I believe John had a genuine concern and love toward his wife but not wise in his treatments of her mental health. He missed the mark in his Isolation treatments toward his wife mental condition. As the Author cites “John does not know how much I really suffer, he knows there is no reason to suffer, and that satisfies him”. Moreover, John tried very hard to make his wife comfortable at the house even having his sister help, although she didn’t like it. “There comes John's sister.
Probably not. Born to Charles Baldwin Clutterbuck, Beryl Markham was brought up by a single parent, her father. Abandoned by her mother at the age of 7, the only lady figures in her life were her governesses, whom she didn’t really approve of. This may have created a dark spot for women in Beryl Markham’s heart, which is probably why she suppressed her feminine features and let herself be dominated by her male side. It also explains the undying trust and respect she had in her father.
mother regrets leaving house because she wants to settle down but she is also getting sick moving around and has given up hope starting new life. * at start blackberries represent new hope but at end reflect mothers mood and life, as if it was wasted * depersonalisation major theme drifters. it mainly affects mother. she lacks identity in poem and continuously referred to as "she". tom, father, only person who has identity in poem.
Mayella’s decision to lie on stand after she swore to tell the truth, was well justified by the loneliness in her life, the fear in telling the truth, and her harsh family and background life. Mayella cares for her unprivileged family while her unemployed father, Bob Ewell, the only adult-like figure in the household, spends the little money their family owns on alcohol, the reason for his abusive behavior towards his daughter. Mayella is secluded from the world because of her status as a Ewell, is constantly afraid due to the abuse she endures from her father, and influenced and hindered due to her family history and background. In a town full of prejudice, Mayella is quickly overlooked as a dirty Ewell, however, looking at the whole picture, it is apparent that Mayella’s actions and family life lead her to be a character worthy of
“This grew; I gave commands; then all smiles stopped together.” This quote creates a sense of loneliness to the reader seeing as the speaker is saying that “all smiles stopped” implies that the person who smiled is no longer alive but now dead. Being alone in a household after someone has died makes you lonely. Even though the speaker doesn’t say this the reader can tell this is what he is feeling because of the fact that he is now looking for a new wife to give him company. We can see this by the quote: “Though his fair daughter’s self, as I avowed”. When lonely you look for company; searching for a new wife/partner is the same as searching for company to fill in the loneliness.
While Stephanie is under incarceration Ellie is staying with his grandmother. His grandmother seems to be a bitter old woman who has a negative effect on everything. She feels Ellie’s mother is not a real criminal, but I feel if she was dumb for taking the wrap for a man that was her boyfriend and not even a husband. He did not stand up for his lady. Seemed to me that grandmother has a case of hatred.
An example of someone pursuing a relationship for companionship is Rachel. She is the main characters wife who becomes promiscuous after their son, Carlton, dies. To describe this season in her life, she leaves a poem on Julian’s, the main character’s, pillow which has a line that reads, “a season of folly was all that I needed. Where is the love that once I called mine” (Phillips 140). Rachel is unable to deal with her life after Carlton dies, and she abuses sleeping pills to cope with her pain (Phillips 191).
Human life is the greatest masterpiece gifted by the Lord, yet White indicated that life is the greatest godsend only when they are not compared with the nature. From their personal essay, we can see things that are used to be neglected but ought not to be missed. “On going home” is all about a personal experience relating to a visit to the writer’s childhood family, revealing the fragmentation of once close-knit family, by telling the communication gap between her husband and her brother, as if her new family (with husband) as well as the childhood family (with her parents and relatives). The gap is especially apparent when Didion states that “my brother does not understand my husband’s inability to perceive the advantages in the rather common real-estate transaction known as ’sale-leaseback’”(1), neither her husband can understand ”why so many of the people he hears about in my father’s house have recently be committed to mental hospital” (1)as well. Her brother even used “Joan’s husband” as a character emotionally separated from her family to describe her husband, reinforcing the cleft between two families.
Some individuals become withdrawn and secluded from the world around them. In ‘ Traitors ’ the parents of the siblings also share the burden of loneliness. The mother , who is drifting apart from her daughters becomes miserable and reserved while the father , who works extremely hard , loses touch with basic family values. Others tend to find a friend in alcohol or other treacherous
Seymour is in a loveless marriage to his wife Muriel. He cannot connect with her, due to the fact that she is more interested in herself, than her own husband while on their vacation. Muriel’s family is concerned with Seymour’s behavior, and fears for their daughter’s safety. Seymour is so detached from the world he lives in, that he takes the ultimate escape, suicide. The fact that Muriel has no concern for her husband’s mental health, and continues her disconnected communication with him, further explains the idea that isolation is destructive in society, and causes and individual to an unthinkable escape.