Esperanza is first presented with other’s assumption towards her and her social standing when the nun scoffed at the notion of her living in the broken down Laundromat. “You live there?” (Cisneros 5). Growing up, Esperanza never thought twice about her place in the world or her family’s social standing until the nun belittles her by rudely emphasizing the fact that she lives “there”. The word ‘there’ is meant to describe the location of something, but the way the nun uses it reveals distinct classism. The ‘there’ from which Esperanza comes from suddenly has negative connotation.
Even though Esperanza moved a lot, she does not think of Mango Street as home because she is ashamed of where she lives. “Home” is often sought to be warm, cozy, and safe. Somewhere you can feel at peace and comfortable. This is something that Esperanza does not feel. “I knew then I had to have a house.
The House That Built Me The world I come from is a world of life-learned lessons, love, and admiration. I was born and raised in Visalia, California by a very strong catholic woman, my mother along with four brothers, two younger, two older, and four older sisters. So as you can imagine, space was always really tight in my house. Growing up, I was taught right from wrong, just like any other kid, and I was given all the love I could possibly know, and that didn’t require expensive gifts or trips to places like Disneyland. My mother was always a single mother, so just like space, as I was growing up, money was tight.
The Day They Set Out Response Brandon Moreira In the short story “The Day They Set Out” by Beverly Harris, the protagonist, Jean is stuck in a life in which she does the same predictable routine. This makes her feel empty inside, and that she needs to try something new. The causes for her emptiness and difficulties are that, because of her lack of social skills, she has almost no friends. Her husband, Ross does not love her anymore, so he looks at other women to satisfy himself. Also, her lack of intelligence has left her with no job and an inability to get a job.
A main example from the book is that Melinda kept this huge secret held inside. She was too fearful to share it with anyone so instead she decided to keep it her secret. This turned out to be extremely detremental to her well being. It caused her grades to drop, she became an intravert, not wanting to speak to anyone or function properly as a teenager, she isolated herself from others and had no motivation to do anything. Melinda turned from being a loving young lady who had a close relationship with her parents to a recluse who became distant to her parents, friends and everyone.
It wasn't hard for Elaine to become friends with other girls, but she found out that being around them more than she was used to proved to be hard. Her friends were very judgmental, something she was not ready for. For instance, as soon as she makes a friend (Carol) in the beginning, she finds out how judgmentally people think anyway. When Carol first comes over to Elaine's house, the comments start: “Carol comes to my house and takes it all in-the unpainted walls, the wires dangling from the ceilings, the unfinished floors, the army cots-with incredulous glee. 'This is where you sleep?'
{5}While her early years were marked with the disappointment of being abandoned, the nunnery she was forced to call home provided the skills that paved her way into the world of fashion that became her life. {2}During the career building years of her life, Coco Chanel achieved {Dec. #6} fabulous fortune, fame and an independence very few women of her day could imagine. {3}Seemingly, she had {Adv. #8}attained and achieved everything by the world’s standards, but her later years were lonely and unfulfilled in the area she desired most. {6}She wanted a family.
Always be honest and sincere with people, it will help others to trust you. A trustworthy neighbor is always gratifying to have. when you go on vacation it is always nice to have a neighbor you can trust to leave your house keys with. A neighbor might watch your house feed your pets or water the plants. if you are fortunate to have somebody like this in your neighborhood, you should ensure that you are be more than willing to do the same for them.
In “Little Women: Alcott’s Civil War” (1979), Judith Fetterly argues that the four sisters of Alcott’s Little Women (1868) are denied their dreams because “Little women marry, however, not only because they lack economic options, but because they lack emotional options as well. Old maidhood obliterates little womanhood and the fear of being an old maid is a motivating force in becoming a little woman” (377). I conclude that these strong women chose their life outcomes due to their own maturation. Maturation is realizing things we wanted before aren’t always what we will want in the end, a trait Meg exhibits when she comes to realization about loving Mr. Brooke. Meg’s dream was to be rich so that she would not have to work, with “a lovely house, full of all sorts of luxurious things; nice food, pretty clothes, handsome furniture, pleasant people, and heaps on money”(140).
Mrs Linde has had to work hard and was not afforded love and children which she longed to have. She took care of her mother and brother as her own but still desired more. Once her circumstances had changed she set out to acquire that which she had lost. When Mrs Linde is introduced in Act I, we can immediately see she is a woman who has been through a harder time and worked hard to have a meekly accommodating life. She is more insightful of her surrounding than Nora Helmer.