In The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, the main character is Jurgis Rudkus. He is portrayed as a strong, young man looking for work. Jurgis’s main goal is to equip for his wife and family, to give them the best in life. Jurgis’s wife Ona is personified as feeble and young perhaps in her teenage years such as fourteen to sixteen when she marries Jurgis. Jurgis promises Ona, “Leave it to me; leave it to me. I will earn more money-I will work harder (20).” It is stereotypical to say that the man in the relationship is the one who goes out working late while the woman stays home and cleans or cooks. Why is society based off men being the head of the household? Sinclair hints the idea of women being such an important part in Socialism is because women need to practice new lifestyles.
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Back then, people were expected to start their lives on their own at a young age. Jurgis asks Ona’s dad to marry her but he disapproves. Jurgis then waited till her dad died. Marriages back then typically were not based on love because most marriages were arranged through parents. Back then men got away with having multiple wives but if a woman was caught with another man, it meant death. Marriage today, both spouses should work together to financially support their family. Marriage should be filled with happiness by which both spouses are equally responsible and one is not higher than the other.
The Yellow Wallpaper serves a good example to show that the whole mind process to why women are treated crudely. The fact that the narrator remains unnamed throughout the story highlights the hidden voice of women. She yearns to escape her husband because he thought her case was not crucial. The narrator tells herself, “I’m glad my care is not serious,” symbolizing male dominance. John, her husband, was a doctor who dismissed her real illness as nervous trouble. The more restrictions implanted on her, the more she drove
Back then, people were expected to start their lives on their own at a young age. Jurgis asks Ona’s dad to marry her but he disapproves. Jurgis then waited till her dad died. Marriages back then typically were not based on love because most marriages were arranged through parents. Back then men got away with having multiple wives but if a woman was caught with another man, it meant death. Marriage today, both spouses should work together to financially support their family. Marriage should be filled with happiness by which both spouses are equally responsible and one is not higher than the other.
The Yellow Wallpaper serves a good example to show that the whole mind process to why women are treated crudely. The fact that the narrator remains unnamed throughout the story highlights the hidden voice of women. She yearns to escape her husband because he thought her case was not crucial. The narrator tells herself, “I’m glad my care is not serious,” symbolizing male dominance. John, her husband, was a doctor who dismissed her real illness as nervous trouble. The more restrictions implanted on her, the more she drove