In the end, she was abandoned by a local boy but she already had a child. “But my woman is got such a warm heart.”(283). It shows that Antonia still got a good husband at last and had a good family. The Hired Girls is the second longest section of the novel. It covers Jim's time in town, when he spends time with Antonia and the other country girls who work in town.
When she told you something from her heart she had a look no one could ever forget. Her dark green eyes gazed into your understanding eyes, her naturally dark skin made her teeth brilliantly white, and with the slightest smile she always told her lessons learned so you wouldn’t make the same mistakes she did in her life time. My mother lived a rough life, yet she made the best of everything she received. Due to poverty growing up she didn’t have the possessions that most children and adults have required with abundant funds. Money was this least concern to her, yet she used it as a security blanket from time to time.
Mama finally stands up to Dee and realizes the beauty in Maggie. Mama is a simple woman. She has worked hard her entire life and has done the best to support her family. Although Mama may not agree with Dee, it seems as if she is caught up in Dee’s opinions and behavior. Almost as if she wants to be enough for Dee because she knows she never has been.
She states that she doesn’t necessarily like working but she likes the fact that she works and can support herself and her children if needed. Weaknesses: T. Smith’s states that her insecure about her appearance, and that she is too kindhearted to people that do not deserve it. Connection: I picked T. Smith for several reasons. First, I have known her for four years and has become quite close to her. Second, she is, on the outside, everything I wanted to be.
In the short story and the film many things were kept the same. The main character was Connie and she was two faced. She had two sides of her life. One side was much conserved when she was with her family and the other side was very outgoing and obnoxious when around her friends. Her parents throughout the short story and the film did not have such a great relationship with her.
(3) A man was in constant control of a woman and she had to be dresses nicely, keep a clean and orderly home, and teachthe children, upholding finances as well as being there emotionally and physically. It wasn’t easy for a woman to live with no sort of control over her life, that of her offspring or how she felt, the turn of the century must have been an enlightened adjustment. (3) Women Past Lived Page 4 marriedyoung usually to some other family that had some sort of political status or looked good for her family. The girls on the cheap side of town were usually not married until their twenties for they where need to help out with the farm land and around the house. Women could not own Women Past Lived Page 5 Female’sslaves remained slaves forever and never had real security.
Giovanny Sanchez May 5, 2012 Ms. Collins Barbie’s World In everyone’s childhood there is always that one special non-living figure in their personal lives, a figure we admired, something we looked up to be, like an idol. In “You Can Never Have Too Many,” Jane Smiley thanks Barbie for the effect she had on her daughter’s lives as they were growing up to be young adults; by teaching them the feminine side of woman at an early stage, which ultimately allowed their minds to have a lot more options when it really came down to figuring out who they wanted to be at an adult stage. Smiley however, does not effectively support this argument because she gives a lot of credit to Barbie for the way her daughters turn out to be but she’s forgetting
Born in Thailand, Angel Faith travelled to more than 3 countries before she even turned one years old. At the age of two, her family finally settled in Camden, NJ, USA. Growing up in a Vietnamese community reminded her of her true heritage and culture. Poverty in her younger years also taught her not to take anything for granted. It created a very respectful side of her and she developed a skill of turning small opportunities into life lessons.
8. Why is the story still relevant today? The story is still relevant today because mothers still have daughters who are different in every way possible but love them both the same. Even today families still have some members who think they are better than the rest of the family and distance themselves from
All or Nothing How would it make you feel to be walked over, every day, by someone you love? In the short story “everyday use”, By: Alice Walker. There are two sisters that are so very different, they just don’t see eye-to-eye. First you have Maggie; she is quiet and is not happy about the way she looks. Then there is Dee, the older sister, which is out spoken and thinks she is the best looking girl in the world.