The Birth Of Janine 's Baby

Janie’s discovery of the person she is through each of her separate life experiences, has brought her to the comprehension of the different levels of herself. Although it takes her the complete book to comprehend her sexual awakening from the beginning where the blossoming pear tree starts her on this journey to go through untainted love, she goes through this experience as the sun sets and rises past the many moments in her budding life;

The story describes a change in everyday life following motherhood, as well as the seductive pleasure found in providing for, caring for, and sacrificing for a little one-- all to see yourself: “in the dark pool / of your baby’s eyes” (Brandt, 13/14).

In essence, Janie had a hard time finding her identity but she never gave up, she was willing to go on and find out who she is. Throughout Janie’s childhood, her marriage to Logan, Joe, and then finally Tea Cake she struggled with finding her true self. Janie has always hoped to have an identity independent of anyone else but never really knew how to achieve this goal until she finally left Tea Cake. Janie to me is a model for women who wish to behold their own freedom, identity, and a sense of self. Overall Janie's true identity is one that many women like myself wish to maintain because of her strong willpower and self confidence that no one in her time period would usually have.

This paper explores the lifestyle of the different groups of people that follow a religion or a cult and the similarities that exist between the latter two. Everywhere in the world, religion has a strong influence on people’s beliefs and leads them to perceive cult followers in a negative fashion. In particular, the word “cult” is often associated with evil; horrific rituals; and the opposition to religious beliefs. However, this is often not the case as cults in fact, tend to be not dangerous and even share customs with popular religions. Religious principles may directly be compared to those practiced by smaller cults today. That being said, this paper takes both religion and cult into consideration when examining religious practices; by

Hurston’s main way of inspiring a sense of feminism in her novel, is through the relationships of Janie including her Nanny, Logan Killicks, Joe Starks, and Tea Cake. She addresses Janie’s role differently in each of these relationships using motifs and stereotypes. Janie begins her journey of self-discovery following the dreams of her Nanny to becoming a strong, independent woman who makes her own decisions. All of the roles that Janie obtains stem from the distinct

In a harrowing story one woman’s search for true love, Zora Neale Hurston draws readers in through her use of literary devices throughout the book, Their Eyes Were Watching God, and influences readers to care deeply about Janie’s life. On page 166, when Tea Cake and Janie struggle to survive a raging river, Hurston creates a tone of fear through her use of word choice, similes, and sentence structure. In a book filled with suspense to see what happens to Janie next, Hurston manages to rise above that suspense and create an even larger tone of fear during this scene.

As a woman within a male dominant society, Janie struggles with maintaining her individuality. Through her first two marriages, Janie realizes that no person should have to become subservient to someone. The moment when Jody puts Janie in charge of the store in Eatonville may seem to contradict this notion, but the action relies heavily upon what Janie must do in order to please her husband. For example, she must wear a bandana so her beauty will be shielded from everyone but Jody (Hurston 60). The moment where Jody and Janie become the mayoral couple of Eatonville, the people request for Janie to give a speech, but Jody responds by stating, “Thank yuh fuh yo’ compliments, but mah wife don’t know nothin’ ‘bout no speech-makin’. A never married her for nothin’ lak dat. She’s uh woman and her place is in de home” (Hurston 43). This restriction that Jody places upon Janie creates a barrier in her journey towards finding herself, but it also provides a learning experience for Janie in the fact that she must realize that she prefers to have control over her own life rather than someone else controlling

Here Hurston directly highlights the conflicts between male and female figures to show that Janie’s abusive relationship with Jody is used to build up strength and independence within herself. When she finally found this hidden strength within her, she no longer struggled to find her own voice. Janie’s assertion of her control and power marks the beginning of her awakened reassurance. When Jody loses his ability to exert his dominance and she takes control of their relationship, she starts heading towards the directions of her dreams. The conflicts between Janie and her marriages are ultimately used to demonstrate the growth of Janie’s emotional maturity and strength, as she finds the voice that was suppressed for so long by Jody and Logan. The strong sentiment that Hurston establishes in her relationship with Logan and Jody serves as the fuel for Janie to decide that personal growth and development as a woman will only occur when she breaks free from the mold that her marriages has put her in. The tension between male and female figures that Hurston highlights provide defining obstacles in Janie’s life that prompted her inner independence and

These women have been stripped from their names, beliefs, and anything that reflects them. Throughout the novel, the first person view allows the reader to see how Offred identity is being stripped away. For example, “And if I talk to him I'll say something wrong, give something away. I can feel it coming, a betrayal of myself. I don't want him to know too much.” Offred says this quote and it implies that even the simplest exchanges can reveal portions of her identity. The reader gets to see how scared she is to say something that will give herself away because now being herself is forbidden. Offred recognizes the danger that can come from giving up her identity and first person point of view allows the reader to also recognize that and see how her identity is slipping away because of fear. This feeling of fear that the narrator feels starts to develop the

Another poem titled “The Author to Her Book” gives the reader the image of a baby being born. Bradstreet critics her works again and again seemingly portraying her works are not good enough. She refers to the “child” having blemishes and crippling handicaps that represents the deep faults and shortcomings in her work. Washing the child, rubbing off a blemish, and stretching its joints but failing to improve his imperfections all contribute to an image of Bradstreet rewriting her book. Dreadfully trying to increase the quality and standards in her work, the more imperfections she found. Towards the end of the poem Bradstreet talks about how she would give her ugly “child” new clothes and it just appears that her real life actions contradict her poem. She is actually very poor in life and could not afford new clothes thus sending her children away from the house.

Unlike Moira, Offred is desperate to conceive the Commanderís child in order to survive. Both women parallel many women in todayís society. On one hand, there are feminists who rebel against society no matter what it costs. On the other hand, there are women who are just trying to survive and find their place in a society in which they are second class citizens. In the novel, Offred is torn between smearing her face with butter to keep her complexion and hanging herself. In the same manner, she is caught between accepting the status of women under the new regime and following her own desires to gain knowledge and fall in love. Offred doesnít know whether to accept the circumstances and die inside, or to fulfill her own desires, set herself free like Moira has done. The contrast between Moira and Offred reveals Atwoodís attitude towards women and their sometimes self-destructive submission. Atwood shows the oppression of women through the extreme setting of the story, but she also allows the reader to see how women passively oppress themselves.

reader can infer from Offred’s monologues that she, to some extent, wants to be a

Atwood used Offred to express her ideas on pornography. Atwood obviously does not like it. But, in another sense, she emphasizes the fact that Aunt Lydia lies to Offred and the others when saying that it is how life used to be. Atwood never disregards the fact that women have been misrepresented both by themselves and by men. She is careful to go through the whole novel placing no blame, and leaving the questions to the reader. How did this society get to this point? Could this really happen? Are we doing anything to prevent it? In the novel there is no real one strong force. Especially no male or female dominant role, which makes it hard to decide who is to blame. Feminism is clear throughout the book, and Atwood represents women very well. Many readers have questioned the novel's character as a feminist critique. The Handmaid's Tale delivers a conservative interpretation of women's ideal social actions, advocating what looks more like traditional femininity, rather than revolutionary feminism.

As the female narrators reads the story to the audience we realize that she often has flashbacks to former times, when the United States was still a nation. She recalls the happier times she had with her mother, her close friends, and her lover and husband Luck. In the Pre-Gilead period, she also had a little daughter, June, with Luck. Offred's mother was a single mother and feminist activist. Her best friend was Moira, who was also fiercely independent.

He also says we attempt to look for a beneficial quality in the confusion, yet essentially it is just plain disorder and bewilderment (Amison 2012: http://www.rogerballen.com/articles/the-descent-into-the-asylum)