Analysis Of Rose Of Sharon By John Steinbeck

Rose Quartz had been gone for years now. Everyone was just now adjusting to her absence. It was still quiet at the place the Crystal Gems called home. It was somewhat unsettling but she had grown used to it. They didn't talk much with her gone. It seemed as if there was no one to care. Well, maybe they did.. Intimidation probably kept them at bay. Rose had watched over them for so long. She was the "Mom" of the group. She cared for Pearl, Garnet, and Amethyst. Garnet had stepped up to the plate now that she was gone. She was now the leader of the group. Yet, Rose had big shoes to fill.

Rose of Sharon realizes this man will die without her, in the same way Christ said that

“ She thinks of her mother, who is dead. Dead, but still her mother. Joined. This is confusing. Of her father a gray old man who sold wild mink, rabbit, fox skins to Sears, Roebuck (Walker pg.2). Roselily once again starts to think back to the days when she was a child, to the days when she had no worries. She feels her mother who is dead still stands beside her in spirt to guide her on this unknown journey she is about to embark on, and for a moment it gives her comfort. “Or forever hold,” the Preachers’ words ring in Roselily’s ear. “ She does not even know if she loves him. She loves his sobriety. His refusal to sing just because he know the tune. She loves his pride. His blackness and his gray car. She loves his understanding go her condition. She thinks she loves the effort he will make to redo her into what he truly wants (Walker pg.3). Here the author really dives in to what Roselily thinks of her new husband. She knows she doesn't love him and probably never will. However, there are aspects about him which she thinks she can love and she realizes that will have to do

hardship out of anyone. She has a still-born baby. This was the one thing in Rose of Sharon?s

Rose is unable to fully accept herself or the statements made by her mother throughout the chapter, until she reflects back on her relationship and realizes how her mother predicted this by the condition of the garden taken care of by her husband. She understands her mother finally and stands up to Ted, explaining to him how she was going to fight for everything in the divorce.

Perhaps, the most significant event left out of the movie was Rose Mary’s response to Uncle Stanley’s actions. In order to establish context, Jeannette, a young girl at the time, was living in Welch prior to her relocating to New York. Her Uncle Stanley, brother of Jeannette’s father Rex, attempted to sexually assault Jeannette whilst she watched television on the couch in his room. Distressed, she attempted to disclose her experiences with her mother, who replied saying phrases such as, "Poor Stanley," and "He's so lonely." (online 116) From these meaningless responses, the reader senses feelings of disgust that viewers cannot possibly begin to know. This, of course, was not the only difference that sparked dislike for Rosemary's character. Another scene, for example, would be when Brian and Jeannette discover a two-carat diamond ring. Thrilled to sell the ring to purchase food and pay off their house,.... However, their enthusiasm did not last long, for Rose Mary found a better purpose for the ring that was absolutely self-serving. She decided to keep the ring because it would fuel her self esteem and replace the one Rex pawned years ago. Based off of the film’s perception of Rose Mary, she would never commit such an act being the motherly figure she is. In reality, the Rose Mary who kept the ring is

The ending is about new life because of Rose of Sharon’s baby and what it truly meant to the Joad family. Throughout the entire novel you experience Rose of Sharon pregnancy and her struggle to sustain both herself and a child. Generally babies represent new life, a fresh start, exactly what the Joad family was looking for from the start of the novel. Unfortunately the baby does not make it, this is very sad, but also a sigh of relief for the family. If the baby would have survived then that meant one more mouth to feed. Fortunately she still had her breast milk and used it to help another life, "Says he wasn't hungry, or he jus' et. Give me the food. Now he's too weak. Can'thardly move." The ending may be morbid and bleak but the truth is that if it were not for the death of the baby, the Joad family would be

Well come on…I’ll make a batch of biscuits,” (26). Rose steadily tries to be the best mother that she can be for the Maxson family and not just take care of herself. She represents the primary care giver of the Maxson household by cooking for everybody and bringing the whole family in together to eat. “Okay, Troy…you’re right. I’ll take care of your baby for you…cause…like you say…she’s innocent…and you can’t visit the sins of the father upon the child. A motherless child has got a hard time,” (79). By Rose saying and doing this, it just proves how loving and tender hearted she is. Even though Rose is not the child’s mother, she still wants what is best for the baby. “Stop that yelling. You gonna wake up Raynell. I just got her to sleep,” (80). This shows that Rose has fully accepted Raynell as her daughter. Rose does not see Raynell as just Troy’s daughter but also hers too. Rose says, talking about Lyons, “Let the boy have ten dollars, Troy,” (19). This shows how loving and caring Rose acts towards Troy’s son. Rose and Troy clearly do not have enough money to be giving it out, but she encourages Troy to give some to Lyons because she cares about everyone. Rose is a very good hearted person who uses all of her characterisitcs to keep everyone in the family together and keep them in check.

Family and obligation has a lot of meaning in this book. August Wilson captured every piece of it perfectly. Even though family didn’t get along very well there was still tension there. No one really got along with Troy, Lyons didn’t have a good relationship with his brother Corey because he was always in jail. Rose eventually gave up on Troy also. Those things still didn’t make Rose give up on her family as she now takes care of Raynell on her

At the beginning of the novel, Rose of Sharon (or Rosasharn as she is called by the rest of the Joad family) is the eldest daughter of the Joad family, and is dreamy and self centered, blissfully unaware of anything other than her own happiness and contentment. She is expecting a child with Connie Rivers, who announces big plans to study electronics at night in hopes of giving his family a better life than that

She is not friendly, or kind to her peers as she yells and pushes past anyone else who is waiting in line. Here she demonstrates how she lacks in social initiation. She doesn't understand social initiation in the sense that she doesn't use her words to express herself to her peers or teacher. Instead, she uses physical force to get her way. She is not adept at cooperating and negotiating, and she doesn't come off to be approachable. Rose displays this as she doesn't follow any rules or spoken directions that her teacher, cafeteria workers, or other students give her.

Consequently, when Ted turns his back on her, she is left without a clue of what to do or where to go. This action of baking the cake for her husband clearly illustrates Rose’s flaw. She attempts to pity Ted by giving away another part of herself exemplified in the pie. Ted betrays her and she still envisions him as her friend. Nevertheless, she strives to cooperate and help out, even when her relationship is over and she will not receive anything for her special treatment for a man that did not protect or value his responsibilities as husband. As An Mei explained in the previous quote, Rose did not know her worth. She thinks of herself as an inconvenience, she believes in self pity that’s why she was going to bake the pie for Ted so maybe he would remember all the times together and magically change his mind. Her attitude causes Ted to take her for granted, and Rose does not know how to have self esteem and behave in such a manner that conveys respect to her and her

Having such self-confidence is something that Ma tried to instill in her daughter time and time again. Throughout The Grapes of Wrath, Ma attempts to teach Rose of Sharon how to be self-sufficient after she is

In the book “The Pearl” by John Steinbeck, Kino’s wife, Juana, thinks that Kino should throw the pearl back where he found it. One reason Juana thinks that this is the best option is she thinks that the pearl brings bad luck. On pages 37 and 60 there is an example of him being attacked. After one of the attacks, Juana says, “I am afraid, a man can be killed.” Juana is very afraid that one day an attacker will be just too thorough in getting the pearl and kill Kino in the act. She has no doubt that if her husband wasn’t so strong, he may already be dead. This fact scares her, and she thinks that if they didn’t have the pearl, they wouldn’t be attacked as often and lethally. Another reason that Juana thinks that getting rid of the pearl forever would be the best option is

Obsession: the state of being obsessed with someone or something. Kino interprets this with his resistence of getting rid of the pearl. Along with obsession, other major themes are established in John Steinbeck’s, The Pearl. Obsession, dreams, and greed is expressed by the characters’ interactions with one another. Kino exhibits fixation with the pearl in the novella.