He soon finds out that they live in the now and do not follow any set path whenever they walk into the store wearing nothing but bathing suits. These actions are not only in direct violation of the store’s policy but also what society believes to be right. When Sammy’s manager embarrasses his “girls” he feels that if someone has simply chosen not to conform, they should not be publicly embarrassed like they were by the manager at the super market. Sammy’s struggle with authority and conformity ultimately led to him quitting his job at the supermarket. He chose to no longer be a part of something that discouraged uniqueness.
Randall was able to have good clothes because his father would barely have enough to put food on the table and supply them with fresh new clothes. In Randall’s home they didn’t have any hot water and their parents would constantly get into arguments about not keeping the house clean but let’s face it who can keep a house clean when there are so many kids making it very hard to keep it clean. Richard on the other hand gets clothes from the welfare people but doesn’t like to wear their clothes because it has the big welfare patch on it and doesn’t’ want people to see that. In both of these essays they share a life event that happens to them and how they feel shame and embarrassment after those incidents happen. First, Randall tells us the way he felt shame and embarrassment with his classmates.
It is portrayed as a very un-kept building which may be Steinbeck representation of men in those time as they only care about money, drink and women. Steinbeck describes the bunkhouse as 'long', 'rectangular' and the 'walls were whitewashed' and 'the floor unpainted' This shows quite a negative connotation as it means that the ranch owner doesn't really care at all about his workers he just wants them to work so he can earn money. We also that the workers don't own very much as they have '2 selves' showing that many don't own much because of the depression and that they move a lot so they don't carry to much. We also see that there are a few windows '3 small square windows' therefore they don't allow much light in this could mean that the dream that all the men want is so slim that it most likely will not happen for them and that they will either fail here or will just leave and try their luck somewhere else. It may also be foreshadowing that because there is not much light that for George and Lennie something bad is going to happen meaning that it is not a good place for them to be.
We ain't got no choice and if that means getting killed... its what we do around here to feed our family.” Another cause of this problem is the lack of choices they can make. When living in the neighborhood as some of these gang members do its hard to be successful and make a name for yourself. At the end of the day they will do what they have to, to feed their families. If that means risking their lives selling crack to make $3.30 an hour then that’s what has to be done. A final quote that supports this is “They did however pay dues to the gang-some for protection, other for the chance to eventually earn a job as a foot soldier.
Unoka’s personality and way of living can be related to feminism, a trait that Okonkwo also shows narrow-mindedness towards. Okonkwo lives in a society run by men. He shows no emotional weaknesses, which is why it is hard for him to show affection towards his family. He views women as being weak and much like his father he does not tolerate weakness. During the Week of Peace Okonkwo beats his wife, Oljiugo, not wanting to show any sign of weakness.
In John Updike’s “A&P”, the main character Sammy quits his job as a cashier for the A&P grocery store. He doesn’t quite because his job is difficult or his manager treats him negatively. He wants to improve his quality of life and not end up working his whole life there. The quality of life he sees in the girls wearing bathing suits that walked into the store was that of luxury and riches. The store he was working at was dull and monotonous, and he did not want to end up like his store manager Lengel, who was telling the girls they cant wear bathing suits to the A&P.
There is no training program for them that state any reasons why the culture of the company relies on customer satisfaction. So in this case some employees may feel resentment for having to put so much effort into making their customer happy. For instance, some Nordstrom employees may feel that it is too difficult to meet the needs of some of their customers. Employees are expected to go out of their way, even to work long hours or beyond their hours to meet their customers’ needs, but they do not get compensated for any overtime. The environment for this employee could be very stressful and cause them to not want to put much effort into sales.
In the end you still get the same framework as you would from reading, but you also get to see how it physically affects them. Also when the “owners” are telling the angry tenants that the bank or the “monster” owns the land and that there’s nothing they can do about it you can really see how much the owners don’t care about these farmers in the movie. You can see how it doesn’t phase them at all it’s just another day at the office, so to speak, but what they don’t realize is that
Like, complaining about his meals not the way he wants them to be, clothes not clean or ironed the way he feels they should be, and the house not maintained the way he feels it should be. Since the man is usually the bread winner, the females in the household have no voice. The male gender do not support the women gender to get educated and eventually join the work force because if the woman grows to be independent they feel they will lose control and will not always get there way. It seems like men are afraid of women becoming more successful than them. Throughout the year’s woman have gained the courage to take a stand and voice their opinion.
He felt that they were uneducated therefore they had undesirable jobs and people treated them differently because of it. Rodriguez notes, “I was not proud of my mother and father. I was embarrassed by their lack of education” (55). Rodriguez goes on to say, “Simply, what mattered to me was that they were not like my teachers” (55). In the book Rodriguez takes every thing that his teachers say at face value and he never questions if perhaps they could be wrong or mistaken on subjects.