Rosaura The Road Summary

The character was illiterate and thus excluded her from others. In the beginning of the story, the shame from the daughter and others was made prevalent as the author wrote “I learned to be ashamed of my mother” (58). The shame and prejudice began to grow when the mother goes to the school to register her daughter. The mother needed and asked for help when she was filling out the forms that were required for her daughter to go to school. The author wrote “The women asks my mother what she means . . . The women still seem not to understand. ‘I can’t read it. I don’t know how to read or write,” (60) showing that the women the mother was asking for help, did not understand her question, because her ignorance of other people. Her poor understanding of the question clearly made the mother feel even more ashamed of herself. The author goes on to write “My mother looks at me, then looks away. I know almost all of her looks, but this one is brand new to me.”(61) exhibiting how the mother never felt so ashamed and embarrassed in front of her daughter. Once the woman realizes that she was on a higher “level” than the mother, she agreed to help, the author wrote “and suddenly appears happier, so much more satisfied with everything”(61). The mother was being ridiculed and humiliated by the second, as the other

In this essay, female oppression in La Casa de Bernarda Alba will be discussed and analyzed. However, in order to be able to understand the importance of this theme and the impact it has had on the play, one must first understand the role of female oppression in the Spanish society in the 1930s.

Moreover, Rosa displays her vulnerable side that shows that even she can be empty like roses losing their symbolic meaning of love. When Hans was getting ready to leave for the war, Rosa “embraced him first. No words. Her head was buried tightly into his chest, then gone” (Zusak 424). Later on, with Hans still gone, Rosa “was not the same—she didn’t berate” (Zusak 425).Without Hans, she shows a side of her that is fragile, broken, and empty while similarly, roses lose a part of them

Through characterisation, the author is able to express the main idea of disempowerment and also allowing us as readers to feel discontented and upset towards the main character.

Rosaura was the daughter of a once wealthy sugar cane plantation owner named Don Lorenzo. It can be assumed that Rosaura was fairly young at the onset of this story, but old enough to read and attend school. Her mother had recently died (reason is not specified) and her father quickly remarried to Rosa. This young girl loved to read books in a "dense overgrowth of crimson bougainvillea vines" (p.1). It should be noted that the color of crimson and red are repetitively used to describe associations with Rosaura. The red association is first in the flower on vine, then in the bloodlike guava compote which gets spilled on Rosa's dress.

An example of this shows up when Lily goes into a store to purchase some snuff for Rosaleen, in addition to other products, but is denied service because it was a Sunday. Her actions that follow show what a loyal person she is: “Could you open the Coke bottles for me?’ I asked, and while he walked back toward the kitchen, I dropped the snuff in my bag and zipped it up. Rosaleen had been beaten up, gone without food, slept on the hard ground, and who could say how long before she’d be back in jail or even killed? She deserved her snuff” (63). This quotation is an example of indirect characterization because Sue Monk Kidd is revealing information about Lily by her actions; in this case, by how she pilfers the snuff for Rosaleen. Her putting her reputation on the line by committing a crime she could have been chastised by the police for, just to get her friend Rosaleen such an insignificant object, (to most, at least) shows her loyalty to her friends. Based on Lily’s intelligence and “I play by my own rules” attitude it is no surprise that she is also very independent in her ideas and

The story is about Rosaura, the nine-year-old daughter of a woman who does housecleaning for a wealthy family. Rosaura often accompanies her mother to work and does her homework with Luciana, the daughter of the house. As a result, or so she thinks, Rosaura is Luciana’s friend and has

Characterization is used not only to amuse readers, but to also display an understanding of human nature, in this case a decline in values. June Star is described as critical with a nasty motormouth. She is rude to everyone surrounding her although adults seem to find her charming; “’Ain’t she cute?’ Red Sam’s wife said leaning over the counter. ‘Would you like to come be my little girl?’ ‘No I certainly wouldn’t,’ June Star said. ‘I wouldn’t live in a broken-down place like this for a million bucks!’ and she ran back to the table. ‘Ain’t she cute?’ the woman repeated, stretching her mouth politely. ‘Aren’t you ashamed?’ hissed the grandmother” (O’Connor 121). In life, there are a multitude of ways to reply to various comments and she could have courteously declined. Her response allows her to be represented with an absence of

Usually being able to see is a “spiritual act” and it “symbolizes understanding” (Cirlot 99). Therefore, when you take away the ability of sight, whether it be purposeful or accidental, you take away understanding and acceptance. Both the man from The Road and Natasha Trethewey struggle with accepting their reality for what it is. Their deliberate limited vision-- the choices they make to overlooks their respective bleak realities--, allow them to cope with their world.

The main character or narrator in the Cathedral was not only jealous of the relationship between his wife and her friend (the blind man); moreover, he had not seen him in person and did not appreciate the idea that he was actually spending the night at their house. However, after the narrator’s encounter with Robert, he perceives that he was not what he expected him to be; instead, he was gentle and friendly. On the other hand, the main character or narrator in everyday use was outspoken and straightforward, explaining about her surroundings and what had transpired in her life. From harsh labor to the different circumstances, she had faced in her lifetime; she also talks about her daughters who had different personalities.

Cisneros presents the loneliness that Rafaela feels because of her husband’s continuous imprisonment of her. Rafael’s beauty is used as an excuse in order to avoid the truth, male dominance in a woman’s home. Esperanza explains that, "Rafaela who is still young gets locked indoors because her husband is afraid Rafaela will run away since she is too beautiful to look at." (79). Thanks to these women, Esperanza is able to avoid problems that come with a marriage. She is young and does not want to "look out the window her whole life, the way so many women sit their sadness on an elbow" (11). Unlike most of the women in the book her escape is no longer the window. "But that night he comes back and sends a big rock through the window"(85), shattering her glass hopes [???] and making her turn to poetry as an escape. "Minerva is only a little bit older than me but already she has too kids and a husband who left." (83) She is a perfect example of a woman who is subjected to the consequence of suffering because of marriage She "writes… on little pieces of paper that she holds in her hand for a long time" (84). Like unhappily married women, she always takes him back even after the incessant beatings. "She has many troubles, but the big one is her husband who left her and keeps on

Interestingly, Bemberg juxtaposes entrapment with resistance to patriarchy. Therefore, we can posit that Camila’s choice to pursue Ladislao goes against the patriarchal system in more ways than one. On one hand, she disobeys and refuses the choice her paternal father has made for her, that is Ignacio, as her mate and on the other hand, Camila’s choice of mate depicts the failure of Rosas’ dictatorship as he is unable to truly propagate and enforce his ideologies but more importantly it underlines an insolence to the patriarchal values on which the government and all other social institutions including the family and church are built. The physical entrapment of Camila and La Perichona in the film highlights the function of the patriarchal system that has suppressed females’ expression of love in Argentina during the reign of Rosas. However, the issue of female entrapment leads to resistance. Camila’s entrapment with her passion has led her to act against values of the patriarchal system so as to satisfy her desires, whereas the physical entrapment is an indication that she has rebelled against the system, as such her privileges has been restricted. Thus, in the event that Camila had not challenged the patriarchal system then she would not have faced imprisonment and her life would have been

In The Chrysanthemums, Elisa is a woman who is trapped at her husband Henry’s ranch by her gender and society’s idea of what a woman can manage. She is a very strong, capable woman who works all day to make the house spotless and the garden thrive. Elisa is good at her work, “behind her stood the neat white farm house… it was hard swept looking little house, with hard-polished windows, and a clean mud-mat on the front steps”. That show just how much work she puts into keeping the house clean. Elisa knows she is capable of successfully accomplishing any number of what society labels as men’s work and being held back makes her bitter and resentful. In an attempt to feel freedom, Elisa gifts some of her chrysanthemums to a traveling solicitor. She is devastated when she spots the flowers dumped on the road on her way to town with Henry. Elisa, like her flowers, feels discarded and devalued by men and society.

The narrator is totally crushed by the gender discrimination. She longed to be seen by her mother and her grandma. The narrator is heartbroken that her mother loved her brother more than her and failed to notice her. “When she went into Nonso’s room to say good night, she always came out laughing that laugh. Most times, you pressed your palms to your ears to keep the sound out, and kept your palms pressed to your ears, even when she came into your room to say Good night, darling, sleep well. She never left your room with that laugh” (190). Her agony can be easily seen by the way of her narrating. She does not get the affection that she deserves. She really needs the affection from her own mother, but she is not getting it. She compares the love which her mother shows to his brother and herself. This is gender discrimination can be seen with her grandmother too. She hated her grandma as she would always support her brother and find fault with her. Even though what the brother did, no matter what crime. Her mother and grandmother always supported her brother and never supported or showed interest towards

The idea of lack of humanisation and identity is woven in throughout the novel as Bertha is often described in an animal like manner which under normal circumstances would not be associated with a Lady of great wealth like