Throughout The Way Up to Heaven by Roald Dahl there were many clues and instances that essentially lead up to the death or should I say murder, of Mr. Foster. Although it was not illustrated directly through the text, the story clearly implied that Mrs. Foster murdered her husband. The clear motive was the constant tardiness of Mr. Foster that fueled the wife to make her ultimate decision. Although there are a few little clues that help present this stance, the three main ones that have led me to this guilty verdict is the change in attitude, her twitch and the usage of the doorbell upon arrival. Mr. Foster thoroughly enjoyed tormenting his wife. The most important thing to Mrs. Foster was being on time, if she was late or was close to it …show more content…
Foster is late, a sort of anxiety attack takes over her body. This is what fueled Mr. Fosters enjoyment of his little tardiness game. One of the bigger aspects that become completely obvious when she is tardy, is the twitching of the eye. Whenever her time frame becomes smaller and her chances of becoming late, greater her eye starts to twitch. This is something that is mentioned in the story and also something that her husband seems to be aware of. But when she was going to get her husband from inside the house, and decided to leave him, there was no sign of her twitching. As if she was not worried of her husband interfering with her trip once again. As mentioned in the paragraph, when the driver looked at her, her eyes were “bright”, if that is the case another notable characteristic of her eyes would be the constant twitching of one of them. Mr. Foster loves his tardiness game and the way he is described in the story leads anyone to believe that he was capable of running out the house as soon as they pulled off and stopping the car. Mrs. Foster would of course know this as well, but the lack of eye twitching is evidence that she knew she was headed straight to the airport with all interruptions taken cared of. Mrs. Foster also only made the airplane only with a few minutes to spare, so if she needed to drive to downtown her eye would have been twitching uncontrollably because there would have been no way she would have made the airplane on
When the governess first arrives at the small town of Bly to begin her assignment over the niece and nephew of her employer, she describes her self as having gone through many ups and downs in terms of her emotional and possibly mental state. She says, "I remember the whole thing as a succession of flights and drops a little see saw of write throbs and the wrong" (page 121). It appears evident even from the beginning of the story that the governess is not in an 'even keeled' state of mind, neither stable nor calm enough to hand the task set before her in any means.
Early in her speech Mrs. Richards read parts of a letter written to her by a young working mother with a family she is trying to support. Mrs. Richards makes a point to take the time to read excerpts from the letter for the whole audience to hear. The young women is concerned, how is she going to continue to be able to support her family with the rising cost of car insurance, and other major bills. She, expresses concern that she cannot afford new clothes for her children if they have a sudden growth spurt between August and December.
Within the first 24 hours of the governess arriving at Bly the governess immediately notes that she “slept little that night” (7) . She attributes it to excitement, but the most common sign of insanity is restlessness. Not only was she not sleeping that night, but she thought she heard a child crying and footsteps outside her door and chose to ignore them. Her job as the governess is to handle things like that, but instead she stays in her room, wide awake. Later in the book, after the ghosts had been introduced, she again, didn’t sleep. Instead she went to Miles’s room where an odd conversation ensued and “a gust of frozen air”, which turned out to be Miles, blew out the candle (64). Only an insane governess would have a long conversation with her pupil in the middle of the night. The next time we catch her not sleeping, she runs into Peter Quint late at night, only to come back to her room to find that “Flora’s little bed was empty” (40). Time and time again we see the governor’s restless sleeping patterns and moreover, we see what odd things seem to occur during these
After Toosweet (Anne’s mother), quit a domestic job she had with a lady that worked her so hard, she got another domestic job with the Johnson’s. Mrs. Johnson was a school teacher and Mr. Johnson was a rancher who bought and sold cattle. The Johnson were very nice to Anne and her family. However, it was Mr. Johnson mother, Miss Ola, who lived with the Johnson’s that appeared to have impacted Anne the most in the household. Though Anne did a lot of chores for Miss Ola, Anne learned to like Miss Ola very much and they had lots of fun together. Miss Ola would bake cookies for them every Saturday and had a bell she would ring when she had cooked something for them or wanted them to do something for her. The old lady (Miss Ola) who would call
clues they find that Mrs.Wright (Minnie Foster) has killed her husband but that she was justified
Miss Foster. My mother. Bob's mother. It seemed they were three pieces in a pattern which remained constant. Miss Foster had six children, th...
...ion. Also, it was expected that if she was to move in together with Kevin, it was her who had to give up her books. She clung to her job at the agency so as not to lose her independence to Kevin who offered to get her a better job and take care of her in the meantime.
...on spiritually would have given her more to believe in, thus is would not have all been taken from her at once. Again, had she been more spiritually capable, the tragic end could have been avoided. Mrs. Shortley has a stroke after realizing the magnitude of her circumstances and her sheer inability to cope.
Working as a teacher serving at-risk four-year-old children, approximately six of her eighteen students lived in foster care. The environment introduced Kathy to the impact of domestic violence, drugs, and family instability on a developing child. Her family lineage had a history of social service and she found herself concerned with the wellbeing of one little girl. Angelica, a foster child in Kathy’s class soon to be displaced again was born the daughter of a drug addict. She had been labeled a troublemaker, yet the Harrisons took the thirty-hour training for foster and adoptive care and brought her home to adopt. Within six months, the family would also adopted Angie’s sister Neddy. This is when the Harrison family dynamic drastically changes and Kathy begins a journey with over a hundred foster children passing through her home seeking refuge.
Dee illustrate her as a perfect example of this “Dee, though. She would always look anyone in the eye. Hesitation was no part of her nature,… She was determined to stare down any disaster in her efforts. Her eyelids would not flicker for minutes at a time…
While thinking about her mom,” Never, she promised herself. I will never end up like that (86)." After coming back home, Marilyn wanted to become a professional in the medical field in order to avoid becoming a housewife. She was so determined that she was even willing to leave her entire family. Once Marilyn eventually ends up similar to her mother she decides to focus on Lydia’s future from an early age. She focuses so intently, that she overlooked the fact that maybe Lydia didn’t want to become all these things that her mother had imagined. Ng shows her Lydia’s neglect to her parent’s desires when Marilyn found out that, “ It had not been science that Lydia had loved...As if the tears are telescopes, she begins to see more clearly.... Everything that she had wanted for Lydia, which Lydia had never wanted but embraced anyway (247).” Lydia’s parents are filled with guilt as soon as they find about their daughter’s disappearance; they realized that their expectations of Lydia to fulfill their lost dreams had ultimately taken the best of her. Marilyn had just found out that she did not have desires of becoming a doctor because Lydia did want to see the disappointment in their parents. After finding the stethoscope and other articles in Lydia’s room given by her parents, it became evident that Marilyn and James had gone too far. “ A dull chill” (247) crept over Marilyn and this was the first time that she realized that her relentless in having her daughter live out their unfulfilled desires might have been the cause of her death. The lack of communication between Lydia and her parents prevented her from creating a sense of self
Foster can be justified is because on page 272 It states “ At this point, Mrs. Foster suddenly Spotted a corner of something white wedged down in the crack of the seat on the side where Mr. Foster had been sitting. She reached over and pulled it out a small paper wrapped box and at the same time she couldn't help but realize that it was wedged deep down and firm like with the help of a hand.” This is very important because it gives Mrs. Foster another reason to commit the crime she had done. It also proves that Her husband does things on purpose to get her to go insane and he doesn't try to help her. So, Mrs foster can justify herself because she killed him for all the right
Jane next lived at Lowood. This institution was anything but a true family unit. However, Jane sought out people to care for and who would care for her in return. Helen Burns and Miss Temple became very close to Jane. In ways like the mother of the typical family served as a moral guide and a nurturer, so too did Helen Burns, and to a certain extent Miss Temple.
At one point Mrs. Hale mentions that the Wright home never seemed to be a cheerful place.... ... middle of paper ... ... Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale, knowing and understanding the desperation and alienation that this housewife felt, found the proof of a motive for the murder, despite the taunting and teasing from the men who were supposed to be the ones looking for the evidence.
...and Miss Temple had a relationship that can be compared to a mother and a daughter. Each of them cares deeply about their futures and thinking of Miss Temple not being in Jane’s makes are felt lost. Mothers instill a sense of morals to their daughters and set the standard for the rest of their lives. "I had imbibed from her something of her nature and much of her habits" (353).