When Mathilde gets invited to the fancy party, she begins to be frightened with what she will wear because she does not have many clothes in her closet and the few clothes that Mathilde does have in her closet are simply plain clothing wear that she would be ashamed to be seen worn in public. Unknowing of what goes through a womans mind, her husband suggests “The dress you wear to the theater. That looks quite nice”(Maupassant 1). Upset and in agony Mathilde continues to daydream about having the whole world in her hands, so she would be able to dress as she wishes. Knowing that she does not have the proper clothing and jewelry she starts to cry and get all upset, because she believes that since she does not have the “fancy” apparel, Mathildes husband proposes “All right.
With people tormenting her about her cousins who were teen moms, or her father who made a fool of his drunken self in public, the poor girl felt like nothing more than dirt, and she wanted to be thought of as flawless and beautiful. Edith dreamed of being a celebrity, she wished to be a perfect girl, and to live in a perfect world "in which only married women had babies, and in which men and women stayed married forever." The shacks in which Eddie grew up were less than desirable, and supposedly thought of as contemptible, by people of a higher social class. When Edith moved to the boarding house, with set meal times, she was quite ashamed to think of how people living in the shacks didn't have meal times, they simply found any food they could and ate by themselves when they were hungry. The potato-chip plant that Eddie worked at
Until the day, Mrs. Cullinan and her friends had a tea party and one of the friends called her name very long and called her Mary. Margaret felt very offended but since Mrs. Cullinan called “She’s a sweet little thing, thought” she decide to don’t mind about the incidence. Until, Mrs. Cullinan starts calling Mary. After this, she got very angry and every time she repeated the name Mary she get angrier. To get rid off her new nickname that she didn’t like, she plans to break the precious Virginia dishes, and this made Mrs. Cullinan really upset.
Waiting Between the Trees is about Ying-ying who was a wild girl when she was young. She was raised in a wealthy family and her mother always told her that she would bring shame to their family. After her first husband left her for an opera singer she went to America to start a new life. She met a man named St. Clair and knew that she would marry him but could not love him. She eventually learned that she must let go of her past and love this new man.
As a punishment for her horrible sportsmanship, Massie's parents, William block and Kendra block cancel her credit card so she can pay them for the riding camp. Kendra suggests that Massie work as a babysitter, like Kendra's friend Trini Neufeld's daughter, Ellie. Massie, horrified at the suggestion of working at a job that is that LBRish, asks her mom if she can choose her own "jobby"--a job-hobby. Kendra agrees. While flipping through a magazine one day, Massie sees a Opportunity being a Be Pretty Cosmetics salesgirl.
Literary Analysis: The House on Mango Street, Vignette 19: Chanclas Cisneros uses symbolism to develop the theme of insecurity. Esperanza’s shoes symbolize her insecurities. Esperanza’s mother buys her a new dress and new socks for her cousin’s baptism party but she forgets to buy Esperanza new shoes. When they get to the party Esperanza is ashamed of herself because she is wearing old shoes she wears to school with a new dress and new socks. Esperanza’s cousin asks her for a dance but she is too embarrassed by her old shoes that she refuses.
Cinderella fantasizes about going to the ball, but her step mother demands that she clean the entire house, “[a] girl like you is unfit to attend the ball, the chores best be finished when we get back” (Cinderella, 9). Her step-sisters are similarly in favour of beautiful Cinderella not attending the party, “[w]hen Cinderella's step sisters got the invitation, they got very nervous" (Cinderella, 8), they want all of the Prince’s attention for themselves. When Cinderella is given the opportunity to attend the ball, she immediately shirks her duties and begins travelling to the event. Cinderella goes against the expectations of the bourgeoisie and creates her own path, even though it is risky to disobey someone with greater power. Her step-sisters have great desire to attain Prince Charming's heart.
Whose War is it Then: Einna Reta was despised in her village because she was a witch, although she was very beautiful. When Hermes saw this gorgeous woman, he just couldn’t resist. He came to her one night with gold, food, and wine. Of course Reta didn’t refuse and Hermes stayed with her all night. Soon word got out that the beautiful witch was with child.
Daisy grabs all of the shirts and starts to cry because she loves wealth and expensive cloths. Daisy also knows if she just stayed with Gatsby she could have an amazing life but be in love at the same
Miss Havisham controlled every aspect of her life and gave Estella very little freedom. Miss Havisham is very bitter after she received a letter from Compeyson and realized that he defrauded her on her wedding day. Her wedding dress symbolizes her inability to let go of her dispicable past, which is parallel to her house, which still has the wedding cake on her table. Estella treated Pip with disdain and constantly makes fun of him because she was raised and told to do so by Miss Havisham. When Miss Havisham invited Pip to her house, she whispered to Estella, “Well?