In the novel Something Borrowed written by Emily Giffin, Rachel lives in Manhattan with Darcy her best friend since childhood. She is a lawyer but she despises her job. In law school she had a secret crush on a guy named Dex but she never tried to initiate anything because she thought he was out of her league. She then introduces Dex to her best friend Darcy and they get engaged. On the night of her thirtieth birthday Rachel sleeps with Dex and they begin to have an affair. Rachel constantly lies to Darcy and sneaks around with Dex behind Darcy’s back. Eventually Dex calls off the wedding and tells Rachel he loves her. When Darcy finds out about their affair she tells Rachel she hates her and that Rachel is dead to her.
In the novel Something
In 1880 her mother passed, she and her siblings were left to live with her aunt and grandfather, her father was a drunk and disowned them. While staying at her Grandfather's, life was not better, she still faced a world of mistreatment from a housekeeper. The year of 1894 changed Rachel's life forever. A “mail order bride” was set to travel to the United States and marry Abraham Calof (also an immigrant). Many of her relatives took this chance to homestead in North Dakota before her.
Rachel is first introduced into the play at the very beginning where we see she has gone to the jail to visit her boyfriend Bert Cates. Rachel is very desperate to try and get Bert to just throw himself at the mercy of the court and admit that what he did was wrong. She just wants to be with him. As she enters the jail she speaks to Meeker saying “Mr Meeker, don’t let my father know I came here”, This quote portrays Rachel’s character very well. She is shy and lacks confidence, obviously worried of what would happen if her father found out she was visiting Cates, the enemy to her father at this point. She has lived her life in fear of her father and because of she followed everything
Rachel never talks about her faith growing up, but faith was a pretty big part of her life after marrying Andrew Dennis McBride. Andrew was the man who introduced her to a new kind of religion, who opened her mind and heart to new hope. “a God who lifted me up and forgave me and made me new” Rachel had finally found herself in faith; she was reborn as a Christian and there was no turning back for her anymore. Not only had her husband helped her find herself, but he saved her from a life of escort or potential death. She owed her life to her new faith and her husband.
Women take an oppressive role and Rachel is sure to not be taken under a man’s hold. While faking an engagement with a man involved in political affairs, Eeben Axelroot, she knows how to use her physical features to make him expose his intentions. In addition to that, she uses what she knows about others through Axelroot to her advantage. At one point, while interested in marrying a rich ambassador, she says “ After what I know about that man, I can wrap him around my little finger” (Kingsolver 428). Rachel also understands that although men keep women in the house daily, they cannot go on a week without them cooking or supporting their
the time Rachel was married to Captain Lewis Robards, whose bad temper had driven Rachel
Although Rachel is very emotional, in the only dialogue between her and Mrs. Pierce she sounds very shy, unsure of herself, not ready to confront and timid.
Rachel grew up in a house hold where she had to grow up really quick. In her early teenage years she witnesses her mom struggle through abusive relationships with her step dad and other boyfriends that came after. She eventually became an alcoholic. By the time Rachel was 13 year old, she dropped out of school to take the role of the emotional and financial care taker of her mother. Living in her
The complexity of Rachel’s character differs within the play. On the one hand, Rachel is portrayed in a male disguise showing she has independence as she has taken matters into her own hands, her successful manipulation through disguise perhaps demonstrating her intelligence and how easily women can dupe men. This could also suggest that she is not acting according to the social ‘norms’ for women in the 60s demonstrating that she doesn’t fear people’s views of her although she is a woman. She demonstrates her strength and independence as she takes matters into her own hands ‘I’ll take two hundred in cash’ and acts in a violent way ‘Rachel slaps Francis’, portraying the growing power of women. On the other hand, Bean could have done this to project the message that women cannot hold any power without the help of a man. Although she has decided to solve her problem herself, she has had to dress up as a man to do so, thus showing that women’s roles are often tokenistic. The motive behind her plan was also for a man illustrating the length a women will go for a man. Had Rachel not dressed up as a man maybe she would not have gotten so far, her success in doing so
Throughout the book, Rachel had the most character progression. Initially, Rachel was too scared to go against her father than to defend her friend. She tells Drummond about a recurring dream she had, "But I was more scared of him [her father] than falling (Pg. 55)." Ultimately, Rachel apologizes to Cates after the case and finally forms a stance of her own on
She is a snobby, whining girl with incorrect vocabulary. We get this feel of Rachel from the style in which her point of view is written. For example she said “executrate’” instead of ‘execute’, “autography” instead of autobiography, and “precipitation” instead of ‘participation’. When Rachel goes back into the house to try to salvage one ‘important’ thing, she says; "Not my clothes, there wasn’t time, and not the Bible-it didn’t seem worth saving at that moment, so help me God. It had to be my mirror.” We as readers conclude that Rachel is a girl who cares more about her appearance, than she does for her education; she revolves around herself and is ignorant of the rest of the world. However, readers acknowledge that Rachel is the only character in the novel to truly understand that the Price family did not belong in the Congo. She asserts from the very beginning that her father wouldn't succeed in changing the natives, instead acknowledging that the Congo would change the family instead.
Even though, Bertram loves Rachel the love is not shared. Because, Rachel testified against Cates, she shows how she does not love him nearly as much as Bertram loves
This is shown when Betteredge flat out narrates that he regards any other opinion of Rachel other than that of Rachel’s mother “with a lofty contempt” (177). He also believes in Rachel’s innocence and tries to defend her from Sergeant Cuff’s scrutiny (177, 178). As for Miss Clack, she clearly says to Rachel when she is getting ready to move in with Mr. Bruff that “I can’t part with you!” (261). She tries to get Rachel to live with her, even resorting to bringing up Christianity and hinting to Rachel that Rachel’s mother may not have went to heaven (261,
When Jacob finally arrives in Haran, Jacob falls in love with Rachel and offers himself to her father, Laban, in return for her. However, on their wedding night, Laban tricks Jacob by switching Rachel with his eldest daughter Leah. When Jacob realizes what happened, he demands that Rachel be married to him as well. Unbeknownst to him, Rachel could not bear children as she was “barren”, however since God was
Throughout this book, Darcy does not know if she could trust her boyfriend Hakeem or her old best friend Brisana. Darcy has suspicions that Brisana and Hakeem are attracted to each other. She is also dealing with the return of her father. Having to learn to trust your boyfriend and bestfriend aren't doing you wrong behind your back. Also having to forgive you father and trust that he won't hurt you again.
In the 1970’s, China introduced several plans to reduce the country's birth rate and slow the population growth rate. The most prominent plan was the “one child policy.” The “one child policy,” established in 1979, meant that each couple in China was allowed to have only one child. The policy made sure that China was able to support their large population with resources such as education, housing, food, jobs, and healthcare.