Analysis Of Customs Of The Country By Maison Smart Bell

Life is not what everybody expects as days pass life changes and gets harder every day. In Hope’s boy, Andrew Bridge was a 5 year old boy who had the love from her mother and share a deep connection with, who thought that nothing else mattered. However, ended up getting separated from her mother at only 7 years of age because of her mother’s mental illness. Nevertheless, Andrew suffered from her mother’s separation having to be placed in a foster care and deal with loveless foster parents. Andrew was placed with the family Leonard’s who refuse to identify him as one of their children. Andrew experience emotional and physical abuse in the Leonard’s household. Mrs. Leonard was such a heartless person to Andrew. There was a time when little things will make Mrs. Leonard mad such as maybe Andrew leaving socks in the floor, not picking up after himself or maybe nothing at all and take it out on him. Andrew Bridge stated “Digging into my arms or grabbing at my face, she screamed that the foster child in front of her was ungrateful, lazy, obnoxious, confrontational, stupid, and undeserving. With her hand at my ear or at the base of my neck, she pulled me to the floor and through rooms” (181-182). This shows how the Leonard’s treated Andrew using physical abuse. Mrs. Leonard wanted to make Andrew feel what she felt when she was a young girl. As if Andrew didn’t had enough with Mrs. Leonard’s rejection he had to suffer being emotional abuse, bulled by Christopher Mrs. Leonard’s son.

Then, the story goes to express the changes the father-in-law has experiences and how contrasting is his past with his present. He apparently is being affected by an undefined condition, which has made him change in temper and personality. During several moments, the narrator’s father-in-law presents issues of insecurity and some aggressiveness, and in others, he delights the family with the appearance of a sudden charismatic behavior. At some point, the narrator and her husband, after a brief discussion, recognize their responsibility as children to take future care of their parents. The narrator reveals at the end the acknowledge of her father-in-law permanent change in character and how much it affects them. Jen’s central idea relates how there is a cyclical change in family roles and responsibilities between sons and elder parents that naturally repeats itself. It also suggests that when issues are presented, the duties can be overwhelming for the new

The short stories, “Turned”, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “The Good Corn”, by H.E Bates provide strong examples of how the representation of characters influence’s the reader’s perception of a text. Both stories depict similar characters: a middle-aged, childless wife, her husband and an 18-year old girl who works for them. They are both about a similar situation: man cheats on wife with girl and girl falls pregnant. However, the author’s of the text are from very different backgrounds and this is reflected in their stories. Although there are many similarities between “The Good Corn” and “Turned”, the values reflected in these stories, their resolutions and the reader’s perception of them are vastly different due to the contexts of

Throughout the course of Coming of Age in Mississippi, readers observe as Anne Moody undergoes a rigorous transformation – the period of adolescence proves to be years of growth and exposure for Moody. As a child, she is aware of the difference in treatment between whites and blacks – however, she is oblivious to the reason why. It is not until Emmett Till’s murder that Moody really becomes aware of what is happening in the world around her. Prior to August of 1955, Moody had been so consumed with school, work and family that she didn’t pay very much attention to race relations. It’s a point of awakening when she finally grasps the hatred that whites in Mississippi have for blacks – she now begins to understand why her family had lived through such inhumane conditions. As Moody begins to understand the concept of race and equality, she thus realizes which side of the spectrum black people are placed on. On the other hand, Moody’s mama Toosweet, has long endured the brutal callousness of Chattel Slavery -- as a result she holds a different perspective than Moody. Their differing viewpoints often lead to tension between the two characters; this essay will examine and compare the psychological effects of Chattel Slavery on Moody and her mother.

Flannery O’Connor’s “Good Country People,” describes the lives of a mother, Mrs. Hopewell and her daughter, Joy and the irony of their relationship. This passage from the short story expounds on their character development through details of their lives. The selected paragraph uses a matter-of-fact tone to give more information about Mrs. Hopewell and Joy. Flannery O’Connor has given an objective recount of the story, which makes the third person narrator a reliable source. Mrs. Hopewell’s feelings are given on her daughter to examine their relationship. It is reader who takes these facts to create an understanding of these women and their lives. This part of the story illustrates the aspects of their lives that they had little control

In its simplest form, a child is a product of a man and a woman but Alice Walker one of the foremost authors during the twentieth century, adds depth to her black American women by focusing on the role that race and gender played in their development. Family reunions can be times of great anticipation, excitement and happiness but for Dee, a young, beautiful, African American and our leading character, it was a reunion with underlying, unspoken tensions. Dee was Dee but Dee had changed; a new husband, nice clothes, and a college degree to boat. Maybe that college degree certificate could be farmed and hung on the wall replacing that old photo of George Washington Carver, out with the old and in with the new. Alice Walker is showing

In this piece, Tamar Lewin examines Della Mae Justice’s life through narrations from Ms. Justice’s point of view, as well as his own interpretation of the sections of her life and how they could be broken up. The first section of the article functions as an introduction to Ms. Justice’s life. The readers learn how she grew up very poor in Kentucky, but that she has grown to become a member of middle class. However, through both Ms. Justice’s personal statements, as well as Lewin’s description of her, the readers are made aware of how despite Ms. Justice’s change in status, she still feels uncomfortable and like an outsider. She describes how social class is a defining factor in a person’s life and that even now as a member of middle class she feels insecure and sensitive to the things that are used to define a person’s class, such as the luxury items one buys or the trips one splurges on. Later in the second section, Lewin delves deeper into her past, particularly the time she spent in foster care when she was 15 years old, and how that has affected how she feels about her past. Her experience in foster care seems to be a central factor as to why she has struggled with feeling at home in the various social classes she’s been in. To Ms. Justice, being in foster care is even worse than simply being poor. After she was taken in by her more

Authors tend to use their literature to highlight many great issues—especially those present in society. This allows the author free range to critique conditions in their society that they consider to be flawed. During late 19th century America, there were strict gender roles in place. Traditionally, men were to “bring home the bacon” whilst women were domesticated and expected to tend to the home. This novel depicts the reversal of a stereotypical patriarchal society by rejecting tradition —through it’s protagonist characters.

The institution of poverty and lack of opportunity for woman is demonstrated by the characters of this novel. Sally, a girl abused by her fathers marries an older man because she is taught that marriage and “belonging” to a man is what will give her happiness and fulfillment in her life. The role of housewife and mother has always been

First, a strengthened relationship towards her family helps the narrator understand her role as a burgeoning African-American female. Instead of feeling disconnected from her family like in “Miss Muriel”, she now relates to her family’s emotions and to the struggles the Layens have experienced for generations. Additionally, the narrator transforms from an external to an internal ‘self’. For example, the narrator sacrifices her unfiltered behavior in “Miss Muriel” when she realizes her actions will always influence her family’s dignity. Her increased reliance on silence may seem like hiding from societal pressure, but the narrator never loses her spirit.

“Where’d You Bernadette?” by Maria Semple is a novel about an eerie woman who has a daughter and a husband. She seems to be a mysterious individual at the beginning, but as the story goes through, you find out why she is acting that way. She ends up by escaping away and leaving her family; nonetheless, at the end everything gets together again. Maria Semple loves to compare family’s issues because in the entire book is writing about how the characters interact between them. Although, Semple seems to be a sophisticated author, the role of mother in WDYB is the biggest topic to analyze in the full story. In this novel, there are several mothers who can be genuinely valuable examples of the types of motherhoods.

Both Frances Harper’s “The Slave Mother” and William Wells Brown’s Narrative perpetrate the abolitionist movement; however, I find that Harper’s interpretation of Eliza’s experiences is more emotional and displays the desperation that slavery caused, especially for mothers. Harper’s use of pathos grasps reader’s hearts and can make them feel as if their own child is being taken away.

The considerable body of scholarship regarding King Vidor's Stella Dallas (1937) shows the film’s richness and its capability to illuminate the complex illustrations of motherhood in the culture of America. Stella Dallas narrates a working-class woman’s story who desires that her daughter Laurel might be accepted in her father's upper-class milieu, but she finds out that her own lack of pedigree risks the social future of her child. Therefore, Stella chooses to cut her relationship with her kid, so that Laurel may live as an upper class member, a choice that raises questions regarding the class hierarchies’ nature and the potentials of class mobility in American society. Scholarly study of Stella Dallas tussle with these questions, mainly when it comes to Stella's ability to make decisions and stick to her own desire. Stella exhibits that she can act in an upper-class way when she must, she seemingly chooses not to and thus distances herself from her beloved daughter, an action that appears incompatible with Stella's motherly devotion.

Bobbie Ann Mason’s “Shiloh” is a short story that takes place in Kentucky and discuses several underlying messages and themes. The story follows the middle-class family of Leroy and Norma Jean Moffitt, with several other minor characters such as Norma Jean’s mother Mabel, and a boy named Stevie. The story questions the notion that a married couple grows closer as time passes. However, it seems that by the end of the story that Leroy and Norma Jean could not be further apart. Throughout the story, the audience cannot help but to feel the tension in the relationship which makes for an extremely uncomfortable situation between Leroy and Norma Jean. There are several factors that lead to the downfall of their marriage including several factors which relate to the theme of the story. Through the character traits of Leroy and Norma Jean Moffitt and a third-person limited point of view, Mason examines how a change in identity of individuals and the instability of gender roles in marriage leads to the demise of a relationship.

Through Sethe’s telling of what she knew of her mother, the reader learns that while her mother was out in the field working, she had to be taken care of by “another women whose job it was” (Morrison 72). The reader also learns how Baby Sugg’s, another woman who lived prior to the American civil war, had all eight but one of her children taken away from her. Then there is Sethe, living after the civil war with her only child left. These stories help connect the idea of what it meant to be a mother during this gruesome time period. There is an evident theme of lost in Beloved by Toni Morrison, and throughout the story of these characters and the cruelty they endure, the reader witnesses how slavery resulted in the loss of