Comparing Places In The Heart And Paradise Road

I feel that the films Places in the Heart, the Long Walk Home, and the Mighty Macs compare and contrast, but the film Paradise Road does not give enough information of the women as spouses to compare and contrast. In the film Places in the Heart the main character Edna Spalding was the perfect wife, until her husband died. The film first introduces Edna Spalding when she is serving dinner to her family and her husband, who was the sheriff was called to handle a situation where he meet his untimely death. When Edna’s husband died she told her sister Margaret that she did not know what to do because she never worked and she did not know how much she would have to pay on the house. She admitted that her husband provided every that was need and that she only know how to take care of the house and children. A second film …show more content…
In Odessa's household I fell that she is in charge and has more say then her husband. When Odessa first walked the ten miles to her place of employment she came home with bloody feet. Her son asked his father to talk Odessa out of going to church, so she could rest her feet. His father said that there would be no use in trying, because she liked going to church and it made her feel better. There was also another point in the movie where her husband told her that she could take the bus if she wanted to but she said no. Odessa also took care of her kids as well as Miriam’s Daughter. Before the bus boycott Odessa would always have dinner ready and had time to spend with kids. When she started to walk the ten miles she still tried to cook, clean, and take care of the kids, but it became harder. The kids definitely tried to do everything to please their mother and stepped into help when she would come home late. On the other hand the film shows Miriam who is a typical white southern house wife whose ultimate duty is to hire the help and to be