16 April 2012 Janie’s Journey: Life Lessons Through Relationships In Zora Neale Hurston’s literary work, “Their Eyes Were Watching God” the main character of the story Janie Crawford states people have to “find out about living ’fuh themselves” (Hurston, 192). This statement describes her life perfectly. Janie lived her life with a fervor and a fullness that many of us could only wish for. In Chapter Two, Hurston describes how Janie perceived her life. “Janie saw her life like a great tree in leaf with the things suffered, things enjoyed, things done and undone.
In the short story “A Wedding-Dress” the main character is a woman named Lena Schwartz. This woman is excited, because she is about to get married to Sam Hilton. The reader discovers that Miss Schwartz is a people pleaser and that she does not take responsibility for her actions. Lena must learn from the mistakes that she is making before she can be truly happy with her life. Miss Schwartz only thinks about making other people happy, because she is afraid of them becoming angry, or leaving.
They were the ones who brought the truth and beauty to the party.” (20) This metaphor is important in both describing Lucy as a character as well as describing the bond between Lucy and Ann. Lucy, like the hare, has an attitude of invincibility. She lives her life carefree, not worrying about things like paying her bills for her breast implant surgery. Her teaching syllabus is of books she has not yet read, and she is frequently procrastinating, reading on the way to her class. On the other hand Ann is more like the tortoise.
In these works of Alice Walkers, she portrays the tangible and visible beauty of her mother’s flowers along with the emotional beauty of the warm memories. In “My Mothers Blue Bowl,” (1170) Walker reveals the beauty of selflessness from memories of her mother. Her selflessness could be shown in her struggle to provide the standard of living to raise her children that she didn’t need for herself necessarily. It is depicted in the story when she works for a nice house then after the children move she downgrades to all she needs. Her mother only wanted to possess the beauty she created with her hands, other possessions were meaningless to her.
Her sister Nettie was a big influenced to her and Shrug. In the story, Shurg has helped her overcome Mr.____ and not be taken granted for. On pg. 186, it states that she is leaving Mr.____ and going to see Pa. This part of the story, Celia is taking charge and leaving Mr.____, showing authority and not being dominated.
Ibsen wrote a verisimilitude play; ‘A Doll’s House’ in 1879, he set the play in one place, Nora’s home. Consequently, she realises that her problems don’t lie within herself but actually the environment she’s in. A home has many connotations of feeling safe, whereas in Nora’s feelings change as the play goes on. However, throughout the phases in Hardy’s picaresque novel ‘Tess of the D’Urbervilles’ Hardy allows Tess to explore Wessex countryside and experience life therefore doesn’t have a real home. Nevertheless, Tess’ emotions change dependant on the environment, both Nora and Tess’ sentiments change due to the events that occur.
It is about women living on equal terms with men and not pushed down by law or by culture into a meek role. The practices of 1880’s dictated that women stay in the home, marry, have children and find happiness in doing so. In many ways Alcott battles this convention by creating strong female role models and male characters that support this free will of women. Although some of the characters like Beth may not have shown independence, Meg, Amy and especially Jo showed independence throughout the novel. She is an independent woman who could never be restricted to the household.
She is not preoccupied with looking graceful and pretty to attract a man’s attention but only yearns to obtain her autonomy. Jane hungers to feed her mind and soul, not her appearance. Throughout the novel Jane illustrates her commitment to dignity, independence, and freedom of choice. It is through her unwillingness to submit to a man's power and willingness to speak her mind that she depicts a clear image of a self-sustaining woman. Jane’s character not only radicalized the traditional roles of woman but also paved the way for all the woman who were determined to make women equal to men for ages all ages to come.
Alice Walker has associated the qualities of goodness and the sense of emancipation together, which I feel works well to convey the message that despite all the abuse and brutality Celie remains resilient and is rewarded with the freedom of her Spirit. She was able to hold on to her inherent power and strength of character and by the end of the story she is the victor. Celie finds no sexual pleasure or satisfaction in her marriage to Mr. ___. When Celie becomes aware of Shug in a photograph (Letter 6), she says, `Shug Avery was a woman’. The most beautiful woman I ever saw.
It is very clear that the women in these articles take some sort of pride in being a single parent and they have to prove themselves to the world and all around them, including themselves that it is possible for them to live the life of a single parent without it all going wrong. The bad associations regarding single parenthood is definitely some of the things the women try to prove wrong. One of the positive views we are introduced to is that if a woman would like to have a child, she no longer have to wait for a man. She can visit the sperm bank and leave as a pregnant woman. The child will grow up without the chances of anyone leaving them, except if the mother dies of course.