We can see that Curley’s wife is portrayed by Steinbeck as a ‘tart’ in the beginning of the book, she is not cared for or liked by many of the men on the ranch at all as she irritates them and they think that she is not loyal towards Curley. However, by the end of the book the reader feels sorry for her as we see deeper inside her and see how lonely she is, she only has the image of a tart because she is so alone and the only way she knows to make friends is by being a flirtatious person. The first mention of Curley’s wife is in chapter 2 when George and ‘the swamper’ are talking about her. They say that she is ‘Purty ... but- well-she got the eye’. They mean that she is always looking and flirting with other men.
Eudora Welty gives us a very illustrated story entitled “A Worn Path.” It is a tale about a little old woman who journeys to the city to obtain some medicine for her sickly grandson. Still, one can’t help but notice the peculiar and even shady ways that she decides to go about reaching this goal. It is clear that Welty wants us to feel uncertain about this seemingly innocent and good-willed grandmother, because she isn’t all that she offers at face-value: She is a con-artist who has become extremely good at what she does through experience and extensive practice. Coincidentally, and unfortunately, this grandmother suffers from a mental illness. Old Phoenix Jackson seems to have no problem dealing with things that someone at a much younger age and in better shape would have issues with.
She became mean too since she was lonely and the men rejected her. Curley’s wife was so lonely that she looked like a desperate, sour woman but when she died “the meanness and the plannings and the discontent and the ache for attention were all gone from her face. She was very pretty and simple, and her face was sweet and young.” (Steinbeck109). Loneliness had affected Curley’s wife so much that the only time she looked happy and in peace when she died. Loneliness had made her so much harm in the way that she was better off dead because she did not have the lonely feeling anymore and she looked like what she was- a young sweet, pretty, simple girl.
Birling” at the meeting, to which Sybil Birling took immediate offense. The girl, who (the Inspector reveals) was pregnant, was desperate and asking the charity for help. Mrs. Birling used her influence over the committee, however, to have her appeal denied. “She came to you for help,” the Inspector continues, “at a time when no woman could have needed it more ... alone, friendless, almost penniless, desperate. She needed not only money, but advice, sympathy, friendliness ... And you slammed the door in her face.”
Curley’s wife explained to Lennie about being lonely and how difficult it is on her. “’I get lonely… You can talk to people, but I talk to nobody but Curley. Else he gets mad’” [Steinbeck 78]. Curley’s wife never has anyone to talk to; when she gets the chance she often ruins the mood. She did not want Lennie to hurt her, but Lennie is very unpredictable.
Mariam tries to do whatever she can to please Rasheed, but none of her efforts seem to work.He begins to become overly abusive with Mariam and the abuse is consistent. A war soon breaks out (political). Chapter 16 The chapter begins the story of Laila. She reveals that her parents are constantly arguing and fighting. Mammy, Laila’s mother, has the upper hand over her father, Babi, who just listens as he is getting “fussed” at.
I know this because Lysandra still hates Elaine and now directs her famous, hateful poetry at her years later. Elaine proves this by saying, “The words claw out from the page like so many birds of prey. And all of them seem to be moving in my direction.” (73). Lysandra’s conflict with herself (inability to forgive and move forward) is a negative way in dealing with conflicts or treating your friends. I know this because Lysandra is holding a grudge on something that happened a while back that could’ve been a great friend-ship, she’s also famous now so why does it matter?
In Fog the old lady is desperately asking for attention. Even when someone is dying beside her she thinks only of herself: ‘I’m a very old woman,’ she mumbled to a constable who had a little book, ‘and they knocked me down… they mighta killed me… they shouldn’t a done that… they’ve broke my hip…aah…!’ In First Flight the boy is asking for attention. Because he has a mental handicap he is forced to try and socialize and be friendly, making his character more likable. A huge disadvantage
Plus the fact that Crabbe was leaving and she didn’t want to face the loneliness again. Living in the bush for a little over a year by yourself is VERY boring and you’re definitely going to get lonely so I understand where she’s coming from. A lot of people get depressed when their lonely or sad, after she was assaulted I know she felt like crap like it was her fault and in that short space of time all of that negativity made her depressed, the best way she knew how to handle her emotions was so stop it permanently-by killing herself. Honestly I think that’s the cowards way of handling your emotions because I believe that when you die it’s not completely over, there’s another life that’s waiting to be lived and you’re going to have to deal with the situations that arise there. And they could be way worst then the situations we face in this
She begins to hide her luscious hair in a cap and almost seems to lose her femininity. She becomes an outcast in the town, living on the outskirts of town. Men, woman, and children constantly making fun of both Pearl and Hester increasing the affect of Hester's diminishing appearance. An example of this abuse can be seen in Pearl repeatable being called a "demon child" by the towns people. (Hawthorne, Scarlet Letter 89) It almost seems as if the scarlet letter has absorbed her beauty along with all the rebellious and fiery qualities of Hester, leaving a cold and lonely woman, her tenderness "crushed so deeply into her heart that it can never show itself more.