"Sure." Unfortunately Krebs is too caught up in his own world to be his sister’s older brother and to show her why this mindset she has is wrong. There comes a point where both of Krebs’s parents are fed up with his laziness and his unwillingness to do anything with his life that his mother sits him down and tries to approach him in a more of a religious way. She speaks of God and how much they love him and want the best for him. "I'm your mother," she said.
Carter 1 Jaime Carter Mrs. Ellis English 1302-11 Feb. 8, 2011 Character Analysis In the story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”, the Grandmother character is arguably a “misfit” with her family. Through out the entire story it seems as though everything she wants to do, her family wants to do the complete opposite. She is an outspoken woman, who talks about the past as though it was better than the present. Her son is a quiet, easily frustrated man that doesn’t talk very often throughout the story. As the family sets off for their trip, all the grandmother does is complain that she would rather go to Tennessee.
Her prejudice side shows through on their trip when she shares stories about a little nigger boy. During the trip, she complains about the many differences in the past and present behaviors of good people (O'Connor). John Desmond tells the readers that the Grandmother’s lying and selfishness are directly the cause of the accident and death of her family (Desmond). The Grandmother’s sins should not be a death sentence but are they forgivable in the eyes of Jesus? The Grandmother tried to convince the Misfit he was a good man in order to save herself (O'Connor).
In “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” the grandmother is the main character. She is a snobby old woman who only has faith is these words, “I’m a lady” (pg. 507). In her last moments of breath, she tries to plead with her murderer, the Misfit, by adding prayer and Jesus into the picture when she knows that Jesus and prayer are not the faith she is using to save her life when she says to the Misfit,
"(PROLOGUE 16-28)" In those lines Antigone shows that her “love” for her brother will leave her “hating” her sister. Ismene is fearful of burying Polyneices, “But think of the danger! Think of what Creon will do!” (PROLOGUE 34). Her devotion to her family is not as strong as Antigones. By accepting the obligation to bury Polyneices, Antigone acts as if she has no choice.
Baby Kochamma is a very interesting and complex character in this book. She is a “stereotypical” antagonist who backstabs the people she dislikes and enjoys their misfortunes. There are some clues in this novel that indicate she used to be an attractive and educated girl who subsequently grew into a jealous, resentful and paranoid woman. The turning point of her life was her unsuccessful love affair with a Catholic monk: Father Mulligan. She betrayed her family’s religion and became a Roman Catholic to get close to him; however, Father Mulligan never accepted her.
In this case, even when some readers might agree with the character’s perceptions, their reactions are thought of as too exaggerated and unnecessary. Angela tells the narrator that her mother beat her so hard that “[Angela] thought she was going to kill [her]” This type of reaction would have never been considered acceptable, to what most think of nowadays as a minor matter: losing one’s virginity before marriage. The reader’s perception to this conflict is that it is a conflict between ‘good’ and ‘good’, but through the character’s perception this is clearly a ‘good’ vs. ‘evil’ case. The town where the book is set has a strong Catholic culture and therefore
The protagonist of The Outsider, Meursault, is estranged because he does not fit into the social norm. At the news of his mother’s demise, Meursault does not feel the agony that normal people do when hearing their parents’ deaths. His lack of emotion is further evinced by his sending his mother to the Senior’s House. In Meursault’s psyche, he feels that his mother is a burden to him. He thinks that the Senior House is a better choice for the both of them as his mother would be happier there.
The word carries a strong negative emotion and calls up vivid images of destruction, violence, suffering and horror. Since Harriet is the only person in this family who really cares for Ben, she and Ben are alienated together by those normal people. She is in a dilemma. As Ben and her other four children seem to be mutually exclusive of one another, she is torn into half by these two powerful forces. Being the minority in this discussion of Ben’s future, Harriet actually disagrees with David, Molly and Dorothy.
Again, the author of Jane Eyre challenges the accepted opinion – that which states that a woman is to be protected and must remain innocent – by writing in such a way that it includes “an intimate acquaintance with the worst parts of human nature” (The Christian Remembrancer). As far as class in the Victorian era is concerned, Christianity made up a large part of society. Again, this novel seems to challenge this social norm. One reviewer states that Jane exhibits “no Christian grace” (Rigby), while another notes that the novel “wears a questionable aspect” (The Christian Remembrancer) where Christianity is concerned. Furthermore, there was concern about “how deeply the love for illegitimate romance [was] implanted in our nature” (Rigby).