In Lithuania, its custom that guests at a wedding-feast leave money to cover the cost, but since they were in America, many of the guest leave the feast without leaving any money since money was being budgeted amongst each person due to the lack of jobs available. Jurgis, who has great faith in the American Dream, vowed that he will simply work harder to make more money so that they may pay off the debt and continue living in America without struggling. Jobs in Packingtown involve back-breaking labor, however, conducted in unsafe conditions with little regard for individual workers. Therefore, Jurgis quickly finds work since he is young and eager to work. The family signed an agreement to buy a house, but the house was poorly maintained so it was full of repairs which evidently would cost money that they didn’t have.
Him and Mattie have dinner alone together and it is the first time they have ever been alone. * The cat knocks over the pickle jar and Mattie is very worried because zeena will be mad as it was a wedding gift but Ethan calms her down and feels very in control. * After dinner Mattie and Ethan talk, but there are many uncomfortable moments. They do not go sledding because there is no moon that night and they would not be able to see the elm tree at the bottom of the slope. * Mattie says goodnight and heads upstairs and Ethan is disappointed again because he did not kiss her.
The Blind Leading the Blind In Raymond Carver’s Cathedral, the narrator is an ignorant, prejudiced man who is, through his interactions with his wife’s blind friend Robert, drawn out of his own prejudice and into a more insightful existence. Written in the 1980s, a time of economic abundance and excess, Carver’s short story focuses on a married couple who exemplify just that-- they seem to live comfortably in the city with many luxuries, and yet still seem dissatisfied. The couple are expecting a house guest, a blind man named Robert, with whom the narrator’s wife has been friends for a long time. The narrator is initially not looking forward to Robert’s arrival, as his “being blind bothered [him]” (89). The Narrator, at the outset of the story, looks down upon the blind, seeing their disability as making them inferior to him.
But although the family seems happy at the house on Mango Street It also seems its not the best house as the little girl describes.” It’s small and red with tight steps in front and windows so small you would think they were holding their breath” (319). Moreover, the little girl showed the reader the struggles they had while living at the other houses. For example, the family had to pay rent every month, or share the yard with anyone they had on the bottom floor. They didn’t have old rusty water pipes which prevented the family from having to run out and fill empty milk gallons up with water. It seemed that the move was sort of a relief for everyone specially the little girl in the story.
If this essay was different and showed that Phil loved his family, he came home on time for dinner and left after everyone was out of the house. It wouldn’t show that he was a “company man” it would show that he is a caring father and showed his wife and kids what a real father is. Phil should make time to be with his family instead of working all day and not coming home so late at night. Is the company man synonymous for a workaholic? Yes, I think that the company man was a workaholic and didn’t have anytime for his family and that’s why his children were always silent around him and him and his wife had a divorce.
Specifically, she likes talking to anybody, even a bunch of bindle stiffs. Curley's wife could have been in the movies, but instead married Curley, and now that she did, her life has been very lonely. Of Mice and Men took place during the Great Depression. The characters in the story didn't lose there jobs, but were paid very little and only once a month. They would generally spend it on cathouses, which was the one of the few ways to have a good time.
Exercise #1 Cathedral by: Raymond Carver In the story Cathedral by Raymond Carver the narrator is a man who is unnamed. He is married, and an old friend of his wife is coming to see her. The narrator does not seem too happy about Robert; the visitor staying at his house. The reason why he seems to act the way he does is because Robert and his wife have kept in contact through the years and she talks very highly of him, to the point where the narrator does not want him staying in his home. “My idea of blindness came from the movies.
The word that can sum up many of the themes in the book is position. The word covers themes like class, wealth, social standing, and others. Social standing was very important in The Great Gatsby. For example, Tom's social standing allowed him to treat everyone, including his own wife, like dirt, except on rare occasions when he felt like being helpful. Gatsby's social standing allowed him to be generous, because everyone expected it of him after attending or hearing about one of his lavish parties.
This story was half fiction, but in a way half true. In 1887 Gilman went to see a specialist in hopes of curing her reoccurring nervous breakdowns. The physician prescribed her to a “rest-cure”. This meant for her to lie in bed all day and engage in no more than two hours of intellectual activity. In her short story, The Yellow Wallpaper, Gilman describes the physician office as a hotel which she is staying in while her husband and herself are on vacation and while her husband, a physician, is at work her sister-in-law tends to Gilman’s needs and checks in on her every day.
The parents lack interest in their own daughter. Connie's father is rarely present in her life because he is "away at work most of the time and when he comes home he want[s] supper and he read[s] the newspaper at supper and after supper he [goes] to bed. He didn't bother talking much to them" (Oates). Her mother continually praises her older sister right in front her while complaining about Connie. For example, her mom nags her by asking, "Why don't you keep your room clean like your sister?"