Christine says “I had to find my own way and I started out in the hole, the bastard daughter of a woman who wouldn’t even admit she was my mother and the fat sister of the prettiest boy that ever lived” (Dorris141). Christine provides insight on the way she views herself from the very beginning of being a teenager. As Christine gets older she is very promiscuous, this is her way of showing that she wants to be accepted and loved for once in her life. Christine did not take precautions on using birth control and gets pregnant with Rayona. Later on Christine gets married and just when everything seemed to be going good for her she finds out that her husband, Elgin starts cheating on her and this is when she starts hating herself and making up excuses on why he would do something like that to her.
Josie questioned Nonna; how could my mother be conceived while Nonno was up north? Nonna responded by saying that Christina was premature. Josie was saying that her mother always told her how she was such a fat baby when she was born, nine and a half pounds. Nonna started crying and said that it was all true and she did sleep with Marcus Sandford due to the loneliness and unhappiness of her life. Josie could not forgive Nonna because she was always mentioning Christina’s mistake of sleeping with Micheal Andretti.
She describes Stella-Rondo be inconsistent and unstable based on her being spoiled when they were children. Sister uses this immediately to make a point of her sister’s unappreciation for everything she has ever had. But she never describes how she behaved as a child which can be suggested that she may think the reader can assumed she was the better of the two. Then, she goes to say that out of nowhere Stella-Rondo leaves her husband and returns home with a two-year-old child whom she claims is adopted. Sister sees right through her sister’s façade considering the timing of everything.
Gwen is also in a very irrational nation as she came from a poor and always is stressed. Her bad temper has led her to her own distinctive world. In the play, Away, Gwen is very stereotyping against Tom and had called him ‘Motorbikes, Tattoos, Drinks. A sad dirty life’ .She calls him this because he is from a very country family but Meg only thinks of Tom as a friend and due to Gwen’s negative opinion towards Tom creates a barrier between the mother and daughter. During Act I, Scene 2, Gwen asks for a ‘Bex’ which is a medicine like panadol and the Bex symbolises her domestic world by only more wealthy people are able to use Bex.
In the beginning of the book, Lucinda was mean and stubborn. I did not like her one bit. She gave horrible gifts to all not just to Ella. For example, when a giant couple was getting married, Lucinda gave them a horrible gift. The giants could now never leave each other’s presence.
One side for when she’s home, and one side for when she’s out with her friends. Because of these two sides to Connie, she comes face to face with the evil side of danger, “Arnold Friend.” Coming face to face with Arnold Friend, causes Connie to have an epiphany. Connie is always looking at herself in the mirror every chance she got. Her mother was always scolding her about it, “Stop gawking at yourself, who are you? You think you’re so pretty?” she would say to her.
However, as she tries to escape her husband she happens to be run over by Daisy. Yet, if we compared the two women of the decade, we would see how delicate Daisy is and how obnoxious Myrtle is. Myrtle hates to work, similarly to how Daisy has yet to work a day in her life. The fact that Myrtle was run-over, relates to when Daisy decided to stay with Tom. It symbolizes that Myrtle was removed from the equation and will commit to Daisy.
As a punishment for her horrible sportsmanship, Massie's parents, William block and Kendra block cancel her credit card so she can pay them for the riding camp. Kendra suggests that Massie work as a babysitter, like Kendra's friend Trini Neufeld's daughter, Ellie. Massie, horrified at the suggestion of working at a job that is that LBRish, asks her mom if she can choose her own "jobby"--a job-hobby. Kendra agrees. While flipping through a magazine one day, Massie sees a Opportunity being a Be Pretty Cosmetics salesgirl.
This theme is found in The Glass Menagerie by the mother, Amanda. She constantly criticized Tom and Laura and treated them like little kids. An example of this was found in the beginning of the play when she consistently critiqued the way Tom was eating. He eventually abandoned his dinner and left the table. In The Life You Save May Be Your Own, the old Lucynell Crater desires so much to rid herself from her daughter that she is desperate enough to throw her on a random man that does not love her.
Gina replied saying that she does not know, he was furiously left the house. Ibsen used Hjalmar’s attitude and action to make Hedvig look sympathetic. He did so to create drama which ultimately will lead to the play’s tragedy. Ibsen’s technique of portraying Hedvig as a victim to gain sympathy from readers was indeed clever and unique. He portrayed her as a thirteen year old girl who is going blind due to her mother’s affair with Mr. Werle who was losing his sight as well.