Comfort Of Cole Haans Analysis

1. This quote shows unusual behavior for the time period present. In the Victorian times, it was the man’s duty to take care of the wife and children, or in other words- to take charge of the family in general. It was a sign of strength for men. Since Mrs. Joe is the one taking care of the family, which was commonly the husband’s job in this era, Joe is considered a weakness to his society and to his wife. This is because he is not taking charge for his family. The determination and strength coming from Mrs. Joe was also not very common either for women of the time. (109 words)

Therefore, both Joe and Janie are looked up to by the townspeople. To some extent, this could be considered a form of equality. Unfortunately, this is about where the equality stops. While Joe gains prominence through his own actions and words, Janie gains some prominence by doing what she is told to do. She is not permitted to voice her own opinions or join in the lighthearted gossiping which occurs outside of their store. Janie is expected to be the dutiful wife. If she makes a mistake, then she should have known better and therefore should accept her punishment quietly. Joe holds the obvious upper hand in the relationship until his death whereupon Janie inherits a large amount of money and learns to enjoy the freedom of living as her own person.

Women are taught from a young age that marriage is the end all be all in happiness, in the short story “The Story of An Hour” by Kate Chopin and the drama “Poof!” by Lynn Nottage, we learn that it is not always the case. Mrs. Mallard from “The Story of an Hour” and Loureen from “Poof!” are different characteristically, story-wise, and time-wise, but share a similar plight. Two women tied down to men whom they no longer love and a life they no longer feel is theirs. Unlike widows in happy marriages Loureen and Mrs., Mallard discover newfound freedom in their respective husband’s deaths. Both stories explore stereotypical housewives who serve their husbands with un-stereotypical reactions to their husband’s deaths.

As the story proceeds, Joe begins to control the economy of the city, self-proclaimed mayor, purchase more land, and hires neighbors to build a store. These changes that brings to his personality begins to distance Janie from him, feeling that she has become a "trophy". On the other hand, he forces her to wear a kerchief when she is working in the store. Janie’s hair is so attractive to men that Joe makes her hide it, thus limiting her femininity and repressing her identity. As T. Johnson and T. Bankhead stated,

Soon after they move to a new town, Eatonville, Joe concentrates his time and thoughts on being the mayor and becoming powerful, not towards Janie. One evening, as the town gathers for the grand opening of its general store, Joe denies Janie the chance to make a speech, even though the crowd wants one: “‘Thank yuh for yo’ compliments, but mah wife don’t know nothin’ ‘bout no speech-makin’. Ah never married her for nothin’ lak dat. She’s uh woman and her place is in de home’” (43). Janie, very hurt and embarrassed, does not tell Joe of her feelings, but instead keeps them to herself. This non-confrontational attitude toward her marriage shows how easily Janie lets Joe control her with his authority: “‘Ah hates disagreement and confusion, so Ah better not talk. It makes it hard to get along’” (57). Instead of working out her anger with her husband, an important quality in any working relationship, Janie keeps quiet and lets the frustration and emotion build within her.

Janie and Joe form a relationship that progresses quickly and not long after they meet, get married. Joe spoils Janie by giving her gifts and allowing her to work hand in hand with him in creating a town for them to live in. As the relationship continues we see that Joe is a jealous type. He tells Janie to have her hair tied up at all times because he notices other men in awe of her hair. This was the first in many cases when Janie is forced to change her appearance and behavior to please Joe.

A woman stay round uh store till she get old as Methusalem and still can’t cut a little thing like a plug of tobacco! Don’t stand dere rollin’ yo’ pop eyes at me wid yo’ rump hangin’ nearly to yo’ knees!”(78). He keeps saying she is old, when in fact she is actually very beautiful for her age. He wants to tear her down to make himself feel better about himself. Joe only cares about her as a trophy wife, not someone to lean on when the going gets

For Example, on Page 55 Joe orders Janie to tie up her hair when around the store as seen in the following line, “That night he ordered Janie to tie up her hair around the store.” due to him seeing other men admiring her hair and in once instance even touching her hair , but Joe never said

Joe ends up becoming the Mayor, Post Master, storekeeper, and the biggest landlord in the town. Although this is all fine for him, Janie in the mean time is not happy with the relationship and struggles to deal with it. Over the years Janie places all of her old dreams into the corner of her soul. She submits to Jody's need for control on the outside but on the inside she hides her real feelings and her real self. At one of the town meetings someone asks for a “few words uh encouragement from Mrs. Mayor Starks” and Joe replies buy saying, “Thank yuh fuh yo’ compliments, but mah wife don’t know nothin’ ‘bout no speech-makin’. Ah never married her for nothin’ lak dat. She’s uh woman and her place is in de home”(41) After hearing this from Joe, Janie feels as though, “that took the bloom off of things”(41). She is no longer truly in love with him anymore. After Joe dies, Janie feels free for the first time in years. Janie is in the room when Joe dies and soon after, she walks across the room to the mirror and tells herself that she, “The young girl was gone, but a handsome woman had taken her place”(83). Janie becomes a more independently thinking woman after his death because she doesn’t have the restriction that Joe forced on her. She is free from Joes dominant self and can now do what she pleases, which ends up being a very good thing for her.

Joe told Janie to put a head rag on as the mayor’s wife. She refused because she thought it would make her look like an old woman. However, in the book, she did not refuse to put the head rag on. In the book, when Joe told Janie “put this head rag on,” she puts it on because she always respects her husband. “What and wrap my head up like a old woman? How come?” Janie asked, “Cause I done told you too! You are the mayor’s wife” (Harpo). In the movie, Janie did not like being the mayor’s wife and she did not like wearing the head rag that she hated. However, in the book, she wore the head rag in respect of Joe. In the movie, when Joe went to buy more land, Janie went with him. In the book, she did not go with him to buy more land. In the movie, Joe told Janie, “Imma buy a hundred acres, then imma buy a hundred and four and I will sell the land we do not need to newcomers, Imma buy you your very own train card and we gonna criss cross this country first class” (Harpo). Joe and Janie also owned a store together and when he dies later in life, Janie decides not to sell the store in the movie. However, in the book she decided to sell the store because she did not want the townspeople to compare her husband Joe with her new boyfriend Tea Cake. In the book and the movie, after Joe is dead, Janie decided to run off with Tea Cake. Janie and Joe’s relationship changed when Oprah

He acted upon these initial feelings and started to communicate with her. Janie Also acted upon her feelings and agreed to start a relationship with this man, even though it might not be filled with “pollen and blooming trees, he spoke for far horizon” (C.4 p. 29). Janie felt as if Joe could satisfy her every need eventually. It just needed time to flourish. Joe started the relationship off by expressing to Janie that she was meant to be almost worshipped and that “she never knowed what it was to be treated like a lady” and he was here to show her what she's been missing out on. This later turns into irony. Joe is elected mayor of a town and becomes this powerful character with too much ego to bare. He starts to ask Janie to run the store that he put up for the people of his town, even though he claimed that a “ pretty doll-baby leak her is made to sit on de front porch and and rock and fan herself and eat p’taters dat other folks plant just for her” (C.4 p.29) so the guy that Janie thought was supposed to be her knight and shining armor, turned out to be her previous love in all the disguise of power and

The Round House Research Paper In The Round House, Louise Erdrich shows how a traumatic event can affect a person a person to adolescence. Teen’s common reactions to a traumatic event are anger, guilt, and being over protective of friends and family. In this case it is shown through Joe after his mom, Geraldine went through a brutal attack and suffered PTSD. Joe took many actions after the attack him, his family, and his friends.

“Why must Joe be so mad with her for making him look small when he did it to her all the time?” (101). In chapter eight, Janie recognizes the unfair double standards set by men, especially her husband. Men can sometimes be quite hypocritical, and when the woman goes to stand up to him, he will publicly humiliate her and expect her to stand there and take it. Unlike most women, Janie decides to take a stand on this unnecessary abuse, confronting Jody.

In the story, Their Eyes Were Watching God the author Zora Neale Hurston used the central idea that once people get a little power their true colors come out. This meaning that once you get some money, status, or popularity you start feeling yourself and you soon become the real you. Zora uses the literary element characterization to further develop the central idea. An example of this element would be Janie's husband, Joe Starks. When Joe first meets Janie, he was characterized as this sweet and loving guy.

The short store “Clothes” by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is about a young Indian woman, Sumita, and her cultural transition to America that is symbolized by her clothes and the color of her clothes. The traditional Indian attire for a woman is a sari and each one has its own purpose. Her clothes also indicate her progression from daughter, to wife, to woman.