She just shoved in her clothes, her jewellery, her perfumes” (page 281) shows her to be a vain, desperate creature who strives to give her life some purpose but is looking in all the wrong places. The passage “She joined the CWA, mixed with Corrigan’s leading ladies, helped cater for events and joined all the amateur pleared-skirt sporting fraternities and committees” (page 97) emphasises her desire to be a well-thought of and active member of the community. However her materialistic values are shown to be void and meaningless: “... she dragged that empty suitcase to her vanity table. She stole it from me, but she had nothing precious of her own to pack in it. She just shoved in her clothes, her jewellery, her perfumes” (page 281) shows her to be a vain, desperate creature who strives to give her life some purpose but is looking in all the wrong places.
The protagonist’s self-pity is often stressed in her reference of time, “Time was andante” as she procrastinates her shear loneliness without addressing the common cause “Peter had died”, preferring to delve into the intrinsics of the event as the “car glided under the lorry”, rather than acquiesce to the reality of her impeding future. The non-linear structure of her stories also emphasise her
The Rose-Scented Edith Mikaila Smith In today's world, "image" seems to be the most important element that impacts our lives. Often, when we attempt to portray someone or something we are not, we are faced with misunderstanding and failure. In the short story, "Anointed With Oils", Alden Nowlan, introduced Edith, who was ashamed of her past. Trying to escape the disgrace of her family and her home, Edith moved to a boarding house, where she attempted to conform by dressing and acting like royalty. Despite her efforts to blend in, she went too far and other people saw her as being conceited.
We can see through her thoughts the dangers of living your life in a fantasy constructed by your mind and thoughts. She goes through the everyday actions of her life in an auto-pilot sort of mode. She does not appreciate what she has in her life and how fortunate she really is. Mathilde Loisel character development throughout the short story is important to the theme that the author is attempting to express, which is one can never truly understand how fortunate they are until they lose what they have and only then can they be appreciative of what they have. The reason why Mathilde Loisel character is important to the theme of story is because she strengthens the theme of the story.
In today’s society women are always worrying about their appearance. Their perspectives on how they should present themselves are imposed by everything around them. Friends, celebrities and the media are the main reasons why women fee the need to live their lifestyle a specific way. Sometimes, celebrities don’t even need to say anything to have an effect on one; women in today’s society are already provoked on changing just by feeling intimidated by them. In Nina Power’s text, ‘One- Dimensional Woman’ the author also argues that you don’t need superficial things to feel good about yourself, or to even look like perfectly thin stick figure to be a feminist.
Trapped The story “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck is written in the 1930’s, a time when men and women had specific male and female roles that were instilled by what society deemed suitable. Steinbeck is writing about a woman, Elisa Allen who is living a pretty “closed in” life. She wants more, is even longing for more out of life, but is being oppressed by the roles formed by society. Consequently, giving up on her self and accepting her role in the world and letting go of her hopes for a more fulfilling life. One way in which it seems that Elisa’s world is small and she is being oppressed, is with the opening description.
Blanche Dubois’ arrival at her sister, Stella’s apartment in New Orleans generates complex relationships and anxieties among Blanche, Stella, and her husband, Stanley Kowalski. Although Blanche seems to be broke, she disdains the Kowalskis’ crude abode and criticizes their lifestyle. Brought up as a southern belle, Blanche lived in an elegant estate entitled Belle Reve, married a man she truly loved, and became an English teacher. She lost everything she owned and loved to desire, which eventually “brought her” to New Orleans (70). Blanche, however, still attempts to preserve her appearance through deception, lies, and rejection of reality.
She tries to manipulate Stella and tries to blame her for the loss. She says that if she would have stayed during the hard times to help the others through their sickness and death that she could have focused more on taking care of the home instead of everyone else Blanche pokes fun at Stella's lifestyle and social standing when she herself is in an even worse situation. She is homeless and staying where ever she can. She is defending herself against blame for the loss of Belle Reve before Stella can even put her two cents in. In Stella’s eyes she thought that she was just one more person in the way.
Pierette Guerin Undoubtedly Trapped By: Emily Hannah Pierrette Guerin is trapped in the unlucky life she has gotten herself involved in. Her family, and the society she lives in refer her to as a whore. Her efforts to free herself from the patriarchal life she was raised in backfired. She has hit rock bottom and is now resorting to booze for her escape. Pierette thought that leaving the tenement and getting the job at the club would free her from the patriarchal life the woman live.
Dear Plump Betty, The media portrays a very unrealistic idea of how an ideal body should look. The models that you see in magazines live a very unhealthy lifestyle. In the modeling industry, they would get paid to nearly starve themselves to death-in order to achieve a stick thin and anorexic body. It may look like a glamorous life, but behind the scenes, many of them are abnormally thin, and have eating disorders. It seems as if models nowadays or becoming even thinner, while many women are getting heavier, so there is a wide range between the "ideal" body shape and the reality.