In the book “Doing Time Together- love and family in the shadow of the prison” by Megan Comfort, in chapter three and four was very precisely about how each women suffer with their husband ,or boyfriend being in prison. Therefore chapter four shows how each inmate considers jail their way of living, when they start calling it “home”. Otherwise they would have a very hard time adjusting their way of living, but not just for the inmate but for each wife that waits for them or visits them, hoping someday they can be a family again. Having to struggle by visiting them or even to wait for a simple call, it can be a real struggle and not just for them but for each kid that struggles to see their father. On daily basics the wife or girlfriend has…
On June 10, 1991 in California, a girl named Jayce Dugard was kidnapped at the age of 11 years old. She was abducted while she was walking home from a school bus stop. Jayce was brought to Phillip Gardios house, where he kept her in tents, shed and lean to’s in his own back yard. She endured harsh sexual assault resulting in the birth of two children. This story relates closely to the imprisonment of Ma and Jack.…
The book we read was The True Confessions Of Charlotte Doyle by Avi. One word that could be used to describe the main character, Charlotte Doyle, is brave. Charlotte had a fire burning inside of her that she learned to tame. Being on the Seahawk helped her let that fire grow.…
From an outsider’s standpoint, most would suggest that both women were prominently stable and secure in their marriages. Their husbands were not unemployed or inadequate providers for them. In fact if, the narrator in “The Yellow Wallpaper” tells the readers her husband is a physician (Gilman line 7). Financially and materialistically, both women were well provided for by their husbands. Provisions were never an issue in the marriage itself, however, there was still a void that the woman of both stories felt in their lives.…
Octavia Butler’s novel, Parable of the Sower, supports my thesis with the experiences that Lauren has throughout the novel. In the novel, Parable of the Sower,…
In the text written by Rebecca Harding Davis titled “Life in the Iron Mills”, Rebecca incorporates the theme of oppression and hopelessness felt by the immigrants and workers that work in the harsh conditions of the iron mills and other factories. In the story both the 2 main characters, Deborah and Hugh are exposed to these conditions that are imitated as hell and inferno sites. Davis writes to persuade people to follow and make their own living to prosper with what they can do, but in the story a specific character does not take advantage of a way to get out of the lower class and It ends up costing his life. Hugh Wolfe Is one of the main characters of the story who is very well mannered and educated but works at an iron mill to support his family.…
Many people in our society have been taught, starting in their early years of life, that they should be obedient to those older than them or those placed in a position of authority. Being taught from a young age that disobeying will lead to harsh consequences. But what if one is asked to do something that doesn’t aline with their personal morals? Why is it that most people in society seem to act under compulsion when faced with things they don’t care to do? What makes it so hard for them to disobey in that moment?…
Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story, ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ and Sylvia Plath’s novel, ‘The Bell Jar’, scrutinises how both women, the unnamed narrator and Esther, become mentally unstable. Both protagonists exploit their real life situations in their story and novel to emphasise how being a woman living in a patriarchal society has caused mental breakdowns. Moreover, they make attempts to explore and understand their suffering of depression and the possible ways to overcome it. The short story is a reflection of personal experience in which Gilman identifies herself with the unnamed character.…
“Our crime has been to speak out for better working conditions.” (Diana Goss, 69). In Katherine Paterson’s novel Lyddie, the thirteen year old main character Lyddie (Lydia) Worthen, faces difficult challenges that she must overcome to reunite her scattered family. With a family of four children, a disappeared father and a queer mother, Lyddie has to take charge in her small Vermont farm.…
Alias Grace is a novel that forces the readers to open their minds to an offbeat century. By the end of this novel, Atwood has transformed Grace into a very intricate character who can possibly weave stories just as well as she can weave a quilt. After viewing the history of quilting, one can now connect to Grace on a more personal level to interpret why it had become an essential part of her life. Throughout the novel, quilting becomes an important motif and is perhaps the only constant component that is extracted from the story.…
Changes in the Cage: Isolation’s effects on the female characters in A Mercy Alone in thought. Alone in the room. Remoteness isn’t necessarily a weak or vulnerable position to be in, but it is a life changing one. Depending on the kind of the isolation—forced, situational, or necessary—it can either stunt or stimulate the victim’s growth. In Toni Morrison’s A Mercy, Rebekka, Lina, Sorrow, and Florens undergo these different situations; however, they all wind up in similar states of isolation.…
In what ways does Ian McEwan’s use of setting reinforce the central ideas of Atonement? Ian McEwan spends a great deal of time describing the setting his characters inhabit. The descriptions are so in depth and thoughtful that the houses and buildings almost become characters in their own rights. This attention to detail comes from McEwan’s use of setting in reinforcing the central themes of Atonement, such as love, pretence and order and chaos.…
Edie’s Character Analysis in How I Met My Husband How I Met My Husband is a short story written by Alice Munro. The protagonist, Edie is seen to be from a humble background and works at Mrs. Peebles house.…
In James Joyce’s short story “Eveline”, James Joyce depicts Eveline, a young woman struggling to escape the pressures of her current life. Eveline has found a way to escape her current life through Frank, but when the time approaches, she seems to be unable to accept change. The author’s use of flashbacks, effective diction and rhetorical devices illuminate the theme of paralysis throughout the story. From the beginning of the story, James Joyce makes the paralysis of Eveline apparent. Eveline “sat at the window watching the evening invade the avenue”, Joyce’s decision to use the word “invade” emphasizes Eveline’s paralysis.…
The poem by Margret Atwood, “Marrying the Hangman” exemplifies the conception of humiliation, commendably sanctioning the metamorphosing societal values. Effectively perceiving the perception of deception and guilt. Marrying the Hangman is fused by history which in turn invoked the official, written history of a woman who escaped sentence of death by convincing a condemned man to accept the position of hangman and to marry her, and the oral history of a violent encounter, shared among other women: "These things happen and we sit at a table and tell stories about them so we can finally believe." Atwood demonstrates a remarkable determination to confront humiliation in her poetry. The historical poem “Marrying the Hangman” includes a related observation: An example illustrating the humiliation she withholds, “To live in prison is to live without mirrors.…