Her father caught in the act and without even asking Lily what happened told her, “You act no better than a slut” (24). He then proceeded to, “[Pour] a pound of grits the size of an anthill onto the pine floor” and told Lily, “Get over here and kneel down.” (24). The ramifications of a parent, especially a father figure to call their kid a slut causes so much emotional damage. Not only did her father ignore Lily, which also added to her trust issues, she developed self confidence and self image issues due to this. She only saw herself as an inadequate woman, and never as a beautiful, intelligent, woman who deserved better than she had.
Being careless and not listening to all my parents many cautions, I became a young mother in my late teenage years to a beautiful little girl. I deserved all that came to me and I feel karma had finally caught up with me. When my father past away of a heart attack due to stress from worry and I never got the chance to apologize, it hit a deep blow. He was the closest person to me in my life and I was too busy being a nuisance to be there. Next, when it came to the laws, I was terribly defiant and didn’t
As time begain to pass. I started to hate my father. Even the mention of his name only angered me. Hated that he would always do something then act like nothing had happen. Never even acting his age or taking repsonabilty for what he did.
She was not even a sentenced prisoner yet when this happened. At the same time, her husband died. She could no longer afford a lawyer and hence, stayed in the pre-trial detention for six years with no contact with her other seven children (“Pretrial Detention and Torture” 34). Now, regardless of the crime she did, should a pregnant woman be tortured? Was not there someone to provide legal assistance to her?
Montag is conflicted with his needy wife, and feels she never listens to him. Her main concern is having more televisions in the house and her everyday shows. It is more than obvious their marriage is corrupt and evidently pointless. Montag and Mildred's relationship is none existent. They both share the mutual feeling of not caring for each
Every time George wanted to think, there would be a buzzing noise in his ear that made him less intelligent, and therefore equal to everybody else. George’s wife Hazel was one of the people born less intelligent and therefore she did not need a handicapper. “It is all kind of mixed up in my mind” said Hazel (Vonnegut 139). Because she was less intelligent, she was never able to think straight and would always forget everything after a while. Nobody would be an exception, not even the announcers.
Tom worked at a meaningless warehouse job and giving up all his dreams of a better life to provide for her. Without her having a job or being married he felt like he had to provide and to take care of her. Laura’s character and her view of herself caused her emotional dependence. She thought that since she was crippled that she couldn’t be a good enough person to do anything. She was too embarrassed to better herself.
Curley made life really unpleasent for his wife on the ranch. He never had a proper conversation with her throughout the book and never cared how she felt. Curley kept “his hand soft for his wife” and went around showing off to other men about it. Curley is always resentful and angry towards everyone on the ranch, he has a problem with big men even though he is described as small in the book. Everyone on the ranch called Curleys Wife a ''tart'' because she flirts and the ranch men said ''Shes got the eyes''.
The author is a loving wife and parent who experiences complications in her family relationships because of her husband, John, who is spending less time with her and spending more time at work. As a child, Hope Edelman grew up in suburban New York where her father was always preoccupied with work, thus never spending time with the family just like her husband. The author was seventeen when her mother died of breast cancer causing Edelman great pain. Her mother did everything around the house when she was alive, so her passing caused a lack of discipline with the children and there were no more chores for any of the siblings. Nannies were suddenly walking in through the front door daily.
Everyday people stand by and stare as an innocent person is picked apart by the harsh words or tainted comments that are thrown at them by this so called “bully”. Although we wish we could do something we feel weak and think that leaving and not looking back will stop making us feel guilty. This is not true as the person’s suffering continues making them feel more alone than ever before. They watched their only chance walk away with no remorse or consideration of what’s really going on or how they feel. Whether they are being physically, emotionally or sexually abused you’re still responsible for doing nothing about it.