Immediately after the minister’s first sermon, the young women speculate upon which local girl will marry him: “‘I reckon, if he’s chosen minister, that Lizzie’ll have ‘en,’ said a tall, lanky girl” (2). They do not discuss his sermon or what he is like as a minister; instead, they immediately assume that he will need to get married and that the local girls will have to compete for him. This assumption appears to be based on the idea that marriage is a social expectation for both men and women in their society. In addition, the conversation shows that economic class is a major issue in the town. When another girl suggests that a resident of Ruan might marry the minister, the others think it is ridiculous: “‘What, marry one o’ Ruan!’ the speaker tittered despitefully” (2).
Elizabeth’s marriage to the pastor, Mr. Collins, is cancelled, even though it is in the planning stages by her mother, Mrs. Bennett. “My reasons for marrying are…that it is in particular advice and recommendation of the very noble lady whom I have the honor of calling patroness” (pg 138) said Mr. Collins. Arranged marriages today, the 21st Century, are more subtle and more as a “suggestion” by the preeminent family members. My grandmother had an arranged marriage. It was during the Great
Once returning home to Georgia she used her name Alice Walker not her Wangero her Ugandan given name. She states in the film that “ I was very interested in affirming that my parents had lived good and decent lives and that they had the name of their oppressor Walker “ ( Stitches ).Unlike Dee Mrs. Walker appreciates the struggle that her family had gone through to get the name Walker. Her great, great, great grandmother was born in 1795 lived for a century and a quarter greatest maternal ancestor had walked from Virginia to Georgia carrying two children received the name Walker from that journey. Ms. Walker express her dislike in the film how Dee had dismissed her name. She thought it just a disgrace to her family and their ancestors.
The child benefit act also affects the institution of family. A child has two parents and if the parents are separated then the parent who takes care of the child full time receives payment from the government for the child’s care. This is almost an encouragement of couples with children to separate because they will receive more money if they do. In some cases this act is the cause of breakups because sometimes people care more about the money than they do about each other
Dariela Flores Paper 3 P.O.V. “The Bride,” written by Christine Granados, is a story about a Hispanic teenager whose dream wedding was interrupted by teen pregnancy. Since Rochelle was a little girl she was obsessed with having an extravagant “white wedding.” Throughout the story the younger sister Lily tries to snap Rochelle back to reality and get her to appreciate her Mexican culture. Rochelle gets married while she’s four months pregnant and although things didn’t go as she planned she was content with how she ended up. Granados implies that life won’t always go as you planned.
As Ellen begins to go deeper into this debate she explains why so many women change their name. The women she asked, who have changed their names, told Ellen they changed their names because “it's what's done.” Ellen feels that this tradition of changing your name was put into place because wives used to be treated as property, and needed their name to be changed to prove their commitment to their husband. Today women are no longer treated as property. Women are able to choose their husbands, whereas in the past the girl's parents usually would choose for a man her. Even though there is no need to have a name change, no need
For instance, she was expecting a check from the insurance company for the death of her husband. She already knew how she intended to spend the money. The plan was to put away some of that for her daughter Beneatha, for school; she emphasized that a bit in the story. Mama’s words were, “Some of it got to be put away for Beneatha and her schoolin’-and aint nothing going to touch that part.” She then went on to say that she was going to purchase a house not just for her, but for the entire family to live in. Then when Ruth found out that she was pregnant, Mama thought of the things that she could buy if it was a girl or boy, she even thought about the size of the yard for the grandchildren to play in.
Obligated to marry Logan Killicks, Janie had to achieve her womanly roles as a wife, by consequently doing whatever Logan had her to do. Janie describes her relationship with her husband Logan Killicks by saying, “he did not represent sun-up and pollen blooming trees. “After feeling used and unloved by Logan, Janie leaves him for her soon to be second husband, Jody Starks. He moves from Georgia to Florida to build and run a town owned by African Americans. Jody convinced her to start this new and exciting life with him and to eventually become the mayor’s wife in Eatonville.
Daisy had been raised to marry for money and keep her family’s name involved in old money and lavish events. Doing otherwise was socially unacceptable. When Daisy met Tom she may have once loved or still was in love with Gatsby, however Tom’s old money and social status was all that mattered to her. I don’t think social status and money are as important to Daisy as maintaining her reputation
After they find their husbands they get married, have kids and then stay home to take care of the kids while their husbands went out to work. This was a normal thing to do back then, as men were seen as the breadwinner of the family, the only one who should be bringing in money to the family. Eugenia Phelan was different, she went to university and got a degree and decided to do something with it. It was hard for her at first to get the book published because of the controversial topic: the lives of black maids. She eventually gets the booked published and shares her royalties with the maids that contributed to the book, and is offered a job at a publication company in New