“She was his forever, too- imperfect as she was. Take it or leave it, she thought. She was who she was” (Sparks 326). I choose this excerpt from the novel to portray a very beautiful moral of the story: that self-acceptance is challenging to come to terms with and should be celebrated when seen, especially in women. The Lucky One follows U.S. Marine Logan Thibault on his journey cross-country to thank a woman whose photograph appears to have saved him in several life-or-death situations in Iraq. Elizabeth is a divorced mother from North Carolina with a young son, and as they start to get close, Logan keeps the circumstances of his arrival a secret from everyone, including Elizabeth and her family. In the coming paragraphs I will be predicting
True love serves as a critical part of human nature; so much so, as to where one may commit immoral actions during the pursuit of such love. Cynthia Benjamin recaptures this classical situation in her short story, The Luckiest Girl, where the antagonist, David Allen strives for complete dominance over his relationship with the protagonist, Anita Wade. He manipulates her through emotional, social, and physical techniques.
As the narrator looked upon the polluted and disruptive town, he or she was reminded of a story about the former family that occupied the house that they were currently inhabiting. The narrator introduces the character Deborah; she was expressed as a hardworking, hunchback women who was married to a hardworking, factory worker named Hugh. One afternoon, a young girl from the around the neighborhood named Janey was sent to their home by Hugh. Deborah analyzed how young and beautiful Janey was; she realized that that was no longer her. This caused Deborah to be a bit jealous. Janey told Deborah how Hugh did not have his lunch with him for today. Concerned, Deborah walks for miles in the pouring rain just to make sure that her husband has his
It is rather ironic that she writes that her husband's death in Mrs. Mallard's case gives a sense of new found freedom and that the path that led to a `freedom for Kate' led Kate to write about a certain type of freedom for Mrs. Mallard. In a sense this seems a genesis of what is the path of a woman pursuing feminism without knowing what it is. We can see this when Mrs. Mallard is alone and looking out the window in her room and the text speaks to us.
Louise, the protagonist of Katherine Patterson’s Jacob Have I Loved, infuriates me. She fights against ghosts of what she wishes to be and against what she really is, kicking and screaming all the way. I don’t debate that she struggles with good reason -- certainly the neglect from her family, whether perceived or real, and the expectations her culture (I really want to say environment here) has placed on her gender role have contributed to her plight -- but her great inner strength and insight belies her inability to overcome or at least circumvent those obstacles. To me, she is a rebel with the sole cause of declaring her independence from her expected gender role. And, in that, I find myself, a young man with no common ground with my same gender parent, knowing that I am strong in not being so, and yet flailing loudly but vacuously against that fact as if it were not good enough. I do not like Louise because she is a female reflection of me whose wounds are mine.
Early in the novel, Morrison primes the audience with how an ideal family should operate. She gives the audience a subtle taste of what the ideal girl should be. Jane, the subject of the excerpt, shows qualities of curiosity, friendliness, and happiness. By introducing Frieda, Pecola, Claudia, Rosemary, and Maureen Peal to the reader, Morrison adds vulnerability, confusion, and a worry-free attitude to the qualities of being a girl.
The novel shadows the life of Janie Crawford pursuing the steps of becoming the women that her grandmother encouraged her to become. By the means of doing so, she undergoes a journey of discovering her authentic self and real love. Despise the roller-coaster obstacles, Janie Crawford’s strong-will refuses to get comfortable with remorse, hostility, fright, and insanity.
The narrator’s inner conflict can be seen when she says, “ I had indeed lost my mind, for all the smoldering emotions of that summer swelled in me and burst—the great need for my mother who was never there, the hopelessness of our poverty and degradation, the bewilderment of being neither child nor woman and yet both at once, the fear unleashed by my father’s tears. (9) Through this quote, we can see how Lizbeth struggled greatly with what has happened in her life and all the things she had to go through. The unfortunate, sad resolution to this conflict further develops the theme that growing up can be hard and things will happen that you may not like or have control of what happens. When Lizbeth says, “ ‘M-miss Lottie!’ I scrambled to my feet and just stood there and stared at her, and that was the moment when childhood faded and womanhood began. (10) This resolution shows that we can allow guilt and shame to show us that their are not always a happy ending in every story. Therefore, the plot elements of conflict and resolution further develop the
Short’s constant partying, little housekeeping, and frequent dating were not something her father was very fond of. Consequentially, forcing her out onto the streets Beth was left to fend for herself. She soon became known as a beautiful freeloader. (Troy Taylor). Soon after she found a job as a cashier at Camp Cooke, it didn’t take long for the young servicemen to notice her, as she won the title of “Camp Cutie of Camp Coote.” Most men didn’t realize that Elizabeth was a vulnerable, hopelessly romantic girl desperate to marry a handsome
Esther Greenwood was a scholarship student attending an all-women’s college in New York. While in school, she wrote for a women’s magazine under the supervision of her editor Jay Cee. Writing was her passion and she especially loved poetry. Unfortunately, the college life and New York City were not exactly what Esther had thought they would be. She always found herself being a third wheel or the outsider of the group. This may have been the spark that began her battle with depression. Either that, or the realization that her childhood crush Buddy Willard, a medical student at Yale, was a hypocrite. He and Esther had known each other since a very young age through the church and their parents had intended for them to eventually be married. After Buddy invited Esther to attend Yale’s prom, they began spending a lot of time together until she found out that he had lost his virginity to a sleazy waitress. This contradicted everything Buddy was and had claimed to be. His whole good and pure act was flawed whenever Esther discovered these facts. She was especially hurt, because they were very competitive with each other and she now wanted to lose her virginity so as to no...
After hearing the horrific news of Brently Mallard's railroad accident death, his friend Richards goes off to tell the news to Mrs.Mallard at her house. When he arrives, he and Mrs. Mallard's sister Josephine inform her of Mallard's tragic death. After hearing the news she cries to them before going off to her room for some alone time. She sits exhaustively and motionless in her armchair while looking out the window, occasionally sobbing. The young woman stares into the sky while she waits nervously for the revelation of her husband's death to set in. He then realizes that it isn't sadness that she is feeling but freedom. She decides it while she's running for her husband's death she's also going to get many years of freedom, which
influence all her life and struggles to accept her true identity. Through the story you can
The Atlantic Enlightenment and Revolution changed the world for the better forever. The world was full of corruption, lack of rights, and discrimination until these new ideas came into the world during the revolution. During the period of the enlightenment men, women, and slaves all fought for their freedom and rights.
Self-acceptance can be a pretty broad term. It can address many different facets of the human experience. It can be talking about your looks, your ideology, your situation; really anything that you experience in your life. That’s why it is important to define it in the way that I see it, because so many others can have a different perception of what it really means. To me, acceptance is acknowledging your flaws and learning to be okay with who you are as a person; no strings attached.
Mallard has an epiphany and realizes how much she can do on her own if her spouse’s will is not holding her back. Immediately before Mrs. Mallard has this epiphany, the narrator depicts lots of positive imagery. Louise is seeing that the “the tops of trees…were all aquiver with new spring life.” Before Mrs. Mallard recognizes her newfound freedom, she sees “patches of blue skies showing here and there through the clouds.” Lousise than realizes that without a spouse she can “live for herself.” Mrs. Louise Mallard realizes that “self-assertion” is the “strongest impulse of her being.” Mrs. Mallard looks forward to the rest of her days that “would be her own.” Mrs. Mallard murmurs the words “free, free, free!” and feels relaxed while saying it. Mrs. Mallard is looking forward to the opportunities that have opened for her as a single
Ironically Emma tries to match make Harriet with a man even though Emma does not see anything in marriage. She tries to set her up with Mr. Elton which as the reader seeing Emma is completely lost in what she wants and what is expected. The plot consists of Emma constantly deceiving herself, when the real enemy is herself. She does not express her feelings and oddly misses out on gestures from other people. The look sets the tone of irony and sympathy of what goes on in Emma’s life. The themes: the importance of marriage, the rank of social class, and the obstacles of expression draw into why this excerpt becomes important to the book. The excerpt foreshadows Emma because she banters to Harriet that she does not want to be as pathetic as Mrs. Bates, even though she describes it as her future. It makes the reader feel sympathetic for Mrs. Bates situation. Emma cares about her independence and she sees marriage as having to rely on somebody else. She feels that marriage takes away the confidence of standing alone as a woman and thinking for herself. Feminism is a big part of Emma’s character because many of the women in during this time period are raised on traditional views of marriage