When Fowler could not offer marriage, she quickly jumped to Pyles side. He was young and promised a new beginning. When the two men couldn’t reach a decision, Phuong made a decision that gave her the most security. A jump that huge didn't seem to impact her in the slightest, this showing that the person she is around conflict isn't the “fragile, birdlike” creature that Phoung is usually. Another woman taking conflict into her own hands is Malala Yousafzai, a young Pakistani advocate for girls’ education.
Because Skeeter’s parents weren’t a big part of her life as a child, they left their help to raise their daughter. Constantine encouraged Skeeter and gave her confidence. She taught Skeeter that each day she would have to decide wether or not she would listen to what others said about her. She also made Skeeter to believe that she could do what she wanted with her life, “All my life I’d been told what to believe about politics, coloreds, being a girl. But with Constantine’s thumb pressed in my hand, I realized I actually had a choice in what I could believe” (00).
Can’t she find no dress to put on?”(Hurston, 1937). These quotations show that the women in the early 1930’s had clothing expectations on what should be worn no matter what the circumstances may be. Women were not allowed to wear anything but a dress or a skirt during this time period and if so they were looked down upon. Another example sits in the early parts of chapter one when Janie’s grandmother talks about marrying her off. “Tain’t Logan Killicks Ah wants you to
In Their Eyes Were Watching God, author Zora Neale Hurston, supports and defies the stereotypical role of a woman. In her article Lewis states, “the role of wife is acquired when a women legally aligns herself with a man through marriage” (138). In early history females were married off at a young age by their parents and most often had no say so in the matter. This arrangement most often was done for the welfare of the families and not the children involved. This tradition has altered but the stereotypical role of the wife has changed very little.
Mrs Bennet echoes Charlotte’s sentiments, as the “business of her life was to get her daughters married,” because she knew they would not be provided for after the death of her husband. In Letters to Alice, Weldon asserts that before
She finds exactly what she is looking for, true love and self-fulfillment. Janie is being raised by her grandmother. As Janie grows into a young teenager she begins to dream of love and marriage. Nanny notices that Janie is taking interest in one of her male peers. This scares Nanny so she decides to marry Janie off to Logan Killicks an older man with lots of money and land.
For some of this time Margaret was attending college just trying to figure out the person she wanted to be. When she returned home she was challenged with the unique dependence of her mother and siblings. Margaret discovered that she had to take a stand and live life to the fullest taking on whatever challenges arose in front of her. Margaret began to develop a special bond with her mother that might not have ever happened if her mother had not developed this disease. She learned that even thought her mother couldn’t do anything for herself, she was still an entire person, which helped Margaret grow to love her mom more than if she were not so in need of all of her care (Newman, 1994).
Although she looses Tea Cake at the end of the novel, Janie is finally satisfied since she has achieved the fulfilment she sought. She has also matured and regards herself able to face the next part of her life. Janie grows up sheltered by her grandmother and not knowing about the difficulties a woman and at the same time a black one often has to face. Her grandmother who has experienced all those things herself, since she grew up in slavery, tries hard to keep any kind of harassment and exploitation from her. Janie dreams of real love, something she expects to find in marriage one day.
This is her dream of becoming a huge star in the movies. Steinbeck tells us about how she was told she could be in the movies and a “natural”. Steinbeck also states that the guy is going to write to her, this leads on to Curley’s Wife’s naivety. Curly’s Wife says “I always thought my ol’ lady stole it”, implying that her mother kept the letter from her, where as she is oblivious to the fact that she may have been used. She then marries Curly to get back at her “ol’ lady”.
The first scene in this story that had an emotional impact on me was when Jacobs (Linda) was talking about her grandmother and how she saved her earnings in hope of one day buying her children. She was well on her way to achieving this goal until her master died and the children were sold. As a mother myself, I could not imagine having my daughter taken from me and sold to the highest bidder. Not being able to see her every day and know how she was doing would definitely take an emotional toll on me. Another thing in her writing that was emotional for me was that Linda always wanted a better life for her children.