Maggie starts off in the story as having very low self-esteem, Walker describes her as, “Walking with chin on her chest, eyes on ground, feet in shuffle, ever since the fire that burned the house to the ground.” This has caused her to feel unattractive and not as confident compared to her sister. Being the younger sister, I feel she is looked down upon and not respected for who she really is. Maggie has not experienced as much of life as Dee, Yet, she seems to value it more. Maggie does not have any wishes to change her way of life, she has simply remained uneducated like her mother, but remains proud of who she is and what she stands for. Maggie has a close relationship with her mom; they seem to share a lot of the same views.
Melinda does not even like her but it the only girl that doesn’t know about the party. She wouldn’t lose her friends if she just told the truth. Most of all is that Melinda is hurting herself. “Its easier not to say anything…no body really wants to hear what you have to say”(9). Because of this she is slowly rotting away.
Curley’s wife explained to Lennie about being lonely and how difficult it is on her. “’I get lonely… You can talk to people, but I talk to nobody but Curley. Else he gets mad’” [Steinbeck 78]. Curley’s wife never has anyone to talk to; when she gets the chance she often ruins the mood. She did not want Lennie to hurt her, but Lennie is very unpredictable.
When George and Lennie are loading up the truck with the bags of grains together she comes and tries to impress someone and notices something “Why can’t I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody… I get awful lonely…” she says (pg.87) this shows she gets lonely when she doesn’t talk to all other people and have new people to talk to. This also relates to the theme of loneliness since she even says she is in it and also she has nothing to do really. In this part of the scene however they did have a good ending point since they sat and talked but she just goes around with no thoughts about anything. This goes back to character versus character since there are two people talking or acting with each other and it is conflict.
In this essay I want to illustrate how the thin child renounces her interests to avoid risks. The thin child first meets a pressure to conform when she is participating on the scripture lesson in church. She can't make any sense of the stories and pictures she gets confronted with and, as a result, feels guilty: 'She tried to think she might be wicket for thinking these things' [p.12]. Reading Asgrad and the Gods, as well as taking the way to school which leads her through colorful meadows [p.33-36], still allows her to live out her creativity and curiosity though, and it distracts her from the bad circumstances the second World War brings: 'It was only one thing[...], of which the thin child, having put down her bundle and gas-mask, was only one among many.' [p.36] However beautiful it may have been to live in the countryside, the thin child and her mother, who fled to the countryside, go back home after the war.
Lula did not seem happy when Calpurnia brings Jen and Scout to the church. Lula thinks that it is not right for Calpurnia to bring white kids to a Negro church and does not welcome them appropriately. However Jem and Scout are welcomed by other people in church. Scout notices that their way of praying in church is way different than the way white people pray. The way Calpurnia talks with Lula, questions Scout.
Knowledge is not always power because the more you know does not necessarily mean you understand what you have learned. In the short story “Everyday Use”, education seemed to make a rift in the relationship not only between the mother and the daughter, but also between the sisters. Dee was one to always try and outsmart her family members always seeking answers knowing no one knew. It was mama who eventually got the community together to help send Dee to school so her daughter would be happy and satisfied. The values of heritage seem to have been lost with the gain of knowledge when Dee has gone to college.
Edie has a strong and respectful relationship with her family, were as Connie is self centered and does not show much respect. Edie is taught to be well mannered and polite to everyone, even thought we know her real views and how the relationship with her mother influence them. A good example is when Mr. Peebles is explaining how Mrs. Peebles needs “a girl for help” (Munro 127) because “she felt tied down, with two children, out in the country. “I guess she would”, my mother said being polite, though I could tell from her face she was wondering what on earth it would be like to have only two children and no barn work, and then to be complaining” (Munro 127). Another example of Edie having a good relationship with her
Maggie knows she deserves the quilts made by her grandmother and aunt far more than Dee does but of course Dee thinks that everything is about her and that she should have what she wants. Maggie probably thinks that Dee will get the quilts because she had seemed to be Mama’s favorite, but not this time. Like Mama says, “This was Maggie’s portion.” Maggie deserves them way more than Dee. It is like they are back in church where once she would give Dee her “slightest whim,” she now refuses. After the fire it left Maggie with scars on the inside and out and that is why she acts so shy and timid throughout her
15% were ‘insecure resistant’ (type c)- uneasy around their mother and upset if she left. They resisted strangers and were also hard to comfort when their mother returned. Takahashi found that 68 % of the infants were classified as type b, almost identical to the original American sample. None of the infants were classed as type a. 32% were classified as type