The townspeople didn’t call her crazy at first; they thought she was sheltered, unhappy. Miss Emily was from a family of high stature and wealth in their small town. She had a certain social upbringing that put certain pressures and stress upon her. Her father drove all her potential husbands away, leaving her never to marry. This emotional stress had caused her mental stability to weaken and crack.
The grandmother may have been a bit talkative and extravagant, but she was a lonely lady that made sure she had a say in whatever was happening around her. She had come from an earlier time, a time where people thought and spoke differently than we would today. The grandmother could be described as prejudice and having old Southern ways. She is not always right, and she is not always wrong. I felt sympathy for the grandmother when the Misfit murdered her.
Therefore, in my final decision, Ms Mary Barnett case is the verdict of not guilty. On one hand, as having seen in Caroline Hospers’s testimony, one of the witnesses for the prosecution, she stated that she was not surprised that had happened and she always thought that Ms Barnett was a disgrace because she had a lot of bad habits. For instance, she had lots of wild parties, the baby was not taken care of properly and her garbage was always filled with empty whisky and wine bottles. It is obvious that she is entirely irresponsible and was not a fit mother. The information Ms Hospers provided is relevant to the charges.
People often when being in a conflict with their society, usually back down because it is on person against a large amount of people but sometimes that is not the case. In the novel The Scarlett Letter, The Puritans decided that it would be a good idea to have Hester stand on the scaffold so that everyone in the town can witness her being punished. Hester was of course extremely embarrassed, but she knew she had to be strong and not to be let seen weak by the hypocrites who are the Puritans. In the novel Hawthorne quotes “the
She finds the courage to rise up above societies expectation that she stay in this marriage, and walks out: “S’posin’ Ah wuz to run off and leave yuh sometime” (30). When Janie runs off with Jody, she knows that society will not approve, but she does it anyways because she is after that feeling of lust and desire that she experienced under the pear tree. Jody makes Janie feel good, at least at first. He spoils her with the finest treats and he treats her like a true lady. Also, he was perceived as “socially acceptable” by most everyone; he was a prominent businessman and Governor.
The Discrimination against Women Identities Throughout history, female were considered lesser beings and nothing more than the property of their husband. In the short story, Blank Spaces by Joanna Cockerline, the acknowledgment of female being inferior creatures in comparison to men is highlighted. Struggle against misfortunes, Elizabeth is oppressed by the social inequality due to the fact that she is a girl. In Blank Spaces, the social inequality implied by the narrative severely impacts Elizabeth’s career hierarchy, character traits, and life experiences. Like many feminist writer, Cockerline focuses her emphasis on how social norm discriminate women by inhibit their job opportunities.
She is first to criticize her father’s decision to discharge her from his works stating ‘I think it was a mean thing to do. Perhaps it spoilt everything for her’ and realises ‘these girls aren’t cheap labour-they’re people’. The audience discover that Sheila ‘used the power as a daughter of a good customer and also of a man well known in the town to punish the girl’ by getting her sacked from her job after ‘having caught sight of this girl smiling at Miss Francis’ and admits ‘If she’d been some miserable plain creature, I don’t suppose I’d have done it. But she was pretty and looked as if she could take care of herself’. Although Sheila’s thoughts don’t immediately change, she comes to realise the consequences of her actions and accepts some blame unlike her
Even her daughter as well as society later refers her mothers English as broken. And because of that in her younger years, Amy felt somewhat embarrassed by her mothers English. And felt that her view of her mother was legit because of instances as such in (3rd paragraph 507). “I had plenty of empirical evidence to support me: the fact that people in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear
When Alexandra confronts her about the Cunninghams, she judges the Cunnighams based on their family status, saying, “Don't be silly Jean Louise... women aren't interested in that kind of people.” (300). The significance of this is that Alexandra shows her ignorant views by saying that even if Walter is perfect in every physical way, his heritage brands him to be inferior to their family. While Scout believes that people are not related to their heritage, the rest of the town shows that the status of an individual is bound to their initial families. This is shown when Ms. Merriweather complains that it was the Robinson family’s fault that Tom was convicted “Thing that church ought to do is...they grumbled all day after that trial” (309-310). Scout learned that Ms. Merriweather thinks Helen Robinson should be reprimanded because it is her skin color and her unfaithfulness to the church that caused their misfortune.
While Atticus was doing wrong in the eyes of the white community by helping Tom, Mayella was doing wrong based on the rules of the class system by kissing Tom. When Atticus is in the courthouse, he presents the case to the jury and explains it in simple terms: “I say guilt, gentlemen, because it was guilt that motivated her. She has committed no crime, she has merely broken a rigid and time-honored code of our society, a code so severe that whoever breaks it is hounded from our midst as unfit to live with us. She is a victim of cruel poverty and ignorance.” (203) Atticus shows that there are unspoken but strict codes and rules that must be upheld within the class system. The rules deny blacks equality.