Equality is a simple concept that not everyone understands. True equality is when everyone gets the same chance, everyone has the same expectations, and others are to be treated as expected by everyone. “Joyride” takes place about 30 years ago. In those days, women were breaking ground and were in the beginning stages of being treated as equals to men. Before, being born a woman was like being born in prison. Women had no say in everyday details most of the time. They were to listen to her husband and not question. Almost like a dog listening to their owner. They were breaking stereotypes and getting out of the house. Women were out getting jobs, earning money, and no longer having to rely on the man of the house. Men are finally being
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This is to be expected. Everyone make mistakes, this is just a given and this going to happen all throughout your life. If everything went right every time, there would be no lessons to be learned. Even John, the narrator, states, “ ‘We’ve died and gone to hell, sweetie,’ she said in the voice used for not strictly-private observations” (89). In the story, the mother and son duo end up in the a motel overnight. The the mother started to do some calculations on the upcoming costs. She has come to the realization of that they may not have enough money. So she needs to figure something out to solve their problem. As seen in the story she is resourceful and should be able to figure something out to help them out. But a mother would never let her child fall. Having John with her, would help her through all of …show more content…
Reminiscing about it every once in awhile helps to heal. It is almost like thinking about all the good times and bad times you had with someone who has died or you can not see them anymore, it is proof that it happened. After the ordeal of having to run, the mother is still able to find the husband comforting. Richard Russo writes, “Explaining my father’s character deficiencies really cheered my mother up” (94). John’s mother sees the father as her past. Hearing herself talk about him confirms, it validates her reason to leave. It reminds her that she made the right decision to leave him behind. The mothers feels no need to worry about him, it calms her down and allows her to look forward, to the future.
Freedom is a seven letter word that empowers many people. In the case of the story “Joyride”, the thought of freedom allowed John Dern’s mother to build up the courage to run away from her husband. No matter if the reasoning was good or bad, it did not matter. The only one that did matter is that she was able to pack up everything and leave. Russo was able to depict through his story the mother 's strength. Even through all the pain it was a success in the
This is to be expected. Everyone make mistakes, this is just a given and this going to happen all throughout your life. If everything went right every time, there would be no lessons to be learned. Even John, the narrator, states, “ ‘We’ve died and gone to hell, sweetie,’ she said in the voice used for not strictly-private observations” (89). In the story, the mother and son duo end up in the a motel overnight. The the mother started to do some calculations on the upcoming costs. She has come to the realization of that they may not have enough money. So she needs to figure something out to solve their problem. As seen in the story she is resourceful and should be able to figure something out to help them out. But a mother would never let her child fall. Having John with her, would help her through all of …show more content…
Reminiscing about it every once in awhile helps to heal. It is almost like thinking about all the good times and bad times you had with someone who has died or you can not see them anymore, it is proof that it happened. After the ordeal of having to run, the mother is still able to find the husband comforting. Richard Russo writes, “Explaining my father’s character deficiencies really cheered my mother up” (94). John’s mother sees the father as her past. Hearing herself talk about him confirms, it validates her reason to leave. It reminds her that she made the right decision to leave him behind. The mothers feels no need to worry about him, it calms her down and allows her to look forward, to the future.
Freedom is a seven letter word that empowers many people. In the case of the story “Joyride”, the thought of freedom allowed John Dern’s mother to build up the courage to run away from her husband. No matter if the reasoning was good or bad, it did not matter. The only one that did matter is that she was able to pack up everything and leave. Russo was able to depict through his story the mother 's strength. Even through all the pain it was a success in the