In contrast to Cindy’s new found self esteem, her mother seemed to uphold a strong lack of confidence in her daughter and in herself as well. By the same token, in the second article “The Thrill of Victory … The Agony of Parents”, the author presents the opposition through her mother. Jennifer Schwind’s mother appeared as an embarrassment to her publicly and emotionally. “In a voice so screeching that it rivaled fingernails on a blackboard, she told him that he was a disgraceful coach and that he should be ashamed of himself” (Pawlak 3). While in her mother’s eyes, she only supported her daughter and craved the absolute best for her child.
I will show how two women’s lives were turned upside down by the gender roles the culture they lived in placed upon them. I will discuss how each character deals with their expected social roles and how it compromises their marriages. I will also compare and contrast how relationships played a part in the lives of the characters. I will start by examining “A Jury of Her Peers,” followed by “Sweat.” A Jury of Her Peers is said to have been inspired by true events witnessed during Susan Glaspell years as a court reporter in Iowa. It is also believed that the women in the story; Martha Hale, and Mrs. Peters were created because women were not allowed to be jurors during that time (Napierkowski).
In Oates’ story, the conflict between Connie and her family develops from a combination of several sources, and it makes the story easier to relate to real life and thereby more meaningful as a whole. Perhaps the most significant source of the tension in her family life is Connie’s age. The story takes place as she is beginning to transition from childhood to adolescence, so her desires and attitudes are entirely understandable. She wants her freedom. Yet, like nearly every other child that experiences this, she does not entirely understand what independence entails.
In the auto-biographical novel "Red Scarf Girl" by Ji-li Jiang, the protagonist Ji-li, greatly influences her own little world. Because of Ji-li’s actions, her family’s life is changed drastically. Ji-li was taught to put her country above her family. Throughout the story Ji-li's feelings about Mao Zedong continue to evolve. In the beginning she is very pro-revolutionary, but as time passes she realizes that Chairman Mao’s policies are not always correct.
Sommers is trying to teach her daughters that there is more out there and that they can be optimistic, despite what may be going on in our lives. I agree with the writer because I believe that as long as you have life there is hope. Sommers wanted to teach her daughter that they can use their mother and grandparents as examples to better themselves and learn from it all. “To learn a personal eloquence I could never learn at home”. The writer was not able to learn how to speak articulacy because she had inherited a language from her parents.
This means that since everyone was hitting and picking on her she didn’t give up. She actually uses the bullies’ offense as her defense. Its quite unique because this is something you don’t see everyday but her grandmother told her to thank the people who called her names.Its a brilliant idea by her grandmother, yes indeed these words were hurtful, but Melba was clever enough not to show it. Doing this will confuse the bullies to thinking that she doesn’t care what they said or thought of her. I chose this book because i actually read this book long ago when I was younger and I decided to expand on my little prior knowledge of this book “Warriors Don’t Cry”.
Despite this difference, they are equally influenced by their mothers' philosophies, each sharing a desire to break away from their routine lives. Unfortunately, Hulga and Rose do not realize that what gives birth to this craving is also what makes them ill-equipped to handle the situations that set them on their individual courses of transformation. 2) The characterization of our protagonist Connie is vital to an understanding of her ripeness for seduction in Joyce Carol Oates' short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" Connie's youth and vanity, coupled with her antagonistic relationship with the members of her family, effectively set the stage for her seduction by the older Arnold Friend. 3) In Flannery O'Connor's "Good Country People," the cynical, rude, and world-weary Hulga believes herself to be on such a high philosophical and intellectual plane that she is without illusion.
Anne Elliot is an “unfortunate heroine” 1. “She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequence of an unnatural beginning” (p29). ‘Prudence’ is what increases her susceptibility to being persuaded to follow a course of actions “through argument or belief” 2. Persuasion has been described as having a Cinderella-like theme – a vulnerable young woman is harshly treated by her family, and is rescued by her hero through good fortune and magic 1. However, Anne Elliot is not a passive heroine, and her fortune and misfortune are not brought about by fate.
He developed Lenina's gnawing problem to heal slowly but surely as she struggles to conform to the influences of her society, which she has known since "birth." Although these mannerisms and ideas that she has had rooted in her mind have had a significant influence on her development as a person, she was still able to convey who she was meant to be as an individual. This set a mood of rebellion and tones of satisfaction and success at the end of the novel. However, at the beginning of the novel, the set tone is dull and emotionless. To have the novel end with such a bright tone and mood enables the audience to see and feel how Huxley wanted to portray Lenina as a human being and not another robotic entity of a dreary utopian
The Age of Female Dominance Audience preface: I chose my audience to be young women, because they are the ones who this really affects. They have their lives ahead of them and they should know what the future may be like for them. I wrote trying to keep in mind that they might not all be intelligent, so I tried to simplify some parts without losing content. The nuclear family, where the man is the bread-winner while the woman stays at home with the kids has become nearly non-existent. Author Hanna Rosin in her article “The End of Men” writes about the rise of women and how quickly it’s becoming a matriarchal society.