The Puritan community in The Crucible was vulnerable in many ways and susceptible to irrational and panicky accusations of the Salem Witch Hunts because of their strict and constricting ways. The children in the community are treated very poorly and less than everyone else in the town. As the Salem Witch Hunts were essentially started by the children the fact that they were treated as lesser beings contributed to the communities demise. “He (Reverend Parris) regarded them as young adults, an until this strange crisis he, like the rest of Salem, never conceived that the children were anything but thankful for being permitted to walk straight, eyes slightly lowered, arms at their sides, and mouths shut until bidden to speak,” (Miller 3). Miller foreshadows the Witch Hunts to come.
Not belonging also occurs a lot, like when people get removed from where they feel comfortable, which you also see occur throughout the play. A sense of belonging and not belonging is shown in act one. Parris is the minister of Salem’s church, and is disliked by most of the residents because of his greedy behavior and domineering personality. We learn quickly that Reverend Parris is a very selfish man as he is more concerned about his missing niece, Abigail Williams, rather than his ill daughter, Betty. Parris tends to isolate himself and not let people in.
The protest sign, that was almost as tall as they, read, “War is Not a Family Value.” They were standing in the street; just a foot or so off of the sidewalk were in the background adults could be seen. The two girls looked confused and lost, though I am not sure why. It is possible that they had no clue what the entire fuss was about at this rally; or maybe they did, and were heart broken over the loss of a parent or other loved one. Interpretation is at the eyes and heart of the beholder, and I felt they new what was going on. Viewing this photo, all I could think of is the astronomical loss that children and families have gone through during so many wars.
RELATED TEXT-EDWARD SICCORHANDS Belonging is explored in the film as Edward does not fit in and is isolated from the world because he is strangely different from everyone else as he is a “unfinished creation who has sissors for hands”. This makes him not fit in and feel socially rejected. Throughout the film he slowly becomes accepted as people find him to be unique and edward begins to fit in and feel a sense of belonging especially in his new family and his loce interest.The characters perceptions of belonging in the film start of as feelings of lonliness, isolation, alienation and even the feeling of shame as he has experienced being rejected and not accpeted because of his siccor hands. Edward perception of belonging start
The readers can deduce the reasons why Miss Emily is viewed as an outsider as they obtain pieces of evidence throughout the story. Miss Emily faces many psychological factors that induce her to behave peculiarly while they also affect the townspeople’s perception that she is an outcast. Miss Emily’s status as an outcast in her town is reflected in her isolation, insanity, her unconventional role as a woman, and her father’s authoritarian parenting as well as its influence on her characteristics. First of all, Miss Emily’s complete isolation from the society contributes to the townspeople’s perspective that she is an outsider. Miss Emily’s solitude is the result of lack of socialization and the death of her father.
Since Janet couldn’t make it to meetings they gave her what was “left over” and didn’t even keep her in mind. Janet was a hard worker and wanted to contribute to the group, but since she had been pre classified by her group she couldn’t fit in the way she wanted to. Life was basically a struggle for Janet and being in a group that did not consider her struggle made her feel more alone than ever. She finally snapped over the cafeteria incident. She stopped to get something to eat and saw her whole group meeting without her, she felt extremely unappreciated and knew the group members didn’t respect her contributions.
The Outsider: Theme When one does not follow society’s expectations, he or she can be judged negatively by others is a theme in The Outsider. In the novel, Meursault is judged by society because of his response to circumstances around him. Meursault is sentenced to death because society cannot accept his behaviour and his actions. His detachment from the outside world and his actions were what caused Meursault’s execution. Meursault’s detached personality is first shown when he showed no emotion at his mother’s funeral and how he did not know his mother’s age: “I [Meursault] hadn’t wanted to see mother, hadn’t cried once and I’d left straight after the funeral without paying my respects at her grave.” (86).
Women are not supposed to know anything at all about the spirit world, as if they are unworthy of knowing about it. In the market place, there are women who appear to be in despair and there are women who are lying in dirt. These lowly women could perhaps symbolise Kambili, her mother and all women as they are all of a lower social class and status than men. We never see men in such lowly situations as these throughout the novel. In addition to these examples, we see that Eugene (Papa) is very controlling of his family, another example of men being dominant.
They are merely concerned with the inconsistency that Meursault’s actions pose to the social norm. Due to his dissimilar behaviors, Meursault is ostracized an unanimously regarded as ‘the outsider’. The society and its members condemn him of his apathy at his mother’s death, but more essentially of the threat he poses to their so-called uniformity. If Meursault had shown the
Authoritarian parents are adult-centered, demanding and rejecting child’s needs based on authority and power. This is the reason why Sammy has a low learning ability, the motivation, beliefs and attitude towards learning. Sammy claimed that she did not remember when they talk peacefully, this is not only because the parental control over her was high, but also her parents spent litter time to talk with her as they were busy to work. There are the main reasons leads to poor family relationship. Also, Sammy’s parents keep nagged and complained but did not concern about why she had unsatisfactory results on academic aspect.