Miep helps her friends in any way she can. Weather that be something as simple as visiting them and seeing how they are doing or baking a cake for them so that they could have some kind of luxury while they’re in hiding. She also visits them at any time she can so that she is positive that they are in the best shape that they can possible be for their condition. Most importantly, Miep hides her friends. This is very important for them, and very dangerous for her.
In summation it was easy to relate to the main character in the short story. 2. As far as fears and desires, Kate’s fear was being self-conscious about her work clothes at a casual café. Her desire to move forward towards bigger and better things in life was evident by her entry level position as an administrative assistant. The Grandma in the story had an obvious fear of being alone, which is why she was overly hospitable with her guests ensuring that they were thoroughly satisfied and happy to be her company.
I am A Wife. And, not altogether incidentally, I am a mother" (380). She relies on her own experiences as a wife and mother to gain her audience's trust. Brady shows her arguments by using logos as she gives, probably the most duties of a wife that the reader can even ponder. She is very descriptive and helps produce an exact image in the reader’s mind.
Nora loved her children, it was clearly shown when she played hide and seek with them merrily, and that is why she left them. She did not want to poison them as she said in the play, because she is a liar and hypocrite. She did not want the children to be mistakenly led by her. Moreover she wanted the children to be as free as she was when she left the house, and she knew that the nanny, Anne-Marie, would take care of them. Nora is the most admirable character in the whole play.
Beatrice is a gentle lady who treats even the poisonous of plants with tenderness. When Giovanni comes along and into Beatrice’s life, she falls in love with him; with a genuine love that has no conditions or demands. With a poisonous touch that Beatrice carried with her, she wouldn’t allow for Giovanni to come close to her for his protection because she loved and cared about him. After Giovanni had spent so much time around Beatrice in the garden, he too, ended up becoming poisonous. After realizing that Giovanni had caught the poison, Baglioni reveals an antidote to become normal again.
Amanda also looks into the future, making what she calls "plans and provisions," single-mindedly for her children. In fact, as annoying as all the nagging about keeping one’s elbows off the table is, Amanda is actually a very loving mother. Her mothering is extreme to say the
“A Pair of Silk Stockings” Reflective Essay by Jeanette Ng “A Pair of Silk Stockings” is a story about a woman, Mrs. Sommers, who was very devoted to her family and for whom her children were of prior concern. She was very smart when spending money, for her life style did not let her be wasteful, but one day, instead of buying things that her family needed, she ended buying things for herself alone. This woman’s story discloses every person inner desire to at least once escape reality and start doing what your heart tells you without being aware of the consequences. One of the main problems raised in this story is the change in people’s character under the negative influence of money. In “A Pair of Silk Stockings” Mrs. Sommers is first represented as a woman who is very attentive in spending her money.
Maggie spends her life idolizing Tom and craving his love and approval. Tom thought “Maggie was a silly little thing; all girls were silly... Still he was very fond of his sister, and meant always to take care of her, make her his housekeeper,
Andrea attributes her real estate success to the bowl’s ability to appeal to various groups. She says the “bowl…was both subtle and noticeable—a paradox of a bowl” because people who like high art or country décor admire the bowl (65). The bowl’s skill different people’s attention contrasts with Andreas attempt to reconcile two worlds. Because she doesn’t make a choice, she is empty. At one point in their relationship, Andrea’s lover tells her that she has to
Hoda is very practical, intuitive, vulgar, gullible, vulnerable, clever, generous and big-hearted woman, just to name a few characteristic traits. Her poor Jewish parents immigrated to Canada to escape persecution, but this discrimination remained even in a new country. Hoda faced cruelty and prejudice early in life, and trying not to let it bother her she would always fight back with humour and anger; Hoda was a little fire cracker full of wit and sarcasm. Hoda challenged the normal public roles and has a wholesome lust for life; she is a dreamer and believed one day her dreams would come true. In her neighbourhood, Hoda was considered to be a crackpot and worse in other cases.