Addie Bundren valued her aloneness. It was something she knew belonged to her and that she had control over. When she married Anse, she was not emotionally equipped to receive, or to return, the emotions involved with marital intimacy. Therefore, the birth of a son, Cash, was not something she perceived as a gift. The prenatal Cash was a part of her, someone inside of her from whom she could never isolate herself.
Bracelets dangling and making noises when she moves her arm… The dress is loose and flows, and as she walks closure, I like it. I hear Maggie go "Uhnnnh" (Walker 2439). She shows a very selfish characteristic and that trait is repeatedly brought out in the story. For instance, she begins to ask for things in the house like the chair and desk. Another instance is when she asks her mother for the quilts her grandmother had made, her mother said they were for Maggie; Dee's reply was, “Maggie wouldn't appreciate the quilts” and Maggie says, “Dee can have them” (Walker 2441).
In this story Panttaja says it is both mothers that are wicked. Panttaja states the real mother “plots and schemes, and she wins” (Panttaja 660) when it comes to fulfilling the wishes of Ashputtle. But actually the two mothers have the same goal in mind; to have their daughters married off and have a joyful life. To be able to do this, the real mother puts a charm on the prince to make him fall in love with Ashputtle instead of anyone else. The prince did not dance with anyone else all night and would always say “she is my partner” (Grimm 630).
“Tap tap tap” she repeats constantly as she heads south to her destination to the toy store. Phoenix passes the shoe store and looks at her own she has on, and wish she had a new one, but she abruptly erases the feeling out her head. She picks up her feet and keeps tapping on the path and later bumps into a little boy who is so jolly. “Granny sorry I step on you”, I didn’t mean to” said the boy sorrowfully. “Oh child lord bless you, remind me of my sweet grandson who’s waiting patiently for me”, she said in hope.
Just as it seems as if she will never be able to get home, Glinda, the Good Witch of the South appears and convinces her to find her way home by searching within herself and tapping the heels of her shoes. After thanking Glinda and saying goodbye to her friends, and thinking of home and the things she loves most about it, after clicking her heels, she finds herself back at home. She is now a changed woman not shy or an introvert. Toto is already there waiting for her. She picks Toto up and carries him back to their apartment and closes the
After taking all the actions from the grandmother and the Misfit into consideration, readers view that the grandmother naturally obtained grace and has given grace to the Misfit. As the grandmother continues to talk to the Misfit, she doesn’t realize how selfish and self-centered she is, all she wants to do was to save herself from danger. Throughout the whole story, there has been details about the cruelty and selfishness of the grandmother. She is a manipulator, she uses indirect actions to get satisfaction for herself. There's a part at the beginning of the story where the grandmother uses the kids to convince her son to turn back and go visit the old house she mentioned.
She had been put on a pedestal in her mind as a type of prodigy. But even though Jing-Mei was not pleased fulfilling her mother’s requests, she was hesitant about questioning her mom
Dee only wanted to lord over them her superior intelligence and education, therefore boosting her own ego. Dee does not hide her shame for the way that her mother and Maggie live by writing “no matter where [they] “choose” to live, she will manage to come see [them]. But she will never bring her friends.” Dee's harsh criticisms are not just pointed at her mother and Maggie as can be seen when the narrator points out “When [Dee] was courting Jimmy T she didn't have much time to pay us, but turned all her faultfinding power on him. He flew to marry a cheap city girl” (Walker 105). Notice the emphasized word flew.
Logan Killicks crushes Janie’s child dream and any hope she had for that perfect marriage and love, so with this new realization, Janie knows that she must become a woman and do away with her childish dreams. Jody Starks soon becomes Janie’s out from this world of woman and adult ideas, but even she acknowledges that he does not resemble the bee that she was hoping for. “Janie pulled back a long time because he did not represent the sun-up and
Mary Macgregor is known for being “a silent lump, a nobody who everybody could blame.” (8, ch.1) and Brodie allows the girls to talk to her as if they are better than she is. Sandy feel compelled to be kind to her, but Brodie has always discouraged the action. “Then suddenly Sandy wanted to be kind to Mary Macgregor, and thought of the possibilities of feeling nice from being nice to Mary instead of blaming her. Miss Brodie’s voice from behind was saying to Rose Stanley, ‘You are all heroines to