Perception vs. Reality Rough Draft
Sometimes in life, our memory can be influenced by the emotions we were having at that said time. We can perceive past events differently based on our feelings at the time. Whereas in reality the events may be different. For Hagar Shipley, her stubborn, and prideful attitude has had a detrimental effect on how she remembers her past life events and is why she regularly turns a blind eye toward the truth. The characters of Marvin, John, and her father Jason Currie are all exemplifications of how Hagar’s perception of them isn’t the reality
On many occasions, Hagar’s memory of Marvin does not seem to be accurate and has been skewed by her biased feelings toward him. As a child Marvin consistently worked to …show more content…
An example of this being when her father sends her a way to the boarding school for years to learn how to become a proper lady, how to take care of accounts, and play hostess. Hagar is blind to see that the real reasoning behind why he sent her away was for his own benefit: ”You’re a credit to me. Everyone will be saying that by tomorrow.” (Laurence, 43). Her father viewed her as an object when he tells her “You’re a credit to me” it show that the only person benefiting from sending her to the women's academy was her father, and the image of her family. Now that Hagar had been trained in the ‘wifely duties’ she can finally fill the gap in the Currie household that her mom has left. This being the truth that Hagar cannot see, as she let her love for her father and her pride get in the way of how she perceives things. Another example of how when it comes to her father her memory can’t be trusted to portray the truth, was when she makes the decision to marry Bram, he does not condone it and lets her know immediately how he feels when he says “You’re only twenty-four. And you’ll not marry that fellow ever, I can vow to that much. He’s common as dirt.” (Laurence, 48). While Hagar thought her father was punishing her by not allowing her to marry Bram, he was really just saying that he didn’t think Bram was good enough for her, and that she deserved better. Hagar at that time let her emotions cloud her judgement and made her unable to see that her father just wanted the best for her. Her clouded judgement ultimately was the demise of her whole relationship with her father. Throughout Hagar’s life, she has always tried to impress her father. Even after their estrangement Hagar still did everything she could to make her father proud despite not being in his life anymore. She raised her sons John and Marvin, (more-so John than Marvin) to be Curries rather than
Sometimes in life, our memory can be influenced by the emotions we were having at that said time. We can perceive past events differently based on our feelings at the time. Whereas in reality the events may be different. For Hagar Shipley, her stubborn, and prideful attitude has had a detrimental effect on how she remembers her past life events and is why she regularly turns a blind eye toward the truth. The characters of Marvin, John, and her father Jason Currie are all exemplifications of how Hagar’s perception of them isn’t the reality
On many occasions, Hagar’s memory of Marvin does not seem to be accurate and has been skewed by her biased feelings toward him. As a child Marvin consistently worked to …show more content…
An example of this being when her father sends her a way to the boarding school for years to learn how to become a proper lady, how to take care of accounts, and play hostess. Hagar is blind to see that the real reasoning behind why he sent her away was for his own benefit: ”You’re a credit to me. Everyone will be saying that by tomorrow.” (Laurence, 43). Her father viewed her as an object when he tells her “You’re a credit to me” it show that the only person benefiting from sending her to the women's academy was her father, and the image of her family. Now that Hagar had been trained in the ‘wifely duties’ she can finally fill the gap in the Currie household that her mom has left. This being the truth that Hagar cannot see, as she let her love for her father and her pride get in the way of how she perceives things. Another example of how when it comes to her father her memory can’t be trusted to portray the truth, was when she makes the decision to marry Bram, he does not condone it and lets her know immediately how he feels when he says “You’re only twenty-four. And you’ll not marry that fellow ever, I can vow to that much. He’s common as dirt.” (Laurence, 48). While Hagar thought her father was punishing her by not allowing her to marry Bram, he was really just saying that he didn’t think Bram was good enough for her, and that she deserved better. Hagar at that time let her emotions cloud her judgement and made her unable to see that her father just wanted the best for her. Her clouded judgement ultimately was the demise of her whole relationship with her father. Throughout Hagar’s life, she has always tried to impress her father. Even after their estrangement Hagar still did everything she could to make her father proud despite not being in his life anymore. She raised her sons John and Marvin, (more-so John than Marvin) to be Curries rather than