This is because as a young girl she watched her mother suffer through a sickness known as the Cold. She had to sit as a bystander knowing there is nothing she could do but listen to her mother scream and plead for help. “In the afternoons after school, between bouts of screaming, Tana’s mother would call for her, pleading, begging to be let out. […] And little Pearl would toddle up, crying too […] Make her stop, Pearl said” (Black 14). In turn this event began to eat at her father’s ability to stay present for his daughters, leaving only Tana to be there for Pearl.
Even though there is a lot of trash-talking going on at the tea party, it is very proper, because even Scout is dressed lady-like. Scout just wants to sit there and be quiet so that she won’t say anything wrong. Then, Maudie says that Atticus’ food doesn’t stick while it’s going down. By that she means that his conscience is clear. “’Maudie, I’m sure I don’t know what you mean,’ said Mrs. Merriweather.
Mayella should have done the moral thing and came clean about what had actually happened and then maybe Tom Robinson would still be alive. It is like what Scout said, “It came to me that Mayella Ewell must have been the loneliest person in the world... white people wouldn’t have anything to do with her because she lived among pigs; Negroes wouldn’t have anything to do with her because she was white... Tom Robinson was probably the only person who was ever decent to her. But she said he took advantage of her, and when she stood up she looked at him as if he were dirt beneath her feet.” (Lee, 191-192) Mayella was a lonely person and when she had finally found someone who was nice to her she just did what her father wanted and accused
They wake her up early and help her stretch her legs in hope that they will one day be straight/normal. They showed the compassion that her birth mother would never give to her child. Linda later recalls, “I must have been held so much that the sensation became a part of me”(65). Fifty years later when Linda and her mother Nancy finally meet for dinner, they don’t hug or even shake hands. The mother may be the birth mother and be related by blood but she sure doesn’t show any love toward her handicapped daughter that she abandoned.
After his mother dies he states that he never visited her, “…because it took up my Sunday- not to mention the trouble of getting to the bus, buying tickets, and spending two hours traveling”(5). He wasn’t even willing to go she his mother when she was in a rest home. He tries to excuse himself by blaming it on technicalities. However, no Sunday is as important as bonding with an aging mother. He obviously was never close to her, due to his lack of wanting to visit her.
Albert does not allow Celie to see Shug Avery sing at the Juke Joint, and forces her to stay home. Bromden: Isolated from the world outside of the hospital. He was admitted to the hospital for a reason that is unknown, and he has been permanently deemed as ‘incurable’ and will never be allowed to leave. Point 3 (Prejudices of Racism & Sexism): Celie: Affected by extreme sexism as different men (her step-father Alphonso and husband Albert) decide her life choices. When asked why Albert beats her by his son Harpo, Albert replies with ‘cause she my wife.
The author points out that the girl was forced to stay outside from her father to sell matches, " …for she had not sold any matches and could not bring a farthing of money: from her father she would certainly get blows…" (Anderson 2). When the boy woke to see his mother, he decided to leave even though he had the choice of staying. The author confirms that the boy decided to leave on his
Maggie’s mother was also older and better suited to be a mother because she was older and more experienced however, Maggie’s father also left the family. Maggie turned out to be shy and refrained from social life since she did not leave the house after being burned. “She stoops down quickly and lines up picture after picture of me sitting in front of the house with Maggie cowering behind me” (Walker 746). Too much attention leads to Maggie clinging to her mother and not enough attention drives Emily to not seek out a close relationship with her mother. Both mothers are concerned with the status of their daughters.
So, I decided to go the central and peripheral route and tell her about how much of terrible time she might have and how we can't charge our phones. Also, about how hot it will be, and that we are in the woods with no real shower shortly after all of this she decided not to go. Our class notes talk about the types of power in our relationships. My dad has expert power over cars in my house. I know little to nothing about them and so does my mom.
Maggie selflessly insists that her sister can have the quilts (128). Maggie is also not a very strong character; instead she stays in the background most every situation that she can. For example, Dee and her friend rapidly approached the house in their car. “Maggie attempts to make a dash for the house…” but her mother quickly takes hold of her, making sure that she does not escape. Maggie was very uneasy around her sister; her mother tells her anxiousness in regard to Dee’s visitation: “Maggie will be nervous until after her sister goes: she will stand hopelessly in corners, homely and ashamed of the burn scars down her arms and legs, eyeing her sister with a mixture of envy and awe” (119).