George Eliot’S The Mill On The Floss, We Follow The Protagonist,

Maggie is the younger sister of the two. Parallel to Mama, Maggie also suffer from insecurities. Dee is lighter than Maggie with nicer hair and a fuller figure. Maggie was burned in the house fire and she shuffles when she walks. She is described as being shy, unable to make eye contact, and does not like to be seen when other people are around. The story tells how “she stand hopelessly in the corners, homely and ashamed of the burn scars down her arm and legs, eyeing her sister with a mixture of envy and awe” (p.315). Maggie’s thought of her sister is that she has always held life in the palm of one hand, that’s “no” is a word the world never learned to

The author continuously characterizes Tom Walker in a way that makes the readers pity and resent him to not want to follow the example of his life. For example, after Tom's wife takes all their valuables and tries to strike a bargain with the devil when Tom wouldn’t do it himself, he goes looking for her in the woods. Irving shows just how little Tom cared about his wife when he describes his reaction to her disappearance and death. He is more concerned about the safety of his silverware, which she had taken with her. "He leaped with joy; for he recognized his wife's apron, and supposed it to contain the household valuables.” That shows that he is really greedy and ruthless. However, Tom shows no remorse for his dead wife and has evidence that shows that his wife had beaten up even the

Amanda and Tom share a familial relationship of mother and son. Williams depicts Amanda at first interpretation as overbearing, hypercritical and controlling. However, on further assessment, the audience is able to acknowledge a more admirable facet to her character: her evident persistence in trying to love her children. Through her attempts in perpetuating her youth and past glory, she distorts reality to fit her

Maggie is not is not the attractive sister. As she is described she is a thin and awkward girl. Mama also noted that

The theme that I think the story has presented was the growth of the character Tom. In the first part of this book Tom participated in many pranks and adventures not caring about the consequences that could happen after each prank or adventure. After witnessing a murder with his friend he shows a little bit of growth from the prankster he is. He had done the right thing to testify against Injun Joe. Doing the right thing helped him grow as a person and the reward of becoming more of an adult.” Auntie, I wish I hadn’t done it—but I didn’t think.” Chapter 19, pg.118 When Tom realized he had hurt aunt Polly by not telling her he was still alive. He tells her that he cares about her a lot. Tom had matured enough to take the blame for something he had not done to keep Becky out of trouble. Throughout the story he grew as a

When Tom, Nick, and Myrtle were at Tom and Myrtle’s apartment everything was going smooth until Myrtle says Daisy’s name. Tom doesn’t think she has a right to say her name and she does it anyway. Then he hits her and breaks her nose. He shouldn't want to feel like he should have control over Myrtle. (pg 37) Tom was also disrespectful when he dug up dirt on Gatsby. Tom brought up Gatsby's past and accused him of getting his fortune from illegal activity. He also found out he was an oxford man. And that Daisy knew Gatsby before Tom met Daisy.(pg 122) First off Toms cheating on Daisy with Myrtle is very disrespectful to both women. Tom says that cheating is dirty and women shouldn't be going around and doing that to their man. When he is doing the exact same thing to Daisy. (pg. 103) Overall Tom is easily pushed, unaware of the consequences to his behavior, and very disrespectful to the people around

He does not speak as often but nonetheless is developed as a careless and unlikable character. Since Tom was Nick’s friend, he was not described in the same manner that Myrtle was. Tom is a more likable character than Myrtle but still displays signs of carelessness and ignorance. The most protruding evidence of Tom’s personality comes directly after the breeder of the dogs announced that the dog that they purchased was a boy. After being told this Tom immediately declares that it was a female. Tom’s ignorance and poor listening skills is on full display here as he shows no respect toward the dog owner. Tom’s physical appearance is not described in this passage for it would not add to his development as a

I believe that Tom is a spoiled brat that thinks he is better than everyone else, he also puts up a fake front to make himself seem like a perfect little angel when he really isn’t, and he treats Matt extremely poorly. For example, the text states, “Tom’s bristly red hair was slicked down, and his fingernails were neat, white crescents. Tom was always perfectly groomed for these occasions, and it earned him admiring comments from the women who came to El Patron’s birthday parties,” (Farmer 95). The text also implies, “Tom hurried down the hall. He glanced back with a look of savage triumph,” (Farmer 121). Lastly, the text explains, “In less than an hour Tom returns with a peashooter. The boy outside seemed to have an endless amount of peas, but eventually he called Matt a few bad names and went away,” (Farmer 46).

Tom and George’s attitude towards women are similar and different. They each treat women on how they see fit. Neither Tom nor George has much respect or understanding for women. Both have no understanding of what a woman's place in life should be. The difference is how they maintain control when the women in their lives challenge their roles as men. Tom is an unfaithful man when it comes to marriage. He had an affair with George’s wife Myrtle Wilson. It is seen as morally wrong to be unfaithful to one’s significant other. Tom does nothing to hide the affair and goes as to accept a phone call from his mistress during dinner. Tom treats his wife and mistress like trash whereas George put’s his wife on a pedestal. George Wilson is seen as being submissive around women, we see that when he’s with his wife Myrtle.

This sets a fire in Tom’s stomach as he was enjoying them and cheers them on. I believe this brought up the past which reminded Tom of his Aunt belittling him. This scene is what turns Tom into a plotting murderer. His plot to take over Dickie’s life is almost unsettling. The way Tom feels on the train with his “…affection, of impatience and frustration was swelling in him.

Maggie comes from a very strained family life, living in poverty. She lives in a horrific tenement in the Bowery neighborhood of New York’s Lower East Side, with her two younger brothers, Jimmie and Tommie. Jimmie is hardened against any sympathy due to the years he spent on the streets fighting with gangs and is currently working as a truck driver. Tommie was the infant of the family who passed away at a young age. The tenement is filled with argumentative feelings amongst her parents. Mary Johnson, Maggie’s mother, is an alcoholic and very aggressive. She has been noted for torturing Maggie with hateful words over actions that she has done. Mr. Johnson, the father, was also very aggressive with his children and an alcoholic like his wife, he too passed away. Maggie had a relationship with a friend of

Culture and heritage is something people often try to preserve. In the short story “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker, Maggie and Dee argue over how to keep their heritage alive. They have gone separate ways but now for a short period of time, they are back together. As you progress through the story one thing becomes clear. Dee and Maggie may be sisters but with few similarities, they have very different ways of doing things.

1- Maggie has many internal and external conflicts within the story. A main internal conflict would be that Maggie being jealous of Dee. Maggie and Dee are sisters, Maggie is jealous of Dee because she was not burned in the house fire. Maggie’s sister, Dee, did not get burned because she was safely out of the house near a gum tree. Maggie is jealous because, due to her burns, she won’t be able to do some of the things that Dee has gotten to experience.

Along with the character transformation in “A Doll’s House”, Tom, from “The Glass Menagerie”, also goes through some character changes. Throughout the entire play, Tom was working in a warehouse trying to support his family. While working there, he was struggling with his dreams of becoming a merchant marine. Towards the end of the play, when Tom introduces his friend Jim O’Connor to his sister Laura, his mother hopes that this could be a man that Laura could settle down with and someday marry. When Amanda finds out that Jim is already engaged, she blames Tom. She is furious that Tom brought a gentleman caller over

The Waste Land, written by T.S. Eliot, is poem portraying the lack and/or the corruption of culture in England during the post WWI period. Eliot uses a form of symbolism, in which he uses small pieces from popular literary works, to deliver his message. He begins by saying that culture during the post WWI period is a “barren wasteland.” Eliot goes on to support this claim by saying that people in England are in a sort of shock from the violence of World War I. Eliot believes that the lack of culture open doors for immorality to grow among the populace.