Siri is mistreated and forced into prostitution. The “owners” starve her and treat her like she doesn’t have value because if she dies there are many different girls that they can put in Siri’s place. This makes Siri disposable even in modern
In Bellamy’s opinion, the agricultural economy and the private capital was inefficient and only benefitted the wealthy, while the working class continued to suffer. The lower class people of the nation had to work unreasonable conditions to escape, what seemed to be, the inevitable fate of poverty. Many workers protested their jobs in hopes of change, which ultimately lead to furthering their poverty because the upper class had no sympathy for the poor, even when they tried to stand up for themselves. Bellamy clearly shows his thoughts of hopelessness in his community that he lived in by the following passage: “…it was merely a question of thickness of their skulls when they would discover the fact and make up their minds to endure what they cannot cure” (12). Bellamy saw the select few who were wealthy as abusers of their power and money.
However what had formerly been viewed as a charity program aimed at helping helpless mothers, and females, was now being seen as a waste of time and money. America’s increasing economic problem caused great resentment toward welfare programs and to their recipients. White middle class America did not like the ideas of their tax money going to support other, especially when many of the white middle class had full time jobs. Nationalized reports of welfare fraud were all it took to convince the middle class that all welfare recipients were lying and cheating the system. Americans who felt overtaxed had something to blame it on now the more they resented welfare the worse the stereotype became, soon they were all drug users, who never intended to work just live off welfare, and the only reason that their children were starving is that they were spending the money on other things.
Glen’s quandary first results from his incompetence in the capitalist society. Glen represents working class men, the proletariat, “who, having no means of production of their own, are reduced to selling their labor power in order to live “. Therefore, Glen suffers from exploitation of the bourgeoisie, the capitalist class. This is reflected in Glen’s petty wages, which cannot support his family’s already poor living standards. Even worse, despite being strong and skillful at manual labor, Glen, known for his “hot temper, bad memory and general uselessness”, is labeled as a counterproductive factor in the capitalist system.
These mothers perform acts of heroism. An-mei’s mother, a woman who lives in Tientsin as a concubine of a rich merchant named Wu Tsing, is an example of Joseph Campbell’s ideas as she embarks on a hero’s journey by poisoning herself, so she can give her weak spirit to An-mei in order to make An-mei’s spirit stronger. An-mei’s mother departs on her journey when she enters Wu Tsing’s house and loses everything. She loses her son and daughter, her dignity, her image, her face, and the ability to raise her head. She loses her reputation as the loyal wife when she is accused of being a 2 prostitute, when she was actually raped by Wu Tsing.
The Joads and the other traveling families would soon change their mind when they see that California was a place of despair and poverty amongst migrant workers. While the other members of the Joad family felt the change in mood, Grandpa, Connie, and Rose of Sharon most outwardly shared their changed thoughts on California. Grandpa, who never reached California, was overenthusiastic about going at first, then after a night’s time changed his mind. Connie, with the high hopes of getting a job in radio, broke under the pressure of having a baby and a wife to take care of, and took off. Rose of Sharon, looking forward to starting anew in California with her husband and unborn baby, lost her passion for California when her husband left.
The slaying of Susie devastated her whole town and brought them closer together. Losing such a young and bright student such as Susie in a horrible way such as murder and rape, the town would react in the same manner because murder never took place in their small Pennsylvania town. Death is portrayed as a sad and depressing entity. Although everyone will experience some sort of death in their lifetime, many do not know how to handle a sudden and brutal one. For the Salmon family, the death of their daughter Susie is a tremendous task to try and cope with because of how she died.
On one hand, if we forego the idea of society as a whole and focus simply on the idea of helping ourselves, like the banks in The Grapes of Wrath, we will result in the destruction of the lower and middle classes, ultimately leading to depression, followed by revolution. This was proven through the fall of the communist Soviet Union, when the people eventually became tired of living in poverty and demanded change. Their failure to provide a reason for people to push themselves to excel was ultimately their demise. On the other hand, if we are to constantly help the needy and forget about the responsibilities that we have to ourselves, we not only hurt ourselves by always giving away the things that we have worked for but we also endanger the needy. If they are constantly provided for, how are the less fortunate going to learn to provide for themselves and why would they be motivated to do
The Puritans frown upon Hester and Pearl, the product of Hester’s sin. The public humiliation and obstacles Hester goes through invigorates her with strength to triumph. On the day Hester is led to the town scaffold, the townspeople, who had no sympathy for her, taunted her with cruel and harsh words. When Hester is questioned about who was Pearl’s
Everybody knows you're punished for doing something wrong or making a mistake. We're not talking spilled milk here, were talking about people's lives and millions of dollars that is being wasted. Many people and families lost their life savings, millions lost their jobs, and the whole economy crashed because of the actions of these narrow minded people, yet they have not been served justice and still have the large sums of money they got during the economic crash. It's not fair to these people because it's not 100% their faults that they lost their homes. The government tried to bail out the banks, after the bank made a lot of bad loans.