The Women Of Brewster Place Analysis

This is challenging Mattie because she has a choice, act back our keep it inside her and be the more mature one. One more example of this is, “Jeannine saw my dilemma, picked up the plate, and passed it in the opposite direction to her mother”(49). Again this is another chance where Mattie can either act out or keep her composure. I think that these problems that Mattie has faced have helped mature her into an adult, “I stood so quickly that the seams under my arms ripped open with a snarl. The dog barked shrilly. ‘It’s not a tavern, it’s a coffee house!’”(53) This helps Mattie mature because she is building a tolerance for annoying people (like the Ogilvies). Also it shows she will stick up for her family business. That is another conflict Mattie is presented with out of many in this

(Introduction): Throughout her novel, The Women of Brewster Place, Ms. Naylor emphasizes the importance of sister hood by showing how the women are strengthened by their relationships with one another and proving that men are not necessary to their survival or happiness.

In the book, Mattie starts out as a lazy teenager who needs to be told what to do by her over controlling mother, but throughout the story, she becomes more responsible and adult-like. For

In Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path,” the character Phoenix Jackson is introduced. Phoenix Jackson is an uneducated, African-American woman without any family besides her sick grandson. Phoenix is the hero of this story and fits the role well by delivering much-needed medicine to her grandson. Phoenix shows many distinct traits that reveal her to be a hero to her grandson. The heroic feats she accomplishes pave a path that leads to her satisfaction as well as protection of her most beloved asset, her grandson. Throughout the story, Phoenix’s humble, caring, and determined character is displayed through her actions.

Mattie is a fourteen year old girl, who has the responsibilities of an adult, which was expected of people that age in this time period. “[Mattie] kept his books for him”(keeping the books means keeping track of the money) said Mattie when she was explaining why she knew how much money her father had (Portis 15). This quote is interesting because it exhibits the amount of responsibility that was put upon her even at a young age. Also, Mattie seems to have the best math skills in her family despite having a mother and father much older than her. Mattie told Yarnell, (who is an African American that works for Mattie's family) “Yarnell said ‘you can't stay in the city by yourself’ [Mattie] said ‘It will be alright’” (Portis 26). Mattie is going to stay in the city by herself without her mom knowing when she will return, or what her sleeping arrangements are. It is strange because she is a young girl in a city alone with nobody to protect her, and her mother has no idea what is going on. Mattie told the sheriff “[I’am] looking for the man who shot and killed my father” (Poti 59). Mattie is not asking the sheriff to find the man and bring him to

In her story, “Old Woman Magoun” she delivered a feminist message more directly than ever. It’s based in turn-of-the-century New England, patriarchy still defined relationships even though the men themselves had degenerated. The story reflects the realities of Freeman’s own life, as her father’s business failed and her mother became the support of the family. However, Freeman’s life was not unique; rural New England is

In the book, Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson, both Isabel and Ruth lived a slave’s life. Their quality of life varied in the three places they had stayed. Each place they stayed of course had they’re downfalls and some had small perks, but no place was nothing like home. Since the two girls mom was stripped away from the girls leaving them with no one else to protect them, the girls had no other choice then to become a slave. The girls slaved at three places throughout the book.

café. After violence and death in Lawrence the people in the town understood that revolution was not as abstract concept to the, and that the battles over sex were part of the war over America’s future. (153) Chapter 6 Sex as a weapon Bailey explains how parts of America’s youth used sex not only for pleasure but also for power. Women were the ones who saw that sex was being used as a weapon. Today in Lawrence and around the country you see part of the sexual revolution taking place in restroom by boys and girls writing “FUCK” in bathroom stalls. Sex as a weapon is a critical part of the sexual revolution. Chapter 7 Sex and Liberation Lawrence formed its own Gay liberation front. It was formed when Lawrence in 1970 was in war. Bailey emphasizes

James' manipulation of appearances in Daisy Miller as well as other character's notions of these appearances provides us with a novella of enigmatic and fascinating characters. Daisy, the most complicated of these ambiguities, is as mysterious as she is flirtatious. James gives her a carefully constructed enigmatic quality that leaves the reader wondering what her motivations were and who she truly was. He structures the novella in such a way as to stress the insights that the supporting characters provide into Daisy's character, weather accurate or erroneous. Despite their questionable reliability, they allow James to make commentary on both European and American cultures and social class.

In the novel Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor explains to readers on how seven black women are living life in Brewster Place by confronting alienation. Naylor identify alienation by exploring racism and sexism. It serves as a testament to the live of African American women who have maintained self- respect and hope in the face of suffering Mattie, Lorraine, and Etta Mae Johnson are the three characters who have went through the sufferings of alienation. Lorraine was introduced in chapter 6 "The Two". Being ostracized by her family and fired from teaching job, excluded from the community.

She skillfully explored her characters backstory in depth. In “ Mama Day” Gloria created a tone where William Shakespeare’s The Tempest meets black folklore.(edit. Of ency. brit.) Naylor’s next book was “Linden Hills” which theme is over the destroying of materialism in black neighborhoods.(edit. Of ency. brit.) And, the tone of suffering goes with her writing “Bailey’s Cafe”. (edit. Of ency. brit.) Also, my author went back to the same vibe as her first book for her last book, “The Men of Brewster Place”(biography). I expect the book to be the same concept as “The Women of Brewster Place” but from a different perspective, the “bad guy” switches and shows the reader that they are the ‘

       Unfortunately, women aren't just verbally criticized by men in person, but they're mentioned badly about in writings too. With that being said, men also have a tendency to believe women will give into vice easily as opposed to them. From the Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan, the moment Christine encounters such an interaction or comes across such writings, she immediately starts to develop negative thoughts about herself. When Christine develops such a thought process, she then is introduced to three ladies one named Reason, another lady named Rectitude, and lastly a lady named Justice. With that being the case, these three ladies made her come to a realization that she's the only person who could raise her own self-esteem.

Living in a world where people are free and have the opportunity to be individuals is a world that Margaret Atwood’s main character, Offred, currently is having a hard time remembering. Thanks to her point of view we are able to see and understand what it must be like to live in the kind of world where life can mean so little to one. In this case, this group of people includes the ones that hold power in the government. This book makes one take a step back and look at what oneself is doing so that the reader can avoid everything that Offred had to deal with in her new life. For her life was not always like the way it is now in Gilead. She had rights, she had freedom, and most of all she had happiness. Over the years everything has changed and the people who have been most affected by this would be all women. They have become objects, tools, and instruments in which they are used to make their government prosper. Holding on to hope that one day things will go back to normal is no longer a thing that women can keep in mind. They worry about surviving, making it through until the next day, and never hearing or saying anything that they are not supposed to say or hear. In their new reality they try holding onto the past and who they really are, but the world they live in now is making that extremely hard. Day by day Offred explains to the reader how she manages to get by, but meanwhile we are also able to see the old side of her and can see that as every day passes it starts to

Nimble fingers swiftly graze across the bound leather book sitting in my lap as I look out the window; watching the sunny day slowly get darker due to the dark clouds covering the sun, causing a certain darkness to cast over Boston. It would be raining soon, I had been certain of that. "You should put that book away, darling, your step mother would not want to see that in your possession." My father will say as he approaches me, words spoken softly and concern in his eyes. The mention of my step mother causes a disgusted look to come across my face...Priscilla Applegate, a scrawny woman in her middle 30 's who always wore her dark hair up in an old fashioned bun and treated me like a child. I was never too fond of the woman to begin with

In the novels Home to Harlem and Passing, the representation of women characters is very different. In terms of personality, social class, and relationships with other characters, the women characters in both novels are distinctive from each other in many ways. The middle-class women of Passing provides insight to the drama of “passing” as white, while the women of Home to Harlem provides more sexual politics and dynamics between them and the male characters. Both novels present women characters in different social classes and backgrounds, which help further both plots as a result.