In Society today they’re many problems that people will go through day in and day out without full grasp of it. Poverty and Disease is an example of something our society will continue to struggle with. These type of issues can be hard to take on in life, yet we are constantly reminded of these problems every day. No one takes full control to solve these issues to have a cure or to reduce the problem more than is expected. In addition, another major problem in today’s society is women’s rights. Women back then did not have equal opportunity or a close comparison of rights that men had. Women have battled through the centuries for women’s rights, through symbolism and theme you see the struggles throughout the stories “The Chrysanthemums”, and
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The girl in the story Connie, is a fifteen-year-old girl that stayed home one day while her family was gone. The night before she had saw a man named Arnold who saw Connie the night before. Arnold was a guy that was stalking her, and practically knew everything about her. Arnold forced her to do something she was not comfortable with, but that didn’t stop him from getting what he wanted. Connie had no say in what she did and was forced by Arnold to follow his orders. He forced her by saying “Maybe you better step out here, he said, and this last was in a different voice. It was a little flatter, as if the heat was finally getting to him.” (Joyce Oates pg.7). Collin didn’t even know this man well, and Arnold made it seem like he already claimed Connie by calling her “honey”. Men seem to always think they 're a level higher than women and know better. The theme of the story shows how women were not just treated but how men think they have the right to control a women and her thoughts. No matter what age or whether you 're a man or a woman, you should never be forced to do something you don’t want to do. But this goes back to day in age on women were forced to do things maybe they weren 't comfortable with. Women didn’t have much say from the “The Chrysanthemums”, and
The girl in the story Connie, is a fifteen-year-old girl that stayed home one day while her family was gone. The night before she had saw a man named Arnold who saw Connie the night before. Arnold was a guy that was stalking her, and practically knew everything about her. Arnold forced her to do something she was not comfortable with, but that didn’t stop him from getting what he wanted. Connie had no say in what she did and was forced by Arnold to follow his orders. He forced her by saying “Maybe you better step out here, he said, and this last was in a different voice. It was a little flatter, as if the heat was finally getting to him.” (Joyce Oates pg.7). Collin didn’t even know this man well, and Arnold made it seem like he already claimed Connie by calling her “honey”. Men seem to always think they 're a level higher than women and know better. The theme of the story shows how women were not just treated but how men think they have the right to control a women and her thoughts. No matter what age or whether you 're a man or a woman, you should never be forced to do something you don’t want to do. But this goes back to day in age on women were forced to do things maybe they weren 't comfortable with. Women didn’t have much say from the “The Chrysanthemums”, and