• ‘You aint ruined’ – sense that she is envious that the other farm girl can be no naive (could remind herself of her). Now she is seen as a second class citizen and cannot marry or have a family because she is married • ‘You blue and bleak face could’ - unhealthy because she is unhappy because she has no life or status DIDNT TAKE WHAT THEY WERE DOING SERIOUSLY • Although the reader is like to feel sorry for the poet, ‘we played’ tells us that she saw her loves as a game. Could suggest that she liked all the attention. • She saw them as toys too, ‘my hurdy gurdy monkey men’ • Now she realises what she has done wrong and is has set in she still shows now sign of sorrow, ‘o you didn’t know I’d been ruined’ the breezy tone is heavily ironic. • ‘You aint ruined’ – suggesting she was like her and wanted all these clothes and privileges
Iris started to disobey Chanda’s order, makes Soly in believing her that if one day, everyone die she would live with her father and leave Soly alone by himself. This shows how children in this area of the world threaten someone who’s younger because they miss someone who they loved, and how important their mother is to them. One day Iris and Soly was over at Mrs.Tafa’s place. Chanda called them to come home, but they refused to listen to her. Chanda wrestled Iris to the ground and sat on her.
She describes Stella-Rondo be inconsistent and unstable based on her being spoiled when they were children. Sister uses this immediately to make a point of her sister’s unappreciation for everything she has ever had. But she never describes how she behaved as a child which can be suggested that she may think the reader can assumed she was the better of the two. Then, she goes to say that out of nowhere Stella-Rondo leaves her husband and returns home with a two-year-old child whom she claims is adopted. Sister sees right through her sister’s façade considering the timing of everything.
Isolation” and “Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt.” Due to his mother’s domineering lifestyle, Gein missed a lot of developmental milestones in life and because of her outlook on sexual activity Gein died a virgin. Other than the feelings he had for his mother, Gein never knew the effects of intimacy and throughout her presence in Gein’s life he was very isolated. Caused by the missing of the milestone in development of intimacy vs. isolation, gave way to the milestone of autonomy vs. shame and doubt was missed as well. Any self-esteem that was achieved by Gein was both bolstered and hindered by his mother. Gein experienced the extreme negative side of both these theories of development.
The Day They Set Out Response Brandon Moreira In the short story “The Day They Set Out” by Beverly Harris, the protagonist, Jean is stuck in a life in which she does the same predictable routine. This makes her feel empty inside, and that she needs to try something new. The causes for her emptiness and difficulties are that, because of her lack of social skills, she has almost no friends. Her husband, Ross does not love her anymore, so he looks at other women to satisfy himself. Also, her lack of intelligence has left her with no job and an inability to get a job.
The lost of Codi’s baby is another reason for distant attitude towards others. She had no one to go to for comfort. Not even by Loyd or her own father, Doc Homer. This then makes Codi create a personal wall towards others in the fear of letting others come in her life. However, Hallie never went through a lost of a loved one as bad as Codi did.
Kyle, David, and Cass have all been damaged by the words of their parents. Kyle and David’s mother has always been unsatisfied with her life and views her children as the opportunity to have success that she missed out on. Cass McBride lives with her father, the ultimate sales man, and has cut her mother totally off. She realizes, as children do, the love of one parent is conditional. She had to stay with her father in order to preserve their relationship.
She did not find that a marriage service generated love; she did not enable her husband to recapture his youth through hers; nor could she compensate for that by running his home in the manner of an experienced housekeeper.” This quote illustrates that Elias Strorm was very cruel to her that she died after her second child was born. She was a beautiful, young woman who Elias turned into a very dull person. She always wanted him to be happy and be a good person, but that did not happen, he was just unfair and unpleasant to everyone. To conclude Elias Strorm’s wife is a good supporter of her husband as well as Emily Strorm. The role of women does demonstrate bystanders and supporters of their husbands and family member.
“Robert looked at his mother’s face. Her mouth was set. She stood apart-refusing to be touched or supported,” (18). While Mrs. Ross is trying to save others, she is losing herself in the process. Society dictates Mrs. Ross’ life.
. . Nowadays people begin by sneering at family life and family institutions, and next they’ll throw everything overboard and have intermarriage between black and white.”… “Your wife doesn’t love you,” said Gatsby. “She’s never loved you. She loves me.”… “It doesn’t matter anymore.