Townsfolk, from seeing the couple together, begin to think that they will marry and everything seems normal, until Homer disappears. Weeks pass and Emily is not coming outside as much as she used to. Their is a bad stench around the house that the towns men have to deal with during the night. Everyone thought that Emily became depressed. Few years go by and Emily is seen less and less until she does not come out of the house at all.
She began to shut herself from her husband and most importantly, her son. The mother-son relationship has clearly died off. The lack of communication between Beth and Conrad affected Conrad in many ways. Beth’s cold attitude towards Conrad leads to his anger and how he wants to be left alone from everyone, including his father. Beth shuts out Cal from showing her real emotions on her favorite son’s accidental death, and lack of communication with Conrad brings the Jarrett family into an interpersonally distant family.
Celie is forced to cope with the burden of external conformity while simultaneously dealing with internal questioning. Being an African American woman in the 1920’s, Celie was expected to travel down the road that society paved for her without any debate, and for the majority of her life that is what she did. Celie was loyal and cared for her husband, despite the fact that he was violent and dishonest. She took care of his children, even when they mistreated and disrespected her. She kept food on the table, as well as keeping a house, that she did not feel safe nor
Their desire for self-improvement was evident in their quest to be educated. Most were self-educated and they also sought economic autonomy. This was a significant difference between the black and white women of the antebellum era. The white women continued to be taken care of their husbands and family and continued with their comfortable lives; however the black women, survivors of slavery, out of the need for survival, drew strength from the horrific treatment they endured as slaves. The desire to become educated motivated the black women to learn to read, develop an understanding of the white woman’s culture, and work to support themselves as they developed skills that would prove to be invaluable.
And even though he kept some secrets away from her he still cared for her and loved her. Once she died, all he had to say was; “Bendito momma, I’m sorry” (Thomas 196). That was all he had to say because he knew that she was dying due to his father having another woman. And yet knowing he didn’t believe her and decided to walk away from her. His mom was also dying because she didn’t have anyone by her side when Piri was in the South.
I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This is the story of Marie, an African American girl living with her father in Chauncey, Ohio. Chauncey is a racially-divided town, and Marie does not have any white friends, until Elena “Lena” Cecilia Bright moves to town. Marie is attached to her for some odd reason and is disgusted by her dirty hair and old clothes. Eventually, Lena and Marie learn that they have something in common, both their mother’s are not around. Lena’s mother is dead and Marie’s left the family when she was a child.
The story tells of an old woman who is referenced to as Miss Emily. It is presented by an unknown narrator who seems to be a citizen of the town Jefferson in which Emily lives. In the story Emily loses her father and lives a very dark life. The town is intrigued by her, but would much rather leave her be. Miss Emily finds a love
After the whole night of thinking, he felt regret and wanted to apologise to the family. However, when he went back to the house, he heard that the family decide to leave the house because they think that the monster will threatened their father’s life. In nowadays, there are examples about the regretful of people who isolated themselves. There’s a girl, she don’t like meeting with people, so she always stayed at her house, her parents use a lot of strength to ask her to go out and meet the others. However, the girl just ignored them.
Turpin. She embodies traits that make her the “southern woman” she idolizes. Throughout her life, she has been struggling from the value systems she was raised knowing, to learning the culture of the current day. “The Grandmothers value system is founded upon Particular notions of aristocracy and heredity” (Owens). This meaning a specific class of higher ranked people cannot be continued through outward appearance but can be fixed in the blood.
The last character I feel is important in this story is Nanny Crawford, she is Janie’s grandmother. Mrs. Crawford raised Janie, she worked as a slave and the things she experienced made her a strong black woman. She wanted Janie to be responsible and understand everything she needed to know about money, love, and just being responsible. Janie didn’t’ like the way her grandmother tried to raise her because she independent and wanted to love who she wanted to love. She didn’t want to marry because of money but because she loved him.