Amanda kept a lot of secrets to herself, like that she was pregnant and that she was black mailing Cherry’s dad. When Amanda’s body was found down at the waterfront it turned out that she was pregnant. No-body knew about this, not her friends or her boyfriend, not even her family knew about this. In the novel Kate stated that she knew nothing of this. She said “There were things Amanda wasn’t telling her.” Amanda didn’t share a lot of her secrets with the people in the group which just shows that the group didn’t really know her at all.
Lily has been frightened from T. Ray her whole life and listened to every last one of his demands but finally does what she wants. She gains the courage to disagree with T. Ray and for once say what is truly on her mind than hiding her thoughts. T. Ray and Lily never had a loving relationship but with all the disputes it lead to Lily prospering into a young freewheeling and sanguine lady. Through the experiences Lily has with racial discrimination and universal
“You almost got killed last night, you know that?” I shrugged, too mad to speak. “I’m not going to help you anymore Lisa, I just can’t” She stood up. “Don’t depend on me to bail you out next time you get into trouble” (Page 300-301). Lisa becomes so disconnected from everyone she knows while living in Vancouver, she has no idea what is happening in their
She even said “I could let the DeRosier’s suck out my dignity for now and I could pretend they had me where they wanted me. But my future would belong to me" (51). The rape was a very defining moment for April. She thought she would never trust a man again, that she was going crazy, and how she believed she was the rapists’ property. The
This quote “[…] Let either of you breathe a word and I will come to you in the black of some terrible night and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you.” Shows her desperation and truly violent mind while she tries to control the mistake she’s made, but to control this mistake she must control those around her who know of it. No one would dare to expose her if they feared so terribly, Abigail uses this to her advantage. At the end of the trials Abigail was beginning to be revealed by townspeople who found out that she was the main accuser. When she found out about this she decided to take all of Parris’ money, and run away from Salem with Tituba. This leaves the reader wondering, but can only assume what will happen to
An idea from Gilman’s incorporated the central character of the story being oppressed and signifies the effect of the domination of women in the society, as an example from the narrative point of view, “John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage.” (768, line 7). In Chopin’s piece of work, it included the idea of the protagonist devastated after first hearing about her husband’s passing away but shortly thereafter turns to joy by the character pronouncing continuously under her breath, “free, free, free…” (762, line 38). Both pieces support how women were being treated during that time by their dictator and what position they were
She will be the man here” (519). This quote explains Kreon’s irritation on Antigone. The very moment Antigone buries her be loving brother’s body Kreon wants to take action with killing her because she disobeyed his law also Antigone’s sister, Ismene, because Kreon believes she was part of it too. Kreon believes if he does not kill Antigone he will no longer be one of the best rulers that people will look up too. This quote is important because it explains how Kreon begins to commit hubris.
Ender’s excellence brings a lot of torture for him when Stilson wants to overrule him, Bernard frustrates him and Graff uses his sister to break Ender down emotionally. To begin with, Stilson wants to hurt Ender because he thinks he was excellent if his monitor and which is taken off. “Oh, gonna fight me huh? Gonna fight me, Thirde?” (Card 7). In this quote, Stilson shows anger toward Ender who deliberately creates a situation to hurt Ender.
Their relationship went from employee to amorous love affair to hatred and revenge. Abigail tried proving that their love was genuine but all John did was disagreeing with her. Abigail spoke, “I know how you clutched my back behind your house and sweated like a stallion whenever I came near” (1109). To respond to what Abigail had stated John said, “Abby I may think of you softly from time to time, but I will cut off my hand before I reach for you again” (1109). John’s emotions for Abigail gradually changed because he realized what he was doing was wrong and he knew it was guilt-ridden.
In some ways, her brutal acceptance of the world-as-it-has-become is much braver than the father's I'm-sure-everything-will-be-fine-when-we-get-to-the-coast brand of denial. Her willingness to murder her own child to protect him from one of the cruelest worlds in recent literature stands in direct opposition to the father, who, when finally faced with the decision, says, " I cant hold my son dead in my arms. I thought I could but I cant" (279). The mother briefly touches on this difference when she says, "They say that women dream of danger to those in their care and men of danger to themselves. But I dont dream at all.