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Leroy and Norma Jean are both victims of rapid social change. Norma Jean was the most affected by her surroundings comparing to Leroy. Norma Jean had to marry at the age of eighteen to the man who got her pregnant, and in a cruel twist of fate, the child dies of sudden infant death syndrome. This event from her life prevents her to look towards the

Friendships tend to change over time, for better or worse. This is illustrated in Toni Morrison’s short story Recititaf. The relationships of Twyla and Roberta are a rollercoaster from the moment they meet at the orphanage, to their confrontational meeting at the Howard Johnsons, to the picketing during segregation, until the end when they try and sort things out. One of the ways to show the rocky relationship of the two is through their dialog when they discuss their mothers.

In the story “Norma” by Sonia Sanchez it describes of Sonia in high school, George Washington high school, The other describes Sonia as a very shy girl and how she would walk with head down all the time, even when she slept. In the story, the other also tells us that Sonia would study every night.

From enthusiastic and on board with the life she lives, to not enjoying it and wanting to stop, Jeanette Walls life changes over the time of the book. Jeanette grew up with siblings, Brian, Lori and Maureen. She had a hard childhood constantly moving and not being able to make friends and did not have a lot of food. Her father was an alcoholic and could not hold a job, and her mother was a teacher who wanted to be an artist. She always dreamt big and had a lot of hope for the future but that changes in the book.

Leroy is misinformed. In fact, he is scared of what the future holds. To pass the time he

In Toni Morrison’s Sula, gender heteronormative relationships are demonstrated in a very punishable manner. The two main characters Sula Peace, and Nel Right share a very strong, well connected friendship. The two of them are a mirror reflection of each other, with the same desires. Heteronormative institutions in the book do not seem to be stable for the most part. Hannah Peace, the single mother Sula, lives a disordered life in her household while Helene Wright belongs to a conservative and peaceful life, but her husband is never around. With the two daughters of both families being part of each other’s lives, they create a friendship that shows the privilege for female-female bonds over male-male bonds.

Norma Jean is presented as a dynamic character due to the fact that her attitude and outlook starts changing towards her husband Leroy and her marriage. She went from spending time with her husband to being an introvert. She begins enjoying her time alone and becomes very selfish. She was strong at one point and the past just ate her up inside letting it get the best of her. All the attention is drawn to herself and she does not take the time to see how Leroy is feeling or reacting to this sudden behavior. In paragraph fifty four it states how Norma Jean changes into this selfish creature that Leroy does not even know anymore after sixteen years of marriage. "Before his accident, when Leroy came home he used to stay in the house with Norma Jean, watching TV in bed and playing cards. She would cook fried chicken, picnic ham, chocolate pie-all his favorites. Now he is home alone much of the time. In the mornings, Norma Jean disappears, leaving a cooling place in the bed" (Mason paragraph 54). Norma Jean loses her father and son and now she is just letting herself slowly drift away out of her husband's life. Norma Jean's appearance does not change much in Leroy's eyes. She keeps up with her physical and outer appearance but its her inner self that need massive work. Her attitude with her mother and husband starts coming off aggressive and careless. In paragraph 110, Norma Jean's repsonse is spoken without proper mannerism.

Unlike her father and sister Jeanette shows us that it is capable to reach your full potential regardless of what you have gone through. Even through the hardships of her childhood Jeanette is set on moving to New York with Lori and becoming a reporter. By putting her past aside she is able to achieve this and finally reaches her full potential. “I still went into the office in the city once a week, but this was where John and I lived and worked, our home—the first house I’d ever owned. Mom and Lori admired the wide planked floorboards, the big fireplaces, and the ceiling beams made from locust posts, with gouge marks from the ax that had felled them.” Unlike any of the houses she lived in as a child, her current home goes above and beyond. If you compare Jeannette to her sister Maureen it’s clear that becoming all that you can be depends solely on yourself. Maureen went through the same experiences as Jeanette, yet Jeanette is the one who decides to do something with her life, while Maureen continues to let her life be the same as it always was.

Jeannette Walls is shaped by the independence of her entire childhood as she learned how to create her own future and fend for herself. For example, as Rosemary Walls throws another fit about her “horrible” life, Jeannette vows that she will never end up like her own mother and that she would never feel sorry for herself (248). Jeannette is tired of having to always pick up the messes that her parents constantly

Meanwhile, Norma Jean’s activities have her expanding and growing in broader ways that let her see the bigger picture. For a while, she is content with playing familiar music on the organ, but as she further educates herself, she does not want to play it anymore (309). She is enthralled with her college class and building muscle with her weight lifting class. She is constantly improving and strengthening her mind and body while Leroy is just observing, and content to stay the same, and when he does go out of his comfort zone, it is not in leaps and bounds like Norma Jean’s activities. All of her

In the film Norma Rae, the textile workers were unsatisfied with many aspects of their Capitalistic work environment. They fought to form a union so that they could change the undesirable characteristics to better meet their needs. Political, environmental and cultural processes all played a part in the workers struggle to form an effective union.

What immediately struck me about the first sequence is the noticeable power imbalance between Walter and Phyllis; in this moment Phyllis is the one wielding it. Looking back on the scene after watching the entire movie, the power imbalance is all the more noticeable to me. Multiple techniques in the sequence subtly highlight this imbalance and hint at Phyllis’ true motivations. The scene begins with Walter driving up to the Dietrichson home. The outdoors lighting is bright, there are children playing in the streets, and a beautiful view of the landscape and homes beyond the street. The car Walter Neff drives is obviously dark against the light scene surrounding it. Later scenes where we see the house, more specifically the garage, it’s nighttime and covered in darkness. It’s almost as if it symbolizes the darkness that entered that home the moment Walter and Phyllis crossed paths. When we first see Phyllis, she’s at the top of the stairs in the front entrance of the home. The room is shaded, except for light emanating from the window that lands right where Phyllis is standing in just her towel. The layout of the maid, Walter, the stairs, and various pieces of furniture all appear to form a Fibonacci spiral that leads the viewer’s focus straight to Phyllis. It’s no coincidence that in

In the story Shiloh, Norma Jean faces many dilemmas involving gender roles. To begin with she got married when she was 18 which resulted in her having a baby. Her mom, Mabel, didn't want her to have a kid knowing that it wasn't going to turn out good, which was proven correct when Norma lost her baby at 4 months old. Since then she had been living with her husband Leroy, who happened to hardly be home due to work. Throughout that whole time while Leroy worked, she stayed home like a typical housewife but things started to change after some time. Norma started getting used to his absence, provoking her to do her own thing and to become her own person. For once she had felt independendent like she was able to do her own things instead of living up to everyones else expectations. When Leroy got into the car accident at work that drastically affected Norma preventing

The pushy outsider, Reuben works as the fulcrum on which Norma’s newly found identity exists. With his polishing, she slowly transforms into a confident individual with her full potential,

An example of one of these traits can be shown by her ability to distract herself from negative situations. Jeanette is constantly put in troublesome situation created by either parents, her environment, or even herself. Her ability to focus on everything but the negatives is something that allows her to overcome adversity much easier. This example can be shown when she was moving for the first time, and her dad stated “anyone who didn't like to travel wasn’t invited on our adventure” (Walls 18). Jeanette then “burst into tears” (Walls, 18). Her losing her cat can be seen as a very gloomy situation for Jeanette, so she must overcome it by using her ability to distract herself. The idea came from her mom, since Jeanette said she “got us singing songs like ‘Don't Fence Me In’ and ‘This land is your land’” (Walls, 18). As can be seen, Jeanette’s ability to sing away her feeling of unhappiness when she