Now that’s growing up without a childhood. Jane Smiley seems like a great parent who cares about her children but to allow her daughters to put on makeup even entering their teenage years just isn’t right. Her girls where prematurely growing up, where behaving beyond their age, and with their only priority being beautiful at all times it seem to help them in the long run. As they burned off the “Barbie stage” and grew into more important things down their lives. Like for example Smiley talks about her older daughter, “Now she is planning to graduate school and law school and become an expert on woman’s health issues, perhaps adolescent health issues like anorexia and bulimia” (377).
192) Antigone- “Perhaps. But I am doing only what I must.” (Prologue, Pg. 193) Ismene cares for her sister very much. When the sentry brings Antigone with him to be questioned by Creon, Antigone does not deny anything, and Creon is furious with her, and calls up Ismene, thinking that she had helped Antigone. Unlike Antigone, Ismene is afraid of dying.
All of suddenly, Audrey stop making regularly contact with her mother. Joyce had attempted to get in touch with her daughter in any way she could. but all she got from her daughter was suspicious behaviors and a simple response “ will write later. Don't worry”. She decided to get in her daughter’s e-mail account to see if she could find any clue what was going on with Audrey.
Herberth 1 Wendy Herberth Mr. Smith ENG1101 E-Learning November 18, 2012 "Mommy dearest" "Mirror mirror on the wall", I am really like my mother after all. Daughter and mother relationships are something so valuable and should be treasured in my opinion. Many young girls admire their mothers, as they are their very first friend. They are each other's confidantes and pals. A mothers duty is to protect their young, and giving birth to a baby girl is a miracle, but then raising a daughter is a whole different miracle.
Women Rights Never Change “Never underestimate the power of a woman” (McClung). There have been many women in history trying to change the rights of women. In Lorraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun the character Beneatha fights her way to the top to make her dream come true unlike Calpurnia in William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar. Both of the characters long for perfection to please their loved ones. Many characters in both plays always seem to believe that Beneatha and Calpurnia are powerless and weak.
Every Day Use On Alice Walker’s short story “Everyday use”, it clearly shows two different points of views. Mama values her heritage and embraces her life as it is, while Dee has always wanted something different. Dee has never been told no and sees her family and their belongings as a piece of history. Mama loves Dee and has never denied her from anything she ever wanted, even at the expense of Maggie; however, when Dee comes back for a visit everything changed. Mama finally stands up to Dee and realizes the beauty in Maggie.
Strong women are always to be admired and this is especially true in a society that does not grant women the same freedoms women experience in the twenty-first century. Dorine and Mariane in Molires play, Tartuffe, represent extremely strong women because they are speaking out against customs that hinder women in many ways. Dorine has an opinion about everything and she is not the least bit inhibited to express those opinions. It is her fierceness that moves her to speak out Orgons ridiculous idea to see Mariane marry Tartuffe. She simply will not let the matter rest and it is her persistence that allows Mariane to realize that she does not and should not have to marry Tartuffe when she is in love with another man.
In Alice Walker’s short story, “Everyday Use”, the mother of two daughters undergoes a very significant change. The book starts out depicting her as a push over to her oldest daughter, Dee, giving her anything and everything Dee wanted. However, Mama’s attitude towards Dee changes as she begins to see what a cruel and spoiled child Dee really is. Mama’s changes throughout this story make her a perfect example of a dynamic character. Mama is an uneducated, yet practical character.
Riley Walters October 26, 2014 “Everyday Use” Character Analysis The Character of Mama in “Everyday Use” Mama, the narrator of Alice Walker’s story, “Everyday Use,” is a strong, loving mother who is sometimes threatened and burdened by her daughters, Dee and Maggie. Gentle and stern, her inner monologue offers us a glimpse of the limits of a mother’s unconditional love. Mama is brutally honest and often critical in her assessment of both Dee and Maggie. She harshly describes shy, withering Maggie’s limitations, and Dee provokes an even more pointed evaluation. Mama resents the education, sophistication, and air of superiority that Dee has acquired over the years.
Pregnancy at a Crossroads A mother’s love is instinctual, unconditional and forever. In the story, “Hills like White Elephants”, by Ernest Hemingway, a mother’s love is proven from even before the mother has met her child. This story is a much more complicated story than what it tells. A life is at stake throughout it all, but with love and inner strength Jig chooses life. Hemingway demonstrates with setting and symbolism that Jig will keep the baby after blossoming into an independent, strong woman.