Instead, a cleaner named Zulema from the social services comes to her house every week to clean for her. Zulema always tries to persuade Doris to move to Stafford house which is an old people’s home, but Doris despises the thought of Stafford house, ‘I don’t want to be stuck with a lot of old lasses’, this is humorous as she is an aged old aged lady herself, just like the people in Stafford house. She doesn’t consider herself as one of those ‘old lasses’. It’s as if throughout the play she is making gradual steps in deciding to die. She regrets not having children because her husband has died and now she feels isolated and lonely, as she doesn’t know many people anymore.
Miranda Moore Moore 1 Mrs. Luehrs English 8 April 20, 2011 The Process of Creating a Miracle Debbie risks her life, travels across the world, and gives everything she has to women she doesn’t know so they have the tools to become strong and independent. Overtime she grows as a person herself because she learns so much about these girls and uses the skills they teach her in her own life, so the students are not the only ones learning. When her dreams and goals are fresh in her head, she calls everyone she knows and asks for donations because she is so excited to get the first class together. She goes though not only problems with war and a language barrier, but the cultures collide and she has trouble combining her American style with the traditional Afghan style. Debbie also has trouble in her personal life, like finding time for friends and a new Afghan husband.
Celie’s victorious lifestyle continues through to the end of the novel but Mariam’s victory is short-lived, suggesting that only Celie is truly a victor. Celie’s letters are addressed to “God” for most of the novel. It could be argued that upon reading the letters, the reader becomes the recipient, therefore “God”. This may emphasize the readers’ sense of responsibility and sympathy for Celie, for it may appear that she is trusting the reader to understand her problems. For a short while, Celie’s letters begin with “Dear Nettie”, because Celie learned that her sister, Nettie, was still alive.
The timeless theme explored in The Glass Castle is forgiveness. Jeannette spends her whole life forgiving her parents over and over for the choices they made that adversely impacted DeBortoli 2 and ratty clothes plus stealing their money and sometimes their souls, Rex and Rose Mary didn’t deserve forgiveness. However, Jeannette and her brother and sisters always find a way to welcome their parents back into their hearts. The Glass Castle is narrated in the first person by Jeannette Walls as she relates her
“For though I'm small, I know many things, and my body is an endless eye through which, unfortunately, I see everything.”- Gloria Fuertes We are born learning. Those lessons learned in one’s youth are the most difficult and the most influential. In Jesmyn Ward’s novel, Salvage the Bones, Ward illustrates that wisdom does not necessarily come with age. The mistakes that Esch makes leaves her vulnerable to disappointment and suffering at a time in her life when she should be enjoying no responsibilities and not having to make life altering decisions. Although Esch eventually achieves wisdom after the hurricane, she pays a substantial price for having lived her life blindly.
Touch of Sin – Prompt B Hester, the most dynamic character in the story goes through many hardships and is the scapegoat for all the townspeople in this Puritan Utopian Society. From the very beginning she is left alone. While her husband, Roger Chillingworth is a scholar, he left alone a woman who thought had loved him. But as times got hard for Hester Prynne she needed someone to cling to and to show her the love that she had been craving for. As she traveled to the New World for the Great Migration, she fell for Arthur Dimmesdale who was the reverend for all of the puritans.
“Marks” is a poem about a woman who is constantly being judged from multiple standards on her performances as a day to day mother. Her family takes care of setting these standards, differing from her husband, son, and daughter. Even though she receives fairly good marks from her family “[she’s] dropping out].”(12) The speaker is trying to show us that one who is constantly being judged by others may take a turn that shows they can defeat the system. The speaker makes it clear that she herself takes care of many of the family duties. She had to make “last night’s supper”(2), iron her family’s clothes, and satisfy her husband’s needs in bed.
She always gives Walter loyalty and shows she cares by doing the littlest things for him. Walter continuously shuts Ruth down with rudeness. The quote “You want some warm milk?”, said by Ruth is significant because it is showing her still caring about Walter even when they had just got done with an unnecessary argument. Ruth also keeps Mama’s head up towards the end when Mama loses her faith in everything. Walter just wants the best for his family.
Their parents pay for cleaners to clean their room and they get brand new cars for their 16th birthdays. One friend inparticular has been struggling lately. Her mother has recently become ill and she has been forced to take care of her siblings. Her father is always working, therefore, she is expected to drive everywhere and make dinner. Through her mother’s sickness she has been able to see how much she truly loves her family.
“Strange it seemed to Hester, as she watched her daughter grow more beautiful and more intelligent every day! Her Pearl! That’s what Hester named her” (Chapter 6) PAST ACTIONS – Hester married an elderly scholar, Chillingworth, who sent her away to America to live but never followed her. While waiting a long time for him, she had an affair with a Puritan minister named Dimmesdale, after which she gave birth to Pearl. ACTIONS THROUGHOUT STORY –Despite her scorning from the townspeople, she stays in the community and gives to the poor, despite her own poverty.