I disagree that she didn’t discuss what he wanted to do and do it regardless how it was hurting her. She should have stayed on the doctors’ case about the prognosis. If they refused or were so uncertain about giving you answers, then she should have sort out other doctor’s opinion. I know she wonders did she do everything she could for her father. I say she was a good daughter that
He is able to predict the outcome of the operation to her by using vague words such as “fine”. By using the word fine he is only surfacing into the topic at hand and he is not even discussing the almost certain emotional and physical pain she would endure. He also says, “But I know it’s perfectly simple.” Again he is using the word “simple” to treat her like a paranoid adolescent. The repetition of the mocking voice along with the simple sentence helps
By being able to understand her father without him using words shows how similar they are, and how much they understand each other. In a way, she is also categorizing her mother, and later on her sister, with the sinners, furthering her critical attribute. Another defining feature shared among the family members, is the prim and proper attitude towards everything. When the family is attempting to meet their sixty-one pound maximum requirement, Leah says even when they are “trimming” back it does not help them reach that constraint. Rather than saying, “cutting” back, as most would, she says the more gracious thing, offering insight into her upbringing as well as her parent’s parenting styles for the reader.
If she was educated about the importance of prenatal testing Nahla might have been normal today. Sadly, many minority women avoid the distress and discomfot of the medical industry and refuse prenatal care entirely. The skepticism results from doctors failing to effectively communicate the reasons behind such testing and failing to provide the patients with information regarding what the prenatal test is looking for and what such results mean. Because there is a lack of clear communication, some mothers are uncomfortable about recieiving such
She becomes almost paralyzed while trembling because of her incapability to do anything and knowing nothing about how to help the fawn. “She was thinking , I must do something, I must do something, but the immediacy of the tiny creature, its extraordinary physical beauty and terrible frailty distracted her, scattered her thoughts like a flock of birds frightened by a gunshot,” ( Oates 499) up until Lyle Carter arrives. Both female also tries to stop each conflict by asking to end the conversation. Along with similarities, both
She then goes onto talking about herself and how she ‘coulda made something’ of herself and that she only married Curley on the rebound. This then starts to make the reader feel sorry for her and rethink their opinion of her. She then continues to say ‘I don’t like Curley, he aint a nice fella’ which creates even more empathy toward her from the reader. This may be because she hasn’t achieved her dream and is living as part of someone else’s- on the rebound. Consequently her death, towards the end of the novel, creates a totally different image of her by the
He is convinced this is the route he wants to take. The counselor listens carefully to what the client has to say, asks appropriate questions and engages in a clinically appropriate discussion. The counselor informs the client that although she is happy to continue working with him, she does not believe reparative/conversion therapy is effective and no empirical support exists for the approach. She further states that this form of therapy can actually be harmful to clients, so she will not offer this as a treatment. The client says he is disappointed that the counselor will not honor his wishes.
Looking at his actions using another perspective, one might come to a different conclusion that the unnamed man may have the couple’s best interests in mind instead. While it is made clear that the unnamed man would prefer that Jig go through with the abortion, by the fact that he insists that it is “perfectly simple”, there are a few instances in which it is illustrated that he would support her decision. “You’ve got to realize,” he said, “that I don’t want you to do it if you don’t want to. I’m perfectly willing to go through with it if it means anything to you.” (Hemingway, 2011, p. 446). I can understand how the unnamed man’s persistence on the topic can be seen as self serving; however I see a man who understands himself and knows that having a child is not something he desires and would prefer a life with just Jig.
It’s like you are punishing her for the failure of your first marriage. Didn’t you learn anything from that? “I don’t know. I never gave it any thought.” “Ester and I have some differences, but we do enjoy the company of each other so we are willing to accept imperfections in each other. It seems you expect a lot of tolerance from your wife, yet overlook your lack of affection.
Edna agreed that she would “give up the unessential,” to Edna the views society has on her is “unessential” so therefore by making her suicide seem accidental Edna gives up what is unessential to her in order to protect her family. Edna rejected Creole culture based on he lack of interest in what others expected from her. To Edna, what others think of her is unimportant and therefore she is willing to protect the name of her children and husband so that it is not tainted by her suicide. This demonstrates that although throughout the novel Edna has shown disdain towards her family, she still cares about their