Closing her eyes, Lelia whispered quietly to God, “Please save me. I don’t want another child. Life is passing me by, I’m already thirty-two. When will I have the chance to do something other than struggle through life? Scuffling to make ends meet, toiling to keep the children in food and clothing, laboring to fix-up this wreck of a house, let alone trying to force a disastrous marriage to work? And worst of all, God, I’m trying to smile when I’d rather pull the blankets up over my head and die. How will I cope? Where will I find the courage and strength to survive a fifth pregnancy? God, please help me.”
Thinking about how her life had fallen so despicably out of kilter turn into an overwhelming task. It didn’t feel right to say, but Lelia
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He heard words like, “stupid whore,” “useless bitch,” and “bastard.” Thankfully, the arguing was not as violent as he often heard. So, reasoning his mother didn’t need his help, Stevie slipped stealthily back to his bed. Restless, he didn’t sleep well after that. He lay awake, tossing and turning, listening to his mother sobbing throughout the night. As he looked out his window, he thought if he could count all the snowflakes falling out of the sky, he might fall asleep.
Because it was his parent’s anniversary, he’d made a card for his mother; a crayon-colored, giant red heart filled the middle of a piece of folded notebook paper. The words “Happy Anniversary,” copied from a card sent by his Nannie Russell, all neatly colored in. He’d had fun using a different color for each letter. No matter what, he assumed married people were supposed to act cheerful on the anniversary of their wedding day, but his mother was so sad and adrift she didn’t hear her own little child’s cries.
Lelia hadn’t noticed when Stephen walked over to her to give her the card he’d made, so he placed it on the kitchen dresser next to the sink. Afterwards, Stephen Isaac did what he frequently did during the days after the drinking and fighting; he took care of the younger
Ten year old Esther Burr creates a cheerful, reminiscent journal entry describing her day out with her father by using sophisticated word choice and an informal sentence structure. Burr’s purpose is to reveal her adoration for her father with flattering words and to also describe her day with such detail that she won’t forget it. She develops a complimentary tone in order to not only have a good memory of her father later in life, but also to appeal to her mother, who regularly reads her diary.
In kilner’s case study “Having a baby the new-fashioned way”, present a story that can be relatable to a lot of families struggling to have a child. This is a dilemma that can be controversial and ethical in own sense. The couple that were discussed in the case study were Betty and Tom. Betty and Tom who are both in their early forties who have struggled to bear children. Dr. Ralph Linstra from Liberty University believes that “Fertility can be taken for granted”. Dr. Ralph talks about how many couples who are marriage may run into an issue of bearing a child and turn to “medical science” to fix the issue. He discusses that “God is author of life and he can open and close the womb”. That in it’s self presents how powerful God.
No matter how much he put her through, she kept fighting for her life. I was confused by this because, in my eyes her life was completely over. I did not see how she could ever live a functioning life after all of the things that she went through. I would have thought that this reality would have been a reason for her to give up and choose fiction. Fiction would have been the easy way out of the pain, loses, and suffering that she faces and would continue to face. Then I thought to myself that is what makes humans amazing. Being able to endure the challenges of life and keep going. Originally, I thought she was a fool to keep going then I realized that she was strong. If I was her I would have chosen my reality
The night was so still that they heard the frozen snow crackle under their feet. The crash of a loaded branch falling far off in the woods reverberated like a musket-shot, and once a fox barked, and Mattie shrank closer to Ethan, and quickened her steps.
that his mother has betrayed his father and goes off to live with his aunt. A
This is a reaction that should be expected from her, however, it is not widely popular (due to when this story was written). She had been married expecting to live her life playing the perfect little wife, and had actually almost managed to convince herself that she enjoyed it. However, when she realizes her freedom, she is ecstatic, as any sane person would be. And even though her husband was obviously a good, kind man whom she “never looked upon with anything but love” she was still not living for herself, and no one can be truly happy if they aren’t happy with themselves first.
Thalia had put off telling Dally her secret for a long time. She only had so much time to tell the gang before, well, she couldn't.
“At this time in my life I lived in a very old town house, where I often heard unexplainable noises in the attic. One night, when I was about 11, my parents went out to a party, leaving me all alone. The night was stormy, with crashes of lightening and thunder outside. Having nothing to do, I fell asleep after eating too much ice cream. All of a sudden, my alarm clock goes off in the middle of the night, reading 3 o’clock. I’m wondering why ...
Looking back on the death of Larissa’s son, Zebedee Breeze, Lorraine examines Larissa’s response to the passing of her child. Lorraine says, “I never saw her cry that day or any other. She never mentioned her sons.” (Senior 311). This statement from Lorraine shows how even though Larissa was devastated by the news of her son’s passing, she had to keep going. Women in Larissa’s position did not have the luxury of stopping everything to grieve. While someone in Lorraine’s position could take time to grieve and recover from the loss of a loved one, Larissa was expected to keep working despite the grief she felt. One of the saddest things about Zebedee’s passing, was that Larissa had to leave him and was not able to stay with her family because she had to take care of other families. Not only did Larissa have the strength to move on and keep working after her son’s passing, Larissa and other women like her also had no choice but to leave their families in order to find a way to support them. As a child, Lorraine did not understand the strength Larissa must have had to leave her family to take care of someone else’s
his situation. His reaction to her marriage in the first place sent him into deep depression,
In a child-like voice, she began her speech with, "I was adopted and my mother was seventeen and so was my biological father. She was 7 1/2 months pregnant when she decided to go to Planned Parenthood." Grabbing her audience's attention, she then explains the details of the abortion. How her mother was counseled to have an abortion by saline injection. Upon hearing her discription of the proceedure and the circumstances in which she was born, there was heard a rustling and murmuring among the crowd. Gianna, unphased by the disruption, continued to say, "What is fantastic about this -- about the perfect timing of my arrival -- was that the abortionist was not on duty yet. ...[H]e wasn't even given the opportunity to continue on with his plan for my life -- which was death."
God is with her in a time of sorrow. Abortion is a way of escaping
Her family life is depicted with contradictions of order and chaos, love and animosity, conventionality and avant-garde. Although the underlying story of her father’s dark secret was troubling, it lends itself to a better understanding of the family dynamics and what was normal for her family. The author doesn’t seem to suggest that her father’s behavior was acceptable or even tolerable. However, the ending of this excerpt leaves the reader with an undeniable sense that the author felt a connection to her father even if it wasn’t one that was desirable. This is best understood with her reaction to his suicide when she states, “But his absence resonated retroactively, echoing back through all the time I knew him. Maybe it was the converse of the way amputees feel pain in a missing limb.” (pg. 399)
...her to feel despair. Her misery resulted in her doing unthinkable things such us the unexplainable bond with the woman in the wallpaper.
In the book Margaret Sanger: A life of passion by Jean H. Baker. Margaret Sanger, the subject depicted in Baker’s novel Margaret Sanger: A Life of Passion is one of the leading women in the fight for birth control. Born in 1879 to Irish immigrant parents in Corning, New York she is the 6th of 11 children. Her mother was a devout Catholic and had a total of 18 pregnancies in her 22 year marriage 11 of which were births and 7 were miscarriages. “My mother died at 48”, says Sanger “My father died at 80”. Her mother was a victim of tuberculosis not long after her last child was born. Sanger grew up in poverty and soon realized that bigger families were associated with lower means. Sanger was not one for domesticated duties and soon defied social norms and went to nursing school her aspirations included becoming a doctor. She did not complete nursing school she instead married William Sanger, an architect and artist. They settled into domestic life for a short time in the suburbs. Together they had three children, two sons and a daughter. Soon a fire consumed their home and this was the turning point for Sanger. The family then moved back to the city and Sanger became a nurse. Their daughter would later die of pneumonia at a very young age due to horrible conditions at her boarding school. The two older sons would eventually grow to blame Sanger for her death and she would divorce her husband and maintain the company of several men after. Despite the number of suitors she acquires she will be single when she dies.