Really, what is the theme of these novels? In The Girl Named Disaster, Nhamo is the main character, the storyline revolving around her. Although many readers would say the obvious theme is strength, courage, or survival, I seem to have found that the center theme of this novel was Nhamo herself. Nhamo has struggled with problems even before her journey to Zimbabwe. Her aunt’s unwilling adoption after her mother’s death was the main tragedy that occurred before the first pages of the book.
Analyzing Miles Montana (INTRODUCTION) Alice Munro “Miles Montana” is a short story illustrating a series of incidents happened in the life of a woman seems connected when the protagonist recounted. Alice Munro depicts the narrator as a sensitive woman who has conflict in search for personal identity .The narrator emotional battle between domestic responsibility and personal satisfaction stench havoc on the feeling of this mother and wife. (THESIS) Alice Munro create an inner connection which develop an idea about human relationship and the connection people made between life and death, especially connections they made in their own lives. Author achieves this effect through her setting, conflict and character. (BODY) (KEY POINT) Alice Munro depicts childhood attitude of the narrator when she remembers her childhood.
The three strands of hair are pulled together to create a whole. The story opens with a narration from Rayona. She is visiting her frequently hospitalized mother Christina in the hospital yet again due to her alcoholism. Eventually the two women make their way to Seattle where they meet Christina’s mother, Ida, who is the third and final voice portrayed in the novel. The entire story focuses around the lives of these three Native American women; the three women’s lives are intertwined and portrayed from separate points of view.
Elizabeth Strout’s novel Olive Kitteridge introduces the unforgettable character, Olive Kitteridge, who is trying to make sense of her life and marriage. Olive is a hardened, stubborn woman whose outlook on life often clashes with those close to her. Olive is often portrayed as cold and unpleasant, but there are times when she has shown her softer side. In "Incoming Tide" Olive showed this gentle side of her when she spent time talking with Kevin Coulson, a former student of hers. Now an adult Kevin had completed medical school and returned to his childhood home to commit suicide in almost the same manner as his mother did.
The Dual Effect of Granny’s Jiltings Throughout the story “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall,” the protagonist, Granny, was jilted several times. The jiltings that Granny, or Ellen, experienced through her life had the dual effect of improving while worsening it. Granny feels jilted several times in her life: she was left at the altar; her husband died young, leaving her to shoulder the burden of being head of household; an incident that the story hints at is the death of her daughter Hapsy while she was giving birth; as well as Granny not getting a sign from God on her deathbed. All these incidents compounded to harden her. Yet, they simultaneously lent her the ability to soldier on through a difficult life.
Elements of criticism, judgment, and pettiness are all made apparent. The mother tells the readers that after returning from school as a young woman, Dee looked down upon her family for being uneducated and tried to force her viewpoints upon them. This is seen clearly when the mother states, “She used to read to us without pity; forcing words, lies, other folk’s habits,
Lydia plays an important role in the story despite the primary focus being on Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy, and their love that develops throughout. Lydia is a foil to Lizzie in many ways; both on an individual level and in terms of their comparable relationships and eventual marriages. Lydia is “untamed, unabashed, wild, noisy and fearless”, and is constantly mocked by Austen in the form of comedy of manners. It is interesting that from the beginning of the story Lydia is made to sound like her mother; “Oh!” said Lydia stoutly, “I am not afraid; for though I am the youngest, I’m the tallest.” The exclamations, in a similar way to that of Mrs Bennet, suggests a lack of education and level of ‘air headedness’. Lydia is outspoken and completely self-absorbed, even though she is the youngest of the sisters, which foreshadows the trouble she will get into later on in the story.
Mikayla Collins Professor Rainee Angles Introduction to Theatre 22 September 2014 August: Osage County Character Analysis: Violet Weston Violet Weston is an essentially very important character in Tracy Letts’ play August: Osage County. She plays the role of a wife, mother, and grand-mother in the play about a family that’s falling apart. Although she struggles with an addiction and is the victim of cancer, that doesn’t stop her from being the emotionally scarred woman that she is. Underneath all of that is a woman who just needs the help of her family, even if she’s too afraid to admit and ask for the help that she needs. Underneath all of the dysfunctional traits is a woman who has a very prominent personality that would be hard to replicate with any character in this play.
Death is a Moth In the short story “The Moth’s” by Helena Maria Viramontes writes about a girl that is practically forced into taking care of her Grandmother Luna. Viramontes uses a great deal of imagery and symbolism that makes the reader search more in depth of the story. Further into details of what the narrator was really going through she suffered a lot and had to deal with reality that her life was not the same as her sisters that made her an outcast, cold hearted, and a caregiver to her grandmother Luna. Viramontes describes the character as to be different then her sisters, who made her feel like an outcast towards the rest of her family. “I always pricked my fingers or knotted my colored threads time and time again while
The Women of Waknuk The Chrysalids by John Wyndham illustrates women differently towards their husbands, and their family members. Women in Waknuk are pressured to be perfect. Most likely women like Elias Strorm’s wife, who was a beautiful young lady. Elias Strorm’s strict ways turned his wife into a withered, grey woman, who was almost glad to die one year after David’s father was born. This explains that such a society stifles life.