In the short story “Louisa please come home” by Shirley Jackson, Louisa has an interesting young adult life. The story starts with her at the age of 19 and with her not liking her sister and her parents at all whatsoever. When she has had enough planning time for her running away she decided to run away on her sister’s wedding day. When she ran away she expected them to cancel the wedding, but they didn’t. Then she was very clever by leaving her uniqueness behind in a hardware store and became like just another 19 year old girl in the city. When she arrived there she had made plans for a new identity and had gotten a job for the money. In addition she got a nice women named mrs. Peacock to take care of her, but because she was missing she …show more content…
One example of louisa being mature is that she gets a job at a stationery store. This example proves Louisa to be mature because this shows she can take care of herself. Another example proving Louisa to be mature is when she gets along very well with mrs. Peacock. This detail proves Louisa to be mature because she shows she can get along with older people. Overall, Louisa proves to be a ready lady. Another claim for Louisa is that she is very confident. Some evidence for Louisa being confident is that she had a full plan for running away and what day it was going to be on. A reason for her being confident for this is that she showed that she truly wanted to run away. Another example of Louisa being confident was when she wanted to go back home. This example proves that she had changed her mind about going back home and about her family. In all of this Louisa proves to be a sure women. A last claim for Louisa is that she is clever. An example of cleverness is that Louisa runs away on her sister’s wedding day. Louisa does this so she can ruin her sister’s wedding completely at the same time as running away. A second example for Louisa’s cleverness is that she leaves her unique coat in a department store in crain and bought a new coat that is tan instead. Louisa did this so she could leave all of her uniqueness behind and blend into the other 19 year old girls. In this Louisa proves to be very
For example, Louisa spends a great amount of her time simply arranging her maidenly possessions, such as her books, which are sorted in a specific order, as well as having all of her sewing tools in a specific place and order in her work-basket. A scholarly article analyzing the character of Louisa reaffirms this notion by stating, “Louisa had almost the enthusiasm of an artist over the mere order and cleanliness of her solitary home. She had throbs of genuine triumph at the sight of the window-panes which she had polished until they shone like jewels. She gloated gently over her orderly bureau-drawers, with their exquisitely folded contents redolent with lavender and sweet clover and very purity” (Harris 27). With this in mind, it is evident that the character of this short story lives a life of structure, precision, and order, which presents itself as a major clue for her having this condition based on the disorders symptoms. It can also be visibly seen that Louisa is quite upset when the order in her house is disturbed as she is constantly worrying about something being out of place or appearing untidy, as well as her constantly cleaning up and reorganizing her possessions after Joe Dagget comes to visit her. For example, while Louisa and Joe are
In the great story of a young girls triumph over poverty, rejection and innumerable failures as a child, she will unfortunately never truly prosper as an adult in the world in which she lives. Our protagonist, Sara Smolinsky who is the youngest of the four Smolinsky girls, has the most motivation in life to be independent, and fend for herself. However to achieve this goal she would need to break loose of the family chain and peruse a life elsewhere. It appears she has done so as she runs away from home seeking an education. Six years or so go by and she has more than fulfilled her dream of independence, however as members of her family take on life threatening sickness she once again feels the need to come home, and falls back under the spell of family obligation. As for other characters in the book, the same problem with familial duties always interferes with what one truly wants.
Soon her parents hired lawyers, her Father moved out, and she felt nothing to her parents. During the divorce, Peggy felt betrayed by her father and confused about what is happening around her. But in college, she felt free from her problems at home. She would decorate her dorm room, or hang out with her classmates
Life improves when Ella moves to Elaine, Arkansas, to live with her sister maggie and her sister's husband, Hoskins. Hoskins runs a successful saloon, so there is always plenty of food to eat, a condition that Richard greatly appreciates but to which he cannot accustom himself. Soon, however, white jealousy of Hoskins's business success reaches a peak, as local white men kill Hoskins and threaten the rest of his family. Ella and Maggie flee with the two boys to West Helena, Arkansas. There, the two sisters' combined wages make life easier than it had been in Memphis. After only a short time, however, Maggie flees to Detroit with her lover, Professor Matthews, leaving Ella the sole support of the family. Hard economic times return.
In the beginning of the story, Sister explains how she is enjoying time with her family members up until the time her younger sister, Stella-Rondo, comes home for a visit. Sister describes Stella-Rondo as the spoiled one in the family and a wife to a man whose name is Mr. Whitaker. Sister shows her true colors when she mentions to the readers, but not to her own sister, that “Of course I went with Mr. Whitaker first, when he first appeared here … and Stella-Rondo broke us up” (41). Stella-Rondo brings a two-year-old girl, Shirley-T, with her and explains to the family that the girl is adopted. The family questions what happens when Stella-Rondo said that she and Mr. Whitaker got a divorce. The fact that Stella-Rondo never mentions the adoption to the family or the reason for the divorce, causes the family to
Along with Leah isolating herself from the outdoors, she starts isolating herself from her family. Leah always thinks the worst of situations ???. Jack wanted her to move in with him and his family. He didn’t want her living alone. Other than the fact that Lead hated Ruth, Leah thought that the only reason they wanted her to move in was because of her pension. ** dropped quote! You do not understand incorporating quotes- see me**“Why do I stay with them?’ She asked herself the question for the thousandth time and for the thousandth time replied with the automatic answer,’Because they need my pension.” (111) Leah questions why Jack and Ruth want her to move in with them. She repeats, thousands of times how her pension is the only reason as to why they would want that. Leah continuously lies to her kids about little, irrelevant things. In doing so, it creates space between them; the truth being the space. Leah tells them that they will go places, do things, get things when, in reality, she knows none of it is true. “She’d even lie to the children, ‘The winter’s almost over now, things are always easier in the summer. Maybe this year we can all go on a little vacation, to a farm maybe, wouldn’t it be nice to go to a farm?” (111) Leah knows that they won’t actually go to the farm on family vacation during the summer. She tells her kids repetitive lies to make her sound better to them. They didn’t have much money, they almost lost their house, so she would tell them things to make it seem like they were well off. When Leah’s husband dies she becomes isolated. She changes and doesn’t recognize herself
Lori was the first one to leave for New York City after graduation, later, Jeanette followed her and moved into her habitat with her. Jeanette promptly found a job as a reporter, the two sisters were both living their dream life away from their miserable parents. It wasn’t difficult for them since they cultured to be independent and tough. Everything was turning out great for them and decided to tell their younger siblings to move in with them, and they did. Jeanette was finally happy for once, enjoying the freedom she had and not having to be moved every two weeks. She then found a guy whom she married and accustomed her lifestyle. Furthermore, her parents still couldn’t have the funds for a household or to stay in stable occupation, so they decided to move in with Jeanette and her siblings. Jeanette at that moment felt like she was never going to have an ordinary life because her parents were going to shadow her.
The characterization in the play proves how Catherine and Robert are alike, but also how Claire stands out from the rest of her family members. Catherine is like her father. Catherine has great mathematical ability as her father once had; therefore, Catherine shows more characteristics of her father than Claire does. To show Claire is not the mathematical genius, she gives the proof to Hal and says, “ I am a currency analyst. It
...st in school by learning about Hitler and the horrible historical events that have happened in the world. Her maturity is expressed by what she has learned about the world around her and can apply those things to her every day life. Moreover, Scout has matured greatly in the novel and she has learned many lessons about life, family, and womanhood.
Jeanette’s parents were very free spirited and carefree about many things, least of all their children. Her mother’s ambitions were mainly to become a famous artist and her father’s mainly included drinking as much alcohol as he could get his hands on, and in the meantime becoming a successful entrepreneur. Her father was not exactly very concerned with feeding his family properly, and he often took all the money her mother would make teaching. “I’ve got a houseful of kids and a husband who soaks up booze like a sponge… making ends meet is harder than you think (Walls 197). They often went hungry and because of her parents being so neglectful she, along with her siblings, became their own parents. Her self-governance was astounding at such a young age and this was a key to her success later on in life. She had always been very aware of her surrounding and growing up her family was always on the move, always on the run. They eventually settled in Welch, West Virginia and this is where her independence ...
“Maturity is the ability to think, speak and act your feelings within the bounds of dignity. The measure of your maturity is how spiritual you become during the midst of your frustrations.” is a quote from Samuel Ullman. This describes the struggles that Jem went through by taking part in the community and trial and by also taking the risk of losing some of his friends and family in Harper Lee’s, To Kill a Mockingbird. Through Jem’s interaction with the racism of Maycomb, he became aware of the things around him. We all learn that it takes a strong person to overcome the barriers of society.
Throughout the story, Louisa is shown as a woman who is loyal to her commitments no matter how long she has to wait for something. Louisa is not only loyal, she is also a loner and perfectionist. The perfectionist side of her is shown multiple times. For example, when the narrator talks about Louisa growing her lettuce, the narrator says, “which she raised to perfection” (). The whole story shows how Louisa needs everything neat and
B. Maggie grows as a person when she learns that Edward being different is fine
One such approach is that of Lydia Murdoch, who argues that Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a story about children becoming adults and the hardships they face when exploring the real world. In her article entitled “Alice and the Question of Victorian Childhood,” Murdoch uses the shifting role of children during the Victorian Era to suggest that Alice’s attitudes and behaviors, especially during the events towards the beginning of the book, are meant
Since the beginning of her life, Louisa isn't allowed to express herself because her father continually stresses the facts. Mr. Gradgrind suppresses Louisa's imagination and all she can do is wonder. One example of Louisa attempting to view the unknown occurs when she and Tom peep through a loophole in order to see a circus (8). This is the first time both Louisa and Tom have seen such a sight. When asked why they were there, Louisa curiously answers, "Wanted to see what it was like" (8), a response any normal child would have. Her "starved imagination" (8) is curious and needs some sort of avenue for release. As Louisa blossoms into a young lady, the young Miss Gradgrind enchants one particular suitor. Her father thought that it was time for Louisa to marry and had a suitable companion in mind. When Mr. Gradgrind asks Louisa if she would like to be Mrs. Bounderby, all Louisa can utter is, "You have been so careful of me, that I never had a child's dream. You have dealt so wisely with me, father, from my cradle to this hour, that I never had a child's belief or a child's fear" (63). Mr. Gradgrind interprets his daughter's words as a compliment to him and his strict belief in teaching only the facts. But Louisa means she has not experienced life and has never been given the chance. Her childhood has been murdered by her father's strict insistence on the perpetuation of facts only. Although Louisa realizes she has been enslaved by the theories of fact, she willingly enters yet another bondage to Mr. Bounderby allowing the process of her suppression to continue.