The Lake Of Dreams Lucy Character Analysis

' Mary's heart was already with god and conventional values were not going to keep her a way from the life he had chosen for her.' (Mary MacKillop A tribute, 1995)

“ She thinks of her mother, who is dead. Dead, but still her mother. Joined. This is confusing. Of her father a gray old man who sold wild mink, rabbit, fox skins to Sears, Roebuck (Walker pg.2). Roselily once again starts to think back to the days when she was a child, to the days when she had no worries. She feels her mother who is dead still stands beside her in spirt to guide her on this unknown journey she is about to embark on, and for a moment it gives her comfort. “Or forever hold,” the Preachers’ words ring in Roselily’s ear. “ She does not even know if she loves him. She loves his sobriety. His refusal to sing just because he know the tune. She loves his pride. His blackness and his gray car. She loves his understanding go her condition. She thinks she loves the effort he will make to redo her into what he truly wants (Walker pg.3). Here the author really dives in to what Roselily thinks of her new husband. She knows she doesn't love him and probably never will. However, there are aspects about him which she thinks she can love and she realizes that will have to do

Throughout the next few pages her views on Christianity continue to change, as she goes back and forth from having faith in Christ to revisiting her drug and sex crazed life. The meeting of a new preacher and visiting the Church from time to time guides her the way back to God. Towards the last few pages of the writing Lamott is visited by Jesus after illness following a recent abortion, evaporating all of her disbeliefs, fears and enabling her to gradually dispose of the things she felt was immoral in her life, ending with a solid and blessed foundation of trust and faith. Anne Lamott clearly expresses the highs and lows of her Christian walk, enabling the audience to grasp the variety of influences and furthermore illustrating that her spirituality is actually the tie that binds them all together.

In Alice Walker’s Roselily, our main character (Roselily) is a mother of three residing in Mississippi. She questions her actions to marry a man of a different religion, but knows that the marriage will give her a (limited) sense of freedom, and will give her children an opportunity to lead better lives. The story’s central idea reveals that sometimes the love and concern for others can lead to the sacrifice of one’s own happiness.

Although Roselily’s life in Mississippi before marriage may not have been the greatest but, she is comfortable with it, and is scared of the change that is about to occur. As the preacher is finishing the ceremony she thinks” She wants to live for free for once. But she doesn’t know quite what that means.” She knows that once she gets married, between being a housewife and his restrictive religion she will

Not only does Rose support her family but she also accepts and cares for Troy’s extended family. Living in the 1950's was a difficult time for an African-American woman, but Rose saw this difficulty as a challenge and worked to succeed. Rose often refers to the changing-times; the new opportunities for blacks. Troy, however, believes that the black man will always be inferior. Lyons, Troy's son from a previous marriage, always come around whenever he wants something according to Troy. However, Rose sees Lyons asking for money and help as a plea for guidance, but Troy refuses both to him. Rose takes a dominating role in this instance as she demands Troy to give Lyons the money (ten dollars); with it a story of guidance about responsibility. Without Rose stepping in, Lyons wouldn’t have been told the real reason for why his father hadn’t been there for his childhood. Rose works scrupulously to form a good relationship between Troy and his son Lyons, even though she is not Lyons’s mother.

In A Lesson Before Dying, there is a church that everyone went to, praising the same God, of course, and even separating the blacks from the whites. This church hints at a bit of symbolism in the book, showing how anyone and everyone had one place to go to in order to strive for or make change in the world, no matter who or what they were. They always had someone to pray to, which was God and Jesus, while they could feel safe in their hands, giving them hope in the society that they lived in.

The book is a testimony to the strength and determination of her grandmother, her mother, and herself and their resourcefulness in recreating themselves during

As time went on she became more involved in church, and religious activities. She got baptized and saved at the church that she always attended. She grew to love the black church that she grew up mocking. The old lady that always sat in the front row made her realize how deep the roots of her church were.

The church seemed to have an emotional tie to the people who attended for two reasons. One being that in Jones’s church, everyone was welcome. There was no discrimination among one’s age, gender or race. With integration being allowed, the church gained much attractiveness. It was described to have the ability to give people a “place”.

Sister Rosetta was her own person, she didn’t just mesh in with her surroundings. She wasn’t interest in being that warm and sheltered old lady. Although Sister Rosetta may have had a “history”, it was obvious she owned it, Cofer was even impressed about the fact that a

For example, as Rosalie dies she tells her daughter, that her last wish was to be buried "under a speading ok, that shaded a rustic garden-chair, in which she and Edward had spent many happy evenings" (187). This captivating gesture and symbolic location shows the readers that Rosalie's last gesture on eart was related to her love for Edward. Specific locations, such as a rustic garden-chair, sparks positive memories for people, therefore, is a cherished place for Rosaline. Therefore, true love conqures the injustice of

When Saint Rose believed that she could not help the poor souls she was very sad. Instead of doing noting, she did everything she could do by praying for the poor souls and by offering her great sorrow up to the Lord. When her family was fighting about what name to call her, either Isabelle or Rose, Saint Rose became very sad and offered her suffering to God. Saint Rose greatly desired to become a priest so that she may help the poor souls. When she was told she could only become a nun, Saint Rose offered her dismay and sorrow to God. Although Saint Rose suffered greatly, she sacrificed her great sorrow up to our Heavenly

I found “The fact that Mr. Sebastian compared Lucy entering his studio to springtime reveals that Lucy gave him joy. The phrase “work with more spirit” suggests Lucy invigorated Mr. Sebastian by Mr. Sebastian having an

Even early on in their friendship Lucy not only trusted a stranger faun, she believed in his goodness too (Emerson). When Mr. Tumnus began to tell Lucy of all of the evil plans he was supposed to follow, she replied to him in disbelief by saying, “I think you are the nicest Faun I’ve ever met” and “I’m sure you wouldn’t do anything of the sort” (Lewis 19). Lucy’s will to see the good in him ultimately influence Mr. Tumnus to risk his life for hers (Emerson).