Quotes From 'Bread Givers'

Despite Tom’s constant infidelity, he is able to “win the battle for Daisy” (Donaldson 196) because of his status and wealth. While he is not directly making a transaction with another person, Tom views Daisy as his “‘property’” (O’Meara 83). As he realizes that he is losing control over his wife, the value of his investment increases, and he begins to panic with the potential loss of what he sees as his (82). This view of an increase in value leads to Tom’s abandonment of one transaction, the one with Myrtle, for an object that is bound to him legally (83). Tom’s greed and need for control directly impacts his desire for Daisy; while he does not particularly care about her well being as a person, his selfishness will not allow him to lose a possession of his own which effectively demeans Daisy to a mere material

Jones’s selflessness develops the reader’s comprehension of how notable she is. Mrs. Jones was helpful when Roger told her that he had no one at home. She decided to take him home to clean and feed him. Mrs. Jones was willing to devote her time in order to assist Roger with his needs. Mrs. Jones also displays her consideration when she tells Roger he could have just asked for the money. Mrs. Jones showed her liberality by donating her money for Roger’s needs. The last example of Mrs. Jones’s unselfishness can be seen when she hands Roger the ten dollars. “‘Now here, take this ten dollars and buy yourself some blue suede shoes. And next time, do not make the mistake of latching onto my pocketbook nor nobody else's’” (359). Through Mrs. Jones’s generosity, the reader sees her as an exceptional

I would like to know why were women treated lesser than men? How did women adjust so quickly and “silently”. I want to find out if women ever were

The men had substantially more freedom than women, and was able to do whatever they pleased. They were the head of the household while the women did all the work. Men were able to become teachers, doctors and lawyers while the women could not.

I think the novel ended on a negative note because many quotes and evidence in the novel leaves us in a statement and thought saying that something bad is going to happen or something bad happened. In the novel, The Giver, it states, “ The memories had fallen behind him now, escaping from his protections to return to the people of his community.” This quote means that every step Jonas took outside of the community, the more his memories didn’t belong to him anymore. They slowly started to be in the hands of the community instead of Jonas. That action had impacted the people in a negative way, which had created a prodigious problem.

The role of women in society and at home increased, women were not subordinate to men, nor were they over men. Women and Men were equal both at home.

The narrator of the story who is the main character and unnamed, this symbolizes her significance as if she unimportant or a nonfactor especially for the era that this story takes place where women were not equal to men and often isolated to the home during illness and to raise the family. The narrator is aware of her husband John’s behavior towards her and her illness. She from the beginning doesn’t trust John her husband

One of our classmates mentioned that in women were always valued less than men throughout history, which I totally agreed. But on a side note, I also wanted to bring up the Iroquois. The Iroquois valued women with respect, in such that women attended clan meetings, voice their opinions and vote. Women were important that that family is passed down through

Males didn’t have any advantage over women like most action novels or any other piece of literature. Although, a male does hold the highest ranking by being the President, but no men from the lower positions got any special privileges. Everybody at a certain age participate in “The Reaping,” work in the fields, factories, or mines, have equal

Men were seen as strong, powerful, people and higher in social class. While on the other hand women are underrated and known for being weak, worthless and lower in the social class. An example of this is when a group of men are having a kindred meeting to discuss the

Men received greater respect; an ascribed dominant identity. Their ideas and needs were considered a necessity; they were entitled to decide their own destiny.

Men work all day, every day while the women stay home. Men support their family by gathering money by working to support family. Men have security for their family under protection so nothing will happen to them. As it says in "The Men We Carry in Our Minds”, it stated, ("You're right, it’s tough being a man these days" Pg. 132). They are saying that men had it harder back in the eight century because women was weak and unintelligent, they feel that women shouldn’t take the roles of a man. Thus this explain how women was treat different at get a

Historically, the act of defining femininity and what it means to be female was exceedingly important for a woman of the time to know, learn, and understand. By doing so would allow women to remain loyal to the roles they had been “destined” to play and would keep the social order in early modern culture intact. As the social order had been multiple times prior to the era in many cultures, the value of gender is measured by hierarchal status: men were on top because it was considered masculine to be “superior and commanding” (Rose 17), whereas women remain beneath men for women were considered “inferior and subordinate” (Rose 17) and was not suitable to be involved in anything within the domain of

  Women were once little more than slaves to their male "betters." Some women might have been respected, but their places were limited to roles as wives and mothers. They might rule a home, but were not believed intelligent enough for any other role. This chauvinistic attitude is well reflected in the novels Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, and Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad.

For centuries women were discriminated and ill-treated by men. Women were considered as inferior to men and viewed as a sub-ordinate to men, ignored, neglected, confined to house hold activities and forced to be as a good mother.