The Red Dress by Alice Munro- STRIPPED OF OPPRESSION

The main idea of this story is she wanted to be free to live her own life so badly that she

Abby Williams, the preacher's niece, starts getting into fortune telling and such illegal activities, as taught to her by the slave Tituba. Other local girls get into it, and then start acting strange they shout, cry and make weird noises. Abby and the

girl’s life from childhood to her early adult life. Johnson begins her piece by talking about the

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.

When the two older girls come back from the fair and tell her about the freak they saw, the girl is once more impressed by the words the freak used, that remind of a (southern) preacher: “God made me thisaway and if you laugh, He might strike you the same way. This is the way He wanted me to be and I ain’t disputing it” (245). The impact this speech made on the girl becomes evident in the fact that while she is lying in bed later that night she “[tries] to picture the tent with the freak” and she imagines the people watching “more solemn than they were in church” and “standing as if they were waiting for the first note of the piano to begin the hymn” (246). Finally, she

Beginning Mary Warren’s narrative, she first comes off as a timid person. “Abby, we’ve got to tell” (Miller 18). After a group of girls, including Mary, have been discovered dancing in the woods, Mary pleas to the others that they must reveal what they have done, or

This fills her with dread because she fears more violence. However, men bring out this vulnerability even further by not looking at her. Not getting any attention is worse than this because it makes her feel worthless. She is so used to men looking at her that when they do not, she feels like a failure. Her fragile self-esteem is brought down by the men around her.

From the time she was a little girl she had to persevere. Both her parents were considered to be handsome and gay socialite among New York society. She was a very plain, shy insecure child, who knew that she was neither pretty nor graceful and that she was a disappointment to her beautiful mother. Although she was the apple of her father’s eye, he disapproved of her being afraid and timid.

Despite the generational birth and childhood struggles as depicted in Three Generations of Native American women’s birth experience by Joy Harjo, The Black Mountain, 1977 by Donald Antrim shows a different type relationship between generations. The young native women experience reflects a struggling time of teenage pregnancy. The author expression that the woman made was “I was a poor, mixed-blood woman heavy with a child who would suffer the struggle of poverty, the legacy of loss.” (Nadlehaft, 2008 pg.126).

Adversity can be seen in many different ways. Some people look at adversity as a learning experience, while others view adversity as a situation marked with misfortune. When a person is faced with adversity, rather than viewing it as something to hate, they should see it as a opportunity to grow. In the stories by Doris Lessing, W.D Wetherell and Alice Walker, they all show different types of challenges each character had to over come and their journey to do so. These stories all shared similar outcomes, they demonstrate how each character used an obstacle they were faced with, and turned it into a beneficial experience and how it shaped them into the person they are today.

She is sexually assaulted by Bobby. This show the conflict that women undergo through in the society in the man’s hand and are later blame for that

Traumatic experiences may negatively impact one emotionally. Neglect and lack of support from one’s care taker can take a toll on one’s mental health. In the film, Jennifer is struggling internally because her father refuses to establish a relationship with her. He chooses to see the worst in her, which leads her to feel isolated. Therefore, she is unable to feel joy about her accomplishments because she does not have her father’s approval. The Principal at her school encourages Jennifer to believe in herself and value her accomplishments. In addition, she empathizes with Jennifer and confides in her about her own father’s disapproval. This helps Jennifer feel like she is not alone and that it’s possible to move on without the support of one’s parent. The reassuring words of her Principal instill Jennifer with a sense of pride, instead of her usual feelings of disappointment and worthlessness. This indicates that lack of positive reaffirmation is impacting her cognitive development. She is experiencing negative feelings and self-doubt due to the lack of support from a

It mainly describes her mother and father and how they affected her life. She focuses on the abnormal characteristics of herself and her father in a

The insecure girl unfortunately condemned the stereotype and agreed to changer her physical attraction. In society, unfortunately people look past a person's heart, personality, and kindness, and sadly judge people based on how they look. Even though “she [is] healthy, [tests] intelligent, [possesses] strong arms and back,”(Piercy 7-8). She felt like society didn't accept her due to her nose and her legs not fitting in with the normal skinny trend. Unfortunately the girl child, did the worse thing possible and “ cut off her nose and legs,”( Piercy 17). This bleed out left to her taking her life, thinking that it was gonna make everything ok. She initially didn't do anything, but put more pain on herself because, she will never get to see her inner beauty, and her family will never see her again. Though she took her life away, unfortunately society, will now accept her as a beautiful

As the girl continues on to grow up she is continually facing challenges with her confidence and thus affecting her emotionally and physically. For instance, one of the line states that “ she went to