Sexual Abuse Issues And Marital Problems

This feeling of obligation that comes from maintaining honor is supported by the pressure of those in the community who also uphold the value. Pablo’s wife, Prudencia Cotes, shows the pressure the boys were under by saying, "I never would have married him if he hadn’t done what a man should do” (72), when referring to Santiago Nasar's death.

Maria is a traditional Mexican wife, she feels that children should be well mannered and respect all adults. "-And when he returns, I want you children to show your manners. You must not shame your father or your mother (7)," she tells her children while preparing for the arrival of Ultima. "My mother beamed. Deborah's good manners surprised her, but they made her happy, because a family was judged by its manners (11)," Antonio tries to describe the feelings that his mother has when his sister demonstrated good manners toward Ultima. Maria wants her family to respectable, because those families that are not are talked about in the community. She wants to be the best mother possible, and tries to make them realize that without certain things a family will not survive. She stays home and cooks and cleans for her family, because that is what was customary for the traditional Mexican wife to do. "The first day she put on her apron and helped my mother with breakfast, later she swept the house and then helped my mother wash our clothes in the old washing machine (14), Anthony explaining what his mothers daily activities consisted of. Maria tended her garden and did things close to home, she never went out and did things with her friends,

Her father's rampant drinking and inability to hold a job, coupled with her mother's lack of responsibility causes Jeannette to inwardly question her role in society.

Jeannette’s family is not your average American family. Her father was a raging alcoholic who lost too many jobs to count and her mother was an adrenaline addicted painter, who never wanted to work

Zoraida and Casto, two Puerto Rican immigrants living in New York, have been married for nine years and have three children. For a while, Zoraida has had imaginations and acts as if possessed. At 2:30 in the morning she moans and groans acting like she is having sex with an invisible lover. The mere thought of his wife’s behavior very much upsets

To begin, the protagonist Clemencia is like a chameleon, who can blend into any social event and with any class of wealth when she says ““I’m amphibious. I’m a person who doesn’t belong to any class. The rich like to have me around because they envy my creativity; they know they can’t buy that. The poor don’t mind if I live in their neighborhood because they know I’m poor like they are, even if my education and the way I dress keeps us worlds apart”(Cisneros 71,72). Clemencia is a woman who knows how to talk and have a good time. By nature she is a very creative being who loves to impress by wearing the best clothes, and show off to anyone to make herself seem better than others. (Cisneros 71). Clemencia is poor and does not have much being that she works for the school system as a translator, and other various positions. But acts rich and very wealthy to all of her friends (Cisneros 72). This connects with the myth of La Malinche, of how the character is a bad woman who sleeps with lots of men.

him, therefore, she lives with her sister and his husband as a result. This shows the mother’s priorities

His mentors, Juan and Theresa, share what seems to be a more traditional family dynamic than Chiron is accustomed to. Theresa cooks and cleans, while Juan is the breadwinner, through his drug business. Therefore, Theresa takes on a traditional female role and Juan assumes the traditional patriarchal role in the household. Consequently, role flexibility is represented by Chiron’s single mother, who works as well as cooks and cleans, pushing the boundary of traditional gender roles due to the absences of a male figure in the household. This is signified when Juan drops Chiron off at home and his mother is in her CAN uniform.

Although she is unaware of her changing behavior, it is evident when Elena and Antonio are pulled aside when they were on their way to “Lake Amatitlan” (104). Frightened that they were going to “drag” (105) into the “police car” and she was never going to “see him” again. The guilt that Elena is feeling is essential because it causes the shifted in her personality. After Elena gets accidentally pregnant she is forced to wed Antonio and move to “San Cristobal” (111). The emotions that Elena is feeling during her journey shows the disappointment she feels towards her “efficient fallopian tubes” (110). She feels that she neglected her duties as an activist and chose to fulfill her gender based role—get “pregnant”. When they finally arrive to San Cristobal, Elena feels that she’s in “internal exile” and she is being forced to serve her “sentence”. The disappointment Elena feels towards her abandonment of her duties as a “true revolutionary” (110) is expressed properly to the audience with her

She'd lived too long to be talked to like a young girl. Nobody told her what to do or how to live anymore, not a daughter who lived more than three hundred miles away and not some cabrón who left banana peels on her floor” (Casares 2). It Shows Mrs. Perez not anting being control, after her husband has been controlling her life was enough of it. She want to decide for her own self and live the life how she want

Call points out that Alvarez emphasizes the unique process of female identity formation as a means of illustrating the brutality of the Trujillo’s dictatorship. “Women not only define themselves in context of human relationships but also judge others in terms of their ability to care” (Call 15), since the Mirabal sisters grow in connection with others, they place high priority on the relationships and needs of others in their lives (Call 10). Carol Gilligan and Lyn Mikel Brown write, “Women tended to speak of themselves as living in connection with others and yet described a relational crisis: a giving up of voice, an abandonment of self, for the sake of becoming a good woman and having relationships” (Call 24). In general, Female development is often described as a process that focuses on connection and relationships to others. Alvarez’s depiction of the Mirabal sisters reflects these principles as her characters mature into strong women by learning the value of “selflessly caring for others” (Call 9). By contrast, the Mirabal sisters’ concern for people contrasts to Trujillo’s character, which Alvarez portrays as violent, selfish and petty (Call

In the book it's said from the narrator “she was so mature and witty that it was difficult to believe that she was the same person”, when he asked again is santiago was

Unlike her friend, Nora, Mrs. Linde has more freedom to do what she wants, however she is not entirely satisfied. In this culture, a woman’s role is normally to do housework and to raise their children, but Mrs. Linde is exempt from this. She does not have to conform into this picture, but she is not content with her lifestyle until she meets up with her lost love, Krogstad. “I want to be a mother to someone, and your children need a mother. We two need each other.”1 This quote exemplifies that Mrs. Linde is only content with her life when she fits in the role of being a mother and a wife.

It is often said that we are shaped by our environments; we all interact with our surroundings in some form or another, and we are further influenced by and interact with the society we live in. In fiction, characters interact the same way within their fictional societies and social positions, as characters reflect how actual people relate to their world. In the novel The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende, there exist many societal norms and standards that influence the characters and their actions in different ways. This essay focuses on these standards and how they relate to the character of Férula Trueba, and her position in the society she lives in. Allende’s novel The House of the Spirits takes place in the religious and patriarchal society of 20th Century Chile, where the character Férula embraces religious austerity and internalizes her role as caretaker, resulting in embitterment and repression of her feelings.

Connie is a pretty girl, and “her mother had been pretty once too”, but she is not so much anymore and almost anything Connie does aggravates her (Oates 369). This rigid relationship pushes Connie further away the older she gets. Everything about Connie has “two sides to it,” her shirt “would look one way at home and one way when she was away from home”, she was not fully herself anywhere she went (370). This act shows the way Connie lacks a sense of self. She feels as though she has to behave differently when she is with her family compared to when she is with her friends. The fact that Connie does not have a positive relationship with her mother has a direct effect on how she acts as a young woman. The lack of support and positive attention from a female role model leaves her seeking it out from other