From this, the reader can gain a sense of her ignorance. Her primary concern was her appearance and personal state which made her the most out of place of all her sisters. Other hints at her materialistic flaws were when her "precious toiletries" were replaced by more practical things. This disgusted her as she didn't know how she could live without these possessions. This behavior was normal in white America, however when she was placed in an obscure
In the case of Ray, this was not an option. His looks and hard manner triggered terror for a white woman in an extreme misunderstanding. Later he admitted to feeling equally uncomfortable in the presence of the woman. 27. Ray doesn’t experience disgrace like that anymore as a dealer.
The hatred would not let him pick her up” (163). In this mistreatment of his daughter, Cholly continues a common cycle of outsiders in society by creating another outsider in order to make him feel better about himself. As
Where as before he was coming across as strong and bold we now see him acting weak and awkward representing quite an feeble male in the presence of a woman that he isn’t related to. The effect the female characters have on the males is not something that is just apparent in Donnie Darko but even more so in American Beauty. Although Lester never comes across as a particularly strong or male chauvinist character he does modify his behavior significantly when Angela is brought into the picture. Although we see Lester take a back seat in his suburban husband role, he doesn't really value Carolyn or give her any respect he just seems too compliant and dismal to care or argue back to her. Carolyn’s complete lack of respect for Lester makes him look
Columbus did not understand the lack of clothing, and the involvement of women within the community. Both customs were never accepted in Europe, and were even found preposterous. Also, gold was not as valuable to the natives. However, the natives were already passive, and cooperative by giving the explorers whatever resources they needed out of kindness. Because of this, Columbus found them naïve, and took and took advantage of the
In The Simple Gift Billy tries to forms a self defence towards Caitlin when he first sees her by rejecting her. “My first thought was to hate her because of her shiny watch and her perfect skin”P38.Billy is aware of Caitlin because she seems to be so different from him and he felt he would be judged by her. “and I knew she’d call the manager” P38 In Strange Chameleon the protagonist has a very low self esteem because he does not fit in. He feels that he doesn’t deserve his lover because of this. “Swimming in a dirty river with dirty me you were very beautiful.” Nakayama uses repetition to make the audience focus on thought that he sees him self as “dirty” and how he doesn’t deserve her.
In Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, Maycomb County appears to be a small town filled with hospitality, but prejudice and discrimination are spread throughout the town. This can be seen in the many relationships between the citizens of Maycomb, and their behavior towards one another. Prejudice and discrimination bring out the good and evil of the townspeople. The citizens are constantly blind sighted, and want to fit in, so they just go along with the discrimination. Maycomb’s citizens constantly focus on the social ranking of the town, and they discriminate those who are lower than them.
S: I dislike how you think that it’s ok to be so passive to world events sometimes. It’s unfair because you criticize people for the situations that they are in, such as the people who are on public assistance, and you never thought about their struggles. You only see how their need affects you in a negative way. A: Some people are just lazy. They don’t want to get up in the morning to look for a job, so they take the easy way out.
Reflecting back to her childhood, Kincaid shares her ideas about the American and European inhabitants. In this poetic style of writing, Kincaid grasps the reader's attention by vividly raising questions in our minds as she describes her own. The style she uses challenges the reader to look beyond the beauty of a place and explore the reality and truth behind that beauty. Kincaid begins the story with an outsider's point of view; a westerner expresses how wonderful Antigua is because of its Mill Reef Club right before Kincaid chimes in with the local's point of view. Two different opinions clash and leave the reader wondering, searching within oneself for answers.
It is Mayella's deceit that brings Tom Robinson to trial. Though she may not be forgiven for this lie, Atticus and Scout feel sympathy for her because of the terrible poverty in which she lives. Whenever Scout feels sorry for Mayella we do as well as we are viewing the trial from her point of view. When Tom Robinson?s trial begins, evidence begins to show that Tom Robinson is actually innocent. When Mr Ewell takes the stand we see that he is not a soft hearted person because he is blaming Tom Robinson for something that he has not done, ?I seen that nigger yonder ruttin?