The Women of Brewster Place Essay

PARA 2: Miss Eva Turner plays a vital role in Mattie's life by taking her in during her loneliness and destitution and treating Mattie and Basil as if they are her own family.

Elaine and Robert, Mattie's two unmarried children, along with other family and friends, are encouraging her to be what they expect a seventy-eight year old woman to be. They talk about how she needs to get rest because she is slowing down and can't keep going as steady as she seems to think. When she decided to try and help a young juvenile, Wesley Benfield, become a better person by taking him to church and offering him to stay the night with her, Robert thought that Mattie was sick.

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

This shows that the relationship with the mother and kids was very unstable in a way. The children then went out their way to pull a prank out in the street and risk Tiffany, the youngest sibling’s life. This was very dangerous but the children did not give off any fear from attempting the act.

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

hese women from the book “ Women Hollering Creek”, were abused and taken advantage of their own men. Sandra Cisneros explores the stories “Never marry a mexican”, Woman Hollering Creek”, and “One holy night”. The women in this stories made a mistake by being with the wrong men in their life. They became careless when they met their own men. These girls have lost their respect for themselves. They have destroyed their own self, for the guy who never really loves them. No one stood up for their rights as a woman. Love and hate made these women vulnerable.

Evolutionary gender determinism proves that men and women are different, not only in a physical way, but in a psychological way as well. As far as history can determine, men were always the hunters who were dominant and competitive. On the other hand, women were known as the gathers, who were cooperative and capable of doing several things at a time. Since men and women are different in their make up. It is a struggle for the two genders to live together and maintain equality and harmony without one gender dominating over the other. In The Gate to Womens Country, Sheri Tepper brings forth a solution that allows the two genders to coincide with each other. She gives a somewhat feminist view in her novel,

Eventually Mattie gets the illness and she starts to feel dizzy and sick, then eventually everything goes black. Mattie soon wakes up in a hospital bed in Bush Hill. The doctor’s don’t believe in getting blood from their patients to cure them. Instead the Dr, Benjamin Rush recommends rest an food. Once Mattie recovers from the illness, They head back to the city and when they get to the coffee house, it was ransacked and destroyed by thieves. Mattie does her best to provide food for herself and her grandfather. The night after Mattie was sleeping downstairs robbers came from the window and injured Mattie’s grandfather. He died right beside of her and Mattie is completely alone now and is devastated. After Mattie sees her grandfather being buried she wanders around Philadelphia, and finds an orphan name Nell. And Nell lost her mother, which Mattie takes care of Nell. And Mattie tracks down to find any relatives that know Nell, and she found Eliza one of Mattie’s best friends. Then when Eliza takes Mattie and Nell to her brother’s house, Eliza brother twins get the fever, and so does Nell. Later on Mattie’s mother returns to the city and they’re reunited at last from

Lillian Faderman was born in New York in 1940 as a second generation Latvian-Jewish immigrant. While she held a great responsibility in raising herself, her caretakers were primarily her mother and her aunt, who both arrived in the United States in the early 1900s. Her mother and her aunt both struggled financially as single women who provided for themselves. As a child Faderman began to recognize her attraction towards women, which led to an internal struggle she dealt with well into her adolescence. In addition to coming from a working class background and struggling with her sexuality, Faderman also experienced life as a second-class citizen as a woman in a male-dominated world. Faderman’s experiences provide a lens through which to identify some of the social expectations she fought to overcome as a lesbian and a working-class female.

The brightest moments in a person’s day are usually times when they have made a personal connection. Whether it is a smile from a complete stranger or a kiss from a loved one, these personal connections build relationships that shape the lives of every individual. Relationships vary in type, depth, and complexity, but any which way, they play a prominent role in the lives of The Women of Brewster Place, and the characters in The Road. Friendly, biological, and intimate relationships are extremely critical components of these two stories and help shape the path of each character’s journey.

The Chesterfields were a happy family and went on about their day just like their day only the way they could .until one day MR.Chesterfield got a called to the hospital. he races to the door to see twins in MRS.Chesterfield arms he passes out. scene then that day they’ve been happy with two beautiful children. Over the years Chester had always developed faster than Chelsey was always over overshadowed by him. One day their little brother JJ jot a cramp while swimming and he started to drown and then Chester jumped into the pool to save him. The parents praised him and judged her for not doing anything.she stayed home and cred cause she couldn't do anything right. When they got home JJ was fine but Chelsey was crying and they all made fun

She rushed to see what was happening. The night before, Paul had drank himself into oblivion. He had awakened in a very foul mood. When she walked into her mother’s bedroom, Paul was hovering over Nova on the bed, repeatedly punching her in the face and head. She quickly noticed that her mother was frantically trying to protect something in her arms. Nova was screaming “Paul! Get off me!” repeatedly. It was Joey, Kayla’s eight month old brother, with a bottle in his mouth! As Paul violently struck Nova again, Kayla sprinted across the room and yanked the baby from Nova’s arms. She ran, with Joey crying in her arms, to the telephone in the kitchen. Kayla was trembling with fear and anger as she clumsily dialed 911. As the operator answered “911. What is your emergency?” Paul stormed into the kitchen, grabbed the phone from her hand and shattered it against the wall. He then proceeded to yell at Kayla, with a fire of rage burning in his eyes, shouting “Who the hell do you think you are? Coming into my house? I provide this house, your food, and the electricity for you! But you are and ungrateful little brat! Man, I don’t need this from

NARRATOR: Meet Lauren and Cora. Lauren and Cora are both orphans at a Catholic orphanage. And consequently have been best friends since childhood. Yesterday night was Cora’s 18th Birthday. And as tradition goes when a child at the orphanage turns 18 they are given information about their parents and their past. Two months ago Lauren turned 18, and now today it’s Cora’s turn!

Landon goes to the dressing room and gets dressed, he does not get the chance to see Jamie after he gets dressed. He is really worried about one particular line that has not been running well in practice. Tom says “You’re beautiful,” to the angel. On stage he finally sees Jamie and he freezes, she looks so beautiful, she is wearing a long white dress, a little makeup, and for the first time her hair is down and curled loosely. He recites the line perfectly. The show was the best one ever performed and everyone was amazed that Jamie could look that great. After they bow, Jamie thanks Landon for playing the role. The next school day, Jamie is back to her old self; tight bun, brown sweater, and plaid skirt. Landon is very busy with school, homework, and college applications. He is so busy he does not have the chance to talk to Jamie at all. Then one day, Jamie calls Landon and asks him to help collects money jars she put all over town to collect money to buy Christmas presents for the orphans. Landon says he will help her. Landon collects all 60 jars, he counts the money, barley $50 was raised. He goes to the bank and takes all of the money out of his account (without telling Jamie), then he has nearly $250. He gives Jamie the jar money, and she takes him to the orphanage to deliver the gifts. When Landon gets there he is surprised; there is a pretty tree and each child has a present. Landon thinks Jamie looks beautiful. Landon gives Jamie a new sweater and Jamie gives him her mother’s bible. Landon comes to realize he is in love with Jamie. Landon notices Reverend Sullivan has been acting weird. Landon sees Jamie more and they talk about God and faith. Then Landon invites her over to have Christmas dinner with his family. After they eat, Landon decides to take Jamie for a walk through the garden.Landon asks Jamie if he can come over to see her

Katherine walks into the kitchen where she is greeted by her loving mother and father. “Good morning Kathy,” said her mother while stirring her coffee with a spoon, “how about today you go into town and buy yourself a wedding dress.” Katherine knowing her mother means well sighs and reluctantly says, “Sure mother.” Katherine begins to walk up the old broken down stairs her father had built himself when she was a little girl to her bedroom when she is stopped by her father. He whispers to her with a smile, “It’s for your own good Kathy,” and hands her some money. Katherine looks down at the money while she is in her small light pink room and a spark goes off in her mind. She could take the money her father gave to her and instead of buying a wedding dress for