The Dress

Katie Nolan, Francie’s mother, is the main reason that Francie is able to survive her arduous childhood and succeed in life. Food, heat and protection are always available to the Nolan children even if it means that Katie has to work multiple jobs or even sacrifice some of her own needs. Katie gives all she can to provide for her children and Francie truly values her mother’s hard work. Francie appreciates her mother’s thougtful acts, but still, Francie develops

The way someone acts or makes decisions says a lot about a person because it shows their personality, and defines a character. Grandmother plays a very large role in the family's life. Love and care is constantly displayed throughout the story, especially since their grandmother lives with them and makes strong connections which builds their relationships. Through the story the character of the grandmother

The minister then questions her but after his unsuccessful attempt, Mother’s actions become a scandal throughout the town because “any deviation from the ordinary course of life in this quiet town was enough to stop all progress in it” (C670). This does not bother Mother and she successfully continues with her plans. By overcoming this alienation both characters achieve feminine empowerment.

Family Relationships in Morrison's The Bluest Eye “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison, is a story about the life of a young black girl, Pecola Breedlove, who is growing up during post World War I. She prays for the bluest eyes, which will “make

The resentment within the young girl’s family is essential to the novel because one can understand the young girl better as she makes her decision.

"Two Kinds" is a powerful example of differing personalities causing struggles The daughter is bored with her mother's dreams and lets her pride take over. She often questions her self-worth, and she decides that she respects herself as nothing more than the normal girl that she is and always will be. Her mother is trying to mold her into something that she can never be, she believes, and only by her futile attempts to rebel can she hold on to the respect that she has for herself. The daughter is motivated only to fail so that she may continue on her quest to be normal. Her only motivation for success derives from her own vanity; although she cannot admit it to herself or her mother, she wants the audience to see her as that something that she is not, that same something that her mother hopes she could be.

have read. Usually books have one main character. there are three perspectives in this story. By showing three different perspectives the reader is able to have a better idea of

Women are taught from a young age that marriage is the end all be all in happiness, in the short story “The Story of An Hour” by Kate Chopin and the drama “Poof!” by Lynn Nottage, we learn that it is not always the case. Mrs. Mallard from “The

This way the reader gets more of a movie type of feel when reading. Just like movies, the viewer can experience a situation of one character, while another character has no idea what is going on. Using the different point of

The author experiences childhood in a useless and destitute environment where her parent is struggling with mental and addiction issues and too lazy to acquire employment to accommodate her children need. For example, at the age of three Jeannette had to prepare her own meal while her mother was busy working on one of her unsuccessful paintings. She was innocent but at the same time demonstrated independence and she had to provide for herself, even if it was going to hurt her. “at that moment, I was wearing the dress to cook hot dogs, watching them swell and bob in the boiling water as the late-morning sunlight filtered in through the trailers small kitchenette window. I could hear mom in the next room singing while she worked on one of her paintings. I felt a blaze of heat on my right side. I turned to see where it was coming from and realized my dress was on fire” (p. 9). Jeannette regards her father when she was young. She trusts her dad. One of her father favorite stories to tell his children is about The Glass Castle (This is where the title comes from). He was planning to build a home for his family when he finds some gold and strikesc rich. This is one of the many reasons, why Jeannette hold her father to a high esteem because he always told her those fantasy story that will never be realistic. She always buys into her father’s dreaming never realizing he is a selfish man with, perhaps, mental issues. The hardship that we encounter each day it will either break us or make us a better person.

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.

The mother begins to rebel against tradition by taking an active role in educating and freeing herself. Through her radio, telephone and trips out with her sons she develops her own opinions about the world, the war, and the domination and seclusion of woman. She loses her innocence as a result to her new knowledge and experience.

Resolving Conflicts and Overcoming Obstacles in A Raisin In The Sun   In the play, A Raisin In The Sun, Mother tries to keep everything under control because she believes in her children and their dreams, yet understands that they still need to learn and strengthen their value's as they

Another important text that influenced Lily’s and her daughter Rosemary’s life was their relationship among one another. Lily, who wanted nothing but, the best for her children, decided to send them to boarding where Rosemary’s grades were poorly and her behaviors were disruptive to her teachers and classmates. Even, though Lily as a mother, had high expectations for her children by sending them to boarding school, her relationship with her daughter were not so great. The readers are able to view how Lily and Rosemary viewed things differently in life in this case, Rosemary wants to become an artist while, her mother instances her to become a model by taking a modeling class. Lily wants to give her kids the opportunities she never had as she

The author of A Pair of Silk Stockings explores female roles based on what other people believe due to stereotypes. In this short story Mrs. Sommers finds $15 which is a sizable about of money to her in New York. She and her family are on the poorer side of New York. At first Mrs. Sommers has no clue on what she should do the money she had just come to. She is thinking about her children and that they could use new skirls because she had seen a beautiful new pattern in a market window, or caps for her boys and sailor-caps for her girls (Chopin 1). She thought of them due to the fact that that is what mothers and wives do in the 1800’s, they but their children and husband before thinking of themselves. She thought back to the time when she wasn’t