Fields 1 In the memoir, The Glass Castle, Jeanette uses her parents to describe the difficulties of relationships between parents and their children. Children always have a favorite parent because of the way that they get treated, and the way that parents act around their children. Jeanette and her dad's relationship is a lot closer than any of the other kids. Lori and her mom have a better relationship than the other kids also. Throughout the book you can tell the major difference between each of their relationships with their parents.
The hero in my life would have to be my “granny” Beverly Ann Pinckney Jefferson. She is a caring, motivated, optimistic, and loyal individual that I know I can always count on. My granny is a woman that cares for everyone. She would care for a complete stranger if she feels he or she needs assistance. She is also known to be faithful and helpful
Mama finally stands up to Dee and realizes the beauty in Maggie. Mama is a simple woman. She has worked hard her entire life and has done the best to support her family. Although Mama may not agree with Dee, it seems as if she is caught up in Dee’s opinions and behavior. Almost as if she wants to be enough for Dee because she knows she never has been.
Rebecca was sometimes out of her comfort zone but she didn’t let that get in the way of her finding out information. She was very dedicated in getting Henrietta’s story told, and she didn’t stop until she did just that. Next, every hero must enjoy what they do. In my eyes, Rebecca loved what she did because she helped the family in any way that she possibly could. If they needed or wanted to find out anything, she made it her job that it was going to happen.
Madonna, born Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone, is a common household name. It is a name recognized by literally everyone in the world. Madonna was able to establish a name for herself and create this widespread recognition by not only beating out her male competitors in the entertainment industry but also establishing a name for herself as an icon for her fans all over the world. Madonna was heavily influenced by her parents because she longed for affection from her father due to the death of her mother. Even though she lacked a real mother figure in her life, Madonna still connected deeply with her father Tony.
Warshawski. You can see, in how she describes V.I., that she is extremely feminist and that she is not afraid of doing things her way and taking hardship for it. She was inspired to create this character because she was told that she could not do all her life so she was driven to get her name out there to prove the point that women can do anything men can do. Even her parents told her that she would be able to do nothing else besides become a secretary for some office. She heard this all her life even from the college she went to and through the media and all the publishing
When Celie initially looks at Shug’s photograph she is amazed by Shug's lavish appearance. Shug reminds Celie of her “mama.” Celie compares Shug to her mother countless times throughout the novel and it is evident that ever since Celie lost her mother, Shug is the closest thing she has to a mother in her life. Celie looks up to Shug and admires her not only as a mother like figure but also as a sister, a teacher, and a friend. Shug greatly influences Celie's personality and the decisions she makes. Shug is the primary reason why Celie gains a sense of self identity and importance in the book.
His mother was the matriarch of her family; she had to care financially as well as for her younger siblings after her mother died. She was very hardworking, politically active, involved in women’s rights, domineering, outspoken, objective-minded, highly confident, and actively religious. His father was also hardworking, a free-thinker, an active Socialist, intellectual, philosophical, revered literature, and loved writing. Genetically predisposed with the traits of his parents the environmental input helped activate certain aspects of his genetic blueprints (Weishaar, 1993). Heredity and environment influences psychological development.
At birth, Pearl brought joy, to her Hester’s life; she gave Hester’s hope for a better future. But, there were times when those feeling changed due to Pearl out of the ordinary character. However, Hester never stopped loving her daughter. She gave everything up to be the best mother and paid the biggest price which was her reputation, love, community and friendship. As we see, at a chance of loosing her child Hester exclaimed, "I will not lose the child!"
Zeitoun’s wife, Kathy, is a large supporter of Zeitoun’s wonderful personality traits. The novel mentioned, “Zeitoun had turned out to be everything she had not believed possible an honest man, honest to the core, hardworking, reliable, faithful, devoted to family” (17). Kathy said this to explain how strongly she felt about Zeitoun upon first meeting him. Her words are so powerful when she is describing how she felt about Zeitoun when she chose to marry him. She understood his strong ego before they married and for many years after they were married.