The Symbolism Of Chains In The Awakening

Imagine living in a world where you are “chained between two nations” at the age of 13. You want your freedom, but on the other hand who are you loyal to? Your country or the rebels? It’s a hard choice for someone like Isabelle's character to face, but she stands strong and keeps her head held high. The word “chains” in the book Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson is used as a metaphor throughout the whole book.

The book that was read in class, Chains, had many ups and downs. There were many exciting parts in Chains, but something that caught my eye was the different lives slaves had and the ways they were treated in different places. This might have caught other people’s eyes as well. The places talked in the book were big plantations, small farms, and cities which there were slaves in every one of those places. Some people might be wondering, how could slaves live different lives, don’t they all have the same things to do. Well that is not the case in the book, Chains. In this three paragraph essay the reader will discover the different lifestyles slaves had in big plantations, small farms, and in cities.

     Ruth’s dream is to improve her family’s lifestyle and move into a house where she can raise Travis and the new baby. To realize her dreams she should not put everyone else’s wants and needs in front of hers all of the time. She should express her feelings more often so that her family will listen and help her to reach her goals. The play supports this view by showing how Ruth often neglects her feelings and pays great attention to her family’s feelings, wants, and needs.

Lockton and Isabel are the same is that they both have very strong spirits, and are very brave. Mrs. Lockton is strong in the way that she stands up to her husband at times and will take the risk of being beaten to state her opinion. Mrs. Lockton is not like most women and does not just sit back and comply to her husband's commands. To do this and be rebellious Mrs. Lockton has to have spirit and be strong and brave. If she was not brave she would never rebel against him or question his power over her. If Mrs. Lockton was not brave or did not have any drive she would be a lonely house wife and would do nothing but bake all day. Isabel is very similar in this way as she has drive, bravery and spirit as well. Like Mrs. Lockton, if Isabel did not have any spirit she would not care about her enslavement and would not be trying so hard to escape it. For Isabel to rebel she had to have even more bravery and be even stronger. “I walked up two steps. ‘Did you sell Ruth?’... I took another step. ‘Answer me, you miserable cow, Did you sell my sister?’ ‘Stay away from me.’ she said. I rose another step… ‘One more step and I can have you hung.’ Madam whispered… Madam grabbed a painting from the wall and throw it down on my head… I ran out the door for the first time.” This cite shows how dangerous it was for Isabel to be disobeying madam, yet she did anyways and would do anything for Ruth and her freedom. Isabel had to be brave for Ruth as well, and had to

First of all, Isabel is figuratively chained to Ruth. Isabel is determinately keeps Ruth out of harm’s way, and she is also intent on keeping Ruth and herself together because Ruth is her only surviving family. After Isabel’s parents died, Isabel felt a sense of responsibility to protect and nourish Ruth. One reason why Isabel feels a sense of responsibility is because Ruth is particularly young and she also suffers from strokes caused by epilepsy. At the beginning of the book, Ruth snickers when Madam does not let the guard search her undergarments, and Madam furiously questions the laughter. Isabel takes the blame for Ruth, and consequently, she experiences Madam’s vexation and a slap across the face. Furthermore, Isabel shelters Ruth when Madam beats her with a broom. Madam believed that Ruth was demon-possessed and started

Of all the interactions between Ruth and her husband that stick out to her the most, the one that tops all is the murder of her father. The fact that Macon “took away his medicine” stands out to Ruth and that is what forms her opinion of him. Macon’s horrifying impact on Ruth’s life defines his character as an antagonist in her life and the broader story. Contrasting Macon’s impact on Ruth is Pilate. Despite Pilate’s mysterious past, her positive interactions with Ruth define her greatly respected character. As soon as Pilate meets Ruth, she helps her become pregnant. Throughout that process, Pilate causes Ruth to feel “like a chemist doing some big important scientific experiment,” allowing Ruth to feel as if she is making a positive impact on the world for the first time (125). Not only does this interaction cause Pilate’s character to be shown very positively, it also displays how Ruth being able to influence Milkman before he was even born caused her to think more highly of

Described as theologically significant, The First Great Awakening (c. 1735-1743) was the beginning of a revitalization that hit the American colonies by storm. It began to form once religion had eased down and preachers began to take an emotional foot in religion and increasing liberalism - Armenia (free will) ideals began to form. George Whitefield, a circuit rider who preached spiritual awakening, and Jonathan Edwards, imposed fear in people by claiming God had already chosen who get his salvation, were the main contributors to the First Great Awakening. The Second Great Awakening (c.1795-1830) was experienced across the country due to the advancement in the nation's economic growth. Preachers often spoke emotionally about their message to increase the reaction in people. Preaches proclaimed that the power of eternal salvation is in the hands of the person to decided to be saved and avoid eternal damnation. This ideals were closest related/influenced by Arminianism which sinfulness is a choice rather than a destiny in which it appealed to more people because of its optimistic outlook. The First Great Awakening changed religious ideology by promoting Calvinist ideals and individualism amongst people; The Second Great Awakening promoted salvation and damnation at the expense of the person true willingness to be saved, positive female roles in the church and the infusion of lower classes with higher classes; both transforming the methods of worship to become more emotionally

Each time Nora finds herself unable to help herself the problem is easily directly traced back to her husband, her father, and to the overbearing dominance of the male society. She tries to save the life of the man she thinks she loves and in doing so sees how she has become a victim of her own ignorance which has been brought upon her by the men in her life.

Nora finds strength in realizing her failure, resolving to find herself as a human being and not in what society expects of her. Nora’s recognition comes when Torvald so

In Kate Chopin’s novel, The Awakening a wife and a mother of two, Edna Pontellier, discovers her desires as a woman to live life to the fullest extent and to find her true self. Eventually, her discovery leads to friction between friends, family, and the dominant values of society. Through Chopin's use of Author’s craft and literary elements, the readers have a clear comprehension as to what the author is conveying.

As the novel progresses, Edna is able to escape from the hands of Leonce Pontellier, and she moves into a small house down the street in which she calls the pigeon house. The symbol of the bird is used here by saying she may be able to release herself from Leonce but she isn’t able to release herself from society, that she if forever trapped. In the end of the novel, before Edna’s tragedy, a bird with a broken wing crashes into the sea. This bird can be connected with the advice that Mademoiselle Reisz told Edna that she needed strong wings to soar. The connection for shadows Edna’s tragedy, and reveals her complete failure to find complete freedom and happiness.

Here, Nora pulls together the tragic circumstances. She sees that she was never truly happy in the house, just content. Her father kept her as a child would a doll, and Torvald continued this when they were married. They formed her opinions for her, set expectations to which she was supposed to adhere, and wrote a vague script of how she was supposed to act. She was like a puppet, with no thoughts or actions of her own. When she finally realizes the injustice being done to her, she decides to free herself.

In this picture of the chain and rope connecting, its relates back to my theme because the it is similar to the ,Alex Cross, protagonist of my story. He faces many challenges throughout the story like, his family has been kidnapped, his closest friend was maybe be the psychotic genius behind his family kidnapping. Each chain represent a link closer to finding his killer but as he gets closer to finding his family he loses trail of the killer. However like the this chain he meets a stranger whos knows the person he is looking for and now he is linked back to the case.

The humanly gift of imagination is a unique power within that subconsciously is a locomotor to both the body and spirit to a person 's individual Elysium. It goes far and beyond our cognition into an exuberant fantasy molded by our wants and desires, reaching untamed worlds. Turning imagination into realism is denounced as an impossible being, but it 's in fact the awakening to our lucid dreaming. Edna Pontellier is a woman with a heart that soared beyond the horizons into a limitless world, forced into cage by the inevitable way of life. Kate Chopin through the beautifully sculpted novel “The Awakening” condemned Edna with a mindset beyond her years, finding meaning through her unsocial actions shunned by the eyes of others. Edna used her

Ruth is experiencing a split—a struggle between opposing dimensions of herself. This conflict is between the part of her that wants to change and the other part of her that