hope to the women of the future. Men used the Bible as a source of control over women. Some of the women tried to defend themselves with a more liberal interpretation of the Good Book, but were futile. Certainly there is the plight of
As Eileen Malone-Brown observes in her essay, “Healthcare During Lucy's Lifetime,” some Europeans saw healing plants as a gift from God and many practitioners resorted to prayer as well as herbs. African women healers also felt a sacred connection to plants they found in the woods, and they used elements from African religious rituals when they prepared medicines. Europeans, however, dismissed African spirituality as “superstition” and an indication of a child-like mentality. Lucy may or may not have exchanged remedies with slave “root doctors” and midwives, but as a devout Christian, she certainly would have disapproved of slave “conjurers” who, in the tradition of their forebears in Africa, cast spells and, along with plants and animal parts, used trickery and intimidation to treat illness of both body and soul. Lucy was a Methodist and the Methodists were known for evangelizing amid slave communities.
This is a self esteem booster for her being an independent woman. Faith was another thing that made Delia strong. Going to church helped her believe in herself and keep her head up. In “Revolt against the domination of women” Puchalik stated that a male society claims women can only achieve freedom with “a self reliance” and “economic equality”. Delia was struggling with this with her husband taking all her earnings and spending it on his side affair, but it was like Delia knew that this would come to an end soon and she just should wait it out and
The most profound theme she discussed during the interview was her love and dedication to her family and church. Her dutiful involvement with her Church has given her strength and encouragement. Belonging to a Christian church and being a part of a spiritual family plays a vital role in living and enhances survival. The church is where she met her recently deceased husband and best friend. The personal interview with Ernestine was a meaningful opportunity that I am grateful for.
She gave an example that suicide is never a solution because you continue on with the same problems that need to be worked out. She coped with her son’s death knowing he moved on. She thinks people fear death because of their belief in heaven and hell. Church has always been her coping strategy. Her religion is very optimistic and love based.