Interestingly, through the main character Rosaura and her transformation, the author shows that, in class societies, social status have more power on people’s future than their actual capabilities. At the beginning of the story, Rosaura is blind about the importance of social classes in her life. For example, when she argues with her mother about Luciana being her friend, Rosaura tells her that “[she knows] nothing about being friends” (9). By her strong reaction, Rosaura shows that she is convinced that Luciana is really her friend, even though they only do homework together. She isn’t aware that they don’t belong to the same social class.
With people tormenting her about her cousins who were teen moms, or her father who made a fool of his drunken self in public, the poor girl felt like nothing more than dirt, and she wanted to be thought of as flawless and beautiful. Edith dreamed of being a celebrity, she wished to be a perfect girl, and to live in a perfect world "in which only married women had babies, and in which men and women stayed married forever." The shacks in which Eddie grew up were less than desirable, and supposedly thought of as contemptible, by people of a higher social class. When Edith moved to the boarding house, with set meal times, she was quite ashamed to think of how people living in the shacks didn't have meal times, they simply found any food they could and ate by themselves when they were hungry. The potato-chip plant that Eddie worked at
The short story “Two kinds” by Amy Tan is a personal heartbreaking story. It exhibits the conflicts in personalities, and the struggle between the child and parents. One now and then comes across many stories even in real life where he/she sees the sense of failure of expectation that the parents show, and there are cases where the parents try to live vicariously through their children. The parents believe that this is in the best interest of their children, and that causes them to be so motivated. Yes, of course the issue of family values, and morals should be taught to children at an early age.
The short story “The Chrysanthemums” favors and differs from the story “The Necklace” in many different ways. Both of these stories are centered upon an unhappy marriage life. The wives of each story are unhappy with the way their husbands seem content with the same lifestyle. In “The Chrysanthemums”, a tinker comes to Elisa’s house at first annoying her with ransom question, but then opening her eyes to realizing she should not settle for being content and try harder to become happy with her life. With the conversation becoming more exciting, Elisa begins to feel appreciated for once and has an immediate attraction for the tinker.
She also imagines the conflict between her grandmother and the white dentist Dr. Lincoln after he said he would rather stick his hand in a dog’s mouth than treat Marguerite’s problem. By confronting racism at her very young age, Marguerite proves to be a courageous girl. Mrs. Cullican tries to call her “Mary” just because her real name “Marguerite” is too long , she breaks her white boss’s heirloom china as an act of resistance. During her stay with her father, Daddy Bailey, they go to Mexico, where he gets drunk. Not wanting to sleep in the car, Marguerite drives back to the border successfully, even though she does not know how to drive.
Sometime, it is hard to find his place in today’s society. People, in general, are constantly judging and discriminating each other’s by what they wear, which school they frequent, what jobs their parents have and much more. Indeed, prejudices are not rare in many districts and this is what led Liliana Heker to write her short story “The stolen party”. The author, in her short story presents the effects it can have on kids’ development. Specifically, through the eyes of the young character of Rosaura, Liliana Heker, shows that “One’s identity isn’t defined by who he thinks he is but by the social class he’s born into”.
This gives children the idea that how they look or how much they weigh is very important. Children are learning this at such an early age without family ever realizing the affects it may have. This also happens when young girls see their mothers complaining about their weight or saying that they need to diet. Children learn that because their mom is doing it, that this is how they are supposed to behave. It is concluded in the article that when a family member has body image dissatisfaction, it is a learned behavior and therefor increases the rate of problematic eating in children.
Nora uses manipulation to her advantage to get what she wants rather than the wife from “The Yellow Wallpaper”. Torvald constantly refers to Nora as his little “Skylark” and “squirrel”. By giving her all of these pet names it leads us to believe that she is more of an object to him rather than an actual person. It is normal for couples to give each other nicknames, but Torvald never calls Nora by her real name. The wife from “The Yellow Wallpaper” is obviously mentally ill. She might suffer from depression, schizophrenia, or a personality disorder, but we are never for sure.
Looks can be deceiving and I believe this statement plays a great role in this story. The main character, Mathilde, encounters a situation where she feels as though she belongs in a higher class based off her beautiful looks. She is neither wealthy nor comes from a family of wealth but feels as though she deserves as much because of her appearance. Unsatisfied with her lifestyle, Mathilde noticeably expresses her dilemma by complaining to her husband, Monsieur Loisel that she doesn’t want to attend the special event because she has nothing of higher class to wear. Mathilde then borrowed her rich friend Madame Forestier’s necklace, and at that moment, I could already foreshadow something bad to happen.
Childhood is a time for a kid to learn and understand the world. Kids gain their manners and behavior from the person how have been always with them, in this cause the nannies. Some of the nannies had a few bad experience in their lives and that lead to their awful behavior, and because of that they teach kids their bad behavior. Not all parents have the time to observe the nannie’s behavior around the children. A lot of them come from different countries from their employers’, and that means that they may have different traditions and customs that they teach them to children.