She decided to let Jerry go unsupervised, believing that he was old and mature enough to take responsibility of himself. The outcome of this decision in the end is what transforms the mother as a character. The mother’s transformation in the story was being able to gain trust over Jerry, when in the end he returned joyful from his days at the beach. At the beginning the mother lacked that confidence and trust over Jerry being able to securely spend time by himself. Even though he had nose bleeds and looked pale in the end, the pride of the mother over Jerry’s ability to take care of himself prevented her from noticing anything being out of the ordinary.
In this story Touching Bottom by Kari Strutt, the evolution from an ordinary girl to an extraordinary hero can be easily identified. From the beginning of the story, the central character already shows qualities of a hero as she fights off her fear of opening her eyes underwater. She states “I was afraid, but I ducked my head into the half-full white tub. I opened my eyes, then came up sputtering.”(Strutt 124) Right from the beginning when she is attempting to open her eyes under water, she puts aside her fears to get the job done. Despite that fact that it is on a smaller scale, the action still shows a possession of heroic traits.
In the story, Ross specifically tells their son, Kevin that he should try not to marry beneath himself because he will end up stuck in the same situation as him. This demonstrates Jean’s life being difficult because, she constantly has to deal with her husband not caring about her and looking to other women to satisfy himself. To continue, Jean lacks proper
As she refuses to talk to anybody, the child created her own imaginary world being unwilling to look at the reality: “Why couldn't he understand that if he kept quiet, if all of them kept quiet, her parents would hear her and come to take her home?” (47). Through the story, her illusion state changes and tend to become a realistic one. Step by step she has no choice but to find in herself enough courage to accept and to surpass the situation. Nandana can be considered a hero because, as it painful, she finally accepts and begins to talk. Secondly, there's Nirmala, Nandana's grandmother, who was binged back to reality.
I’m not. This is only for now. Once I get my brothers and sisters back, things’ll be different.” This shows that she doesn’t consider her self as a prostitute and after all she’s just doing it to bring her brothers and sisters back. In short, she went through all this hard time just for her family; it shows she’s really attached with her sisters and brothers. She’s the kind of person that would do anything to protect their family.
Meg at first falls back on her father for guidance and security, but soon realizes he cannot provide that. She becomes upset when he does not help her achieve her ultimate goal. She soon realizes that she must do some things on her own and that it would be the only way she would grow and mature. Since my dad was the only one to take care of me, I had a different childhood. I did things on my own a little earlier than others.
Joyce’s first glimpse of the relationship between Eveline and her father, we find that she lives in the past through hanging onto somewhat of decent memories. This unveils that Eveline struggles with the relationship she has with her father and that the only thing that keeps her going is these treasured memories. She loves her father but she is afraid of him. It symbolizes paralysis because she is unable to move on from that position because of fear. She is stuck in the past and is not moving from there.
Kristine Linde has had a lot of rough times in her life, and now that her family no longer relies on her, she is happier. Because of this, Nora realizes that her marriage is all pretend, and that she needs to live her own life and be herself. Nora and Kristine Linde chose to marry their husbands for intellectual reasons rather than for love. Mrs. Linde married her husband to provide economic security for her mother and her two brothers. Nora chose to marry her husband at the time when her father was getting into trouble for illegal transactions in his business.
“But that’s not the way I am and there’s nothing I can do to change that.” ‘The Curious Incident… shows that all people are capable of change if they have a goal they really care about’. Discuss. In The Curious Incident… Christopher’s mother writes to her son that she left partly because of the continual conflicts between her and Christopher and Christopher’s father. She admits she is short tempered and feels pessimistic about her power to change this. However, by the end of the novel she is making an effort to take control over her emotions: she sees a doctor and receives medication for her depression, and attempts to be patient in dealing with Christopher.
Eveline’s entire life was controlled by her family members. She was expected to give up her life to devote herself to the men she was obligated to. Eveline states many time that she despises her father’s behavior and wishes to be free. In the time period in which Eveline lives, if the mother is to pass, her duties fall to the other girl child. Even though her father could much more easily take care of the house Eveline was forced to behave as a grown woman and assume responsibilities beyond her comprehension.