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.
Both fail to recognize and see each other for who they really are. Hulga/ Joy is bothered daily with her simple-minded mother because she portrays herself as a very kind and patient person towards other people. For example, she gives compliments and tell people that Mrs. Freeman‘s daughters Glynese and Carramae “are the finest girls she knows”, and Mrs. Freeman “is a lady and she would not mind taking anywhere with her.” (51). Mrs. Hopewell is embarrassed with how the way Hulga/Joy behaved and how she would dress inappropriately by wearing worn tattered clothes. Knowing that Hulga/Joy disposition toward those girls was unfavorable and she ignored daughter’s need to be accepted.
In the Episode of the Crabs, it’s clear that Waverly, like her mother, demands the very best. Waverly is, in a sense, Lindo’s selfish side unmitigated by filial duty or obligation. Waverly, like all of the other daughters in The Joy Luck Club, has a strained relationship with her mother. Waverly, as stated earlier, is independent and likes to assert her independence to her mom. She makes a show of not taking her mother’s advice by saying things like, "Don’t be so old-fashioned, Ma […].
Connie’s sister June is the perfect picture of an adult. She is dependable and responsible. Everything that her parents feel she is not. Therefore compared to June, Connie looks even more child like. Eddie the boy, who asks Connie out to eat, treats her like an adult.
He tells Connie he is her age and has come to take for a ride in their car with his sidekick Ellie; Connie slowly realizes that he is actually much older, and grows afraid. As Connie refuses to go with him, he becomes more forceful and threatening, saying that he will harm her family (while at the
This therefore supports my hypothesis, as I predicted that the taller the person is, the larger their cubit. There is only one anomaly in this data, but it still isn’t outstandingly out of trend. This is the anomaly I have picked up on. It appears to be out of trend, having a height of 158cm but a small cubit of only 25. The possible reasons for this could be: • This person has a larger upper arm to make up for the shortness of his forearm.
She states, “She had a fine person, many brilliant attainments; but her mind was poor, her heart barren by nature” (Brontë 1.239). She describes Miss Ingram as beautiful but a shallow person with no depth. Along with Jane, Mr. Rochester seems to see this and her true aspiration of only marrying him for his money. On the other hand, Jane’s wittiness and sharp responses to Mr. Rochester confusing comments enraptures Mr. Rochester. Mrs. Reed and her children had always treated Jane with disrespect; but when Mrs. Reed is dying Jane forgets her harsh treatment and stays with her until she died.
The ideal woman was one who was meek, quiet, delicate, and beautiful. She was subdued to her husband and in no way his equal. Jane Eyre’s character defies all the norms appropriate of the era. Through her inner spirit and devoutness to her principles she establishes her independence and strives to conserve her dignity and freedom of choice. She is not preoccupied with looking graceful and pretty to attract a man’s attention but only yearns to obtain her autonomy.
Before my conclusion, I will comment on the language used in the text and give reference to the structure adopted by Alice Walker, the author. Celie is initially portrayed as being helpless and always vulnerable. However, she is also warm, kind and gentle and is able to be strong despite the abuse inflicted upon her. At the end of the story, she grows to be an independent, free woman and is shown to be a radical feminist, not following the traditional ideals of a good wife and mother. 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.
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.