Her intentions may be pure as she wants the best for Phoebe, but it doesn’t deny the fact that she’s also doing that for her own self preservation. Secrets that are kept for one’s own, selfish intention cause pain to other, no matter who they are. A different time secrets caused pain to others was when David comes back after days of being away with a pregnant girl named Rosemary. When Paul’s trying to convince his mother to let him stay home from school he describes her as talking calmly and with red eyes from crying (276). Norah is obviously hurt that David has come back with a pregnant girl as she assumes that Rosemary’s pregnant with David’s child.
Misconceptions of Dora on Cannery Row Many people think that the work Dora does is dirty, selfish, and sinful. What many readers have failed to notice is that she gives immensely to the community, only works the girls who want to work, and is very caring to the people around her. Unless we change our view of people because of their line of work, such as prostitution, we will continue to have trouble seeing who people really are on the inside, and what morals they value. What Steinbeck is trying to show in this novel is that people shouldn’t be judged on their way of life. We should also strive to look deeper into people, and we might just find that there are factors that make them a better person than ourselves.
Strangeworth writes letters to the people of the town pointing out their flaws. The reason she does this is because she thinks its her duty to keep the town alert to the evil of the world, “ it was Miss. Strangeworth's duty to keep her town alert to it” (Jackson 210). Yet that is not what entirely makes her evil its the fact that she has no compunction when it comes to her letters. There is also the fact that she has a dissolute feeling when she knows the people that she mailed the letters to will read them.
Antigone’s Attitude Antigone is a very out-going, caring, and stubborn girl. She wants to make the point to Creon that she cared more about her family than life itself by going against the law to bury her brother Polynices, twice. The reason why she buried him the second time didn’t change from the first time, she just added more to it. The main reason was because it was her brother and she wanted to make the point that family is more important to her that listening to the law. Showing that she’s a caring and loyal person when it came to family.
“ The syntax of this part of the story shows that the author is trying to explain the character of Prynne and then compare it to what people believe she would look like. This is important because what it shows is that Prynne is not what the people seem to believe. The sin committed by Prynne, had an effect on her that was very different then the effect of the sin on Dimmesdale and Chillingworth. The effect of the sin on Prynne was very hurtful but the way she took the pain was by doing well in society again and by working and proving that the Scarlett Letter was nothing more than a letter. For a large majority of the story, the Scarlett Letter meant Adultery, but as time changed the letter a meant able.
In “A Good Man to is hard to find” by Flannery O’Connor the theme throughout the story is that religious people aren’t necessarily righteous. Grandma was living a life in which she thought was righteous but she did not necessarily followed the rules of good morals leading for her true actions to cause everyone’s death bed by Misfit. Grandma was an old fashioned lady where things of today were not allowed back in her days everything had to be perfect in a woman, they had to dress properly with ling dresses the children had to be respectful and obedient, but things change as the world around changes. Back then you did not have to worry about locking things up to keep from theft or to keep safe from a serial killer. As they go through this trip to Florida the danger of a serial killer lose does not worry the grandmas son Bailey because what are the odds of finding this killer in a big area like Florida.
The letter's meaning in Puritan society banishes her from her normal life. The Puritans view this letter as a symbol of the devil. Because of her alienation from the puritan society, Hester has become fiercely independent from her isolation from the community. This indicates that Hester does not consider her “sin” to be really wrong but yet, she has still not truly come in terms with this letter. Later on in the novel, we see that the letter “A” symbolizes Hester’s atonement for her sin.
She seems to be insecure also lacking self-confidence and very concerned about what people think or say about her, always seeking other approval. Look like toya thinks she has not made any mistakes because nobody told her otherwise. Toya said she trying to do her best and showed initiative, her professional performance. Toya needs to feel praised from those people around her, why because she doesn’t feel comfortable in her own skin. Maybe at some point in her life she was bullied and that’s why she has her current ways of thinking.
Therefore conflict can in fact enhance the strengths of our morals and beliefs. What a person stands for is vital but in many cases our beliefs are shut down by others who feel how we view things is incorrect.For example the documentory 'Saving Face' the women stood up for what they thought was best for them such as rejecting marriage or sex yet still were brutally punished for standing up for what they thought was right and are scared for life for doing so. Like in paradise road the women all face their morals and values being
The town’s people at first recognize her as a stranger or outcast, but as time wears on people get over it and realize she is just as normal as any other human. “Individuals in private life, meanwhile, had quite forgiven Hester Prynne for her frailty; nay, more, they had begun to look upon the scarlet letter as the token, not of that one sin, for which she had borne so long and dreary a penance, but of her many good deeds since”(Hawthorne et al. 139). The townsfolk have an unparalleled amount of jealousy for her having an affair, and being able to wear what the folks say is an attractive looking letter. The townsfolk develop a mysterious wonderment as to why Hester seems relatively unfazed wearing the letter day in day out.