Many times during the novel Of Mice and Men Steinbeck creates contradiction: Curley’s wife’s red wardrobe compared to the brown, mucky, ranch. Even George and tall Lennie are conflicting themes in the novel. These are only two small examples, looking deeper in the novel one finds the importance in Curley’s Wife’s death. The passage describing Curley’s wife’s death is the most emotionally wrenching for the reader in the novel. Steinbeck elicits contradictory feelings in the reader: sympathy for the recently murdered woman as well as sympathy for his murderer.
He also says ‘wait’ll you see Curley’s wife’. The word ‘wait’ suggests that Curley’s wife is worse than Curley himself. When she first appears in the story, her ‘full rouged lips’ makes us associate her with the colour red which reminds us of the girl in Weed that caused them trouble. This creates foreboding as to what might happen as we know that she will be a big part of the novella. At the end of Curley’s Wife’s life, Steinbeck presents her in a way that makes us feel sympathy for her.
Personal Response- Gwen Harwood- “Mother who gave me life” The poem “Mother who gave me life” utilises Harwood’s personal experiences along with reflection of human history to the self-sacrifice of motherhood. The diminishment of a mother’s relationship with her daughter, is made everlasting through the nurturing role of “motherhood” that is rooted deep into human instinct. Individual experience is portrayed by Harwood through the more personal tones of reflection and nostalgia, personal pronouns express the intimate and deep connection between mother and daughter “Forgive me the wisdom I would not learn from you” the authentic contemplation on Harwood’s behalf shines a light on the universal truisms that come with motherhood. The cyclical imagery “women bearing women…for the wild daughters becoming women” suggests Harwood’s recognition of the generations and history of women, through exploring the history of motherhood, Harwood conveys the universal truisms which remain timeless and relevant to today’s and future’s society. The reflection on the continuity of motherhood through the maternal line “your mother, and hers and beyond” expresses the accumulation of motherhood throughout time, the sibilance of “speech growing stranger” evokes the mystical mood of an ancient past.
Her relocation to the Pigeon House helped her realise who she truly was, though she ultimately had to find a way to preserve her true self, and the only way was suicide. A large portion of Edna’s awakening is due to two contrasting houses. Esplanade, her husband’s house, represents the rigid, structured lifestyle of Mr. Pontellier, while the Pigeon House represents Edna’s personal freedom and independence. The.transfer from the two lifestyles gives Edna the opportunity to evaluate her awakening and allows Edna to come to the self realization that she may never be understood, thus the need of preservation for her newly awakened self. As with Edna, that no man nor society will accept her as her own person.
Her ability to stand up to her father and forgive him the way she forgave her mother unquestionably shows her growth and development as a young woman. The Secret Life of Bees is a perfect illustration of coming- of- age and Sue Monk Kidd ends the novel with Lily Owens well on her way to becoming a woman and taking control of her life. She realizes that she had a mother in August and her community all
Edna felt as if everyone had control of what she did, except herself. Edna gets her first taste of freedom with simply learning how to swim. It intoxicates her. “A feeling of exultation overtook her, as if some power of significant import had been given her to control the working of her body and her soul.” (Chapter 10, “The Awakening”) This gives Edna the courage to think about making other changes in her life. Meanwhile, though she and Robert are still spending massive amounts of time together, Edna is also painting.
English 102 February 6th 2012 Silver Waters Run Deep The short story “Silver Waters” by Amy Bloom is a story about the opportunities and future of a young woman that is cut short by mental illness. The story takes you thru the emotions of a family that has to deal with the mental illness then the loss of the person. It makes you laugh and then cry as you travel down the road with them. As I read the story I ask? :”what does this make me think?” (Lynn) (20) When you first meet Rose you are immediately drawn in to the talents of this beautiful woman.
Edna stays awake literally and figuratively; the awakening Robert has begun in her consumes her as she comes to some harsh realizations. When she turns up at the Grand Isle, it is undeniable that she needs rest. She decides to go out by herself and begin swimming out. She goes further and further and begins thinking about her family and her childhood. At first Robert seemed to be somebody that understood her fully and completely.
The audience is challenged throughout the text, as the reader’s assertiveness and insight into Sallies character is provoked through literary techniques, such as simile, symbolism etc. The biography is also a mix of detective novel, so the reader discovers what happened to Sallie and what she stood up against. Her pain and suffering from abandonment is explored and described by Sallie Anne as well as her sister in the following insightful narration. “when pat (sallies mother) abandoned Sallie for the second time, that really fucked her up… when your mother makes a habit of walking out on you, it doesn’t do much for your self esteem” and Sally stated “if only I’d had my mother, things would Have been different”. These lines emphasize the dramatic impact the repeated abandonment had on Sallie, and the course her life took.
She starts pulling off the wallpaper as she wants to free the trapped woman and this depicts how capable she is to fight against her own suppression as well. On the contrary, Edna Pontellier is fascinated by the sea and her liking for Robert further heightens as he teaches her to swim shedding all her frights and this symbolizes her awakening as an individual human being as well as her struggle against her imprisonment in the institution of marriage. Unlike her husband, Robert talks to her heart and it is depicted in “The sentiments which she entertained for Robert in no way resembled that which she felt for her husband” (Chopin 121). She later reveals her awakening as “It was you who awoke me last summer out of a life-long