Many have heard the century old saying, “behind every great man is a great woman” at least a thousand times in their lifetime. That may be a bit of an exaggeration, but the phrase is used commonly to showcase the contribution women have made alongside men. However, women have been able to show otherwise their accomplishments and do so without having to hide behind the shadow of a man. Through endless criticisms from men on how to live their lives, women have persevered through it all. Today more women graduate from high school and college, earn more degrees than men, and are even owning more businesses on their own. As Gloria Steinem puts it, “[Women] are becoming the men [they] wanted to marry (11 Surprising Statistics About Women In The
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As mentioned above she married Connie at a young age and the couple is expecting her first child. Rose of Sharon not only has to suffer through the crises the family goes through, she has to go through them while carrying a child. Not only that, her husband Connie leaves the family before the baby is even born. If that is not evident enough of how truly awful Rose of Sharon’s life has been, she had a stillborn due to her malnutrition and stress she experienced during the trip. However, despite all of this, she was still able to pick herself up and contribute a piece of herself to help someone in need. To clarify, while the family is stranded in a boxcar in the middle of California, they meet a dying man and his son sitting alone. Since Rose of had just given birth, her body was able to breastfeed and without a baby to do so, the milk has to go somewhere. As a result, she willing begins to feed the dying man. Rose of Sharon’s actions prove her transition from a love struck teenager to a selfless “mother” despite all the destruction around …show more content…
The novel focuses on the sequence of events that happen to Coleman Silk, a retired classics professor from Athena College. Coleman gets caught up in a multitude of scandals, ranging from a racism incident towards two of his students to having an affair with a woman half his age. While the woman, Faunia Farley, has a negative aura associated with her because of her public association with Coleman, it is through her ability to move on from her horrifying past and be where she is with Coleman that proves her to be a strong female
As mentioned above she married Connie at a young age and the couple is expecting her first child. Rose of Sharon not only has to suffer through the crises the family goes through, she has to go through them while carrying a child. Not only that, her husband Connie leaves the family before the baby is even born. If that is not evident enough of how truly awful Rose of Sharon’s life has been, she had a stillborn due to her malnutrition and stress she experienced during the trip. However, despite all of this, she was still able to pick herself up and contribute a piece of herself to help someone in need. To clarify, while the family is stranded in a boxcar in the middle of California, they meet a dying man and his son sitting alone. Since Rose of had just given birth, her body was able to breastfeed and without a baby to do so, the milk has to go somewhere. As a result, she willing begins to feed the dying man. Rose of Sharon’s actions prove her transition from a love struck teenager to a selfless “mother” despite all the destruction around …show more content…
The novel focuses on the sequence of events that happen to Coleman Silk, a retired classics professor from Athena College. Coleman gets caught up in a multitude of scandals, ranging from a racism incident towards two of his students to having an affair with a woman half his age. While the woman, Faunia Farley, has a negative aura associated with her because of her public association with Coleman, it is through her ability to move on from her horrifying past and be where she is with Coleman that proves her to be a strong female