She does a lot to make sure that people can see her hair and she is not afraid to show off her individual spirit. However, Joe, her second husband, shows his dominance over Janie by making her tie up her hair in head rags. Joe not letting Janie wear her hair the way she wants to takes Janie freedom of individualism. Joe’s reason of insisting of Janie to wear the head rag is due to jealousy since he would see other man touching her hair (Clarke). Janie’s freedom is taken away the moment she cannot longer wear her hair freely the way Joe did not want her to.
Lucy’s mother, Eutychia, tried to arrange a marriage for her with a pagan. Lucy knew that her mother would not be convinced by a young girl's vow so she devised a plan to convince her mother that Christ was the most powerful partner for life. During an early morning mass, Lucy and her mother heard the story of the famous Saint Agatha who cured a woman with dysentery. Lucy and her mother went to the tomb of Saint Agatha and her mother's long illness was cured miraculously.
However, another reason they decide is because they want to keep the power and want to be in control- this is also a very common theme in the play. The women can refuse to get married, but can risk being disowned by their family and technically being thrown out onto the streets, so it is safer not to refuse and go ahead with the marriage. In my opinion, the Elizabethan society is not fair because of the fact that women have no rights and are just used for whatever the men wish. However this is because I live in a society where equality is the key to peace and a country where women have been in charge. Although if I lived in the Elizabethan times then I would not know what my opinion would be, as to whether I would think it is normal or unfair.
She practices her faith even though she can get crops or needs from the Wal-Mart that is “just down the road” (112). She can even perform a ceremony for her granddaughter in New York to the “twenty-first century totem pole…made of flash and neon” (114). Harjo is able to carry out her rituals and use her belief as a therapeutic figure for challenges she faces in life because nothing can damage her spiritual experience. Before Kamps became the spiritual being she is now, she once went to church to find truth in life. When Kamps’ mother died and she was pregnant, she needed the church the most.
___________________________ the story also talks about enlightment due to schooling in that Dee realized, only after having learnt adequetly, the importance of one's past (Traditional Values) and thats when she decided to take it up to herself to preserve it despite her methods being "contrary" to those of the narrato _______________________________________________________________ In the short story "Everyday Use" the main conflict appears to be over which daughter will get the quilt. However, the underlying conflict is the two daughter’s competition for their mother's love. The quilt is a symbol of the mother's love and acceptance of her child and of the value that is placed on the relationship. The story is about two daughters. One daughter is intelligent, went off to college and has become successful.
Outside Reading Form/Structure Plot: Zora Neale Hurston’s novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, dances around Janie Crawford’s endeavor to aspire to her dreams and pursue happiness in her life. The novel is a narration of Janie Crawford’s progression through life, with the use of extended flashbacks presented through friend Pheoby and is organized in a timely matter. Although the beginning starts off with Janie being old and stuff, the next pages goes back to Janie’s life from where she was born and how she got to the place she was sitting now. The novel focuses on Janie’s relationships and thoughts as she travels in the search for love, freedom and happiness. The novel begins when Janie starts to tell her life story to her best friend
Edna Pontellier often shows a rebellion in her throughout the story, and there are many reasons as to why she feels like she has to rebel. As the story progresses, Edna begins finding her own independence as a woman more and more, and she is “Awakened” of her true freedom. The reader often understands that the “awakening” represents the main character of the story, Edna. The form of awakening that the novel expresses shows is that people need to learn how to express themselves through freedom and independence. This type of awakening shows as Edna begins to express herself through the use of her artwork, and
This is why is was so important to Alice to be an active part in securing equal rights for all women. Alice Paul epitomizes the lessons in the QBQ book by taking personal ownership, being a role model, showing great leadership skills, and refusing to allow herself to be victimized. Alice takes personal responsibility to fight for women's equal rights. She takes ownership of the problem, something not many people want to admit they must do. Instead of passing the problem on to the next generation of women, she chooses to help lead the fight.
Dylan LeVine Professor Amber Day LCS 121A February 9, 2012 Yin and Yang Identity is an aspect of one’s life that must be formed on one’s own and not solely on the words or actions of others. The people around us can help build our identity, but is us who have to truly find ourselves. Two Kinds is narrated by Jing Mei Woo, a young girl whose mother pushes her to become a “prodigy child”. At first she liked the idea because she would be able to make her mother happy, but later gets locked in a struggle over her identity. People rely heavily on the way others perceive them; however your true identity is formed primarily on how you perceive yourself.
Her mother only wanted to possess the beauty she created with her hands, other possessions were meaningless to her. Walker’s mother told her children to take anything because it might not be there next time they came. Alice Walker was brought up with these lessons of self-sacrifice. Through the work of “Though We May Feel Alone,” (1166) Walker emphasizes the importance of ancestors. Prominent to ancestors is the lessons that are obtained through them.