Smith’s strengths are her loyalty, tenacity, and work ethics. She will still be anyone that she has placed in her circle and her family. She keeps going despite the hurdles and obstacles. Even though her husband had a lot of money and wanted her to just stay at home and raise the children, she insisted that she work and have her own money. She states that she doesn’t necessarily like working but she likes the fact that she works and can support herself and her children if needed.
During the novel, Pa starts to falter and hesitate under the pressure of all the misfortunes and Ma becomes increasingly influential in the decision-making process and acts with authority. As a leader, she guides her team with a firm, but loving hand; she maintains positive outlook and encourages others to do so as well and don’t give up. For example, when jobs become scarce at Weedpatch camp and the family are nearing the end of their funds, Ma forces the topic of moving from Weedpatch to another place, where all the men would find a job. Ma is an optimistic figure; she keeps the family going, uplifts and cheers them when they faces another downfall. To reassure her family, she would say "besides, us folks takes a pride in holdin' in.
It lead her to Zach someone that showed her color doesn’t matter. He showed her to dream big, never give up, love, live her life, and there is always something better. Lily Melissa Owens always hoped from something better. The picture of “Black Mary” always gave Lily a piece of her Mother. She even hoped that it could lead her to a piece of her Mother’s past that was never reclaimed and it did.
She called Atticus a “nigger-lover” just like how Tittle’s wife disagree with him playing football again right after he recovered his injuries from the past. To me, Aunt Alexandra was rude because that was an insult unlike Tittle’s wife who just disagreed with what he is going to do. Even though Atticus know that he might lose everything helping out the black client with his trial, he still helps him just like now Tittle know that he might lose his life playing football with such injuries but he still plays. This is not only courage to me but also brave to me because I would never be able to do what Tittle and Atticus did. Tittle is brave enough and be like Atticus who betted
In the poem she states “Now you understand just why my head's not bowed. I don't shout or jump about or have to talk real loud.” It’s her style and grace and the respect that she has for herself which makes her phenomenal. That very line says a lot about being confident as a women and understanding that you don’t need be loud to get everybody’s attention. To be women means you don’t need to look for the approval of others to make you who you are. Beyoncé is a very independent women, although she is married she does not let her husband control her career.
Recently out of prison, Tom Joad comes back to see his hometown in ruins and his family leaving to California to escape the poverty that came with the dust bowl. The Joads define success in starting a new life in California. And not only was it the Joads, but everyone was fleeing to California on Route 66 to start a new life and to get away. "66 is the path of a people in flight, refugees from dust and shrinking land, from the thunder of tractors and invasion, from the twisting winds that howl up out of Texas, from floods that bring no richness to the land and steal what little richness is there” (150). Willy Loman’s perception of success is being well-liked and being a good salesman.
Because of his unhappiness Gatsby was blinded by his burning desire to have Daisy, whom was not rightfully his, making him yearn for more. American society exemplifies and glorifies the necessity of money. Americans are a meretricious lot, incapable of looking into the soul of a person and choose to rely on the judgments of their first outward appearance. They say Americans aim too high but if there were any other way to aim, we do not know it. The character James Gatsby is the perfect representation of this.
He is never satisfied with what he has and once he acquires what he wants he moves onto another dream. Such as after he changes his name and starts a new exciting life he dreams of being rich and powerful, then his dream is to win over a lost love and even after he has won over Daisy he still wants more from her which she is incapable of giving. Through Jay Gatsby’s tragic story, Fitzgerald is suggesting that the American Dream is unattainable if rooted in greed. Hickey suggests that he is also implying a warning to not future generations, “The Great Gatsby might be interpreted as a warning not only to Fitzgerald’s generation but to future generations as well. Beware of pursuing that “orgiastic future” with too much fervor; one might well be destroyed by it, just as Gatsby is.” (Hickey
It is everything they feel like they need back in their lives, so it drove them to take this vacation. Expecting to get a sense of direction and peacefulness from his experience, he is soon conscious of the fact that it’s going to be a lot harder then he expected. Mitch is very reluctant to shed all of his “big city” amenities and ways. Wanting the easiest and quickest solutions, as we find is the case in most people, he refuses at first to fully engage in the ways of the cowboy. This is obvious from the beginning, we see it when Mitch is faced with something he doesn’t want to do, or is put in an uncomfortable situation he deflects the responsibility with a joke.
Their convictions are that being a sole parent makes them stronger persons because they are forced to make all the decisions for themselves. They also no longer have any one to get in a fight with and no one to complicate things. One of the women says that her daughter is doing very well and that she could hardly imagine, if a man would be there, it would go any better. They also mention that the upbringing of a child, when being a single parent is more harmonious because they do not have to divide their attention between their children and their partners. 2.