With people tormenting her about her cousins who were teen moms, or her father who made a fool of his drunken self in public, the poor girl felt like nothing more than dirt, and she wanted to be thought of as flawless and beautiful. Edith dreamed of being a celebrity, she wished to be a perfect girl, and to live in a perfect world "in which only married women had babies, and in which men and women stayed married forever." The shacks in which Eddie grew up were less than desirable, and supposedly thought of as contemptible, by people of a higher social class. When Edith moved to the boarding house, with set meal times, she was quite ashamed to think of how people living in the shacks didn't have meal times, they simply found any food they could and ate by themselves when they were hungry. The potato-chip plant that Eddie worked at
The story starts off right away describing Madame Loisel beauty and charm but unfortunately she was born into the wrong class. She isn’t happy with the life that she has. She dreams of a life with parties and elegant dresses and jewels. Madame Loisel is so envious of a rich, old school friend who lives a different life that she actually refuses to go and visit because she feels worse about her life when she returns home. Her friend doesn’t appear to be proud of boastful in the story and doesn’t seem to care that Madame Loisel is poorer than her.
Interestingly, through the main character Rosaura and her transformation, the author shows that, in class societies, social status have more power on people’s future than their actual capabilities. At the beginning of the story, Rosaura is blind about the importance of social classes in her life. For example, when she argues with her mother about Luciana being her friend, Rosaura tells her that “[she knows] nothing about being friends” (9). By her strong reaction, Rosaura shows that she is convinced that Luciana is really her friend, even though they only do homework together. She isn’t aware that they don’t belong to the same social class.
She shows off more than she has. “Mme loisel” knows she is not rich, and cannot accept to be around with her friend “Mme forester”. Her hunger for beauty and glamour results in the borrowing of the necklace. This becomes the bane of her life. “Some say the root of all evil is money”.
Rather than just being rude, she obviously has her opinions about certain things and sticks to them. For example, when asked about Bogey Lowenstein’s party Kat explains that people go to the party’s “in hopes of distracting themselves from the pathetic emptiness of their meaningless consumer driven lives”(10 Things). In this scene, she clearly describes how she feels and how that is the reason she does not go out to be with other people or parties. This gives us audience an insight to how Kat has real opinions and being hardheaded is why she is hated and so considered rude. Even though this is different than the play itself, I felt that this was a good adaption of the character for the film.
Sometime, it is hard to find his place in today’s society. People, in general, are constantly judging and discriminating each other’s by what they wear, which school they frequent, what jobs their parents have and much more. Indeed, prejudices are not rare in many districts and this is what led Liliana Heker to write her short story “The stolen party”. The author, in her short story presents the effects it can have on kids’ development. Specifically, through the eyes of the young character of Rosaura, Liliana Heker, shows that “One’s identity isn’t defined by who he thinks he is but by the social class he’s born into”.
Frederick Koenig once wrote “We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.” Wangero comes full circle in her recognition of her heritage and brings this quote to life in the short story “Everyday Use” written by Alice Walker. Walker confronts the question of what the true value is of one’s heritage and culture within the story. Greed can appear in many different forms, such as money, love, or knowledge. Through careful descriptions of the characters and setting in her story, we are introduced to a mother and two daughters, one of which (Dee) has gone off to college and the other (Maggie) has remained at home. Returning home from school with a new name, look, attitude, and man; Dee continuously finds reasons to insult the lifestyles of her mother and sister.
It is just to what level do we show it or even let it get in the way of how we live. In this story Mathilde’s dream world she is happy and idle. When she returns back to Earth she is driven by the greed for more than what she possesses. She knows that she is not rich, and can’t stand to be around her wealthy friends, so she socially removes herself from the real world. This causes her to resent her life even more.
“Money: Does it Matter?” In “ A Doll House” the whole plot revolves around Nora and how carefree she seems with her money, when in reality she is dealing with a lot more then she wants one to think. Nora struggles with her values as the play progresses and eventually realizes that she will never experience true happiness until she is able to comprehend that money and status are not everything, and that in the end all you have is yourself and the truth. In the beginning of the play it seems as though Nora’s focus is all about money. “Won’t it be lovely to have stacks of money and not a care in the world” (24), Nora asks Mrs. Linde. Practically every conversation she has in act I is related to money.
These females are willing to give up their reputation to survive in this economy depression, to support themselves in a way to pay for their education and to further their advancement. Prostitution is more like a business transaction. The government and other organizations may view prostitution as an immoral act.