This is a sad situation in which poverty forces Fantine to give her child up to a complete stranger. Fantine is unable to raise a child in her current situation and giving up her child may be the only way for her daughter to live a healthy, stable life. Another example for her poverty is '" ...Where did you get the louis d'or?' ....'I got them,' answered Fantine. The candle lit up her face.... the corners of her mouth were stained with blood...'"(p.66).
As Kim mentioned ”poverty with a rich girl habits and memory”, it was referred to the difficulty during her transition from Korea to the U.S. In addition, English as a second language was her second difficulty. From very rich family, her mom who used to be a society lady now had to work as a fish filleter at a market. In Kim’s opinion, the sudden changing of their social status was totally devastating for the whole family. They lost all financial security and also Kim had no more private tutors and help assistant.
Here you see two women, who are young mothers involved in the local gang, on their own. There is no male presence around, mainly because the father of their children is dead. These same women who have gained respect from their male counterpart gang and are considered to be equal are not so equal to men when it comes to taking care of the children, something considered a women’s job while the man is working to provide. This signifies to the viewer a false view of Mexican-American women, who mother children at a young age. They are considered to be unfit mothers living off welfare because they have no jobs and on their free time are gang banging.
As Hannah becomes a mother herself and a mother being the first model of love that the children experiences, she emotionally detaches herself from Sula as she was detached from her mother. Sula is able to shape her ego and separate herself from her family after she overhears her mother’s conversation: "You love her, like I love Sula. I just don't like her". Hannah not representing an admirable empathetic mother figure makes Sula assert control over her identity through the inability of connecting with other people as an adult. She is able to find her autonomy and independence denying responsibilities and attachment to anything.
Her family is livings life where they cannot control what could happen to them because they don’t have money to fix these problems nor do they have the power to stop them. “The strife has lasted too young and had been too painful for me to call him back to continue it.” (pg. 100) This quote is fulfilled with grief and sorrow because Nathan and Rukmani’s last child, Kuti dies. At this point in the story, death is being caused because they don’t have enough money to support their children or feed them. Markandaya is showing fear by Rukmani not being able to support her children therefore they will die off if nothing is done.
In “A Sorrowful Woman” Godwin’s unnamed wife character, starts off in depression and only worsens as the story progresses. Faye is upset because she does not have a child and desperately wants to give one to Kai; Godwin’s unnamed wife is upset and is desperately trying to escape from the child and husband and her mother duties that she already has. Faye’s attitude towards her family is making everyone in contact with her unbearable. As Van Der Zee states “She was making life unbearable for everyone around her.” (5). It was because “Everybody worried about her.
Many people suffer from loss of a job or traumatic experiences in their life. If Dorothea Lange were still alive, I’m sure she would use her photography to remind us of the poverty and suffering that continues around the
This fact led to a whirlwind of emotions throughout her life and ultimately, three major ways to describe Marya. Marya blames dependency for her unhappiness. Early in Marya's life she decided that dependence on other people and involvement in relationships resulted in her limited freedom. Somehow her parents, whom she depended on and trusted, disappeared from her life. Because of their "betrayal," she was sent to live in her relative's home where she was powerless, had few possessions since the family was very poor, and had limited freedom.
Maya’s insecurity grows when she find out that her parents were living in the California. Maya doesn't feel loved and feel rejected. When Maya Even asks her biological Mother if she loves her, she answers, "God is love. Just worry about whether you're being a good girl, then He will love you.” Not a great confidence booster for our little Maya. These insecurities make it tough for Maya to meet people.
The people of America now were able to see the suffering of the “Great Depression” at its worst. Florence became known as the “Migrant Mother.” She was ashamed of these pictures and felt as if her true character had not been reflected. People started to come from all over to the fields where Florence’s little ragged tent was suppose to be setup to help her and the other impoverished families, but Florence had moved on. Sadly, she never received any kind of help from the pictures being