Flowers In The Attic Literary Analysis

(TS) In Sue Monk Kidd’s novel The Secret Life of Bees, Lily Owens does not have an empathetic relationship with her parents as a result of the loss of her mother and an abusive father; however, Lily gains a new family figure, August Boatwright, who shows her the true empathy that is present between a parent and their child. (PS) Lily Owens’s absence of a mother and a “real” father causes Lily not to have a relationship with her parents that is filled with affection for one another. (SS) When Lily lost her mother, Deborah Fontell, she was told that she had shot and killed Deborah. (SS) Lily would say, “I would meet her saying, ‘Mother forgive. Please forgive,’” and she would kiss my skin till I grew chapped and tell me I was not to blame”

Eugenia Collier, the author of the short story Marigolds makes great use of literary devices such as imagery, diction, flashback, and juxtaposition in a way that creates a voice for the narrator that conveys both the regret over, and possibly the longing for her childhood. The diction, that is, the vocabulary choice is expertly combined with imagery, or the unique descriptions and sensory details, in order to allow the reader to formulate the experiences and the surroundings of the narrator's childhood in their imaginations. Flashback is used to allow the narrator to not only explain how she viewed the events of her past as a child, but to compare these views with her adult feelings of the same events. Juxtaposition aids in further explaining the connection between the setting and emotions of the main character, creating a better picture of the narrator’s life. These elements all combine to construct a narrative that effectively conveys the coming of age theme.

In the novel The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, the main character, Lily Owens struggles with the notion that she killed her mother and has to live with her abusive, neglectful father, T-Ray. Throughout, Lily searches for information about her mother and why she left her. Unexpectedly, she stumbles upon new mother figures that play an important role in changing Lily to the person she is in later. The typical sequence of a hero’s journey includes a departure, initiation and trials, and reintegration into society. By the end, Lily Owens developes into a more mature, independent young women after experiencing a difficult childhood.

There comes a point in one’s life when they must recognize the hardships placed upon them, and instead of being ignorant of those hardships, they must confront them head-on. In “Marigolds”, a short story by Eugenia Collier, the main protagonist, Lizabeth, encounters various struggles that come with living in a poor town in rural Maryland during the Depression, allowing her to learn more about growing up and accepting reality with all its flaws. Lizabeth is a 14-year-old girl who feels a conflict between her inner child and her inner woman, as she is unable to do anything that satisfies both sides of her. She feels too old to be a child, yet too young to be a

Power and control plays a big role in the lives many. When power is used as a form of control, it leads to depression and misery in the relationship. This is proven through the themes and symbolism used in the stories Lesson before Dying, The fun they had, The strangers that came to town, and Dolls house through the median of three major unsuccessful relationship: racial tension between the African Americans and the caucasians in the novel Lesson before Dying, Doll’s House demonstrates a controlling relationship can be detrimental for both individuals and The Stranger That Came To Town along with The Fun They Had show that when an individual is suppressed by majority they become despondent.

Seemingly, the flowers represent Elisa. She believes she is strong and tough and able to accomplish anything thrown her way; however, taken for granted as she is only a woman allowed to look and act accordingly. Surrounding the flowers is a wire fence set up to keep out predators and to separate the flowers from the rest of the farm. The wire fence is symbolic in the fact that it is identical to the world Elisa lives in. Elisa is contained within the farm, unable to explore or leave without the help of someone else. Elisa is stuck on the farm, isolated from the rest of the world so that she can be kept safe. Naive and unaware of how the world works, her husband keeps her on the farm to protect her from harm. When Elisa gives the chrysanthemum to the travelling merchant, she gives him a small piece of herself. Later, as her and her husband are driving to town, she sees the flower tossed aside as though it was nothing; as a result, she realizes she could never go off on and live the way the merchant had. The flowers embody her character still, and how out of her home without protection, the world can be harsh and cruel. In short, Elisa’s isolation leaves her ignorant, unable to understand how callous the world is, and comes to the bleak realization that she can’t live a life anywhere outside of her fence. Because of how women were treated, constantly pushed down and unable to pursue their interests, Elisa is left unable to learn what life has to offer. Learning

The setting of Alice Walkers short story” The Flowers” is important for us, the readers to obtain a perspective of how life was like growing up for a 10 year old African American girl by the name of Myop. The title of the story is “The Flowers.” When you think about flowers, you instantly compare them to being beautiful, pure, and innocent. The title of the “The Flowers” is a symbolism that correlates to Myop who is the protagonist of the story. Myop is just like a flower in the beginning of the story. She’s a pure and innocent child but that pure innocence changes when she discovers something that’ll change her life forever.

“Is there, then an evil that is innate, that is the little piece of monster in all of us.” (Cusatis). Every person has two sides, no one is completely good or completely evil. In the East of Eden, John Steinbeck uses a biblical metaphor to illustrate the innate good and evil that humans encounter. The novel includes several characters that are purely evil or do evil deeds. The Trask family is directly correlated to the Garden of Eden and other biblical narratives. “Steinbeck puts more into his stories than Genesis 4” (Fontenrose). Steinbeck illustrates the concepts of good and evil, family, and love to describe the frailties of the human experience.

Steinbeck uses chrysanthemum’s to symbolize Elisa’s strength and power in order to show how societal standards cause women to miss out on opportunities and become frustrated with the confinement of their expression. “[Elisa] was cutting down the old year's chrysanthemum stalks with a pair of short and powerful scissors. She looked down toward the men by the tractor shed now and then. Her face was eager and mature and handsome; even her work with the scissors was over-eager, over-powerful.” Chrysanthemum stalks require a great deal of force to be cut down, which is highlighted through Elisa’s use of “powerful scissors.” Ordinarily, flowers are portrayed as beautiful and delicate; however, chrysanthemums are sturdy and tough. Steinbeck chose specifically to use chrysanthemums because they symbolize the strength Elisa has; she is confident, empowered, and masculine, but all of her strength is confined within the standards of society just as the chrysanthemums are confined within the walls of her garden. Elisa, as a woman, is unable to express herself as strong, masculine, and proud because that was not the standard that women were held to during that time; her expression is confined to her work in the garden with her chrysanthemums, and it is frustrating for her to miss out on the opportunities that would showcase her strength and let it be appreciated by her husband and the mender because of the standard of delicacy and beauty that women are held to.

Flowers in the Attic by V.C Andrews informs the reader about death, love, betrayal and escaping. It is the late 1950’s and the Dollanganger family of 6 live a happy life as a family of four in the large home all goes well until their father’s birthday when he tragically dies in a car reck. Their Mother is forced to move to a place she never wanted to go back all because she is in debt. The family of 5 now catch a train to Foxworth Hall, in Virginia but the children never new of this family of theirs. They get their and the house is huge the grandmother meds the 4 children to a small room with their only play area being the attic. The four kids are forced to learn these rules and if the grandma ever catches them being sinful they will be whipped.

The I think that the remake of A Raisin in the Sun the raisin in the sun is better than the old one because it shows more struggle in the family. It doesn’t go with the full plot, they changed a couple things but it makes the relation to family better because it adds more deeper meaning to what family is. In the story mostly when Walter is mad or drunk he talks all wise but in a way it sounds true. He doesn’t want to get money for himself, he wants to get money for his family. To survive. He wants to support them. In the story most of the family thinks it’s nonsense, that’s what tears the family apart. Then Mama wants to buy a house for more space so they can actually be a normal family once again. So she sort of thinks the same thing Walter

In life they're will always be people who will deceive you in a variety of ways and their motives will try to justify those actions. In "A Doll's House," Nora deceived Helmer in result of her selfishness and immaturity. It began with small, innocent, white lies about her consumption of macaroons into the reader's realization that Nora had lied to Helmer about the fact that she had borrowed money and more specifically that she had forged her way into borrowing money from Krogstad. Although, Nora did save Helmer from dying, it didn't make it right for Nora to keep this from him and almost costing Helmer his job.

Will my black and African American people ever have a happy ending? Will we be afraid to sing, write poetry about our trials and tribulations or will we rise and stand for freedom because we no longer want to be consider as a strange fruit, but as one beautiful ripe fruit. To have confident is one thing, but to have courage is another thing and not everyone carriers this trait, but the ones that do make an impact. Now let’s talk about having power and strength through a song.

Whenever I see flowers growing on the ground outside I always think of one of my favorite lines from one of my favorite stories that says “There are flowers in your brain, You hurt them when you're mean to yourself. When you're nice to yourself, you give the flowers water and sunshine.Be nice to your flowers, don’t step on them.” I love this quote because even though the story is about a girl who has an abusive uncle, kills him in self defense, forgets everything and is basically a child, and then somehow made it to New York to visit a girl she hasn’t seen since high school, I believe that this line is an extremely important thing for everyone to take to heart and do. The story also shows that even though Mila treated Lo horribly in high school and basically ruined all of Lo’s high school life the girls still let Mila stay with them when she just randomly showed up at the apartment asking for a bed. Also one of the main characters really reminds me of one of my best friends, sweet, childlike, and innocent.

The garden straddles the border between the public and the private, the social and the personal, and the city and the country. It is both man-made, yet natural; both intimate, yet open. Hence, the garden, as a place of such contradictions, becomes a space for William Makepeace Thackeray to facilitate characters’ contemplation, pushing the engagement with the dichotomy between nostalgia and progress.