The Prude

Rose of Sharon realizes this man will die without her, in the same way Christ said that

As the Joad family progresses on their journey through the country, the characters transform and develop along with the plot. One character in particular has the largest transformation, where their whole personality changes, being Rose of Sharon. In the beginning of the novel, Rose of Sharon would only spend time with Connie, and he would be the only person she had real concerns for. Whenever she would speak it would be selfish, or relating to Connie. One quote that demonstrates the selfishness that Rose of Sharon possessed at the beginning of the book is “The world had drawn close around them, and they were in the center of it, or rather Rose of Sharon was in the center of it with Connie making a small orbit around her” (p.176). This quote truly shows how self-centered she was by saying the world revolves around her.

hardship out of anyone. She has a still-born baby. This was the one thing in Rose of Sharon?s

The story ends with a quite surprising situation, with the character got pregnant, despite the judgment she gave to other person. It is an ironic situation, which she turned out to be the same as the person she judged. It

The ending is about new life because of Rose of Sharon’s baby and what it truly meant to the Joad family. Throughout the entire novel you experience Rose of Sharon pregnancy and her struggle to sustain both herself and a child. Generally babies represent new life, a fresh start, exactly what the Joad family was looking for from the start of the novel. Unfortunately the baby does not make it, this is very sad, but also a sigh of relief for the family. If the baby would have survived then that meant one more mouth to feed. Fortunately she still had her breast milk and used it to help another life, "Says he wasn't hungry, or he jus' et. Give me the food. Now he's too weak. Can'thardly move." The ending may be morbid and bleak but the truth is that if it were not for the death of the baby, the Joad family would be

The point of view within this short story is interesting; it shifts from third person to second, and then to first all in a short paragraph. This use puts the reader in some sort of “emotional chokehold” from this point of view strategy. The start with third person gives the reader time to take in the descriptions of everything and keep an image in their head, they can start to feel emotions. But, the abrupt second person point of view smacks the reader in the face, forcing them to feel bad for the wife and hate the husband. Once the reader is forced into this emotion, it changes to first person where the reader is now manipulated to side

To begin, the protagonist of the story is Connie, is a rebellious eighteen year old blonde, who does not accept the role that her mother puts her in. The mother expects Connie to be the “nice” girl, who dresses and acts like her

The house experiences the pain, the fighting, and all the separation that the man does. (9-11) “The house came to miss the shouting voices, the threats, the half-apologies, noisy reconciliations, the sobbing that followed.” The house is being personified as the protagonist. This is important, because it reveals the relationship of the house and the speaker’s mind and how the fighting and makeups became such a ritual that it was expected to happen

Dr. Diana Baumrinds’ research on the various parenting methods are directly mirrored in the parents that influence Sophie. The narrator of the short story closely resembles Dr. Baumrind’s first method of parenting, authoritarian. Dictating Sophie’s actions can be traced back to her cultural background, with a high stress on obedience and discipline she often times forces Sophie to conform

They are all sleeping in bed. A bright light hit Miriam´s face from the bedroom window, it woke her, and her husband Omar. A huge alarm is set off; outside their house, it is the bombing alarm. He jumps up from the bed, grabs her arm and screams that they have to run down to the basement. Their son, Ali stood outside the parents’ bedroom door, tired and yawning, Omar lifted his son, while holding his wife’s hand, and ran down the stairs. Another explosion hit outside their house. They see the bright light, and hear the screams from the people running

The short story “Remainders” by Shana Myra is about a Jewish-Canadian woman who finds love in Israel with a man named Ben. They start a family, which results in Naomi’s priorities changing, an example of what happens to many women when they become mothers. The first example that highlights these changes is the landing of the rocket in the backyard: Naomi reacts childishly at first, but, after the birth of her daughter, she realizes the danger the rocket posed. A second example, is how Naomi is careless towards a Palestinian man, but after the birth of Sarah, she is much more cautious. The final example reveals that Naomi’s daughter comes before Ben, as seen when Naomi and Sarah moving back to Canada. Therefore, Naomi’s priorities change, as seen in her reaction to the rocket, her encounter with a Palestinian man, and her moving back to Canada.

The short story “Remainders” by Shana Myra is about a Jewish-Canadian woman who finds love in Israel with a man named Ben. They start a family, which results in Naomi’s priorities changing, an example of what happens to many women when they become mothers. The first example that highlights these changes is the landing of the rocket in the backyard: Naomi reacts childishly at first, but, after the birth of her daughter, she realizes the danger the rocket posed. A second example, is how Naomi is careless towards a Palestinian man, but after the birth of Sarah, she is much more cautious. The final example reveals that Naomi’s daughter comes before Ben, as seen when Naomi and Sarah moving back to Canada. Therefore, Naomi’s priorities change, as seen in her reaction to the rocket, her encounter with a Palestinian man, and her moving back to Canada.

In the last chapter of the book, the family finds shelter from a storm in an old barn, where they find an old man dying of starvation and his young son beside him. Ma exchanges a look of meaning with Rosasharn, and she knows that Rosasharn understands what she must do. To save the old man from death, Rosasharn does something both brave and selfless, and has the old man suckles the milk that would have otherwise gone to her dead baby. This is where Rose of Sharon truly grows up, for when one is in need she is able to put others before herself and give life to someone in

The story begins with a prison guard arriving at Mrs Spencer’s door to give Paula the unfortunate news that her husband, Charlo has died. Then Paula explains the marital status between her and her husband, which is that they are separated. She talks of their wedding,

In Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar and Alice Munro’s Lives of Girls and Women, Esther and Del try to take control of their sexuality and their sexual lives. These two female protagonists attempt to gain sexual confidence by quietly rejecting the societal images of women. They are able to seduce men and pilot their own sexual lives. These women are also able to ignore the popular beliefs about marriage and motherhood, thus freeing them from the traditional, restrictive female sexual roles. By rejecting the popular notions of womanhood, sexuality, and marriage, Esther and Del become the mistresses of their sexuality and sexual