Family plays a great role in the life of every living creature. Every human being is incomplete without a family. Over the years, the family has been viewed as a strong part of who a person becomes later on in life. However, many times the family is viewed as either a cradle of virtues or criticized as the center of psychological deformation and ideological indoctrination. Whatever the debate, it is clear that family forms a huge part of a human’s life. This paper looks at the concept of family with a close focus on three literary works; ‘the beloved’ by Toni Morison, ‘Mr. Pip’ by Lloyd Jones, and ‘Jane Eyre’ by Charlotte Brontë. The paper will analyze how these stories build up to the concept of family and how family defines an individual.
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Delores also exhibits a great deal of loyalty. She insists that Matilda respects their family heritage and also shows great devotion to her ancestors and their traditional values. These factors, in the long run, make a big part of who Matilda becomes in future. Matilda has a great devotion to her values and traditions and is also very loving. It is this adherence to traditions passed on to her by her mother that makes Matilda furious when eventually she unites with her father and realizes he had become so much like the White man (Butter, …show more content…
In this story, Charlotte Brontë suggests that family or the people that one lives with do not determine what the kind of person will come in the future (Clarke, 2010). In this story, after Jane Eyre’s uncle passes on, he lives the wife with the sole responsibility of taking care of her. Though related to Jane by blood and being the only family she knows, the Reed family is consistently cruel to her. Ironically, Mrs. Reed who self-proclaims as a guardian of morals and virtues is cruel and unkind to Jane. In this story, the Reed family is an example of hypocrisy and snobbishness. Jane’s relatives see her as less than a servant and Jane has nothing in common with them even regarding interests and
Delores also exhibits a great deal of loyalty. She insists that Matilda respects their family heritage and also shows great devotion to her ancestors and their traditional values. These factors, in the long run, make a big part of who Matilda becomes in future. Matilda has a great devotion to her values and traditions and is also very loving. It is this adherence to traditions passed on to her by her mother that makes Matilda furious when eventually she unites with her father and realizes he had become so much like the White man (Butter, …show more content…
In this story, Charlotte Brontë suggests that family or the people that one lives with do not determine what the kind of person will come in the future (Clarke, 2010). In this story, after Jane Eyre’s uncle passes on, he lives the wife with the sole responsibility of taking care of her. Though related to Jane by blood and being the only family she knows, the Reed family is consistently cruel to her. Ironically, Mrs. Reed who self-proclaims as a guardian of morals and virtues is cruel and unkind to Jane. In this story, the Reed family is an example of hypocrisy and snobbishness. Jane’s relatives see her as less than a servant and Jane has nothing in common with them even regarding interests and