Common Love Theme of “Groom Service” and “the Return” Essay

Everyone has a desire, something that they want to achieve or obtain for them. Whether it is ethical or immoral, having desires is almost inevitable. Sometimes these desires make people go through tough times. Tragic occurrences such as death and broken relationships shape the lives of people positively or negatively. In the following essay, “Many Rivers to Cross” and the short stories, “Two Kinds” and “Everyday Use”, the protagonists of these texts struggle to achieve their desire, but because of those struggles the main characters do eventually come to a revelation.

A famous Finnish statesman named Harri Holkeri once stated “Men and women have different roles-their roles are different, but their rights are equal.” (“Harri Holkeri Quotes”). The role of men and women follow centuries of common stereotypes that influence modern society. The short story, “Groom Service”, explores a gynocentric society where women are the dominant figures and the men are the weaker gender. This short story written by Michael Dorris, follows the journey of a young man named Bernard who upon his mother’s wish, tries to impress Marie and her family in order to get married. While the characters portray contradicting personalities and behaviours, it is evident that their skills and jobs are much similar to reality. Though women

The lack of respect given to the indigenous women in the European families is the main difference between the two family structures. Within indigenous families, everyone lived together and respected each other. In European families, the indigenous women were not consulted on family decisions regarding their children. In Mistress Madeleine, Madeleine is not respected when her “husband” brings back a legal European wife. Madeleine maintains her independence when her

     In contrast to these fairly pessimistic views on love, the author describes an instance in which a couple found true love. Mel tells an anecdote of an old couple that was admitted to the emergency room after a very bad car accident. The two people were wrapped up in full body casts, and as a result they could not see each other. Mel noticed that the old man was very sad, even

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.

Good evening. I would like to begin by welcoming each and every one of you to this joyous and stressful occasion.

In both short stories, it is evident that aged traditions possess the capability to construct barriers between the strong bonds existent in families. Traditions have the ability to turn

Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen - I am the groom's father, Ken, and I have the great privilege of being best man. I have recently found out there are two reasons why J W asked me to do this job. 1) To make him look younger and slimmer in the photos. 2) Because he didn't want to burden any of his friends with the terrible prospect of having to give this speech.

We live in a society that has increasingly stomped on love, depicting it as cruel, superficial and full of complications. Nowadays it is easy for people to claim that they are in love, even when their actions say otherwise, and it is just as easy to claim that they are not when they really are. Real love is difficult to find and keeping it alive is even harder, especially when one must overcome their own anxieties and uncertainties. This is the main theme present in Russell Banks’ short story “Sarah Cole: A Type of Love Story,” as well as in “The Fireman’s Wife,” written by Richard Bausch. These narratives, although similar in some aspects, are completely different types of love stories.

The narrator is totally crushed by the gender discrimination. She longed to be seen by her mother and her grandma. The narrator is heartbroken that her mother loved her brother more than her and failed to notice her. “When she went into Nonso’s room to say good night, she always came out laughing that laugh. Most times, you pressed your palms to your ears to keep the sound out, and kept your palms pressed to your ears, even when she came into your room to say Good night, darling, sleep well. She never left your room with that laugh” (190). Her agony can be easily seen by the way of her narrating. She does not get the affection that she deserves. She really needs the affection from her own mother, but she is not getting it. She compares the love which her mother shows to his brother and herself. This is gender discrimination can be seen with her grandmother too. She hated her grandma as she would always support her brother and find fault with her. Even though what the brother did, no matter what crime. Her mother and grandmother always supported her brother and never supported or showed interest towards

certainly connect with the narrator’s story of I Want a Wife. This is a narrative essay, in which

The stark divide between love and marriage shown right the way through cannot be comprehended fully by the twenty-first century reader: in today’s society marriage and love are mutually exclusive - you very rarely get one

     The film¡¦s name is Father of the Bride. It involves George Banks (Steven Martin), and Annie Banks (Kimberly Williams). The time period is in 1991. The technique of the filmmaker is very good, it tells the middle age people¡¦s thoughts and feelings.

In the end, each character has played a role based on the expectations society creates. The men and women all have their own ways of manipulating one another. “The woman is judged by society under the man’s law (Rosefeldt).” Society’s expectations of woman back

In the short story “The Beggar Maid”, Alice Munro explores the opposing forces created from contrasting social identities between partners, which may later result in an abusive relationship. Social identity, in terms of social class, is an understanding of yourself and is based on where you are seen in a social hierarchy. Socioeconomic position is often a major contributing factor in abusive relationships. The term abuse tends to be correlated with physical actions, however, it is important to acknowledge that abuse can also be psychological. Coming from a small town and a lower-class family, Rose is able to attend university due to a scholarship she received. Once at university, Rose struggles with her social identity as a result of her upbringing. Although Patrick comes from a wealthy, upper class family, he is also experiencing a similar feeling of isolation. Unfulfilled expectations and pressure from Patrick’s parents make him feel isolated and insecure and are ultimately causes of his nervous actions. The relationship between Patrick and Rose show two people from different ends of the social hierarchy. The insecurities that Rose and Patrick have from their respective social upbringing has caused them both to accept and take part in an abusive relationship. The difficult process of leaving an intimate partner is explored through a study and provides evidence as to why it is so difficult for Rose to leave Patrick. Another source suggests that Patrick’s emotional insecurities that later lead to him being involved in an abusive relationship can be traced back to his childhood and the negative relationship that he had with his parents.