The foster mother of the second home was a very mean, cruel and verbally abusive to April. They would say things to April and she started to believe that they were true, like her parents been drunks and not wanting her or her sister anymore, telling her that First Nations people were dirty and thief’s. April graduates from school and had good grades in her classes. She then marries and moves away to start her life with her husband. After been married for some time she ends up having issues in her marriage.
Sheena Jones Professor Valencic LITR330 October 20, 2011 “They said”, “We said”, “She did”: A Nosy Narrative Faulkner’s ingenious use of voice in “A Rose for Emily” gives it an old tabloid feel. At first glance, the title of this short story suggests that Emily was a much loved and adored woman; however, a rereading of the texts reveals that Emily was a source of intrigue and gossip for the people of Jefferson County. The story is told through an omniscient observer which is illustrated in the first sentence of the texts; “when Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to the funeral, the men [out of] affection for a fallen monument, women…curious…to see the inside of her house,” (Faulkner); assuming that the narrator reveals this information about the townspeople in order for the reader to discern their purpose for attending was more to gawk and gossip rather than show adoration for Miss Grierson. The narrator is present but is merely reporting events as they happen. The townspeople’s curiosity is typical of what might be found in most small towns, their interests and entertainment lie within the personal lives of others.
Sister, the narrator of “Why I Live at the P.O. is a very resentful, bitter and jealous character in this short story. She has many reasons to act as she does. Her family consists of four people who do not seem to be very sane. Her mother seems to be constantly taking up for her sister, Stella-Rondo.
Yet, they simultaneously lent her the ability to soldier on through a difficult life. The combination of all who she loved, her illnesses, her tragedies and her heartbreaks, shaped Ellen’s mindset and personality, while altering the course of her life for better and for worst. Ellen Weatherall’s romantic life was marked by abandonment; her fiancé left her at the altar and her husband died young. It is significant to note that these early abandonments seemed to have left her unwilling to remarry. Also, she faced life-threatening illnesses which likely left her near-death more than once.
CASE 6: COUNTRYSIDE ENVIORNMENTAL SERVICES The case “Countryside Environmental Services” focuses on the affect an employee’s unpleasant behavior has on the team and organization on the whole. Gwen not being satisfied with her supervisor John, salary structure, family etc. subjects to incivility the very first day of her meeting with a new entrant, Vincent. Despite of such behaviors the company owner and manager John was not successful in managing her. Though John had sympathy for the family pressures she was facing, but her unpleasant behavior was affecting the efficiency of the entire team and the organization.
“If you can’t keep control of your god-damn wife what do you want me to do about it?” Curley’s wife’s behaviour on the ranch angered Curley so much that he often vented his anger on the other men because Lennie was laughing to himself. Curley got self-conscious and started a fight because Curley thought Lennie was laughing at him. Curley’s wife was used to convey the misery of a woman’s life on a ranch. She was lonely because no one wanted to speak to her or listen to her. She was desperate for attention and someone to like her.
Minerva's father did something to enrage her. He cheated on her mother. When she found out she got very mad and I think she might have taken it out on Trujillo a little bit. However Minerva finally does accept what happened as irreversible. She tells her father "I know the clouds have already rained" as if to say that it happened and there's nothing anyone can do.
When Bont adds attempted murder to his other crimes, the demoralized village finally calls him to account. Bont’s sentence and death highlight the grievous punishments given out. Bont cares nothing for his children and they live in fear of him, just as Anna did as a child. Anna also remembers the ‘scold’s bridle’-an iron cage that was fastened over the head of a woman who offended her husband- and the way in which her mother was lead around in it by Bont ‘yanking hard on the chain so that the iron sliced her tongue’. Although Bont has virtually no redeeming qualities, Brooks nevertheless elicits some sympathy for him when the shocking events of his boyhood are revealed.
His wives, especially the youngest, lived in perpetual fear of his fiery temper, and so did his little children.” This demonstrates the fear his family feels towards him. Later in chapter three his anger gets him in trouble when he disobeys the village and beats his wife during the week of peace. This is demonstrated in the book when it states, “And when she returned he beat her very heavily. In his anger he had forgotten that it was the Week of Peace.” After this event his fellow clansmen began to think less of him. Additionally, the novel continues to tell the story of Okonkwo and his family.
“It’s…remember the good times…now I know that the things my brother was doing were bad….The church taught me that was wrong….showed me how gangbanging ain’t nothing but the devil’s mess” (54). She realizes that being part of the gang is not the life she wants and learns right from wrong. She learned now from Church that what the gang does is evil. “It made me throw-up sick again thinking how I took that mama’s purse while her Niña was crying, and I felt killer mad too…”(89). Cecilia regrets doing some of the tasks that she was made to do; once these tasks, in actuality crimes, have been committed, she