In Moore’s “Which is More That I Can Say”, the role-reversal of the search of identity reinforces the image of the dynamic of fear that both mother and daughter have. Mrs. Mallon’s presence in the short story is described as something repelling and invasive towards her daughter’s decisions in life. Abby, having shaped her identity privately tries to alienate herself from her mother’s stronger character in order to have proper control of her life. Mrs. Mallon showing a risk taking behavior, sees her daughter as “a women who expects too much” due to her performance of actions in life. At the end due to the inability of Abby to succeed in her liberty, she witnesses lack of strength and the fear her mother has at the Blarney Stone.
She published her autobiography Ghosts and Voices: Writing from Obsession in the spring of 1987 which detailed her life and all its confusion. Throughout her autobiography Cisneros creates a sense of disconnectedness with the world around her. She reveals feeling separated from society in her reading and writing. Her loneliness from being the only daughter in a family of sons and her helplessness to make friends separates her further from society. Cisneros said, “Instead of writing by inspiration, it seems we write by obsessions, of that which is most violently tugging at our psyche… there is the necessary phase of dealing with those ghosts and voices most urgently haunting us, day by day” ( 49).
Once the woman character in this short story develops her own sense of control apart from her husband she can plan her flight to freedom. This occurs when she rebels and rips down the wallpaper that has driven her insane. “The Yellow Wallpaper” is told by a woman whose husband, a physician, confines her to the upstairs bedroom of a house the family has rented for the summer. Forbidden from working and thinking, the woman begins to crave stimulation. Her husband, John, confines her to the nursery, because he treats her as a child, “It is a big, airy room, the whole floor nearly, with windows that look all ways, and air and sunshine galore.
Rue, I think is the best ally she could have. She may not be a Career but she still is fast and she accepts that at some point one of them will have to die. An example of this is on page 213 when Katniss goes to destroy the Career’s supplies. Rue gives her a hug as if Katniss was someone she had known for a long time. Katniss hesitates before returning the hug because she does not want to get too attached to her since this will make it harder for her to let her go if she dies.
Maggie is a hysterical and dissatisfied woman, she is the play's primary cat. Maggie is a girl who is always concern about her look. She is affected and falling in pieces because she feels that she is living with someone who does not love her. Maggie tries to seduce Brick, her husband, in order to put him in love with her, because Maggie thinks that the only love that Brick’s has is Skipper, Maggie’s friend. She believes that her child would help her, assure her place in the family, and save her marriage.
The only excuse she gives is the cat may miss her and it could get burnt on the gas burners. This is just another reason that shows she was stubborn. Towards the end is when she goes through a dramatic change. She is extremely ill – mannered. When the family passes the African American child on the\porch the grandmother makes a racist comment.
For example, she told Daisy another patient that she would rat her out if she didn’t give up her valium pills. She also takes advantage of the fact that that other girls are scared of her, so she gets them to do whatever she wants, such as sneak out at night and follow her to the Dr.’s office. Lisa also conned Suzanne to escape the ward. Lisa also displayed a lack of remorse, shame or guilt. She made an anorexic feel bad for not eating, calling her names like cow or pig.
Emily’s mother was only nineteen at this time. She has the struggle of deciding to stay home with her child or to work during this depression. This decision causes the mother to always feel a sense of regret. She hopes her daughter can feel beautiful on the inside despite what she sees on the outside. The mother reflects back to when Emily was a baby.
In the ending of the novel, The Awakening, by Kate Chopin, protagonist Edna Pontellier experiences a series of “awakenings” that isolated her from others and ultimately lead her to a state of total solitude. Even after Edna had experienced her “awakening” she still could not escape those that she needed a break from. Edna was not content with the way she had been living her life. She had tried countless times to leave her past and begin a new part of her life, but it was impossible. Her only solution was to commit suicide.
While lying with Betty, she warns the other girls, “If anyone breathe a word or the edge of a word about the other things, I will come to you in the black of some terrible night” (). However, when the news of her and the other girl's strange actions spreads like wildfire, the hysteria sets in. Abigail only contributes to the hysteria, though. She makes up lie after lie just to conceal her wrongdoing. She even pretends to see Mary Warren take the shape of a yellow bird while in court just to take the focus off her and John’s affair.