Just A Man Being A Man
The submissive/silent woman, a well-known way of living that dominated America between the years of 1920-1970. Alcohol can enhance chances of abuse. I took a feminist approach to help readers make sense of the conflicting utterances in the story “Up in Michigan”, written by Ernest Hemingway, to discuss how alcohol enhances the chances of abuse. The main characters I chose to discuss is Liz and Jim. Liz has fallen in love with every visual aspect of Jim, yet she knows nothing about him. She struggles with her conflicting emotions and fantasies about Jim until one night he invited her out to take a walk with him while he was drunk which lead to him taking advantage of her …show more content…
Although Liz has always imagined being with Jim in an intimate way, when Jim approached her drunk and aggressive it made her uncomfortable, yet her feelings for him made her over look this possible risky situation. After Mr. and Mrs. Smith went upstairs to bed after supper, Liz took her time to clean up because she assumed Jim would pass her way after he and charley finish drinking. Her assumptions were right, Jim came into the kitchen and wrapped his arms around her feeling up her body. “Liz was terribly frightened, no one had ever touched her in this way” (Hemingway Par. 2). Jim being aggressive towards Liz was one of the effects of the alcohol. Alcohol tends to make you want more physical contact than usual because alcohol has the tendency to mess with your mind. It can make you feel one way and trick your mind into thinking that everyone else must feel this way to. When drinking alcohol most people drink it just for the fun of it, but they do not consider the fact that alcohol plays mind games on the users. Therefore, when drinking you won’t have full control over your body, and you may do or experience things …show more content…
They took a late night walk down a sandy road to the end of the dock to a warehouse at the end of the bay. Liz had so much love in her eyes as she thought this would be a romantic evening while Jim just saw lust. They sat down, and Jim pulled Liz close to him. She became frightened once one of Jim's hands went inside her dress and she didn’t know quite how to react. She didn't know how he was going to go about things, but she snuggled close to him anyway. Soon she realized that things weren’t going how she thought and that she didn’t want to do this anymore. She began to reject him and asking him to stop but he didn’t. No matter how loud she was no one could hear her. “Don’t, Jim," (Liz Par.3). Liz wasn’t mindful when she agreed to taking a walk with drunken Jim away from town. She didn’t consider the fact of what could possibly happen or how far they were from other people. Liz let her feelings for Jim get the better judgement of what took place that night, while Jim allowed alcohol to be the decision maker. Resulting in him raping a young girl who admired
The submissive/silent woman, a well-known way of living that dominated America between the years of 1920-1970. Alcohol can enhance chances of abuse. I took a feminist approach to help readers make sense of the conflicting utterances in the story “Up in Michigan”, written by Ernest Hemingway, to discuss how alcohol enhances the chances of abuse. The main characters I chose to discuss is Liz and Jim. Liz has fallen in love with every visual aspect of Jim, yet she knows nothing about him. She struggles with her conflicting emotions and fantasies about Jim until one night he invited her out to take a walk with him while he was drunk which lead to him taking advantage of her …show more content…
Although Liz has always imagined being with Jim in an intimate way, when Jim approached her drunk and aggressive it made her uncomfortable, yet her feelings for him made her over look this possible risky situation. After Mr. and Mrs. Smith went upstairs to bed after supper, Liz took her time to clean up because she assumed Jim would pass her way after he and charley finish drinking. Her assumptions were right, Jim came into the kitchen and wrapped his arms around her feeling up her body. “Liz was terribly frightened, no one had ever touched her in this way” (Hemingway Par. 2). Jim being aggressive towards Liz was one of the effects of the alcohol. Alcohol tends to make you want more physical contact than usual because alcohol has the tendency to mess with your mind. It can make you feel one way and trick your mind into thinking that everyone else must feel this way to. When drinking alcohol most people drink it just for the fun of it, but they do not consider the fact that alcohol plays mind games on the users. Therefore, when drinking you won’t have full control over your body, and you may do or experience things …show more content…
They took a late night walk down a sandy road to the end of the dock to a warehouse at the end of the bay. Liz had so much love in her eyes as she thought this would be a romantic evening while Jim just saw lust. They sat down, and Jim pulled Liz close to him. She became frightened once one of Jim's hands went inside her dress and she didn’t know quite how to react. She didn't know how he was going to go about things, but she snuggled close to him anyway. Soon she realized that things weren’t going how she thought and that she didn’t want to do this anymore. She began to reject him and asking him to stop but he didn’t. No matter how loud she was no one could hear her. “Don’t, Jim," (Liz Par.3). Liz wasn’t mindful when she agreed to taking a walk with drunken Jim away from town. She didn’t consider the fact of what could possibly happen or how far they were from other people. Liz let her feelings for Jim get the better judgement of what took place that night, while Jim allowed alcohol to be the decision maker. Resulting in him raping a young girl who admired