Date: July 5, 2011 Title of Selection: A Pair of Silk Stockings Author: Kate Chopin “A Pair of Silk Stockings” is written by Kate Chopin telling about the struggle of a woman searching for balance between family life and personal satisfaction. The story gives people a surprise feeling that they rarely see this situation. Anyways, “A Pair of Silk Stocking” is a good story revealing women’s thought that how they sacrifice for their family but they also need to satisfy their own hobbies. Mrs. Sommer is actually a good mother who has always taken care of her children. She always puts her children first.
The complex relationship between parent and child The two poems “Repetitions for my Mother” by Lorna Crozier and “Guitar Repair Women” by Buddy Wakefield share the complex relationship between parent and child through differences and similarities within the poem. The poems talk about the respect and love they give to their mother. In the two poems, “Repetitions for my Mother” by Lorna Crozier and “Guitar Repair Women” by Buddy Wakefield explain that the love and respect they give to their mothers. In Crozier’s poem the speaker says “I want my mother to live forever,” showing how much the speaker loves their mother. In Wakefield’s poem the speaker mentions “and I use a padded microphone/so I don’t hurt you/because sometimes I smash things,” showing the respect he gives to his mother.
The images in both of these literary works show a fear of being graded and judged. In Marks the speaker’s attitude in one of unresponsiveness, this is made obvious by the images she uses to compare her family’s regard for her motherly duties to school grades. “My husband gives me an A for last night’s supper, an incomplete for my ironing, a B plus in bed” My son says I am average” (Pastan 1-5). There is no emotion used in theses lines. Notice that her grades are good.
I believe that Brady is sarcastically describing the ideal wife every man dreams of. Brady is a wife herself, and in her essay she wishes she had a wife that she described. Brady brings out all the different roles of the American housewife. “Homeless” by Anna Quindlen the passage starts out with the author Anna Quindlen doing a story on homeless people. She finds a homeless person named Ann and confronts her about her being homeless.
A working mom can be more financially stable than a stay at home mom, too. A mother who works can be a great role model to her children. By being a role model to her children, she is teaching them how to be independent and work for themselves wether it be in school or in every day life. By teaching their children to be more independent, the child will know how to hold things down for his or her self. This will eventually help the child in their future, and the kid will be able to make their own desicions with confidence.
After being suffocated by the images of this absolute world, Mrs. Breedlove strives to acquire the white’s life style. While in her employer’s house, Mrs. Breedlove role plays as the household’s main woman because this is the closest she will get to living this fairytale life. Mrs. Breedlove also shows how little she values her family by “neglect[ing] her house, her children, her man” (127). She demonstrates the strain in her mother-daughter relationship with Pecola by allowing the little white girl she looks after call her Polly. Pecola does not address her mother in this casual manner.
When Eveline’s mother was on her deathbed she urged Eveline to “keep the family together”. This simple request from her mother became the driving force behind all of Eveline’s actions. Eveline felt the obligation to fulfill her mother’s wishes even if it meant sacrificing her own desires. Eveline became a housekeeper for her abusive father and two younger brothers. Eveline’s entire life was controlled by her family members.
Judy Brady, in her essay “Why I Want a Wife”, use irony tone to list that the responsibilities of the traditional wives in society. Throughout the essay, she informs the reader about the different treatments between the gender roles and shares her desperate feeling of being a wife. The essay begins with the author categorizing herself as a wife and a mother. While thinking about her male friend who is looking for another wife after divorce, she suddenly wants a wife and she lists the reasons why she would like to have a wife. The first reason is that a wife can take care of her children while her husband goes back to school.
Maggie’s mother was also older and better suited to be a mother because she was older and more experienced however, Maggie’s father also left the family. Maggie turned out to be shy and refrained from social life since she did not leave the house after being burned. “She stoops down quickly and lines up picture after picture of me sitting in front of the house with Maggie cowering behind me” (Walker 746). Too much attention leads to Maggie clinging to her mother and not enough attention drives Emily to not seek out a close relationship with her mother. Both mothers are concerned with the status of their daughters.
She thinks by restricting me i will become a better person. I may not see it now, but i know her influence will make me a better well rounded person. When she knows i’m going overboard with something, she’ll hold me back and control me to stay back and do what’s right for me. She influences me in every such way, that’s why I’m grateful to have such a significant influence in my life. In conclusion, i would like to say that my mom is a huge part of my life.