Everyman Research Paper

After reading Everyman by Philip Roth, the most common thing to occur for the protagonist was him committing adultery which then led to divorce. It never occurred to me that someone would get a divorce more than once, which piqued my interest to learning more about divorce. Another point of interest can be said to be how Nancy, his daughter, is influence by her parents divorce. As defined by the internet, divorce is “the legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other competent party.” From this definition, it makes sense to see how the court defines divorce and the process behind it.
To start off it seems more plausible to give some history as to how divorce first started and it's roots. Originally divorce was supposed to be a cornerstone of liberty for women, however, the ones to experience the worst out of divorce are women due to them experiencing social and economic burdens. Most of divorce is contributed to have started in the West, with the most famous case being Henry VIII going against Pope Clement VII. Henry wanted a divorce from Catherine of Aragon on the base that she couldn't provide him with a child. Since the pope kept denying Henry the annulment, instead Henry establish …show more content…
Appropriate parenting includes providing emotional support, monitoring children’s activities, disciplining authoritatively, and so on. By doing so, it can be assured that child will experience a well rounded childhood even with the divorce. This seems reasonable throughout the novel considering that when the protagonist divorced Cecilia his own sons seemed extremely cold at the funeral of their own father. Nancy on the hand had her father present for critical point of her life, considering that he even offered to move in order to take care of her children after her own divorce to help diminish the amount of worries from her