Joan Didion’s “in keeping a notebook”, has shown that she writes to suppress bad memories by her expressing the difference between her childhood and he daughters. Although there is not a direct reason as to why Didion writes s, one could imply that because Didion did not have a “perfect” childhood, she writes in order to not remember the bad memories. Didion states that her daughter would never write like her because she is “singularly blessed and accepting child, delighted with life exactly as life presents itself to her” (55). This quote presents the idea that Didion has a much different childhood than her daughter. Although she does not talk about how her childhood was, she explains how her daughters’ good life does not compel her to write things down like she has since she was 5 years old.
The teacher confirmed her suspicions, when she “scold[ed] him for using a bad word” (232). The real meaning of the word was unclear. She realized that she had heard the word at home, many times before. Even so, she never thought of the word “nigger”, as being a bad word, because, “it was set within contexts and inflexions that caused it to register in [her] mind as something else” (232). In her family, the word “nigger” can be used as an approval for the qualities of a man.
She couldn't even watch anybody play checkers. Everybody know that you loved Janie because of the way you supported her, many men couldn't do what you did for her but some women want to have fun
And honestly, I wasn't sure some of my friends in high school were Christian or not or rather or not they practiced any religion. They knew I was a Christian because I didn't keep it a secret. I thank God that they respected me for that but slowly I began to lose some friends and I wasn't invited to many parties anymore. Though I lost some friends, I didn't get discouraged or think that I will never have friends. I always knew that God lets things happen for a reason.
“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.
I did begin loosing weight, which generated in me the greatest appeasement, but I would always recoup that weight, and because of that my mother never managed to perceive anything. I was consumed with the visualization of being tiny and being just like other young girls my age. I was in love with the concept of being “perfect.” At this point in my life, I thought my weight was the most insoluble thing I would have to tackle, but little did I know how early I had spoken. In fourth grade, I noticed drastic alterations in my personal life. My father became more and more withdrawn from my mother, sister, brother, and I. I was naïve and ingenuous at the time, and didn’t
After reading the book I have realized just because you don’t have that new LG slide phone or that bright fluorescent I-pod you have always dreamed about. Doesn’t mean it’s the end of the world. What I do have is a loving family and friends. Perdita had none of those things. She was adopted when she was only young, her foster parents always fight and on top of that the whole school classifies her as a freak!
The narrator is still a person who is sure of herself; she has grown up and proves it, when Jed told/texts that he drove his wife insane because she wasn’t our narrator, and she didn’t reply, because she knew she can’t be stuck in her past, and can’t go back to her high school love life. She has a grown-up life
Even though she was related to a group of friends that all shared different beliefs and religions, there was a conflict where her Jewish friend was starting to be made fun of at school because of his beliefs. Instead of Eboo putting her foot down and confronting neither the bullies nor her friend, she decided to ignore the situation instead. Her friend reminds her of this situation years after it occurred and she states that it’s the worst experience of her life. She then comes to realization that in order to truly believe in pluralism that you have to have the courage to act on it when it is necessary. She says she can’t go back and change the past of her Jewish friend, but now she has the experience to prevent it from happening in the
She was happy I interviewed her because she was dying to tell someone and couldn’t tell her sons or friends that she cyberstalked the two men she had been engaged to. She found a lot of history about them and was excited to see they had done well in their lives. As for the priority in Barbara’s life, it is definitely being a Christian Scientist, as she has been all of her life. She only now uses one medicine for her heart but hasn’t used medicine or doctors much throughout her life as part of her religion. Her morals are based on everything in the bible.