Her intentions may be pure as she wants the best for Phoebe, but it doesn’t deny the fact that she’s also doing that for her own self preservation. Secrets that are kept for one’s own, selfish intention cause pain to other, no matter who they are. A different time secrets caused pain to others was when David comes back after days of being away with a pregnant girl named Rosemary. When Paul’s trying to convince his mother to let him stay home from school he describes her as talking calmly and with red eyes from crying (276). Norah is obviously hurt that David has come back with a pregnant girl as she assumes that Rosemary’s pregnant with David’s child.
Even though she views America in a positive way, she still keeps her Asian manners and finds it hard to accept the American way of parenting children. She is very critical of other cultures, such as her daughter’s husband, John, and his Irish family. She also critiques the way her daughter Natalie raises her child, Sophie. On her time spent with Sophie, she decides to implement her own ways of parenting. She spanks Sophie as she tries to discipline her, and by the end of the story when Natalie and John find out, they ask her to move out of the house and her contact with Sophie is forbidden.
Although Barbara is full of bitterness and jealousy, who rejects almost everyone she meets inferior to herself; in her snide comments and spiteful writing, she reveals her main problem – she longs to be loved and accepted by anyone. When she realises that Sheba is willing to be her friend and accept her as the person she is, she then clings onto the friendship she has so tightly, she appears unhinged. Despite her malice and obsessive behaviour, she is
Stephanie Pearson English 2680 Professor Sawyer September 29, 2012 Louise Little and the Female Gender Malcolm X’s extreme respect for his mother, Louise Little, seems to contradict his overall misogynistic attitude toward women. There is a clear disconnect in Malcolm belittling the character and intelligence of the women he chooses to become involved with, yet at the same time threatening to kill another man for “making the wrong kind of remark about my mother” (22). This clearly shows his personal relationship with his mother transcends his overall opinion of the female gender. The distinction lies in how Malcolm views the mother-son relationship from his relationships with women of his generation. Consumed by the idea of the black male identity, Malcolm views women who are his social equals as potentially threatening to his power.
The Bell Jar Essay Thesis: Buddy Willard Esther's ex, pressures her into bad situations and to do things she has never done before due to his character issues and lack of respect for Esther. Buddy Willard is Esther's former boyfriend. He's the kind of guy that, in a mothers perspective is always trying to get you to be more like him. And if it's from a girls perspective, he's the kind of guy that your mother is always trying to set you up with because he's her idea of perfection, contrary to what your idea of perfection is. No matter how great he seems as a boy, you know there has to be something terribly wrong with him to make your mother like him so much.
The emphasis on romantics throughout the film was portrayed in the struggle between Jane Austen and Tom Lefroy. Austen and Lefroy’s relationship started when they met for the first time while Lefroy was staying with his aunt. The portrayed feelings at first were those of dislike, not hate or distain, however. The two individuals were quite short with each other in their words. Lefroy did not want to be at his aunt’s home in the first place and so he was bitter to the residents of that area from the time he arrived.
As this is their first real impression of her, they believe her to be less civilized then she really is. Mrs. Bennet, the mother of Elizabeth, greatens the bad reputation of the family. Although Mrs. Bennet is obsessed with having a good reputation, she is one of the main reasons the Bennet family do not. She does everything in her power to make her family look good by having dinner parties and bragging to other females, but does the opposite. Her rude manner in public and obsession with climbing the social ladder embarrasses her daughters Elizabeth and Jane.
Dunstan Ramsay, the novel’s protagonist exhibits the issue of how a rough childhood can impede on relationships later on in life. Dunstan’s relationship with his mother leads him to develop three problems that arise in his dating life. The first problem is Dunstan’s trust issues; he can never fully trust a woman due to his betrayal of trust with his mother. The second problem is Dunstan’s negative depiction of sexual relations. Due to his mother’s stern moral beliefs, he does not have much interest in sexual relations and has negative views on it.
Chris keeps Nola a secret from his wife Chloe and his brother-in-law Tom who ends up marrying someone else anyway. Chris falls head over heals for Nola but doesn’t want to give up his comfortable life with Chloe. He is very conflicted. As his internal confliction reaches its peak something else gets thrown into the mix of things. Nola becomes pregnant.
The girl would have to face the harsh reality of society if she chooses to keep the child. The man would have left her and she would have to support a child on her own. She loves the man and choose not to keep the child because she feels then the man will love her. The man believes the abortion is the best thing for them and he reassures her that he already loves her, yet he pressures her into getting an abortion. An operation she clearly does not want.