The Corrupting Power of Women The portrayal of women in Of Mice and Men is limited and unflattering. We learn early on that Lennie and George are on the run from the previous ranch where they worked, due to encountering trouble there with a woman. Misunderstanding Lennie’s love of soft things, a woman accused him of rape for touching her dress. George berates Lennie for his behavior, but is convinced that women are always the cause of such trouble. Their enticing sexuality, he believes, tempts men to behave in ways they would otherwise not.
In life we face difficult periods but those times reflect us who we are. In the novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zola Neale Hurston there was a girl, Janie who went through many obstacles growing up. Janie’s upbringing affected her life choices by looking for love, being raised strictly, and not knowing that she was colored. She also had relationships that did not end well. Janie grew to learn how to go through struggles and overcome them.
The values of heritage seem to have been lost with the gain of knowledge when Dee has gone to college. Her actions she displays when she comes home for a visit are shocking to her family. It is almost as if Dee is using them for a show, rather than a visit that has been well overdue. It’s one thing to know what heritage is but another to understand what your heritage is. Mama was always one who could not say “no” to her daughter and she always tried to please her regardless if her daughter appreciated it or not.
English 110 Professor Ackers 4/25/12 Help In my hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee, I see my old high school friends and hear news about their little sister that used to run around the neighborhood and follow him/her around is now pregnant. The thing that makes that even sadder is that the little sister is between the ages of 12-15. That problem just isn’t in my hometown; it’s all across the United States of America. And it isn’t entirely the child’s fault because they didn’t have a good example or someone to talk to them about what they’re doing. Teen Pregnancy isn’t good for the simple fact that it destroys teen’s lives, they don’t have anyone to support them before and after they get pregnant, and they don’t have positive examples in their life.
Yet, they simultaneously lent her the ability to soldier on through a difficult life. The combination of all who she loved, her illnesses, her tragedies and her heartbreaks, shaped Ellen’s mindset and personality, while altering the course of her life for better and for worst. Ellen Weatherall’s romantic life was marked by abandonment; her fiancé left her at the altar and her husband died young. It is significant to note that these early abandonments seemed to have left her unwilling to remarry. Also, she faced life-threatening illnesses which likely left her near-death more than once.
As Nomi’s older sister Natasha begins to question their faith, Nomi lives in perpetual terror that her sister is going to hell. Their father is a strong believer; the church is what glues his soul together. And although their mother grew up in the community, she had always been an independent thinker, and could not watch her oldest daughter suffer for a lifetime in a place she hated, following a religion she could no longer identify with. After Nomi’s mother and Natasha leave East Village, Nomi is faced with living in a broken family, and begins to question her faith as well. While trying to avoid the sad existence that seems inevitable if she stays in the community, Nomi dreams of a life in the real world, but can’t seem to get up the courage it will take to leave.
Hulga over hears much of this conversation and tells her mother to “get rid of the salt of the earth.” (p.465) Hulga is suspicious of Manly, yet Mrs. Hopewell can only think about possibility of the yong man being a positive influence on her daughter. After ignoring him a dinner, Hulga waits for manly to walk him down the path. This seems totally out of character for Hulga. As Hulga lays in bed she fantasizes about seducing manly and enlightening of her view of reality. It is obvious that Hulga sees Manly as naïve to the the ways of the world.
Comparing Stories “Good Country People” is a story of how a selfish yet smart young woman, who likes to use her disability to make others feel guilty, is left vulnerable by a man she thought was purely good. In “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” a grandmother and her family go on a trip that is set to doom them forever. The grandmother lies and makes her family go down a road that ends up being to nowhere then they run into a horrible man called “The Misfit” who has just broke out of prison. Their destiny is to die the minute “The Misfit” finds them (O’Conner 422). Although “Good Country People” and “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” have the same author they are very similar in many elements in the fact that they have a similar theme, setting and point of view.
In the story “The Lamp at Noon,” Ross talks about the different hardships that Ellen and Paul go through with their relationship. Ross explains how sometimes Ellen and Paul feel hopelessness and emptiness surrounds the ill-fated couple. These are the feelings that surrounded many farm families in the depression, so it is quite believable that this farm couple would be going through this turmoil. Paul tries to convince his wife that there was still hope for him. Dustin S. Jussila explains in his article about the atmosphere in “The Lamp at Noon” that, “He wants to assure his wife, as well as convince himself.
She finds many discoveries at her “new home”. How will these discoveries affect her (in a good or bad way)? The main characters in the film are: Mary Lennox, Colin Craven and Mrs.Medlock : Mary has changed a lot after going to live with her uncle and so has Colin, and with the help of Mary and Colin all dreams come true. As for Mrs.Medlock she is not a very loveable person and she doesn’t seem to like anyone but her personality slowly changes. Kate Maberly played her role as Mary Lennox excellently; you could actually feel her depression or her happiness.