Personal Narrative: My Hero's Journey With Rose

Rose Quartz had been gone for years now. Everyone was just now adjusting to her absence. It was still quiet at the place the Crystal Gems called home. It was somewhat unsettling but she had grown used to it. They didn't talk much with her gone. It seemed as if there was no one to care. Well, maybe they did.. Intimidation probably kept them at bay. Rose had watched over them for so long. She was the "Mom" of the group. She cared for Pearl, Garnet, and Amethyst. Garnet had stepped up to the plate now that she was gone. She was now the leader of the group. Yet, Rose had big shoes to fill.

“ She thinks of her mother, who is dead. Dead, but still her mother. Joined. This is confusing. Of her father a gray old man who sold wild mink, rabbit, fox skins to Sears, Roebuck (Walker pg.2). Roselily once again starts to think back to the days when she was a child, to the days when she had no worries. She feels her mother who is dead still stands beside her in spirt to guide her on this unknown journey she is about to embark on, and for a moment it gives her comfort. “Or forever hold,” the Preachers’ words ring in Roselily’s ear. “ She does not even know if she loves him. She loves his sobriety. His refusal to sing just because he know the tune. She loves his pride. His blackness and his gray car. She loves his understanding go her condition. She thinks she loves the effort he will make to redo her into what he truly wants (Walker pg.3). Here the author really dives in to what Roselily thinks of her new husband. She knows she doesn't love him and probably never will. However, there are aspects about him which she thinks she can love and she realizes that will have to do

Being the strong- willed woman Rose of Sharon is she moves on with life. Then at the end of the

Rose is unable to fully accept herself or the statements made by her mother throughout the chapter, until she reflects back on her relationship and realizes how her mother predicted this by the condition of the garden taken care of by her husband. She understands her mother finally and stands up to Ted, explaining to him how she was going to fight for everything in the divorce.

9 “A rose shook in her blood and shadowed her cheeks. Quick breath parted the petals of her lips. They trembled. Some southern wind of passion swept over her and stirred the dainty folds of her dress.

Wesley Howard was married to Rose’s mother, Elizabeth Parsons. Soon after that, the couple had begun expecting a child. But, Elizabeth had died soon after Rose’s birth. Wesley is absolutely devastated by his wife’s death. He gets a ragtag engineering gig, spends most of his time at a bar called the Luck of the Irish, and talks down to Rose many times due to how much he misses his late wife. Wesley never even tells Rose that her mother died, he tells her that she left because he feels like she left him to raise his daughter by himself. He takes care of Rose because it’s the last connection to his wife, he finds Rain and gives it to Rose to make it happy. But after Hurricane Susan, he loses his job, he loses his house, and Rose gives up Rain. ““I was just trying to do something nice for her,” says my father. “I got her a dog and she gave it back. The one great thing I did. The one great thing.”” This quote is on page 210, and it shows how much he wants to protect and care for his child. On page 210, “Rose is fine. She has all she needs here. She’s just fine.” this quote shows how the author uses repetition to expose the desperateness and weakness he feels at the thought of losing Rose. But, this ignites a feeling of realization in Wesley, and he has an epiphany in the middle of the night. He wakes Rose up, drives her over to his brother and her uncle Weldon’s home, and drops her off. Right before driving away, he gives his daughter an affectionate and warm hug before driving off. Wesley realizes that Rose needs a support system to grow and live as an eleven year old child. She’s feeling more lonely after giving back Rain to the Hendersons, and he wasn’t there for her, but his brother was. His brother can give Rose the life she deserves: Weldon understands her, he has a money and job to provide for her, he’s

Walker continues to use negative imagery and ideas to reveal her hesitation towards the arrangement. The author uses these literary devices because she wants to illustrate Roselily’s reasons for marrying the man. Roselily does this because it is what's best for her and her children. In a way, Roselily is being forced because she does not have a better alternative to her current life. By marrying the man, Roselily will have a renewed lifestyle and reputation. Roselily imagines the flowers in her hand as kids. When she does this, her head fills with murderous thoughts. “A squeeze around the flowers in her hands chokes off three and four and five years of breath” (Walker 4). As guilty as Roselily feels, this shows how Roselily wishes she never had given birth to any of her kids. When she tightens her grip on the bouquet of flowers, she thinks of her children. Roselily dreams she did not give birth to these kids. Roselily’s ideas of murder could possibly be associated with her obsession with the idea of her personal spirit being robbed from her. Weddings usually give off positive connotations, however in Roselily’s mind she disturbs the happy wedding with dark thoughts such as the idea of murder. Deviating from the topic of “personal spirit”, Brent studies the ferocious thoughts swarming Roselily’s mind. “Roselily’s rebellious thoughts during the wedding ceremony go so far as to enter the realms of murder and blasphemy. She expresses a wish that she could be free of her three

| Rose is describing her frustration and also, describes her jealousy towards Caroline’s life; that she escaped from living on a farm and had the ability to choose her life.

Rose’s distraught for her marriage with fiancé is very evident in her facial expression as she runs to the stern and looks off to the ocean. When Jack enters the scene, it is apparent that he is nervous; but, as he approaches Rose, his face reflects calm but courage. While attempting to discourage her from suicide, Jack realizes she is actually very disturbed, but afraid to jump.In this case, he shares with her some anecdotes on his experience with ice fishing to ease her stress off. Examining another sub-scene where she trips and falls, we can see his courageous face turning into a face of her new hope for life. Her face is brightened, her eyes are mesmerized, and her mind is strengthened by the end of this shot leaving audience enchanted.

After the birth of her stillborn child Rose starts to concern that everything that happens to the

In the last chapter of the book, the family finds shelter from a storm in an old barn, where they find an old man dying of starvation and his young son beside him. Ma exchanges a look of meaning with Rosasharn, and she knows that Rosasharn understands what she must do. To save the old man from death, Rosasharn does something both brave and selfless, and has the old man suckles the milk that would have otherwise gone to her dead baby. This is where Rose of Sharon truly grows up, for when one is in need she is able to put others before herself and give life to someone in

Many people see obstacles and suffering as if they are the end of their existence. Obstacles seem to swallow people whole. However, once people see obstacles differently and see obstacles as an opportunity to strengthen one’s soul, people gain the ability to overcome obstacles. These people see obstacles as an opportunity to become a better person and be more than what he or she is. As Rose of Sharon endures having her husband leave her and giving a birth to a dead baby, she gains an incredible amount of moral strength which helps her transform into a new person and play an important and unexpected role at the end of the book.

She removed herself from the house and went into the same woods she started having mental breaks in and committed suicide. The narrator Violet found her, with “her head flung back, her white, white neck exposed like a lost Greek column.” (Bloom 4); Rose then responded to her sister’s presence by saying “closing time” (Bloom 4), signaling her death. This scene shows that even though Rose’s family grew up learning and helping Rose with her mental illness they didn’t ultimately know how to treat it.

Rose feels trapped and forced to conform to a life that seemed to be chosen for her. She felt like her whole life would be reduced to an endless string of parties and fake appearances. She states that she feels as though she is screaming for help and no one even turns around. At one point during the movie, Rose is suicidal and was ready to jump ship in order to avoid her pending arranged marriage to Hockley.

As a result, the rose makes the reader feel the pride and fulfilment the rose would have felt for overcoming the odds of survival in