Her maturity is proven by the end of the novel when the children lose interest in Boo Radley. Scout learns that “Most people are [real nice], when you finally see them.” and that she shouldn’t “try to understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (281, 33). These quotes are important because, over the course of the novel, these are the main lessons she learns up until the trial and afterward. However, Scout is still incredibly confused and is still trying to understand everything. The verdict of the trial is the beginning of her transformation but she does not fully become mature until closer to the end when she fully understands the reasoning behind the outcome of Tom’s
She decided to get in her daughter’s e-mail account to see if she could find any clue what was going on with Audrey. She found out that Johnny the guy who her daughter was in love with had tested H.I.V positive. Did the author have any rights to check her daughter's email account without her permission? As my opinion every mother has a right to check, especially in this case. One of the hardest things to do as a parent is to let our adult children actually be adults - free to make their own mistakes, and live their own lives.
The deep generosity of her family shows the good morals that she grew up with, as her mother taught her and her sister that "Indifference is the worst fault of all" . There were other times where she felt uncomfortable with herself, because of the exclusion her kind faced. High school was the place where she was excluded from taking part in certain activities, because the Japanese American was "secluded out by [their] white peers...from total exclusion from their social functions" . To further save themselves from humiliation and embarrassment they used to call ahead and ask the place whether Japanese were allowed in certain places. The Japanese descents also faced unemployment issues, even with their credibility, but they were hired out by other Japaneses.
No longer a self-assured sexual being, her response—that she is buying something for her mother,reveals that she has not yet quite reached adulthood. The combination of her brazenness and vulnerability ultimately spurs Sammy to shun the rules that bind him. ‘’You never know for sure how girls’ minds work (do you really think it’s a mind in there or just a little buzz like a bee in a glass jar? ).’’ Sammy speculates on the mental processes of girls early in the story. he assumes that if he cannot understand the workings of a girl’s mind, it is because there is no mind there to understand.
Through Flyboy, Bambara shows what happens when society ignores people leaving in poverty. In conclusion, “The Lesson” is a trip of obligation and discovery. The children face generational poverty; Mercedes however, will find a way out because she has parents who care about her while Sylvia learns of the unfairness in the distribution of wealth. Because of Miss Moore though, she will move beyond the social restraints set before her. By end of the story, she says herself in a moment of epiphany “ain’t nobody gonna beat me at nuthin” (Bambara 350).
Christina describes her mother’s primary concerns centralized around how she wished to be perceived by others and the public image she wished to project 74-75). Her false displays of intimacy, excessive vanity, egocentricity, lack of empathy, and attention seeking behavior are evident in her interpersonal relationships and emotional neglect of her children. Her career as a film star exacerbated these negative personality traits (27, 83). Any affection she showed toward Christina usually took the form of a shallow nod of approval or pat on the head for performing tasks such as mixing alcoholic beverages for Joan and her guests or when in the presence of others, but in private her treatment of Christina was very cold and her parenting style was excessively rigid, strict, and authoritarian. She relied primarily on punishment (particularly corporal) and negative reinforcement to gain compliance and desired behavior.
In the time of Gilead, the women were taken from their homes where they were brainwashed by speeches from their “Aunts” who argued that “such a social order ultimately offers the women more respect and safety then the old, pre-Gilead society offered them” (Sparknotes). In their new age, they’re simply used to run errands and bear children in the homes of Commanders that have trouble conceiving with their wives. They are fed small bits of information on what is going on in the Republic and are expected to be content with just that. Offred spends a great amount time thinking of her old life with her husband, Luke, and their young daughter. Then, one night her Commander asks to see her privately where they play Scrabble (which is illegal because in Gilead, women are not allowed to read) and she is allowed to look at old magazines; to conclude these secret encounters, the Commander asks Offred to kiss him.
Parents’ influences on children can either be good or bad, which depends on how they treat and teach their children. As a father to Jem and Scout, Atticus needed to show a good example for his children to follow. Scout was well-known for her fist fight even though she was a girl. Atticus told Scout to stop fighting and act like a mature, grown-up woman or else he would wring her out. Scout tried to resist her father but since Atticus was a well-respected man to both his peers and families, Scout followed his orders.
She was care-fee and mischievous. She also remained friends with Heathcliff despite her brother’s disapproval, which shows her disregard for social standards. They even made a pact to grow up as savages together, which further removed them from society's customs. But when Catherine went to go live with the Linton’s for a while she changed into a proper young lady because she had the proper education for a young lady in her
It is also an ironic because it is clear from everything else she says that the author is anything but ashamed of her mother. | | “…hoped Mr. Hadley wouldn’t notice the car with our mother in it, and yelling and tooting…”(p.5) | This quote shows how the mother advertises their family’s poorness without shaming. |