When Kamps’ mother died and she was pregnant, she needed the church the most. However, even though the priest knew her, he did not unlock the church. Kamps felt this moment in her life “was a nail in the coffin of [her] traditional beliefs” (136). She began to follow nature and strive to be like the tree with “grace and elegant treeness”
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
Under the care of her grandmother, she is able to recover, but never wholly reconciles with her father because her grandmother “was never fond of Dad in the first place” (Pham 57). Chi feels safe and secure and is even reluctant to move to America because “she felt at home in Phan Thiet and she loved Grandma” (Pham 58). As Chi grows up, her new freedom allows her to become braver, and this becomes associated with her new identity as a young teenager. When Pham’s family is escaping to America, Chi shows responsibility as the oldest sibling by helping her younger brothers. “’I’ve got your bag,’ she whispered.
However, beneath her facade, Jeanette begins to realize that her father doesn’t have the strength of character to stay sober. By the section’s end some of Jeannette’s naiveté has faded. She matures enough to be able to distinguish between the ‘good’ times and the ‘bad,’ instead of the thrilling adventure her parents try to convince her she is living. She knows all families do not live as hers does. Character: Rose Mary: It is hard to take pity on Rose Mary because at this point in the novel she becomes very self-centered.
Matt now has a son, a good wife, and an ordinary life; he still has a good family life without going to university. In contrast with Kate, although she has good education and job, she doesn’t have her own family and in fact, she says, “I had never thought I would really love anyone.” (89) From another perspective, she seems to be the one that is going to have a sad life. Similar with Luke, when he rejects Sally it is due to his responsibility as a caregiver. He is happy with his decision since it is for his family. If Matt chooses to go to university instead and leaves Marie, he will most likely lose his happiness and truly be an emotionless “nerd” and suffers like Kate who does not truly knows the meaning of love.
It is clear that although Eilis does conform and stay with tony she is still inexperienced and confused as she falls back into her desire to please people. On her return to Enniscorthy she does not make her mother aware of her current marital status or even mention Tony. Eilis then compromises herself as she betrays Tony in being unfaithful leading on another man, Jim Farrell, ignoring the existence of her Husband Tony altogether. Colm Toibin’s Brooklyn is a Novel that follows the coming of age journey of main character Eilis Lacey and explores identity throughout the text. It was evident that social expectations can contribute to the encouragement of passive behaviour.Due to Eilis’ Compliant nature her desires are often suppressed leading her astray and compromising her moral integrity due to inexperience and the desire to please
Laurel’s Brownie Troop focuses on the church and Christian values; but her fellow Brownies do not live the kind words they preach when they attend Camp Crescendo. In ZZ Packers, Brownies, Laurel, who is quiet, nonviolent, and positive, grows from an innocent and naïve fourth grader to a young girl who comes to understand there is bad in the world that she could never fix like bullying and racism. Laurel is a quiet individual who mostly keeps to herself which results in her not quite getting along with the other girls in her troop. Laurel finds herself to relate the most to one girl, Daphne. Daphne is also quiet like Laurel but she expresses herself through poetry.
“Separation” – Compare and Contrast Essay by Sharon Engelholm Separation is when one grows a separate self and comes to be defined as an individual. The act of separation from parents involves different kinds of thought and feelings both for the parent and the child. However, despite all the difficulties, separation does not mean to give up on the emotional attachment, but to separate geographically. Throughout life every child experiences the moment of separation from the familiar comforting zone called home as seen in the excerption from the story A Private Talk with Holly by Henry G. Felsen and the poem Wild Boy of the Road by Karen Hesse. Both texts explore the themes of parental hesitation and worries as well as children’s wish of pursuing their own life, though they differ in the point of view of parents and children when separation occurs.
Ian Millar finds it easy to belong, as he is an understanding man who embraces the foreign Greek culture. Toula Portokalos finds it hard to belong in the mainstream culture because of her family’s culture, mostly because of her father having strong morals this is shown through dialogue “Marry a Greek boy, make Greek babies, and feed everyone in the family till the day you die”. Toula is different to her sister Athena. Toula’s immediate appeal to the audience is her struggle with what she is supposed to do or be. The relationship with Ian first emerges because Toula feels that she does not belong in the Greek life style or the life to which her family wants her to belong
Naturally, she wants to leave with Frank whom she has a relationship with. She likes this man probably because he possesses qualities her father lacks seeing as “Frank was very kind, manly, open-hearted” (pg. 5). Her decision to escape with him is also caused by the terrible conditions of her life but now she has grown up and she is not a little girl anymore, and she thinks “he would give her life, perhaps love, too” (pg. 6).