Celie’s victorious lifestyle continues through to the end of the novel but Mariam’s victory is short-lived, suggesting that only Celie is truly a victor. Celie’s letters are addressed to “God” for most of the novel. It could be argued that upon reading the letters, the reader becomes the recipient, therefore “God”. This may emphasize the readers’ sense of responsibility and sympathy for Celie, for it may appear that she is trusting the reader to understand her problems. For a short while, Celie’s letters begin with “Dear Nettie”, because Celie learned that her sister, Nettie, was still alive.
A Mother who was neglected, young and depressed dealing with a new baby with little support, in a bad marriage. In this chapter the specific accounts of physical abuse are described and how the anger and neglect occurred to the final removal of Katie from her home. As a reader the strongest emotions and understanding of neglect came from the way David Hughes gave voice
The Mother is a static character who remains unchanged throughout the story. Olsen paints an image of herself as that of a strong and caring Mother with a lot of guilt. The conflict for the Mother is the remorse for neglecting her first born child even though the neglect could not be helped. Olsen states, “I will become engulfed with all I did or did not do, with what should have been and cannot be helped” (290). Emily is a minor character in the story and is the Mother’s first born child.
Mary Rowlandson’s Hunger for Spiritual Transformation Mary Rowlandson’s account of her captivity by the Wampanoag Indians in A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration is filled with suffering. Her village is destroyed, her family is separated, her six-year-old child dies in her arms and each day is a struggle to survive. Of these afflictions, hunger is the most discussed. Rowlandson writes in detail about her reflections on hunger, her searching and begging for food and the actual things she consumes. Hunger, in this story, serves to connect her physical suffering to the spiritual distress she undergoes.
THE EIGHTEENTH SHOT OF LIQUID SIN The minutes pass by, the water falls, from bloodshot vacant eyes, My heart is torn with pain and fear, the anger starts to rise. The eighteenth shot of liquid sin can't help me to forget, the guilt and shame I feel each day, fueled by my regrets. I made a sacred promise, to God, my husband, and I, a promise which was broken, when I saw my sweetheart die. The demon in the bottle once again possessed my soul. the eighteenth shot of liquid sin would somehow make me whold.
She gave an example that suicide is never a solution because you continue on with the same problems that need to be worked out. She coped with her son’s death knowing he moved on. She thinks people fear death because of their belief in heaven and hell. Church has always been her coping strategy. Her religion is very optimistic and love based.
Rowlandson felt her struggle for survival was duplicated by the Indians, and though she could not tolerate their actions nor fully understand why they would damage her model of God's people, by the ninth remove she spoke of a "sorry Indian", whom she knitted a shirt for. In the narrative, Rowlandson clearly reflects on all the terrible events that occurred in the time of her captivity. She continuously prayed to God and held onto her faith which to me was very uplifting knowing the options of what she could do in that situation at the time. Rowlandson wasn’t the only person who ever starved or answered to a
She demonstrates survival through where she has her baby, yet its stale born and she overcomes her loss. She matures throughout the book. Jim Casey is seen as the Christ figure with Tom as one of his apostles. In the novel Casey has a clear view in his beliefs and has confidence just like Jesus Christ. Both Jesus Christ and Casey are in want of change.
"She'd brooded on her loss, misery had brewed/ In her heart, that female horror, Grendel's/ Mother, slain his father's son/ With an angry sword. " First this quote refers to Grendel's mother and how the loss of her son impacted her. The physical description of both Grendel and his mother represent them as monstrous looking, tempting to ignore that they're very real emotions. Grendel's mother has been cast away from humanity, but also that she didn't do anything to precipitate this. The poet remains reader of how understandable Grendel's mother's response is.
Use complete sentences. Be specific in your answers. Answer: Some things I will include are how disrespectful I used to be to my mother and how I’m still to this day trying to repair the damage that has been done between her and I. Learning to see from different perspectives and have unconditional love for my mother is something I’ll speak about in the middle of my narrative. some of the major incidents that I’ll include consist of the depression I suffered from due to isolation, and the terrible and intense arguments I had with my mother.