Ruth In Anton's Wife

Ruth just want to get out of poverty and to have a happy family. She doesn’t want to lose her opportunity to get out of the too small dilapidated apartment of which her family is forced to live in do to their lack of finances.

Ruth is willing to work day and night to move into the new house, Lena I’ll work twenty hours a day…” says Ruth. The Younger family was stuck in a tight situation when Walter lost all the money for the house including Beneatha's tuition. Ruth feels depressed when Lena makes a decision to not to move into the house, she tries to convince Lena to move in but ends up being unsuccessful. Ruth is amenable to work all to make her family move into the house with her pregnancy. Ruth talks to Lena about the liquor store even though she does not wants to, “Aint nobody a businessman till they go into business” says Ruth. Walter wants his dad's insurance money so that he can invest it in the liquor store. He convinces Ruth to talk to Lena about it as he knows that Lena would not listen to him. Ruth talks to Lena about it but Lenas answer remains the same. This shows that Ruth does not think of her self-respect but of Walter’s unreal

Ruth stresses the importance of maintaining a good image of her family. When George arrives to take Beneatha out, Walter and Beneatha are not being well mannered, so Ruth takes control and tries to make-up for their behavior. “Beneatha, you got company-what’s the matter with you? Walter Lee Younger, get down off that table and stop acting like a fool…(80)” Ruth is also independent and kind.

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According to Brenda Shoshanna, an author and psychologist, “Unless we base our sense of identity upon the truth of who we are, it is impossible to attain true happiness” Everyone on Earth has their own unique identity, and if they do not have an identity they will always be struggling to find it. In The Color of Water by James McBride, the author tries to understand his mother’s identity in hopes that it will help him find his own as well. After learning his mother’s life story and going back to her hometown, James finds that Ruth’s family made the most impact on her identity because of her hypocritical father, kind mother, and her evasive siblings.

The relationship between Ruth and Tateh was not one of love, but was instead fraught with fear and abuse. “God I was scared of him,” lamented Ruth (42). While growing up, Ruth’s family experienced prejudice and exclusion because of their Jewish background. Ironically, Tateh also treated the black people that frequented his store very poorly. Because she rejected Tateh’s racist demeanor and terrible treatment of his family, she set out to find a husband who would respect her as well as her children; someone who would be a good fatherly example.

Tateh’s abuse of Ruth and mistreatment of blacks resulted in her attraction towards men of color. As a child, Ruth was forced to work long hours in her father’s grocery store, immediately after school until close. After, long days of both school and work Tateh often crawled into bed with Ruth and molested her. Which ended in Ruth quickly growing to both fear and hate Tateh for what he put her through. The abuse he put her through also allowed her to sympathize with people of color as Tateh mistreated them as well. Ruth saw how despite the constant mistreatment of blacks, by both Tateh and others, they were always laughing. This happiness attracted Ruth and gave her hope that she could overcome her abuse and prosper. Considering Ruth’s hatred towards Tateh and his hatred towards blacks,even she admits

Marissa Brannen Mr. Graham APLAC Hour 4 24 October 2014 Title At some point during life, the desire to discover true character and identity turns in the back of minds young and old. Whether this means deciding how to spend the rest of life, such as choosing a career, or if deeper subjects, such as race are involved, the process of finding oneself often proves a long, difficult task.

1. How is Wilmington different from New York, and how does that influence McBride’s family? Wilmington is an affordable place to live and Ruth buys a small house in town for less than twelve thousand dollars. Additionally, Wilmington does not have subways and is filled with suburban shopping malls, high school marching bands, and small-town gossip.

Ruth’s mother set a feminine guiding line that was characterized by a serious devotion to principle, righteousness, duty, and her husband.

“‘I suppose it is a bit cruel,’ Ruth said, ‘the way they always work him up like that. But it’s his own fault. If he learnt to keep his cool, they’d leave him alone’… I suppose the truth was, by that stage, each of us was secretly wishing a guardian would come from the house and take him away. And although we hadn’t had any part in this latest plan… we had taken out ringside seats, and we were starting to feel guilty” (10).

Ruth Younger was one of the few things that kept Walter sane and their apartment intact, she kept up the apartment and remains emotionally strong throughout the play, “goodbye misery! I don’t ever want to see your ugly face again”. A character from “Death of a Salesmen” that is almost identical to Ruth is Linda Loman. Linda nurtured a hurting family all those times when Willy’s misguided attempts at success miserably failed. She too held together her family with her emotional strength, without her Willy would have broken long before he did in the play. Linda was the one that kept a cool head in heavy situations, when everyone was freaking out she was the one to bring them down to earth. These two women played a huge role in keeping their family together; they knew when the tough times came they were the ones who needed to stay strong.

First, Ruth, is one of the women in the house who changes Walter’s decisions in the story. Her relationship towards him is poor. Ruth nags at the beginning, saying “Eat your eggs Walter” (Hansberry 34). This angers him because she repeats it multiple times throughout, not understanding him, showing their strained relationship. Ruth is also shown to not be on Walter’s side on multiple occasions. For example, when Walter finds out that Mama spent the money on a new house, he does not like it. Ruth however is not feeling the same way as him, and tells him “Walter honey, be glad” (Hansberry 92). Ruth tells Walter to be glad, because their views are different. Ruth thinks this was beneficial to the family, yet Walter does not. This hurts Walter throughout the story as he feels alone with no one on his side. Walter know this when he says “Cause ain’t nobody with Me! Not even my own mother!” (Hansberry 85). Since he is alone, and believes no one cares about him, he tries to fix his own mistake when he decides he will get more money saying, “That White man is going to walk in that door all to write checks for more money than we ever had.” (Hansberry 143). Ruth does not like Walter’s idea, but he does not care as no one is on his side, which disappoints Ruth.

Looking at the situation of Ruth, there are many reason for her to marry Boaz. For example, Boaz was a well-known wealthy man. She was a foreigner who did not even have enough food to feed herself. This could be one of the reason she wanted to marry Boaz, because Boaz can fulfil her necessities. In addition, through Boaz she may have children in future to continue the family tree and eventually earn the respect and acceptance from the community. In contrast, Ruth may not have any interest in wedding Boaz because we were never told in the story that Ruth wanted to get married. We only know that Naomi instigated this proposal because she wanted Ruth to have a better life. According to Gladson, it could be that Ruth cared and was concerned for

Ruth is a very strong woman with morals and a belief in God. Ruth loves her husband and her son and does her very best to take care of them. She is always putting the needs and desires of her family above her own. Ruth has always been supportive of Walter, but recently they have not been communicating well. Ruth tries to convince Mama to allow Walter the chance to invest in the liquor store by saying, “something is happening