The Gilded Six-Bits by Zora Neale Hurston

Her first marriage leads her into her second marriage with Jody Starks; a man who seems to respect Janie at first but in reality does not. Her relationship with Jody is “mocked to death by time,” and leads her to her last relationship with Tea Cake Woods. By the end of the novel Janie has reached the line of equality with Tea Cake. Her relationships represent her journey to the horizon with the idea of love never... ... middle of paper ... ... relationships, although different from each other, were based on status and protection. Janie chose Jody to fill in the feelings that were unsatisfied by Logan.

While thinking about her marriage to Logan Killicks, Janie thinks “finally out of Nanny’s talk and her own conjectures she made a sort of comfort for herself. Yes, she would love Logan after they were married” (Hurston 23). Janie allows her grandmother to place into a marriage with a man that she has to learn to love after the fact. The conflict within Janie’s mind forces Janie into marriages which are destructive but also give Janie the opportunity to learn from her mistakes. Janie learns and grows throughout her three

But I do think that the language spoken in the fa... ... middle of paper ... ...that she is happy in the end and therefore appeals to the reader’s emotions. Tan (2002) structures her claims about her bilingual life around cause-and-effects, personal experiences, and pathos appeals. She uses cause-and-effect to show how events in her past have led up to the person she is today. She uses personal experiences to explain where she is coming form when she shows her frustration about her family. Tan uses a pathos appeal to identify with her reader so they understand through their emotions how she really feels about her mother.

Louise Erdrich had a basic childhood that blossomed into a lively adulthood, which contained events that inspired the plot of “The Red Convertible.” As a child she grew up in ... ... middle of paper ... ... take on her life. Her characters are based on real people that have influenced her and the events are created from life experiences. The trauma of some of these occasions has likely caused her to write and create characters that undergo the same ordeals. Her heritage also plays a role in her writing, yet it is debatable whether her portrayal is accurate. Simply summed up, “Using an autobiographical technique…[Erdrich] gives depth to her characters’’ personalities through her poetic sensibility toward language, using a vernacular diction, funny analogies, and epithets the evoke laughter...” (Hunter 474).

She has to go to her husband and confirm what she had done and he said since she has given her word she must keep it, but she is to tell nobody. She then goes back to Aurlius and tells him yes he is overwhelmed by Arveragus's generous behavior he releases Dorigen form her compact. She then turns to her husband and they live happily ever after. In this tale the idea that you have to choose your own destiny. That real love has to be chosen.

At first his wife forgives James Wilson for the affair that he enjoyed with October Brown, but after a period of time, Pearl also had her share of the fall in their relationship. At this time, neither one of Irene’s parents would forgive the other nor make up with the other. This example again shows the use of foreshadowing by Clair by evolving the event over several chapters with different narrators. Irene, the narrator in several different stages of the divorce between her parents, speaks her feelings of disgust and always tries to keep her parents’ relationship together. Another side of the story comes from October Brown’s landlord, Mrs. Pemberton.

Who’s history can reveal very much” (P. 24). Frank starts dating Vicki, a young southern nurse who has recently divorced her first husband and behaves naively, even though Frank knows that she has seen terrible things in her career and therefore could not be as clos... ... middle of paper ... ...uckett, who visited Frank couple times to share his emotions and feeling and the issues he was facing. One day Walter tried to kiss him, and Frank ordered him out of his house; where he later committed suicide. Frank is constantly doubting himself and life because of the elusiveness of happiness for example, “ Is life itself an illness or a syndrome? Who knows?

An-Mei’s daughter Rose also learns a lesson of acceptance as well as self-worth when it comes to the end of her marriage. Rose was never accepted by her husband’s wealthy family from the beginning due to her Asian heritage however her husband loves her so dearly that he marries her regardless of his parent’s opinions. As their life together progresses, Rose finds herself worrying less and less about making herself happy and losing her own opinions which ultimately cause her husband to lose interest in her. As they file for divorce rose continues to try to save the marriage but soon realizes with the help of her mother that she is better than that and should stand up for herself for once. In the end this newly gained self-confidence is what saves her marriage.

She comments on how she is treated by her husband and regularly uses his name. To note that “John says” (305) implies her willingness to comply with his instructions. For example, she quotes, ... ... middle of paper ... ...vident and connected to the idea of domesticating women. In these works they demonstrate marriage in a different light to which we are not accustomed to and that is, marriage as a prison. Works Cited Chopin, Kate.

This paper is a reflection of my thoughts and feelings about this woman’s journey that has been explored by book and video. I will also explore the author’s adjustment process, and how she views her changed self. The title of the book, actually defines how she approached her grieving process. She believed her husband was coming back, and she questioned certain events that could prevent her husband’s death. I actually relate well to this line of thinking.