Misha Myles Ms. Broaddus English AP 12 December 2011 Miss-Judgment Judging others by only their outward appearance and background isn’t always an effective way to get to know or understand one’s nature. In the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen the character Elizabeth is influenced by one’s vanity and demeanor and is quick to judge their character. Which she later realize about her grave mistake when she understands that she has miss-judgment of both Mr. Wickham and Mr. Darcy. Elizabeth plays an important role in the novel; she is the most logical out of all of her sisters. Austen reveals Elizabeth’s character as an example about how she wanted to have her own self independence during that time period.
Mr. O 3/4/13 Period 9 Thematic Essay Poverty is something that affects many people and may result in making bad choices. In the short story Cordelia the Crude, by Wallace Thurman poverty is a main problem in the story. Throughout the story many decisions Cordelia made were probably because she didn’t have the best opportunities. Even though the author didn’t say poverty was a problem it was an underlining cause. Since Cordelia didn’t have the best home life prostitution was a way for her to maybe feel loved and that she was wanted.
As the story transpires, Jane's unknown figure becomes all that is known to her; however, because of what is expected of her as a woman it is difficult for her to acknowledge her own self as she is afraid of her own monstrosity. Her repression is what initiates her transgression of becoming this unknown figure, and through excessive behaviour and desire she is able to recognize her situation as everything she is initially told is meant to keep her in the dark. Living in the nineteenth century, Jane has an extensive amount of pressure to be the perfect housewife and comply to her domestic expectations. Women have little rights and respect, and they must pursue their roles as women and tend to their husband and children's needs without complaint. 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.
Elisa believes that she’s “got a gift with things” but is not presented with a chance due to the historical setting so she must settle with her unsatisfactory life. Situations in a story are evidently shaped by the historical setting in which they are written or take place. Sammy wants to join the rest of the youth in their anarchy rebellion and Elisa’s opportunities are limited because of the depression occurring and the way women were expected to live. As demonstrated, the short stories A&P and The Chrysanthemums strongly support this idea. Both of the characters in these stories are placed in situations that produced by the events that occur in the eras of the
The first such way is to ignore any legitimate concerns women have; the second way is to classify any emotion as unnecessary and “irrational.” Women get taken advantage of solely because society has considered them emotional, which in today’s modern society is often mistaken for being unstable. This in turn affects a women’s status in life. With this in mind, it is the status that will ultimately define their social mobility, “the lower the status, the more manner of seeing and feeling is subjected to being discredited, and the less believable it becomes” (Hochschile 173). Society has usually seen the lower class as unintelligent and therefore have their opinions denigrated. Even if she has a legitimate case to voice an opinion, “a person of lower status has a weaker claim to the right to define what is going on; less
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
I found this writing to be a very heartbreaking insight into the plight that Laura faces. It forced me to take a closer look at some of life’s basic needs that I take for granted like education, food, decent living conditions, and being able to earn a living without assistance from the government. Laura’s situation is a just one example of how difficult being illiterate and at the mercy of the welfare system can be. It is as if she’s trapped, due to her lack of education, and has no way
As previously mentioned she uses the words ill formed and feeble to describe her unfinished writing’s fragility. In line 10, she continues by saying, “thy visage was so irksome in my sight,” to explain the shame and discomfort that she carries with her due to the fact that her “baby” was exposed to the public still so unpolished. She applies the words blemishes, flaw, and hobbling into her diction in order to express her piece as something that is not well put together, and no matter how much she attempts to polish it, she feels as if she has failed at improving it. Lastly, Bradstreet’s characterization of her work comes to life through the evident controlling metaphor of the poem, which is claiming that her writing is her “offspring”. Throughout the entire poem, the controlling metaphor becomes this idea that her writing is her child,
Whore!”(Sapphire 9).“Fat cunt bucket slut! Nigger pig bitch!”(Sapphire 19). Precious also goes through an external struggle with her teacher, Ms. Rain. Ms.
The theme of greed is first noticed in the second paragraph with the line, She was simple since she could not be adorned; but she was unhappy as though kept out of her own class (de Maupassant (1884). She is unhappy she is not in a higher socioeconomic class, where she is in her current condition is below her. From this one line at the beginning of the story we can tell that she has an inflated sense of self or extreme pride. Stories follow an arc from a beginning to an end, have characters and sites of action, and comprise events in scenes arrayed across time in which the characters act or are acted upon by other characters and events (Coulter, C. A., & Smith, M. L. (2009). These are all considered elements of a story.