Summary of Peter Pan

There, he and his friends known as the Lost Boys whom he leads on thrilling adventures with pirates, fairies, animals, and other sort of magical creatures. What he really wants is to be loved by a mother figure and for her to take care of him and his two brothers. Peter travels with Tinkerbell, his fairy friend, to London in search of someone who could fit as a loving mother. He finds Wendy Darling, a young girl who has yet to realize the responsibilities of being an adult. Peter tells Wendy that he and Tinker Bell live in Neverland together with other children who have been abandoned.

The detachment between mother and daughter in “I Stand Here Ironing” is understandable. The mother struggles daily with the decisions she made while her oldest child Emily was a young baby and toddler. Obstacles in Emily’s life have made it hard for her mother to forget these decisions, and life with Emily only reinforces these decisions. Emily’s mother struggles when asked to help an outsider understand who Emily is. Her thoughts are perplexing; she tries constantly to accept the relationship between herself and Emily, the distance between them emotionally.

This marriage provides the perfect solution in Nanny’s eyes; Nanny promises Janie that all will go well with her marriage even though it may not seem so at the time. Janie reluctantly agrees, but soon realizes that Logan does not have her best interest at heart, causing her to quickly tire of him. Soon after Nanny’s death, the reader sees Logan change entirely. He commands Janie by ordering her around, expecting her to do whatever he demands of her. With Janie being a child, she is somewhat helpless to defend herself ... ... middle of paper ... ...of love the reader sees from Tea Cake is his rescuing Janie from the dog attack.

Secondly, as stated above, Mrs. Dalloway, who does not dare to express her love to Peter after a period of time, regrets her young decision that her memories ceaselessly surge in her mind. Clarissa does not tell the truth about herself: she actually loves Peter more than Richard, but she is worldly and wants social status and ranking from her husband (Woolf 209). On the contrary, neither wealth nor rank the ghostly couple wants, but simply companionship from each other. They have undergone the separation of death, they now passionately cherish their

Acceptance of who we are plays a large part in the overall theme of “rite of passage” in the story. The young girl is opposed to the thought of working for her mother at the beginning, but eventually comes to a realization that it is her pre-determined fate to fit the mould of the gender stereotype. Through the girl’s hardships, she accepts the fact that her younger brother, Laird, is now the man that his father needs for help, and she takes her place in womanhood. The story embodies gender identity and stereotypes, as a young child moves into adulthood. The fact that our rite of passage is unavoidable proves that we must all go through our own journeys to find our own true identity.

The characters have high hopes and ambitions and want to achieve something in life. Mrs Lyons main ambition is to have a child of her own but unluckily, she and her husband are unable to have children. This leads her to become more and desperate to have a child. So when Mrs Johnston finds out that she is expecting twins she can't afford to look after two more children. Mrs Lyons persuades her to give one of the children to her.

Daisy lacks self confidence which made it harder to raise her fifteen year-old son Donny. There were many instances where Daisy pondered on what she can do better to help Donny in school, but as she put forth an effort, she always resisted. “She remembered when Amanda was born. Donny had acted lost and bewildered. Daisy had been alert to that of course, but still, a new baby keeps you busy of course….”(570) When Daisy saw this happening, she never stopped to reassure Donny that even though he had a sister, it was not going to change their relationship.

Throughout the story, whenever Izzy was faced with something too painful to accept, she would have visions of her alternate "little Izzy" taking over. One of the many examples throughout the story is at the beginning when she faces the fact that she is physically disabled. Her brain wasn't working. It was as if "little Izzy" was running around and aroun... ... middle of paper ... ...ife, and just how superficial and shallow she and her friends had always been. Even her own mother was upset and disappointed that her dreams of Izzy having a storybook princess life were not going to transpire in that way.

Everyone assumes Susan and her husband, Matthew, are the perfect couple who have made all the right choices in life but when Susan packs her youngest children off too school and discovers that her husband has been having etramartial affairs, she begins to question the life decisions she has made. Susan embarks on a journey of self-discovery that ultimately becomes a descend into madness. Susan chooses to isolate herself from her own family. Unlike Susan, the woman in “The Yellow Wallpaper” initially wants contact and interaction with people but is denied it by her husband. The woman thinks she would be better off being a part of the community, interacting with others.

As Cinderella progresses in the story her good nature does justify itself as she is the one that has a magical godmother that helps her woo the prince allowing her not jus... ... middle of paper ... ... He related to them with them by showing that even the most pure person imaginable does not get along with her sister. Cinderella did get over the past and embraced new beginnings with her sisters by her side. Perrault implemented the idea that sibling rivalry exists and if somebody as innocent as Cinderella can forgive everything her sisters did to her, so can everybody else. In reality it is hard to embrace forgiveness, but family should always be there for a person.