Relationships in Literature

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Whatever happened to the perfect husband with the perfect wife and children? Well lets just say that reality set in. Not every relationship is the same or is how it seems. After reading A Doll’s House, Thing’s Fall Apart, and The Help, it became noticeable that relationships turn out different by how just one single person in the relationship acts. In A Doll’s House Helmer doesn't always treat Nora his wife how he should, and in turn she does not feel like he truly loves her so nothing turns out well. Okonkwo in Thing’s Fall Apart sees how his relationship was with his father and realizes that he wishes not to be that way; so he basically showed no emotion to anyone and in turn he cannot take all of it and ends his life. One relationship that shows how a relationship can turn good is in the book The Help. In The Help the relationship Alibeen has with the kids she takes care of is the example of a good relationship and how could should be to turn out well. Within the play A Doll’s House, and the novels Things Fall Apart and The Help the characters display how one person acts toward another can drastically affect if their is a good or bad outcome of the relationship.
Within the play A Doll's House, and the novels Things Fall Apart and The Help the characters display how the effort put into a relationship or the care shown for the other person, may be given back in return.
In The Help the characters Alibeen and the little girl she takes care of Mae Mobley form this bond that would traditionally be between a mother and daughter. Alibeen teaches Mae Mobley things that a mother looks forward to teacher her daughter. She teaches her how to use the toilet, she teachers to be kind, but the most important lesson is that she teaches her ho...

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