One begins to understand that his mom is pushing him for his own good and it is what is best for him. The other is pushed too hard and loses her self-confidence. Their mothers just want them to be able to succeed in life, because as children, Amy and Mark’s moms were uneducated and unhappy. In “Kaffir Boy” and “Two Kinds”, children are faced with high expectations to become educated and become something great, which challenge their relationships with their respected mothers. Throughout the stories the children are faced with the expectation to succeed.
She struggles with making statements that are not rude and selfish for example when she was describing why Walter did not have a school lunch. She states, “ He’s a Cunningham”(p 26) and leaves it at that. She dresses in old overalls and would rather play in the dirt than do anything close to ladylike as Scout expresses "Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of my attire. I could not possibly hope to be a lady if I wore breeches; when I said I could do nothing in a dress, she said I wasn't supposed to be doing things that required pants”. This makes her childhood filled with punishment and controversy from the people living Maycomb.
She condescendingly takes many pictures of the house with them in front of it. She acts as if she is taking pictures of a third world country for a project, instead of being happy to see her loved ones. Instead of embracing where she comes from, Dee looks down on her mom and sister and their home. She wrote her mother once and told her that no matter where they "choose" to live, she will manage to come see them. But she will never bring her friends.
She wanted to swim far out, where no woman had swum before.” On page 27 shows how independent Edna is. By doing this, it shows Léonce that she will not listen to his requests for her to be known as society’s definition of “normal”. Another trait that describes Edna is rebellious. Edna does not respect her husband like she was taught to do. She refuses to take calls for her husband on Tuesdays.
“Over here we don’t believe in persecuting anybody. Persecution comes from people who are prejudiced.” However, her attitude towards the whole Tom Robinson case says the complete opposite. Scout even hears her say after Tom's sentence "it's time someone taught 'em a lesson, they were gettin' way above themselves, an' next thing they think they can do is marry us. " Scout does a lot of "growing up" in this novel. She doesn't understand much about the world in the beginning, and by the end she understands a little too much.
Like the Ladies League only socialized with members that were only acceptable to the president Mrs. Hilly. Though when Celia Foote came to Jackson and wanted to join the Ladies League Mrs. Hilly didn’t want her join because past situations and because of her lack of class. Everyone else in the League conformed to everything that Hilly said because they all wanted to stay in the League with out any trouble. Though Celia never really socialized after Minny started working for her because of her pregnancy. This made Minny supicious about her where abouts.
My older sister and I both lived with our mother. Since she was the lone parental figure, we always listened to what she said without argument. “Never date a Middle Eastern man,” my mother told us. My mother was sexist in a way that she did not think women needed to have a husband, much less a Middle Eastern one. As I grew older, I began to question why my mother would give such bizarre advice.
Miss Caroline unfairly punishes her when she tells Scout she’s not allowed to be taught to read anymore. Scout proceeds to tell Miss Caroline that Atticus hasn't taught her to read ever. Scout wants to be able to read and write without being told that she can’t. Scout’s point of view isn’t often believed or even allowed to be told. When Atticus, Jem and Scout go to the family plantation for Christmas, she gets in trouble for beating up her cousin.
In the film, Jessie does not follow the Punjabi tradition and faces many problems with her family. In the beginning scene of the movie Jessie is having day dreams about playing on a soccer team with Beckham. However, her mother shows up in the dream and tells the anchor men that it is not ok for her to show her bare legs to men because it will disgrace the family. The disgrace upon the family would jeopardize the future for Jessie because her mother believes that she should focus more on cooking and being a lady rather than running around playing soccer. In addition, Jessie does not want to learn any of the cooking that she would need if she wanted to get married and focuses more on her soccer dreams.
McIntyre went to school with Grace’s mother. But they were never friends. It is obvious that Grace’s mother doesn’t like Mrs. McIntyre. She talks about how old she looks even though they’re the same age, and as soon as Grace starts to spend time with her, are Grace’s parents fast to say to her, that she should do something else. But Grace doesn’t want to do anything else.