Motherhood In 'Push And Why I Write'

Mothers are a very important part of their children’s life. In “Mothers,” Nikki Giovanni presents two different portrayals of the narrator’s mother. The first one is when she is seen by the narrator as a young child, and the second one is when she is seen the the narrator as an adult. The narrator uses flashback to tell their story. The narrator also stays unidentified and mysterious.

She is willing to stand up to her spouse in order to make sure there are no complications during the birth of her second child. She is slowly realizing what it is to be feminist due to the fact that she is willing to try anything to convince Juan Pedro. Although she agrees to lie about her bruises saying “she fell down the front steps” (Cisneros, 226), it is a step in the right direction to feminism. Ultimately, the visit to the doctor allows her to receive help. She is given a chance to escape. She accepts the opportunity as she begins to find out that she no longer has to take the abuse from Juan Pedro.

The author, Sylvia Plath, deviates from the common connection most readers associate with a mother/daughter bond. Unlike the traditional correlation between a biological mother image and her child, Plath alters this modern ideology in an inventive, fresh manner. Opposed to the preceding example, Plath emphasizes Esther’s repetitive desire for another female character in the novel to be her real mother. These instances focalize on the true concept of the relationship between a maternal figure and child. Thus, Esther often reflects on her closeness to Dr. Nolan as being symmetric to a mother and daughter.

Both of these demands allow their protagonist to experience liberating moments, but the exercise and continual application of using your voice is what allows Janie to transcend self-recognition or liberating moments, and become liberated. Hurston's definition of freedom is the recognition of “self” illustrated through Janie’s developing voice. While exploring Janie’s three marriages you can see the stages in her life where her voice was silenced, liberated, and then empowered. By the end of the novel Janie is encouraged to continue growing in her liberation and developing her voice. Hurston brings Janie freedom by using true love. Janie’s love for Tea Cake, her third husband, and his love for her allowed Janie to experience an awakening of her self-consciousness. Tea Cake encouraged her to speak her mind, the Muck town allowed her to be free; it was there that Jamie became free from the societal customs that often oppressed her. When Tea Cake died she decided to return home; Janie’s homecoming showed the reader that she was able to return home with a self-conscious awakening, pass on the wisdom she gained to Pheoby, and display her confidence in speaking when she wanted to. She did not feel the need to explain herself if she did not want to because she was confident in

All through the novel Janie travels through valuable life experiences allowing her to grow as a woman. Janie at first has a difficult time understanding her needs rather than wants, but as she continues to experience new situations she realizes she values respect. Janie’s first two marriages turned out to be tragic mistakes, but with each marriage Janie gained something valuable. When Janie is disrespected in her second marriage with Joe Starks, he publicly humiliates her, disrespecting her as a wife and woman. This experience forced Janie to come out of her comfort zone and stand up for herself.

[completely seduced] is a free form poem focusing on the efforts and transformative process of motherhood. Brandt utilizes literary elements such as structure and space to directly address an impacting message to her readers. The integration of transformation in [completely seduced] strongly influences a connection between reader and speaker by indulging in the aspects and theme of a mother’s unconditional love. Through literary elements and a strong globally experienced theme, Di Brandt creates a powerfully raw message about the effects of being a mother and raising a child.

Throughout the novel, Janie waits for men to rescue her from her life rather than her taking action to have a better life and claiming her independence. Janie’s reliance on men is shown following Jody's death when she realizes "that she had a host of thoughts she had never expressed to him, and numerous emotions she had never let Jody know about. ”() Due to the fact that Janie allowed Jody's oppression suppress these "thoughts" and "emotions", and the fact that she only accepted them after his passing, Janie's passivity while in her relationship is exemplified. Janie relies upon death to give her the courage to "find" her suppressed emotions. Janie’s reliance on death is shown here because she is only able to find these emotions inside of herself

Janie was the type of woman who always gave the benefit of the doubt to people, and she always saw good in a person. In the end, she grew more independent because she was able to find her voice and stick up for herself. Joe began to abuse her, and Janie recognized that no woman deserved to be treated that way. After Joe’s death, Janie wanted to remain a somber widow because she wanted to be the perfect image of a grieving wife.

Janie is not a feminist because of her continuous passive tendencies and inability to stand up for herself in order to improve her quality of life. Her passivity is exemplified following the conclusion of her marriage with Jody when Janie describes how "she had a host of thoughts she had never expressed to him, and numerous emotions she had never let Jody know about. ”(72). Her description exemplifies her passivity because it shows how she allowed her “host of thoughts” and “numerous emotions” to remain hidden from Jody. Rather than demanding her power, Janie’s passivity is shown due to the fact that she allows her true emotions to be suppressed by Jody and does not stand up for herself for her emotional well being. Janie’s passivity is further depicted when Janie describes how “she was saving up feelings for some man she had never seen.”(72). Although Janie has the power to claim

In each of the marriages, the reader rediscovers the same issues and Janie’s same reactions. In order to protect her marriages, Janie repeatedly chooses to follow her husband’s instructions to control her speech and determine her appearance, job or duty. The control of Janie’s speech is an important theme in the novel. Her husbands, and Jody Starks in particular, often prevent her from expressing her voice, and they speak “without giving her a chance to say anything” (43). Regarding her appearance, she is told by them to wear specific clothes so “nobody else’s wife [would] rank with her” (41), but on the other hand, she is told to “keep her head tied up lak some ole ‘oman” (49) as to not show off her beauty and draw others’ attention. As for her job or duty, her husbands are the ones who choose whether “her place is in de home” (43), at the store, or in the field. Regardless, Janie’s main job is to be a good and loyal wife. Although her husbands “[want] her submission” (71) sometimes even more than they want her, Janie chooses to accept “all those signs of possession” (111) and tries to save her marriages hoping that one day it will be as successful as the one represented by the pear

Joe is a cruel and abusive man who lives a materialistic power-driven life that Janie has no interest in living. He treats her better than Logan does in terms of loving her, but still controls her life. “Janie loved the conversation and sometimes she thought up good stories on the mule, but Joe had forbidden her to indulge. He didn’t want her talking after such trashy people.” (53). Outside of the general store that Janie runs, the townspeople engage in banter outside and have a good time. Joe doesn’t let her speak out and this isolates her from making new friends and growing as a person. Instead, she has to take the role as the mayor’s wife and act like she’s above the citizens. Janie stays loyal to Joe for many years and does what he tells her to do. “I god, Janie,’ Starks said impatiently, ‘why don’t you go on and see whut Mrs. Bogle want? Whut you waitin’ on?’ Janie wanted to hear the rest of the play-acting and how it ended, but she got up sullenly and went inside.” (Ch 6). Joe believes he has more of a right to entertainment than Janie. He doesn’t care that Janie wants to have fun as well, or that she wants friends. All throughout their marriage, Janie has called him Jody but know uses Starks. This is the beginning of the cold feelings she has towards her husband. Towards the end of their marriage, she stands up to Joe and when he passes, she feels free and happy, while everyone around her feels she should be in mourning. She is finding that she doesn’t care what the town thinks of her and is redefining her life. A young man named Tea Cake walks into her store one day and not long after, they get

Janie’s search for unconditional, true and fulfilling love. That leads her to experience different kinds of love through her life as a result of gaining an independence on it. Because Janie strives for her own , but the others tend to judge her simply because she is daring enough to achieve her own autonomy. In her search for love and in the losses that she suffer in her life, She gain independence, but it begin slowly in the center part of the novel. Therefore before things happen. Janie hold her spark of courage and independence in the time when she was trying to leave the loveless marriage with Logan in order to run away with Joe Stark. Her independence grows, however , throughout her marriage to Joe. Her possession of being wife ,She gain more inner strength. She knew things that nobody had

Janie Crawford has dealt with a lot in Their Eyes Were Watching God, but the worst aspect Janie has had to deal with is the way that Joe Starks treats her. As her husband, Joe has an obligation to love and support her, but this is the opposite of what he actually does. This relationship that Janie has to put up with is terrible for her, but it does showcase her true character in the fact that she is able to show how she deals with terrible situations such as her marriage to Joe. Janie Crawford is able to truly showcase her character because of her unhappy marriage, therefore the reader is able to see into her mind instead of just witnessing what she chooses to show.

Janie seeks mutual embrace from the union of a male and female identity. We see in Janie and Joe’s relationship however, that Joe did not provide this mutual embrace. Janie’s marriage with Joe did not have the type of emotional and physical connection that Janie had seeked, as he suppressed her womanly aspects. Throughout Janie’s journey, the reader can see the struggle Janie has finding her own voice. Joe’s oppressive nature only suppressed Janie’s voice even further and for a long time she had lived under the vision he had of her instead of what she had.

Judith Wright’s poem “Mother to Child” is about a woman’s emotions during the different stages of motherhood. It tells the audience that the bond between a mother and her child is very powerful and that it changes as the child grows. Wright shows us this through her use of imagery, symbolism and the structure of her poem. The use of those three elements of literature help communicate the love the woman has for her child and how their connection grows stronger as time goes on.