Ray Lewis once said, "No matter the circumstances that you may be going through, just push through it." In society, people sometimes give up when faced with tough times. When people use their determination and courage, they could do more. In Catherine, Called Birdy, Catherine uses her determination and courage to make the best of her marriage, her lady tasks, and her life.
First, Catherine cannot escape marriage. She thinks about her own marriage and used to dream of a nice marriage, but instead is, "offered a smelly, broken-toothed old man who drinks too much" (136). Catherine dislikes her Shaggy Beard and he is just one of the terrible suitors that are constantly being offered to her. It doesn't meet her expectations, but she can't pick; …show more content…
She "can stand no more of lady-tasks, endless mindless sewing, hemming, brewing, doctoring, and counting linen" (10). Catherine has many chores and lady tasks that she can't escape from due to it feeling endless and eternal. She wishes to escape from them, but is trapped and bound to them. Catherine shows her dislike for chores like her embroidery when she, "kicked it down the stairs to the hall where the dogs fought and slobbered over it, so I took the soggy mess and threw it to the pigs" (53). Her chores are like a pain to her and she couldn't care less if it was destroyed. She doesn't want to do her chores, meaning if she was given the choice she wouldn't do it and that she's forced to. Using her determination, she gets over the mountain of tasks she has to do …show more content…
She wished to, "join a nunnery... grow turnips... be a tumbler... a musician... a traveling spinner, but that is no escape" (22). Catherine has wanted to be any one else, but she is stuck as herself, She is trapped .in her life despite her wishes and how much she dislikes it. Catherine realizes that she can't be a, "minstrel and no wart charmer but me, Birdy, Catherine of Stonebridge" (162). Catherine can't be anything beside herself. If she's not herself, then she's not Catherine and people will not wonder why she's not someone else, but why she's not Catherine. Using her courage, Catherine faces the fact so she will always be herself and won't survive if she's not herself and decides to be someone like Madame
First, Catherine cannot escape marriage. She thinks about her own marriage and used to dream of a nice marriage, but instead is, "offered a smelly, broken-toothed old man who drinks too much" (136). Catherine dislikes her Shaggy Beard and he is just one of the terrible suitors that are constantly being offered to her. It doesn't meet her expectations, but she can't pick; …show more content…
She "can stand no more of lady-tasks, endless mindless sewing, hemming, brewing, doctoring, and counting linen" (10). Catherine has many chores and lady tasks that she can't escape from due to it feeling endless and eternal. She wishes to escape from them, but is trapped and bound to them. Catherine shows her dislike for chores like her embroidery when she, "kicked it down the stairs to the hall where the dogs fought and slobbered over it, so I took the soggy mess and threw it to the pigs" (53). Her chores are like a pain to her and she couldn't care less if it was destroyed. She doesn't want to do her chores, meaning if she was given the choice she wouldn't do it and that she's forced to. Using her determination, she gets over the mountain of tasks she has to do …show more content…
She wished to, "join a nunnery... grow turnips... be a tumbler... a musician... a traveling spinner, but that is no escape" (22). Catherine has wanted to be any one else, but she is stuck as herself, She is trapped .in her life despite her wishes and how much she dislikes it. Catherine realizes that she can't be a, "minstrel and no wart charmer but me, Birdy, Catherine of Stonebridge" (162). Catherine can't be anything beside herself. If she's not herself, then she's not Catherine and people will not wonder why she's not someone else, but why she's not Catherine. Using her courage, Catherine faces the fact so she will always be herself and won't survive if she's not herself and decides to be someone like Madame