The book taught her the general motions of being a maid including which people to curtsy to, nevertheless Anna decided that everyone was worthy of a curtsy and proceeded to do so to everyone she met (“I shall curtsy to the butler,’ decided Anna…‘And the housekeeper. Definitely I shall curtsy to the housekeeper!” pg 16). In addition to educating herself and being overly polite when she is first thrown into a society much different from the one she is used to, Anna embraces the work and culture of her new residence. For example when she is first being hired, the head butler explains all the hard work she must do (“During this time no formal training would be given and you would be expected to make yourself useful anywhere: in the kitchens, the scullery, even outside.” pg 24). Instead of giving up or complaining about the amount of
Parents seek desirable husbands for their daughter and send her away to live with him and her in-laws’. Mothers start teaching their daughters at a young age how to cook, clean, and how their future husband should be taken care of. Once they are married they then take on the role of being a 24/7 housewife who does everything around the house while waiting on everyones hand and foot. The husbands then go finish college get a job and “bring home the money.” This a real life situation that is occurring everyday not only in India but also other parts of the world and my strongly believe that needs to change. I personally do not follow this “rule” because I want to have a great future with a career where I will be treated with respect by all including men.
In Mother Tongue Amy made a great point when she spoke about how when she was fifteen years old her mother would have her call people on the phone and pretend it was her in order to ask and receive the correct information she needed. “I think my mother’s English almost had an effect on limiting my possibilities in life as well.” In this quote Amy is discussing that because English is not her first language it could have jeopardizes her future in school and how she would educate herself all throughout college. Most people can relate to this because she already has disadvantage growing up and attending school as a young
Here are the major statements Samuels makes through out the article that show Samules included one sided opinions. “even those who eschew pursuing European-looking hair still take a tremendous amount of pride in looking well groomed and put together, and still need to devote time and energy to achieve this effect”, “spending close to a billion dollars each year to control their hair. These same women passed down these perceived notions about hair to their daughters”, “Any self-respecting black mother knows that she must comb, oil, and brush her daughter’s hair every night. This prevents the hair from matting up, drying out, and breaking off”, “Having well-managed hair is not just about style, it’s about pride, dignity, and
“A Pair of Silk Stockings” Reflective Essay by Jeanette Ng “A Pair of Silk Stockings” is a story about a woman, Mrs. Sommers, who was very devoted to her family and for whom her children were of prior concern. She was very smart when spending money, for her life style did not let her be wasteful, but one day, instead of buying things that her family needed, she ended buying things for herself alone. This woman’s story discloses every person inner desire to at least once escape reality and start doing what your heart tells you without being aware of the consequences. One of the main problems raised in this story is the change in people’s character under the negative influence of money. In “A Pair of Silk Stockings” Mrs. Sommers is first represented as a woman who is very attentive in spending her money.
When I look closely at the characters in the book I see that they were described not by what they feel in emotion, but by how they look and present themselves. The narrator spends much time on descriptions of hair, clothing, and other tangible examples that give sensory projection to outward appearance and setting, which provide visual examples of our own view of success and failure. In the presentation of hair we are given the opportunity to see the relational dynamic between the girl and her mother. The narrator states, “My mother had uncharacteristically spent nearly an hour on my hair that morning, plaiting and replaiting so that now my scalp tingles (Jones, 2005)” I believe this is a metaphor for the presence of obedience and discipline that takes place within their unspoken dialogue. In the description of the procedure Jones uses the phrase “uncommon sturdiness” a phrase which communicates a posture of attention, which would normally be at ease.
Darrell with her temper, Sally with her jealousy, Alicia with her hard-heartedness—these are consistent in all the books simply as character facets, not as something a new girl must strive to overcome if she is to settle down at the school and become a happy member of it. The first book in the series starts, as is typical for Blyton and the genre, at the heroine's home as she is preparing to leave for school. Unlike Elizabeth Allen in the Naughtiest Girl series, and the O'Sullivan twins at St Clare's, Darrell Rivers is happy and excited to be going to school at last. Her father gives her a piece of advice that is later repeated by the headmistress Miss Grayling as she welcomes all the new girls: 'You will get a lot out of your time at Malory Towers. See that you give a lot back.'
Analysis: of The First Day by Edward P Jones. In the short story we hear about a girl who had her first day of school. The short story is a flashback and this quote supports my contention:” Long before I learned to be ashamed of my mother…” This shows that it’s an adult who’s having a flashback. We know it’s a girl because the mother is doing her hair and she’s wearing a dress, a boy wouldn’t have worn a dress. She’s filled with nervousness and she’s desperate being perfectly good looking.
Growing up I was always told that the woman is supposed to be the comforter. The one who makes sure that everything was organized and maintained around the house. Does the chores, makes sure the kids do their homework, and makes sure that their husbands are taken care of and doing their wifely duties. Being a girl in my family meant you had no other choice but to take on the normal female gender role by wearing dresses all the time, doing the cooking and cleaning, never really doing things that involved too much work with your hands, and learning different types of etiquette. When I was in school, I had to take things like etiquette classes, and I had to take classes like home economics and other classes that had to do with cleaning and cooking.
Etiquette lessons were essential to the curriculum of the college, as it was to prepare the girls to become the perfect housewife when they get married. Betty Warren, one of the main characters, firmly believes a woman's only role is to be a wife and mother. She strongly opposes Katherine’s way of teaching and writes a newspaper article that tries to make everyone in the college go against Katherine. Out of anger, Katherine Watson shows her students four advertisements in her upcoming lesson, which showed contented housewives with their modern appliances, she then asks them to question what the future will think of the idea that women are born into the roles of wives and mothers. The surrounding darkness of this scene with light focusing on the screen emphasises the main idea: women in the 1960s were expected to solely