Reaction to "Boys and Girls" The short story, “Boys and Girls” written by Alice Munro was a suitable read. The story was clear and concise, and it demonstrated the unsympathetic approach of child learning about society’s unwritten rules of gender superiority. In the story, the narrator describes her relationship with her father to be considerably important because she helps her father take care of foxes, which is the family’s main source of income while her younger brother plays aimlessly around the house. In addition, the narrator portrays her mother’s work, who is a homemaker, not as equally important has her and her father’s work with the foxes. The story ends with the little brother being seen as more vital for the household than she was even thought of and the realization that maybe she did belong in the house with her mother.
Berries, Roots In the poem “Grandmother”, by Douglas Nepinak, the poet discusses the loneliness and struggle of a woman who does not know English which creates a barrier in communicating with her family. The change I had to overcome was difficult but it had to be conquered; moving to a new house, which meant having to wake up earlier than I needed to get to school in time. Change can at times be hard for people to live with and eventually overcome. People often fear change in their lives because they have a sense of control and comfort; a sort of safety net on which they can rely on. Change comes with certain adjustments, and everyone deals with these adjustments differently; therefore, ultimately, the poet suggests that if these adjustments are not met with reality at the right time, it can be costly to everyone involved.
Boys and Girls Analysis Character The main character and protagonistbv is the narrator or the girl in the story. She is a young female who would rather help her father with the farm work than doing typical house work with her mother. She behaves unlike a typical girl rural setting. She has a certain state of mind that is commonly associated with a man such as working the farmland. At the same time she also has some characteristics that are commonly associated with girls such as being emotional and gentle.
Fairy-tales employ their pedagogical characteristics to underline hegemonic principles and values of the specific context they were written in. The Brothers Grimm’s 19th century fairy-tail, Rotkappchen, follows a young girl whom disobeys her mother and strays from the path after encountering a wolf on the path to her Grandmother’s house, but after being eaten by the wolf, she is saved by a hunter. Composed for Christian children of the growing middle-class audience during the Industrial Revolution, the need for obedience and discipline was essential to maintain stability, this socialisation is demonstrated in the mother’s imperative, “take this piece of cake… be a good girl”, establishing a perception of right and wrong, simultaneously instituting archetypal roles of household members. Afterwards, the wolf persuades the heroine, “you are marching along... when it is so jolly out here”, revealing his wicked nature by suggesting a breach of work ethic, subsequently foreshadowing an ominous ending for the heroine. Moreover, the wolf’s villain archetype and savagery is evident in the
Sylvia Plath's Child depicts her disappointing emotional statement owing to the world in which her child is being raised, and radically it derives from her instinct and affection as a mother. The poem begins with a cheerful and sincere tone represented by the symbols of beauty, innocence and the wonder of childhood. Stacks of positive metaphors, like" The zoo of the new" "April snowdrop" and "Indian pipe" reinforced the idyllic form of childhood. The positive tones turn negative by the sentence 'Pool in which images should be grand and classical'. Besides, 'wringing of hands' and 'ceiling without a star emphasize her concerns to her child and explicit her disappointment towards this horrible world.
Language is a key element of The Lady of The House of Love which lends itself to the gothic genre. Through the endless connotations of light and dark, and the use of symbolism, Carter shapes a gothic short story by utilising key gothic conventions portrayed by the complex use of language. One way Carter uses language to not only reveal character but elicit gothic convention is through the description of the Countess; presented to us wearing "an antique bridal gown" trapped in a "chateau." The idea the Countess is wearing a bridal gown reiterates Miss. Havisham in Great Expectations; where the readers are introduced to a woman trapped in time, and unable to let go.
She saw how hard her mother worked inside doing her wifely chores, and on the ranch being able to work just as hard as any man, but still having to stay in a ranch wife’s place. Blunt admired her mother for her skills and quiet strength. Later in life she began to question was quietness strength or a cop out.” Work is the tool that wears us down, draws us in and keeps are eyes on the next two steps ahead. The issue is power. And it’s the silence that kills us” (Breaking Clean 154).
The character spoke to animals “’Out of my way, all you foxes, owls, beetles’” and so forth (Welty, 1969).When the writer posed this conversation in the story, it gave me the feeling of loneliness. This woman was so lonely, she spoke to animals. The path that she was walking “ran up hill” (Welty, 1969). The idea that this path she was on was up a hill provided symbolism of a hard life. To me, walking up a hill would be hard work to get to the destination.
Mrs Linde has had to work hard and was not afforded love and children which she longed to have. She took care of her mother and brother as her own but still desired more. Once her circumstances had changed she set out to acquire that which she had lost. When Mrs Linde is introduced in Act I, we can immediately see she is a woman who has been through a harder time and worked hard to have a meekly accommodating life. She is more insightful of her surrounding than Nora Helmer.
“Farm Girl” Michelle Brown Van Hooks ENG 115 May 16, 2013 In reading the essay “Farm Girl” written by Jessica Hemauer, I find that her situation plays a common role in many lives today. Jessica had to give up most of her childhood to help her family with the farm. In doing so when she is finally able to participate in child like activities, she realizes how her hard work on the farm helped build her character. I find the main point of Jessica’s essay is she realizes how all of her hard work made her stand out from her peers. Jessica is describing how she was not fond of waking up early in the morning to help the chores on the farm before having to attend school.