They searched Ji-Li’s house twice. They even detained her father because of a crime that he wouldn’t confess to. The bad part of that is because her father didn’t commit any crime! The second time they searched her house they punished her grandmother for being a landlord’s wife and her mother was
Gerald belongs to the higher class along with his parents the Crofts. They refused to come to a celebratory dinner with the Birling’s as they felt that Gerald was going to marry below his class. The two higher classes look down at the lower class and often make sweeping judgements about them. For example Mrs Birling describes Eva Smith as a “Girls of that class” this is meant to indicate to us that they have loose morals and that they are not above prostitution. Mrs Birling specifically is all about her image.
Not just because she was afraid that no one loves her as she was getting older, but she also desires an own family, a love to fulfill her lonely heart. That is why she agreed to marry Hwang Baowen- the “dream boat” in her factory. That detail surprised the readers a lot. We wonder why the perfect man like Baowen could marry Beina while she had nothing special, and whether her wishes do actually come true after this marriage. Moreover, Beina was not pregnant during eight months when they were living together, which increased more
The central theme of “Nikki-Rosa” by Nikki Giovanni is the true riches in life is family. First, the mother-daughter bond between Nikki-Rosa and her mother shows that her biographers don’t understand that she cares more for her family than money. In lines six and seven, then line fifteen and eighteen through nineteen, Nikki describes some of the hardships she faced in her childhood. “They never talk about how happy you were to have your mother all to yourself” (lines 6 and 7). These lines prove that her biographers didn’t talk about her love for her mother, or basically her family.
Leah Price Ngemba In Barbara Kingsolver’s book The Poisonwood Bible the Price girls each write their own story. The setting is based upon historical facts while the characters are vivid inventions by Kingsolver. In order for the Price family to survive the daughters become part of the Congolese culture. Leah Price depicts this change more than the others. From the arrival of the Price family she is a firm supporter of her father, Nathan Price, but as the novel progresses Leah becomes aware of the self-centered, wrong behavior of her father.
Chang Hong and Ji-Li are talking and Chang Hong heard that Ji-Li was going to do some summer labor in the factories instead of in the countryside. Ji-Li was going to do that because to because her mother was vey ill and her grandmother was too old to take care of the kids and the mother. She thought that if she worked in the factory then she could work and take care of her mom. Chang Hong disagrees and says, “ This is a crucial moment for you! How could you ask to work in a factory instead?
My older sister and I both lived with our mother. Since she was the lone parental figure, we always listened to what she said without argument. “Never date a Middle Eastern man,” my mother told us. My mother was sexist in a way that she did not think women needed to have a husband, much less a Middle Eastern one. As I grew older, I began to question why my mother would give such bizarre advice.
The point is that as long as you have the correct class stance, it will be easy to testify.” They tried to get something out of her about her father. Thin Face said, “ I am sure you can tell us some things your father said and did that show his landlord and rightist mentality. Jili answered, “ But I don’t know anything.” It was not uncommon for events in the Cultural Revolution to suddenly turn in the opposite direction. Many times followers of Chairman Mao would be declared the enemy the next day for being caught doing something that held back the Revolution. Some loyal followers of Mao would suddenly be turned upon and persecuted, though few were prosecuted for their
Auden always judged people based on their first impressions and how they came off when she first saw them. One of the major themes in the novel is how Auden is quick to judge everything she sees, although she was often wrong. The two people that she was completely wrong about happened to be some of the most important people in her life. She misjudged her step mother Heidi but thinking she was a superficial girl who only cared about materialistic objects as well as Maggie who came out to be one of her closest friends. It took Auden some time to realize that she had been wrong in her misconception of others and it made her more open minded.
Both women went through horrible tragedies throughout their lives but in the end had the things they both wanted most. Mariam was born a harami, with no chance to be accepted in the world of Afghanistan. Her mother was mean to her, and her father only came to visit once a week and didn’t care much about her, he only cared for his reputation and didn’t want to tarnish his name. In this case from the beginning Mariam didn’t have a great chance to have a successful life but she would have been happy staying with her mother. The decision she made to leave her mother and go to Jalil was one decision that really harmed the course of her life.