Kendra is worried and scrambles to figure out who her abuser is so she doesn’t have to worry anymore. As Kendra’s mind matures and opens up she still needs people to ease her to the answer of her abuser. Before Kendra met Meghan she was all alone. She was coping with her pain all by herself. She was even self-harming herself.
Addy was still weak from the efforts of her labour, and still sore and bleeding, but she knew she had to leave and she had to leave today" (Lansens 271). Then, when Addy loses Chick, she handles the situation in a better way: "She would not pass through the big oak doors though. Instead she climbed the fire escape stairs, stepping around Mr. Baldwin's winter wood and kindling, intent on keeping her memories at bay" (Lansens 472). Addy is able to overcome the feeling of hurt fast after the death of her second child because she already faces a similar dilemma with her first child. She leaves a whole country to conquer the feeling of loss of her first child whereas she simply decides to ignore the passage her family used to take together in her building after her second child dies.
“The Church of No Reason” In her short story, “The Church of No Reason”, Andrea Barrett illustrates the cascade effects of depression, sorrow and betrayal. Her use of symbolism with characterization in this story is interesting showing how a mother gave up hope on life. Describing how depression Lead her to a book she believed gave her more than just answers, as she said “The point is that there has to be something to life besides working and raising you”. Her depression grew so deep that she shunned her most important responsibly, her family. Andrea uniquely described the mother throughout the story as a person that was loosing so much, so quickly.
Change comes with certain adjustments, and everyone deals with these adjustments differently; therefore, ultimately, the poet suggests that if these adjustments are not met with reality at the right time, it can be costly to everyone involved. In Nepinak’s poem, he describes the grandmother as an old fashioned woman living in the modern day world. The unfamiliarity of her surroundings causes her to constantly live her life within her dreams. The words “berries” and “roots” create an image of the nature she was once surrounded in and suggests her longing to be back in that environment. She takes comfort in the nostalgia of her past, which in turn becomes detrimental to her abilities to cope with the present, and ultimately the future.
The Late Paper Our lives are filled with responsibilities, be it to school, work, family, or some other obligation. As in the story of Kim from “On Course” by Skip Downing, the reader gets to see how everyday events can affect our choices. It is a look into how our lives can be affected not just by our choices, but the actions of those around us. In the story many would look to those in Kim’s life to find blame, however in my opinion the only one Kim has to blame is herself. Kim knew what her responsibilities were and even though she made an effort to get her paper done on time she failed.
Melinda Sordino was greatly affected by this incident. It disturbed her emotionally, physically and mentally. In just several months she transformed from a brilliant, lively girl, to a depressed and dismal being. Melinda seemed distressed of the fact that she no longer had friends. She would become desperate making friends with people completely different from herself.
Throughout the novel, Lily Owens goes through many changes in the way she acts and how she perceives things. After accidentally killing her mother, Lily feels insecure and alone without a maternal figure. Rosaleen, her nanny, doesn’t exactly fit the role. This causes Lily to lack femininity and maturity as a woman. Over the course of the novel she learns to see past color and living with the Boatwright sisters allowed her to learn more about herself, her mother, and of course, bees.
36. Women were pushed away from there their fathers and not trusted because they simply were a female. Young girls are some what forced to grown up fast and live on their cultural beliefs. The characters in these short stories are affected by there cultural and environments which may had led them to struggle with growing up. they struggled to come to common grounds with their culture, with the lack of respect for women, and the maturing.
She started viewing herself in the wallpaper and also seeing other persons. These symbolize the condition of the women in that time, just being trapped and have no power to change that. Seeing the description the woman makes about the wallpaper and how uncomfortable she is being around it, you can see how the situation of being powerless affected past generations. Only their husbands had the opportunity to go out to have a social and productive life. This sort of conduct is everything but curable, for different situations to happen in our society, different conducts have to be modified.
From the description of these women’s experience in their constant arousal, I would assume that after a while the uncomfortable feeling of not being able to alleviate the sensation would end up being somewhat painful. One of the lasting questions I had revolved around a statement made, at one point Jeanie said that she left her former husband because she couldn’t tell him about her issue, because how do you explain that you need