Professor Carla DuBose USSO 10100 October 5th 2012 In her book titled “The Sovereignty and Goodness of God” Mary Rowlandson recounts the experiences of her being held hostage for a period of eleven weeks by Native Americans. Mary Rowlandson was the wife of a Puritan minister so she was, to a degree, a public figure prior to her captivity. While writing her experiences in paper Mrs. Rowlandson had to ensure that her narrative would carry on the teachings of both her husband and of her religious community. It is, however, important to remark that women during mid-17th century New England had a very restricted role within society, therefore, for her narrative to be accepted it had to include a central theme that proved that it was God’s will that she was kidnapped and released. Mary Rowlandson was a woman who was held captive and lived in the wilderness for almost three months, at times with no food to nurture her or with no shelter to shield her from the outdoors.
“We all go through the same things-it’s all just a different kind of the same thing!” (194). Mrs. Hale feels connected to Minnie as an oppressed woman and believes that by helping her, she is helping all women. Mrs. Hale has a lot of guilt for not having been a better friend to Minnie and for not seeing her more often. She continually voices her deep regret for refusing to visit Minnie. “The picture of that girl, the fact that she had lived neighbor to that girl for twenty years, and had let her die for lack of life, was suddenly more than [Mrs. Hale] could bear” (194).
I was a looker, I brought in the customers, and that was fine as long as it lasted… but now… now I’m fucked. p. 128 With the reputation of a whore no job, husband, or family Pierette has nowhere to go and has made it impossible for her to lead a “normal” life because of the fact that she chose to live life like a whore instead of the saint like life the other woman try to achieve. It is not surprising because, Pierrette was raised in the environment and with the understanding that all woman should act like saints, and the men should be the ones working to provide for their families, when Pierrette made the conscious decision to completely go against the morals she was taught to live by, everyone lost respect for
Although the status of women did not decline the brutal and evil ways of their husbands made life unbearable. Women still lost their job rights, were having their feet binded, and the religion was still Confucian. From the beginning of the Tang dynasty all the way down to the Song dynasty there was a major decline in the status of women; especially in religion, customs, and jobs. In the beginning, women had plenty of rights because the Buddhist belief system allowed women to have many rights but once the Song dynasty came in all that changed when the rulers changed the religion to a Confucian based system. Also, women were able to obtain high jobs such as an empress but toward the end of the Song dynasty few women had jobs because of their lack of education.
Who would fardels bear, dagger and burdens?” (Armstrong). In other words, he means that who would want to put up with something that is emotionally difficult and why live a miserable life. We should all live life to the fullest. Set aside all issues and stress. Although, we know it is just as hard to not think about that as it is to get rid of it but it’s a known fact that we’re not promised another hour yet another day.
Her craving for it grew from day to day, and she began to waste away because she knew she could never get any” (154). This detail is quite significant because food is readily available even for those in struggle. Also, it is a bit idiotic; a woman is going mildly insane due to craving of lettuce and the lack of which she consumes. Additionally, other differences in cultural details became apparent. In modern times we all root for the “bad boy”.
She cried for a very long time thinking that she would never see her family again. Everyday she would miss them, and hope that they would come back. Though, she knew she had much more to worry about. Since the raid, Tec had to pretend that she was a Christian so that she wouldn’t be reported to the Nazis. This was a little easier for her than some others because she didn’t look Jewish, she had blonde hair, blue eyes and spoke Polish.
The thoughts of his friends degrading him for eating “Asian” food for lunch dwelled in his subconscious for months, or perhaps even years. Pedro’s solution was simple: get rid of the traditional Asian food and eat whatever everyone else eats, which was Lunchables. He simply wanted to fit in and not be teased anymore. He felt utter humiliation, so refraining himself from bringing what his mom packed him for
At night i will admit i crave sugary foods or some junk food, im not sure why but its just a bad habit that im trying to break. 8.14.09 Knowledge, i think that the things im good at or i know alot about are because of my parents, they helped me out with that. 8.17.09 A reoccuring nightmare is when i wake up to my house being robbed and there is nothing i can do about it and its like im stuck and i cant talk or i cant move, i just see everything happening and i stress out, definately not a fun nightmare to have. ive had it for about 1 week straight when i was younger. kind of got over it as i got older.
Also all the women here are not getting along because of our race, religion and different skin. This is really bad because we should be getting along and helping each other to get out of this messed up place. The cause of this probably due to lack of resource: food, stuff and other things and also fear which they can’t think straight. William am trying my best to keep them from separating and to get along together because this will help us survive from the Japanese soldier. One night a women name Wing sneak in some medicine to save Mrs. Roberts because she was really sick and people didn’t notice but among the girls they have a snitch in group.