There was a Pakistani girl named Malala Yousafzai who got hurt for saying that women deserve an education in her country. She didn’t care if that’s what her society thought to be acceptable, she knew it wasn’t right and so she rebelled against the whole idea of it. She survived her injuries, and now she protests for women to have a better education. There are a lot of women all over the world just like her that rebel against society’s view of women. In the story, the Awakening, Edna also rebelled against society by freely expressing herself.
The thing that Hope was protecting Andy from was the voices in her head. She would hear the voices telling her that someone were going to take him or hurt him in some way. Hope had many problems because she did not have the parenting skills that she needed to take care of Andy. Hope needed people in her life to help her care for Andy and to tell her what she was doing right and what she was doing wrong. Social services should have removed Andy from her care because she could not care for him.
They then took her to court. The least thing they fear doing is breaking one of the ten commandments. If you did not know the ten commandments people thought you were being taken over by the devil. They were very passionate about their religion. If I were to live in the Puritan times I would be living in a peaceful area with my family I would still worship God in my house but will be no part of any drama.
Montag is her family, but she doesn't consider him as much as a family compaired to the parlor walls. Another example that Mildred should start thinking for herself is she pulled the alarm on her own husband, Montag. Montag did something against the law and Mildred didn't want to get into trouble so as a result of it, "she pulled the alarm" (Bradbury 115). She lost her husband because she listened to the
People often when being in a conflict with their society, usually back down because it is on person against a large amount of people but sometimes that is not the case. In the novel The Scarlett Letter, The Puritans decided that it would be a good idea to have Hester stand on the scaffold so that everyone in the town can witness her being punished. Hester was of course extremely embarrassed, but she knew she had to be strong and not to be let seen weak by the hypocrites who are the Puritans. In the novel Hawthorne quotes “the
Day after day she was forced to burden the cruel thoughts of others opinions of being inferior because she was a women and a women with her own thoughts at that. Taking place in 1630, societies thought upon women as the subsidiary sex and not respected in the way modern day women is. The job of a puritan women was limited, care for your house, your husband, and your children. If a women stepped out of those bounds her life became hard and wicked. The only women who were relieved of these bonds were widows who had the privilege of being able to sue or be sued, owning their own home or land and disciplining children and servants.
Harriet Beecher Stowe- She also didn’t agree with slavery and thought everyone should be free. 2. What methods did the person use to improve American life? Wendell Phillips- He would write articles and short books about the rights women and Native Americans should have, and he would also publicly speak and use his contacts in the government to try to reach out to people and get women the right to vote. Harriet Beecher Stowe- She wrote books, and articles.
Societal views of women were very strict during the Middle Ages. Women were to be seen, not heard and to serve the man of the household as a daughter or wife. The Wife of Bath explains “But wel I woot, expres, withouten lie, God bad us for to wexe and multiplye” (ln 27) using this citation to support her promiscuous ways yet she does not have or want children of her own. The Wife of
For example, Edna speaks of her promiscuity to Robert and says “I suppose this is what you would call unwomanly; but I have got into the habit of expressing myself. It doesn't matter to me, and you may think me unwomanly if you like”. She eventually gets to the point where she doesn’t care anymore. She refuses to change herself in order to fit into the mold she has come to hate that society has created for
Women did everything possible just so they could vote and not be dependent on men. In an early part of the nineteenth century men would hit their spouses to ensure “obedience”. If they spoke in public they were denounced by the churches for “promiscuous activity.” Women were denied any voice in enactment of laws by which they were governed. During that time, women were in a society where man was dominant. Women did not have natural born rights, such as the right to vote, speak in public, access to equal education, and so forth, did not stop them to fight for their rights.