Essay on Elsie and Her Mother in Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

She early on can walk steadily on her two feet, all the while wearing shoes, she's said to be "the first among us to apologize: to drink apple juice out of a sippy cup,", but can still barely make out full sentences that aren't growls (242). Jeanette isn't well liked, mainly because she so quickly leaves behind her past life. And when examining what the other girls accomplished, often Mirabella, the nuns would often say 'Why can't you be more like your sister Jeanette?' (241). Since this is told from Claudette's perspective, we are supposed to believe that Jeanette doesn't care about the past years of her life, but I think that since Jeanette is the oldest, she feels compelled to lead the girls in this new obstacle in life. Everyone else may see her as 'trying too hard' or 'goody two-shoes', although she may just be figuring out all of these new things before the others as a way to look out for her

Is independence, happiness? Independence gives a person the freedom to do what they want, when they want to do it, as long as the person is not inflicting harm to themself or others. Susan B. Anthony, a women’s right activist says so in her quote, “Independence is happiness.” Anthony seeks independence from men telling them how they should act and thinks that as a free woman she will be happy and so will other women. Anthony’s logic behind the statement is supported by Janie in Their Eyes Were Watching God, and evidence from the haitian revolution First, Janie demonstrates that independence is happiness, in Their Eyes Were Watching God.

In the Eyes Were Watching God, Janie’s grandmother was very strict in her views of how

She is the furthest away from her origins she wouldn’t respond to her own name “GWARR” (pg241). Jeannette would have the most “spiffy penny loafer they would gloat (pg 241) while the rest of the pack would be gnawing on theirs. Jeannette was not suffering as much as the other she had adapted to the way of life. She would be wearing white kid gloves and while the nuns would be joking about she would be laughing with them in a harsh inhuman barking sound (pg 241). She would fell out of place and order to seem that she is a part of this activity. Jeannette was the first to apologize for all the mistakes had created (pg 242).She felt depressed about the idea they were a burden n the nuns. She act like a perfect pupil she follow the nun way accurately. She wears disconcerting fashions and had been the first one to cut her pelt into bangs (pg 242). Jeannette would smell onions, bleach’ candle wax, and thy odor of unwashed bodies, and she would pretend that she couldn’t smell a thing (pg 240) these uncomfortable smell that she couldn’t bear she would ignore them to act as a perfect

Ever since Jeanette was little, her parents stressed independence and self sufficiency. The lessons they taught Jeanette were full of life lessons and practicality. Jeanette was smarter because her parents style of teaching showed how fun learning could be. Also, Jeanette had so much independence growing up that she had to learn to fend for herself. This was a successful way of teaching because Jeanette and her siblings were:“all reading books without pictures by the time we were five, and [their] dad taught [them] math.

She was homeschooled most of her life, then for middle school, she went to a public school. Bethany was a shy, and quite little girl, and it was very hard to for make friends. Some people thought that she was a mute and could not not talk. She spent most of her time alone but then after a couple more years, she had made 2 best friends. Then she felt happy again, she felt as if she was normal.

Jeanie also had to remember to be kind. She knew that she had to be kind to her kids. She retained a hopeful perspective on her life at the moment. If she would be kind to her children and things would eventually get better.

She talked about how children came broken into her home, and it was her job to help repair their hearts. Her book details how she handled difficult situations, showed love to kids who felt unloved and demonstrated selflessness by always putting children’s needs before her own. I sat there amazed reading her book one night; I began to pray, “Create that kind of heart in me, God. Show me how to take who I am, who I want to be, and what I can do, and use it for a purpose greater than myself.” After finishing the book, I had never been surer of my purpose and what I am supposed to do in this life. I want to show children who are broken and feel unloved they’re special and tell them about a God who loves them more than they could ever imagine. I want to make it my goal that not one single child leaves my home without knowing hope for their

One of the aspects in this book that has brought attention to me the most is Phyllisia and Edith’s friendship. Over time, Phyllisia and Edith become good friends. Although there are some rough patches in their friendship, Edith helps Phyllisia open up her eyes to the world.

With just this slight confrontation so many doors opened up between both the girls. Jean in a way hinted at her family life and how she cannot go anywhere else, or she is not comfortable going anywhere else. Also in the same excerpt she mentions how her parents do not care about what she does. As a fourteen-year-old girl that is a very odd thing to say especially being an only child, but her parents are to focused on their own problems to raise and help develop her into a strong young lady.

“Children obey your parents because you belong to the Lord, for this is the right thing to do. ‘Honor your father and mother.’ This is the first commandment with a promise: If you honor your father and mother, ‘things will go well for you and you will have a long life on earth,’” (Ephesians ????). Jeanette is raised by this verse found in Ephesians. Her mother with a questionable past has adopted Jeanette since she is completely against the idea of sex although she is married. Determined that Jean is destined to become a missionary, her mother is very protective and shields her from the “enemies” of the world: The Devil, “Next Door”, sex, and slugs (Winterson 3). Ever since entering the family, religion had a huge

Their friendship shaped their lives and who they would become. Through their friendship Sarah blossomed in a person who found her place in Christ and was able to comfort others just as she had been as well she developed the gift of exhortation and learned to pray for others. Lydia was exposed to someone with disabilities that really added to her life but she learned to serve through their friendship.

She is forever changed by each experience and they have helped mold her view on religion and her relationship with God. Each location plays a significant role in the development of Jane's perspective on religion. Jane struggles to acquire true faith in God, which will help her overcome

One of the most important reference points for relationships in Jeanette’s life is the marriage of her parents, which she describes at the very beginning of the novel: “my father liked to watch the wrestling, my mother liked to wrestle” (5). Their ”battle for power and domination” is fought on a purely social level; there is no love or intimacy between them. They are not a prime example of a conventional distribution of gender roles either. Stevens (2011) explains that in our culture, relationships serve to form identities “of wife, husband, mother and father”. Jeanette 's father does not seem to have any role in the family, except to work and earn money. He is rarely present throughout the novel. It is Jeanette’s mother who is the 'paterfamilias ' and mother figure to Jeanette at the same time. There is an amount of irony and hypocrisy to this situation, as Christian values – “[w]ives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife […]” (the New Testament) – are very important to her. Jeanette 's mother and the church advertise the patriarchal law of the bible, yet many important positions in the church are performed by women. Jeanette is even allowed to preach, until her affair with Katy comes to light and the pastor claims her high position in the church was the cause for her 'unnatural desires ': “The real problem, it seemed, was going against the teaching of St Paul, and allowing woman power in the church. […][H]aving taken on a man

In “Their Eyes Were Watching God” Janie Mae Crawford is obviously the Protagonist. In this book, there's a lot of people who don't really like Janie. The character that was strongly against Janie was Jody Starks. Jody Starks was Janie's second husband. He was able to take Janie away from Logan Killicks by promising the world to Janie. When they met in Janie’s backyard, he said the sweetest things to her; stuff she would want to hear. The next day Janie left Logan and Jody and her were off to Eatonville. He bought his way into Janie's life. At first she was impressed with how well he talked to strangers. He bought her fancy clothing and treats. Jody provided Janie with anything and everything she needed, but not what she wanted. While he was living up to his promises, at the same time he was also showing he is in a higher class by flaunting his wealth. Throughout their whole journey, his only concern was running Eatonville properly and becoming a Powerful Mayor. His Leadership was apparently more important than his Beautiful new wife. Janie soon realized that Jody is more interested in his success than in her. He is a self-centered conceited man with lots of power. He was only happy when he felt that he was in control. He needed to feel like the “Big Voice” before anything else. Janie was a young beautiful women which was “perfect” for the mayor. “Everybody was coming sort of fixed up, and he didn't mean for nobody else's wife to rank with her. She must look on herself as the