Does Eudora Welty's Why I Live At The P. O?

Based on the real life assassination of black civil rights activist, Medger Evers, Eudora Welty’s short story “Where is the Voice Coming From?” explores topics such as prejudice and oppression. The story is told through the eyes of the narrator, a man full of deep-seated self-doubt yearning for status in a world in which he feels oppressed, and who is willing to do whatever it takes to obtain power. Through the use of characterization, imagery, and irony, Welty asks us, “where is the voice coming from?”

The first-person point of view is crucial to the theme of Welty?s story. Sister is self-centered and melodramatic. Sister 's descriptions are exaggerated, and because of this we tend to view her accounts of events

She First stated with Ppa-Daddy by telling hime that "Sister fails to understand why you don't cut off your beard"(146). Papa-Daddy is very sensitive about his beard and that made him quite upset, enough to call Sister a "hussy"(146). Then Stella-Rondo tells her uncle that Sister had been "devting this solid afternoon to sneering out my bedroom window at the way you look" (149). Knowing that Uncle Rondo has quite the temper, so much so that the next morning he, knowing how sensitive Sister is ti noise, "Threw a whole five-cent package of some un-sold one-inch fire crakers from the store as hard as he could into my bedroom and they everyone went off. Not one bad one in the string"(150). That is when sister made up her mind that she simply could not live in a house where everyone was against her.

Because of parents, one can never fall. "Why I live at the P.O." by 'Eudora Welty' and "Everyday Use" by 'Alice Walker' forced me to wonder how parents can choose between their children whom to love, support and give more preference as parents are considered for their unbiased love towards their babies. The point of view, tone, and plot of both stories show that Sister is bold, more clear, independent and, undeviating regarding her behavior, and what she wants, and has no fear to confront anyone against her even upon banished by her family than Maggie, whose fear overpowers her.

They are your competition, yet they support you. They are your enemy, yet when it comes down to it you end up fighting side by side. They hate you, yet love you more than words could say. Sibling relationships are among the most complicated and confusing things to understand. Complex sibling relationships are seen everywhere, whether you are reading or watching televison.

    The outspoken narrator of Eudora Welty's "Why I Live at the P.O.," known to us only as "Sister," intends to convince us--the world at large--that her family has "turned against" her, led on by her sister, itella-Rondo. To escape her family, she explains, she has left home and now lives at the P.O., where she is postmistress. As she delivers her monologue, the narrator reveals more about herself than she intends. We see her as a self-centered young woman who enjoys picking fights and provoking melodramatic scenes in which she is the center of attention. Not too far into the story, we realize that others in the family behave as melodramatically as Sister does,

In 1972, she writes “Sisterhood” which describes how women of different ethnicities, political and social backgrounds bond over the effects of male dominance and the importance of raising women’s self-esteem.

Sex, is Stanley and Stella’s way of forgiving and loving. Their one true emotional and physical coping system. As Stella insists, “there are things that happen between a man and a woman in the dark- that sort of makes everything else seem- unimportant.” When Blanche comes between them, Stanley and Stella’s relationship is taxed by her influence. On one hand, Blanche tries to manipulate Stella by criticising her husband and hinting that Stanley is incapable of love, that Stella is rebelling against her respectable upbringing, and that their relationship is based off their lust for sex. Ironically, Blanche identifies lust as a common and rudimentary emotion, although being guilty of it as well. As Blanche expresses her opinion, “acts like an animal, has an animal’s habits! […] There’s even something sub-human something not quite to the stage of humanity yet!” she progressively achieves her goal of squandering their relationship. On the other hand, Stanley additionally influences Stella, by voicing that Blanche is immoral. Ironically, despite Stanley’s attempts at dominance and escalations to violence, Stella, "was—sort of—thrilled by it” declaring her attraction and arousal from his beastiality. Even if Blanche and Stanley try to take advantage of her, Stella stays apathetic throughout the play due to the fact that she is an extremely weak character easily swayed by both characters. Further exemplifying the success of the alpha male demonstrations, rooting from the biological desire for superior genetic traits and

She would sooner stay with him, where she is safe in her assigned role as housewife and new mother, than believe her sister’s claims of rape against him, removing whatever power Blanche had and making Blanche no greater than herself. She tells Eunice “I couldn’t believe her story and go on living with Stanley” (Williams 165). She does not even want to make the decision to believe Blanche. All of these events allow him to regain his power, but unknowingly, Stella aids him in his endeavor to be the alpha again. She does not want to change anything. She does not want to disrupt the system that has made her the submissive woman she is and would rather bring Blanche down, allowing Stanley to win, because “Unlike Blanche who struggles for a change, Stella has passively accepted these role-relationships” (Nodeh

The overall theme/presence of sisterhood creates a perspective of a perfect mom versus a bad mom. Assuming that this group of mothers are part of a sisterhood, they are evaluated by their corporation to their guidelines (ex: when Mila brought donuts instead of homemade goods). After the mothers realizes they want what’s best for their kid and themselves, they combine an ally to have fun. Moreover, they created their own sisterhood that depicts today’s society. This movie exaggerates this by showing that after mothers go with a specific way of how to overcome parenthood, they start to make their own

This shows that their differences in personality and values results in a constant game of “cat and mouse”—Blanche continuously feels the need to point out Stanley’s inferiority and Stanley retaliates by working to “bring her down”. In addition to these irreconcilable conflicts, it could also be argued that Stanley and Blanche are allegories for two aspects of life that often clash. That is, Blanche is the representation of familial ties by blood—she is Stella’s sister by default and nothing can change that. Likewise, Stanley is the representation of familial ties by choice, for he was the one that Stella consciously chose to marry—chose to share a life with. Unfortunately, oftentimes these two bonds try to pull an individual person in separate directions, causing strain and resentment between the two while fighting for attention and compliance. In this case, the individual stuck in this “tug-of-war” is Stella, which is why her life, specifically her relationships, is what is mostly at stake if the two allegories square

Stella-Rondo, the storyteller's sister is the hero. The rival is Sister (the storyteller). Sister's opponent, who comes back to the family home in the wake of isolating from Mr. Whitaker. Stella-Rondo tirelessly bolsters her own rendition of occasions, including her claim that Shirley-T. Is her received, not organic, little girl. Hot-tempered, sensational, and manipulative, she impels family dissension to get her relatives to give her consideration and enthusiastic backing.

Have you ever known someone so well they will forever be your best friend? That is the experience of having a sister. The interpretation of the word sister can be taken in numerous ways. The dictionary definition of a sister is “a woman or girl in relation to other daughters and sons of her parents.” Even though this definition is accurate, it does not go into further detail on what an actual sister is. Sisters create another form of love that is deeper than any connection imaginable. The relationship between sisters is complicated and effortless at the same time. Some people may believe that sisters can be aggravating, although, overall this is not true, instead they usually show their love through a special bond and competitive instincts.

Each relationship has a particular value on it, which is the main reason why individuals aim to protect their loved ones and the bond they share with other people. When people are sharing a mutual feeling on a particular element, there is a high chance that will have substantial value for their relationship, and high regard for each other. Sisterhood, which is the relationship between sisters, is one of the relationships that can lead to the formation of unbreakable bonds, with each sister making the protection of the other her number one priority. Even though the novel Little Women and the poem Goblin Market are different in regards to their primary storyline, genre and writers, they do discuss a similar theme, the value of sisterhood, in

Based on the best-selling novel from Jodi Picoult, My sister’s keeper, this novel is jam packed with many different themes but the strong major theme that are clearly portrayed in the novel is the bonds of sisterhoods. Sisterhood is a strong theme throughout the novel. It appears in the novel all the time. We can see it through the characters of Anna and Kate, Sara and Zanne and Julia and Izzy. In each case, the sisters share an intense bond. These three sets of sisters all show the importance of sisterhood. They always rely with each other and keep on supporting each other no matter how hard it is. Sometimes that support just means one sister listening to the other’s thoughts or problems, as we see each pair of sisters do multiple times in the novel.