Sample Answer the Curse

Like all other children, as Jeannette ages, she comes to understand that her parents are not the person who she thought they were and that her

her selfish and evil ways, causes the destruction of many people in the town of

Lastly, her family betrayed her by not listening to her side of the story after her sister told lies about her, and they betrayed her when they acted as if they did not care if she moved out of the house. In all of these actions, the family itself and certain members of the family are portrayed as uncaring, unsupportive, disrespectful, conniving, deceitful, and hateful to Sister. Through every action of the family, Sister is treated harshly, and she tries to not let this bother her. Yet, anger and bitterness build up inside of her until she cannot take it anymore. Consequently, it built up so much inside of her that it severely affected Sister so profoundly that she moved away from her home to get away from her family.

her selfish and evil ways, causes the destruction of many people in the town of

Zeena got married, knew how to take care of Ethan’s mother when she is very sick, and knows the barely existent neighbors of the Fromes expect her to get rid of Mattie; she follows doctors orders and puts Ethan in his place by telling him what he really should be doing, according to society and herself. Of course, no one is perfect, and Zeena is no exception. Zeena seems to rule the roost, got married later in life to a man younger than she, and never had children in her marriage. Women’s main role in life is marriage and children, and marrying a man younger is strange. Zeena attempts to adhere to society’s expectations, yet falls short. The expectations are impossible to fulfill, and attempting to achieve it prosperous because it leads to unhappy and unfulfilled life, as seen in Ethan Frome. Zeena’s marriage to Ethan seems to be the cause or at trigger to her unhappiness and sickness. According to Ethan, “within a year of their marriage she had developed the “sickliness”...” and “she too fell silent”, contrary to the Zeena prior to their marriage who “seemed to Ethan like the very genius of health” (Wharton 30). No clear reason for this drastic change is stated, but Zeena says “it was because “Ethan never listened”. The claim was not wholly unfounded.” (Wharton 30). Ethan hints at his

Her survival is shown as a change from an environment of her own people of American Indians to being around what she described as palefaces, who were the missionaries at the school. It was a struggle to keep the freedom she worked so hard for and keep her true self of identity, "And though my spirit tore itself in struggling for its lost freedom, all was useless" (Zitkala-Ša, p. 417). She attempted to continue to keep her heritage alive and true, until she could not any longer while attending school. She mentions being unhappy in the first part of the story even though she felt she should have been happy being in a brand new environment, "I had arrived in the wonderful land of rosy skies, but I was not happy, as I thought I should be" (Zitkala-Ša, p. 417). She was not happy at the school and the staff forced her to assimilate into someone, like her other classmates, that they wanted her to be. When she returned home, she felt as though she lived her life among strangers because she was not the same person who had left home so many years

To get through all of this she lies low in her hometown and tries to avoid press and all of the other things. She follows the orders by the government stop a rebellion. Eventually she is tired of all of this, and she

Donoma knew it was her job to explain, “Your mother…”, she began. Aiyana started to speak, but her father had put up his hand to show she was to wait. Donoma started again, “Your mother, Magina, was my best friend. We had been together since we were newborns. One day your mother came to me, and told me she was with child. However she was unwed, and this would bring terrible punishment. Your father, Edition, had died before she could even have the chance to tell him about you.”

All of the years that Amir has been away from Kabul, Afghanistan, the overwhelming feelings of his guilt and betrayal build up until he is not able to stand it anymore. He is appalled at his actions as a child, and wishes to return in order to gain closure. Baba one told him “A boy who won’t stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand up to anything.” (24) Amir had chance after chance to redeem himself from his selfish ways while he was young. He did not realize the long term effect of his actions.

She begins as a shallow naive girl, who when her maid gets hurt, rather than having sympathy, she complains for her not being able to assist her. However, after spending time with Elphaba, she learns to become less superficial and becomes a better person.

She is not only obedient to the men in the play including her father, but she is also sympathized with,

Marianne’s display of responsibility is not consistent, and is very different than her sister’s; unlike Elinor, Marianne lives a

At the beginning she has great problems with managing those children. But after she a short period of time she starts realizing that humans need more than just food and a place to sleep at. She really starts to develop a

In this short story there is another character called Zubayr. Zubayr also called Zoob is the best friend of Rafik. He is doing his PhD at a foreign university. He is in love with Rafik’s sister Razia. But he did not tell anything to anyone. Here we get the theme of survival by Zubayr that is how Zubayr has survived his love. Also we get to know for how long he has been

Azreen reaches home but is unable to view her sister, Madhuri’s body as it has already been taken for burial. Meanwhile, there is an air of mystery over Madhuri’s sudden death. Village gossip, Normala keep insisting that she saw Madhuri’s blood being white in colour.Azreen take her mother to the burial ground. There she sees her father, Saleh Abdullah and Madhuri’s husband, Haji Ghani. Her father gets angry at her for bringing her mother there. Walking back from the cemetery, she meets her old friend and classmate, Mohd Asyraf.They exchange greeting and Azreen is upset whenever she sees him as she knows he like Madhuri more than her. Back in her living room, Fatiha, Haji Ghani’s first wife tears up the curtains Madhuri had put up their house with a keris. She is angry with Madhuri for dominating her home and ruining her peaceful married life with her husband.