Jane is very aware of these pressures placed upon her, as she is constantly describing how she must make John happy, and get well for John and the baby. John's sister Jennie is a perfect representation of the ideal housewife in the nineteenth century, as Jane describes; “She is a perfect and enthusiastic housekeeper, and hopes for no better profession” (5). Therefore, Jane knows the norms of her time period, and knows what is expected of her; however, because of her excessive confinement Jane
Kathy was being a selfish wife because she did not want to listen to, nor talk about John’s issues, and instead she chooses to ignore them. In a relationship, mutual communication is essential between the individual and his or her spouse. According to an article on Psych Central entitled Marriage Communication by Erika Krull, “The whole point of communicating is to be clearly understood. To do that, your channel of communication must go two ways” with your significant other. In Kathy and John’s case, John was trying to communicate with Kathy about an important subject and Kathy is too wrapped up in herself, leaving John with no one to talk to.
Kelcie Brown ENG 4U Miss Nimmo Dec 8th, 2008 Lost In the Glass Menagerie Failures are often seen as an event of inadequacy that one brings on oneself. On the other hand, failure can be induced and plotted by others. In these two plays, Bella Kurnitz from Lost in Yonkers and Laura Wingfeild from The Glass Menagerie, display many examples of total loss. Bella and Laura’s constant struggle to please their overbearing mother’s lead to their excessive defeats. Their mother’s cause them to fail in achieving their dreams of a loving male relationship, a decent education and an independent life.
He refuses to change it making her blame herself for not being able to cope with the “dull” and “flamboyant” yellow wallpaper. She even tries to find solutions to her problem, like changing rooms or taking the wallpaper down, but John said no. As a turning point for the story, Gilman then shows the other side of a woman’s perspective. She finally overcomes her conformist ways when she says at the end of the story, “I’ve got out at last,” said I, “in spite of you and Jane. And
With whom do you have more sympathy with, Arthur Kipps or Jennet Humfrye? In the Woman in Black, I sympathize with both Arthur Kipps and Jennet Humfrye, however not The Woman in Black. We have sympathy with Arthur Kipps, as he has not done anything to deserve the loss of his son, and Jennet Humfrye due to her son being taken away from her. Arthur Kipps has not had anything to do with Jennet Humfrye, yet she is haunting him for no apparent reason. At the end of the book, he is trying to let go of the WiB (Woman in Black), carry on with the rest of his life and move on.
Mama resents the education, sophistication, and air of superiority that Dee has acquired over the years. Mama fantasizes about reuniting with Dee on a television talk show and about Dee expressing gratitude to Mama for all Mama has done for her. This brief fantasy reveals the distance between the two and how under appreciated Mama feels. Despite this brief daydream, Mama remains a practical woman with few illusions about how things are. Mama is a single parent raising two daughters.
The controversial issue over smacking children has divided many parents among today’s society. Julia Thornton argues in her opinion piece, ‘A lack of smack is behind the attacks,’ and justifies in an assertive tone that smacking is acceptable in order to teach children discipline. In an informal style the article is targeted at all mothers and fathers. Appealing to the same audience, Susie O’Brien’s article ‘Smacking kids is not the solution as it does not help,’ contends against Thornton’s argument on the issue. Using an informal structure and generally rational tone the writer is opposed to smacking children stating that ‘it does not help’.
Section 3 Summaries Chapter 24) Minny worries that her friend Aibileen will get in trouble for faking the recommendation to Miss Celia so that she could get a job. Miss Celia does not care though, she values and supports Minny tremendously and would never fire her because of Hilly. In this chapter it is clear that Leroy is physically abusing Minny again, she is however too ashamed to tell anyone about it or ask for help. Celia notices that cuts and offers to call the police but Minny tells her not to worry about it because she doesn’t want anyone to know about it. She tries to hide her pain from Celia and Aibileen so that they do not worry about her.
For example, Mrs Cook says “not a bit of” and the interviewer interrupts saying “whys that?” without letting Mrs Cook finish her sentence. This shows that she doesn’t want to listen to what Mrs Cook has said and she wants to move the topic of conversation on. This contrasts with Toms transcript as when the mother interrupts Tom, she apologises. For example tom says “an’ I wanna” and his mother interrupts saying “so you thin’ sorry go on”. This depicts the relationship contrast between Tom and his mother and Mrs Cook and the interviewer.
Every Day Use On Alice Walker’s short story “Everyday use”, it clearly shows two different points of views. Mama values her heritage and embraces her life as it is, while Dee has always wanted something different. Dee has never been told no and sees her family and their belongings as a piece of history. Mama loves Dee and has never denied her from anything she ever wanted, even at the expense of Maggie; however, when Dee comes back for a visit everything changed. Mama finally stands up to Dee and realizes the beauty in Maggie.