Word count 385 Tillie Olsen’s “I Stand Here Ironing” is a Mother’s story of circumstance and regret. In the story the mother retells of her hardships and sacrifice that her family had to endure as a result of the economic climate during the 1930’s. To overcome this adversity Olsen must sacrifice the relationship and well being of her oldest daughter in order to make ends meet and provide for the rest of her family. The main character in the story is the Mother. The Mother is a static character who remains unchanged throughout the story.
The central theme of “Nikki-Rosa” by Nikki Giovanni is the true riches in life is family. First, the mother-daughter bond between Nikki-Rosa and her mother shows that her biographers don’t understand that she cares more for her family than money. In lines six and seven, then line fifteen and eighteen through nineteen, Nikki describes some of the hardships she faced in her childhood. “They never talk about how happy you were to have your mother all to yourself” (lines 6 and 7). These lines prove that her biographers didn’t talk about her love for her mother, or basically her family.
The reason why Mathilde Loisel character is important to the theme of story is because she strengthens the theme of the story. We can see through her life what might happen when you live in a fantasy. She had a modest life with no worries or hardships and sacrificed all that security to experience one night of pleasure, excitement, and fun. At the beginning of the story Madam Mathilde Loisel was craving a life of luxury, a life that she felt that she rightfully deserved. Her current modest life was unbearable and she felt that it was mistake that she was “born, as if by an error of destiny, into a family of clerks and copyists (Howe 250).
Curley's Wife is a fascinating character that is often not given the credit she deserves. She is a troubled, unhappy young woman who likely tried to escape an unsastisfying or troublesome childhood by naively marrying Curley. First off, pay attention to her name. She has none! Thi is not an accident, but a very symbolic gesture on the part of Steinbeck.
I AM NOT AN ASSIMILATIONIST! Shanticia McFarland Literature 118, Woods April 19, 2012 In the short story A Raisin in the Sun, Mama’s dreams portray a family-oriented individual. She is very devoted to her family and enjoys being with them. The decisions that she made were for the benefit of her family, not just herself. For instance, she was expecting a check from the insurance company for the death of her husband.
She was a very independent woman. She wasn’t going to sit around the rest of her life deteriorating because of her continuous failure with marriages. She was a beneficiary. The Wife of Bath looked at her failed marriages as a way to learn from her mistakes, she looked forward in life, and mirrored the future lifestyle of
Comparative Essay- The Manhunt vs. Hour Simon Armitage’s, ‘The Manhunt’ and Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Hour’ both use strong feelings to emphasize their core messages. While each author takes a different perspective on the nature of these feelings, in the end, both poems have an intense feeling of love at their core. Armitage’s ‘The Manhunt’ is about a soldier coming home from the war with various injuries. It is told from the point of view of the wife/girlfriend of the soldier.
Analysis of “A Worn Path” Tracy Locke ENG125 Karen McFarland September 16, 2013 “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty written in 1941 is a story that shows unconditional love. A beautiful story of a grandmother who will do anything to help her sick grandson. Phoenix Jackson must be one hundred years old and still takes a long journey only to get medication for her grandson. A trip is always tough on a person, but a trip for an old lady who walks with a cane very slowly is an act of compassionate love. I will explore the theme along with two literary elements in this short story.
Rochester says to Jane, you delight in sacrifice, how far does Bronte’s characterisation of Jane confirm or challenge this judgement? Throughout Charlotte Bronte’s novel ‘Jane Eyre’ the protagonist sacrifices her love and potential relationship with foil Rochester, an open life for her independence and friends and family. Conversely, it could be argued Jane’s sacrifices result in her final happiness and independence she has wanted her whole life. The question is does Jane ‘delight in sacrifice’ or only do it because she has to? In the early chapters of the novel Jane lives with the Reeds at Gateshead surrounded by loneliness and unhappiness.
In the poem “Marks” written by Linda Pastan, the speaker gives the reader an insight as to how her family views her as a mother and wife. Her family grades her on her duties and responsibilities based on what they believe is a good mom and wife. Each family member grades the speaker in different ways. Her daughter believes in a pass or fail grading system, her son believes in below average, average, or above average system, and her husband believes in the letter grade system. The speaker’s final response to her family’s constant judgment is in the last line of the poem in which she says, “I’m dropping out.” This poem focuses on a woman who is fed up with her family’s constant judgment of her as a wife and a mother.