The story “Shame” by Dick Gregory and the story “Miss Brill” by Katherine Mansfield both have in common the loneliness of both Richard and Miss.Brill and the hatred by others for both of them. In the story “Shame”, author Dick Gregory describes his experiences with both externally and internally motivated shame. The externally motivated shame Richard feels is caused most notably by his teacher, who made belittling comments about Richard’s poverty, his lack of a father and his poor school performance. Richard is motivated to overcome his shameful circumstance by his affection for Helene. And the story of “Miss.Brill” is an English teacher living near the public gardens in a French town.
The places the narrator goes to with her lover help add to the gloomy tone of the story. The narrator describes the restaurant as “private” (Weldon pg. 203) which makes the reader picture the restaurant as a lonely place. Also, as the narrator is talking about her relationship Peter, she describes their hotel bedroom in Europe as being “small and dark” (Weldon pg. 204) and as a “punishment room” (Weldon pg.
Squativoo Up in Sing Sing I’m sitting in my room one rainy morning while I’m reading the papers, minding my own business like a guy ought to when in busts this dame squalling and leaking out her peepers, “please Andrew the Op, You’ve gotta help a dame out” she squalls “you can’t let them throw my in the joint, a doll like me can’t survive in there you see”, now this doll is leaking and making a mess all over her face, so I comfort the doll which is my duty as a gentleman and because she wasn’t too bad of a looker anyway so I tell her to shoot the works. She tells me her name's Lisa Perry and she heard about me from the dolls around the Mile High club. She says her guy, Big Bob as they call him, was slugged yesterday night at their joint and she comes home to find him stiff on the bedroom floor with holes in his side, she knew he was a goner from when she saw him so she flew the coup out of fear of being put in it. Turns out Big Bob owed some money to a guy named Billy the Dude, now Billy the Dude is known around town, and anyone who knows Billy the Dude will tell you he’s one guy you don’t wanna get soared up. Billy the Dude runs a group of distributors who supply green and moonshine around town and hang out at their joint near the Mile High club.
Bradstreet’s use of metaphor allows her to relate the complex relationships of being a parent to being an author. When the narrator calls her creation her “ ill-formed offspring of [her] feeble brain” she draws parallels between how parents can feel about their children when frustrated (line 1). The narrator refers to her work as a “ rambling brat” to show how difficult it is to accept something she has created (7). The narrator seems to feel this difficulty not only as an author but also as a mother. As a frustrated parent feels the narrator once again uses the metaphor of a child to describe how an author feels when their work does not turn out how they wanted.
While Houston’s story is optimistic of these things, London’s story shows a pessimistic view. Both characters received something different from their journeys. The woman in Houston’s story received a glimpse of sunshine and a break from the depressing parts of life. The man in London’s story received disappointment from his failure, and then finally peace in the face of death. When these stories are analyzed deeply, one can learn a beautiful life lesson from them.
The poem is an ironic comment on gender relations and the extremely frustrating domestic situation that women found themselves in, in the 1960s. The voice of the free husband and fed up wife shape our understandings of their individual worlds. The tone of their voice, which is created through dialogue contrasts the lives of men and women in that era and convey the difference between their relaxed verses frustrated worlds. The use of third person “he &she” and the anonymity of the husband and wife being unnamed represents how normal it was for women to be isolated and “so alone” in the 1960s. Ironically the “cloudless day” is far from perfect.
In the opening sentence of the novella, the governess calls attention to her introspective nature, as the reader is constantly reminded of her questionable state of mind as she repeatedly highlights that she is “doubtful”. The nautical imagery that pervades The Turning of the Screw serves as a symbol for the governess’ mental
Berries, Roots In the poem “Grandmother”, by Douglas Nepinak, the poet discusses the loneliness and struggle of a woman who does not know English which creates a barrier in communicating with her family. The change I had to overcome was difficult but it had to be conquered; moving to a new house, which meant having to wake up earlier than I needed to get to school in time. Change can at times be hard for people to live with and eventually overcome. People often fear change in their lives because they have a sense of control and comfort; a sort of safety net on which they can rely on. Change comes with certain adjustments, and everyone deals with these adjustments differently; therefore, ultimately, the poet suggests that if these adjustments are not met with reality at the right time, it can be costly to everyone involved.
They might even call her “Superwoman”, but that is just a television show, and not reality. In reality we try to be and do everything; we show off, then we get stressed, sick, and eventually our body can’t take the abuse and we collapse like a ton of bricks. Everything is affected when we become stressed; including our self-concept and our self-esteem. As woman we feel we have to take care of everyone and then complain when we can’t do it anymore. I believe taking care of people we love is part of a woman’s self-esteem and self-concept, and when we can’t keep up with everything we feel less than
The objective of this paper is to look at disadvantages that women experience in leisure choices. Women in the society have a lot of household obligation to attend to as compared to men (Hess & Sussman, 1984). These household obligations and other family commitment consumes so much time for a woman making it very hard for her to dedicate some time for leisure activities. For instance, a married woman who has children may lack time for leisure due to the need to attend to the children welfare, for example, taking them to school or picking them from there. It must be