It was the fact that the whites believed that they had this power over the African Americans and that it was there right in taking it and abusing their power. Richard gets a job at an optical shop in Jackson and right away two of his white co-workers yell crude words and try in any way to intimidate him. At one point they almost threaten to kill him and frightens Richard to quit the job knowing that he no longer would be safe there. Mr. Crane, Richard’s boss, is a kind man who is from the North and sympathizes Wright. He asks Richard what the co-workers had said and that they would be punished but Richard’s fear is too great and just accepts his pay and leaves.
Tan feels ashamed of herself and her family. She was also so ashamed of looking Chinese that she wished she had a “slim American nose”. Robert, her crush, was over for dinner and Tan was even more embarrassed of the way her family celebrated Christmas because they didn't eat the traditional American dinner. Another embarrassing moment was when her father belched after dinner to show his gratitude towards her mother for cooking. Angelou’s story is about pride.
All of these characters are kind beings and as can be seen by Tom in the courthouse he ‘felt right sorry’ for Miss Mayella. Unfortunately, the idea that a black person could feel sorry for a white person refutes all of Maycomb’s social assumptions. Tom’s omission cannot be tolerated by Maycomb’s current social hierarchy as it suggests that someone is inferior to a black man, when in fact all that Tom is doing is expressing a natural emotion –
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.
On the other hand, Taber claimed that some chits from Rhodes were missing and that was why she did not make Rhodes’s drink. Further, there was a lemon wedge in the milk. Causes The conflict between employees and the missing chits were due to a lack of fit between the systems, which were the new ranking system and the chits system, and the people, those worked as a server or a bartender in the restaurant. Also, the lemon wedge in milk was because there was a lack of fit between the process, that was the lack of supervision and the over authorization of the bartender, and the task, which was no negative comment cart from customers. Goals Receiving 0 negative comment card is the most important goal for present management.
The way Dolphus Raymond lives is completely opposite to the values that the Maycomb people tend to follow. Because Dolphus Raymond was a respectable man by Maycomb principles and chose to live with black people over white people, this shows Scout that there must be some appeal to black people. A prosperous guy from a long line of well-off men supposedly endangered his marriage to have a fling with a black woman. After ruining his marriage he went on to live with black people. If African Americans were truly mediocre and a threat to a happy life, then why would Dolphus go off and live with them?
During a graduation dinner from the Hebrew Union College, insensitive lay leaders included four biblically forbidden foods (crabs, shrimp, frog legs and clams) and also mixed meat and dairy. Although the acts were allegedly done out of carelessness, not malice, Jewish traditionalists viewed the banquet as a public insult. Following the treyfa banquet, several congregations resigned from the Hebrew Union College, thus causing a formal break between reform and traditional Judaism. When the shochet told Rachel to cook and eat the Ox, the reader saw Rachel’s paradox, and empathized with the difficult decision she needed to make. Albeit Rachel finally ate the unkosher meat, Abraham’s mother’s reaction to Rachel’s actions mirrored that of the Orthodox Rabbi’s at the treyfa banquet.
"What the sam hell are ya doing" Scout said when Walter Cunningham come to have lunch at the Finches house and poured syrup all over his food. Jean Louise "Scout" Finch, also gets a lot of the prejudice in Maycomb for being different, She doesn't dress like the other girls, She wears pants. "Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of my attire. I could not possibly hope to be a lady if I wore breeches, when I said I could do nothing in a dress, she said I wasn't supposed to be doing things that required pants" She doesn't criticise the finch family, in fact she "never let a chance escape her to point out the short-comings of the other tribal groups to the greater glory of the Finch family's own" There a many key themes in To Kill A Mockingbird. Racism, Growing up in those times.
She acts as a mother to Jem and Scout. The passage that occurs when Walter Cunningham is having dinner with the Finches really shows the motherly instinct in Calpurnia. “’But he’s gone and drowned his dinner in syrup,’ I protested, ‘He’s poured it all over – It was then that Calpurnia requested my presence in the kitchen. She was furious…’There’s some folks who don’t eat like us,’ she said, ‘but you ain’t called on to contradict ‘em at the table when they don’t. That boy’s you comp’ny and if he wants to eat the table cloth you let him, you hear?’” (32).
Jessica tries to show Seton, that there is something wrong here; by burning the food and that she refuses to kiss him back when he tries to kiss her. First time Seton tries to fix his marriage, is when he invites Jessica to dinner, in a restaurant that they haven’t been to in a long time. They actually used to dining there, but that is also ruined now. This symbolizes that Seton is trying to save his marriage. (P 533 L. 12 – 15) Seton is mistaking because Jessica brings the kids to the