Journal Entry 1: Stevenson, "Marsa Never Sot Aunt Rebecca Down" In Brenda Stevenson article on the religious antebellum enslaved women, she argues how the “highly religious” women challenged stereotypes and the imagery of black enslaved women during this time period. Throughout her article, she explains, how religion opened doors for black enslaved women to redefined themselves, and allowed for them to be viewed in a more respectable and intellectual manor among their own community, as well as…
women to vote, they still had very limited options when it came to their careers or plans for their futures. Women were confined in the walls of their own homes. Society viewed them as obeying their husbands and taking care of their homes. The poem “Aunt Jennifer’s Tiger’s” by Adrienne Rich illustrates oppression and describes how a women is held back by the male figure…
model”, but now that I have truly thought of it, I have come to realised that my true role model is my one and only Aunt. Throughout her life my Aunt has been through many hardships and during those hardships my Aunt has taught me a valuable lesson, to never give up. She firmly believe that with hardship comes ease and that is the quality of hers which stands out to me. My Aunt was born into a supportive and loving family. She had an older sister and…
such as Aunt Alexandra, Calpurnia and Atticus. Aunt Alexandra had high standards for the Finch kids. She knew they were getting older and wanted to influence them in upholding the Finch name. Her primary focus was Scout and shaping her into a young lady. “Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of my attire. I could not possibly hope to be a lady if i wore breeches; when i said i could do nothing in a dress, she said i wasn’t suppose to be doing things that require pants” (Lee, 108). Aunt…
Gilman in her writing inspired women to break away from marriage expectations and dependence on men by displaying the example in her fictional characters. In “My Poor Aunt” she does this by Kate’s desire for something more than what society has set for her and by her complete disregard for marriage, at least of the sort her mother and Aunt are presenting, one of obligation and financial need. When Kate says, “I know more of life than you seem to suppose, Mr. Jameson, and I know that there is…
feminine influence” declares Aunt Alexandra in a munificent manner (170). To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, discusses the roots of human behavior through the lives of Scout Finch and her racially divided, Southern-knit community during the early 1930s. Due to Scout lacking a mother-like figure in her adolescent years and spending meager time with her father because of the erroneous trial of Tom Robinson, Aunt Alexandra comes to live with the Finches. Aunt Alexandra first reveals…
prejudice at some point in their lives. Many of us have been pre-judged or we have pre-judged ourselves at one point or another, sometimes we don't even realize we are judging someone until we really stop to think. Throughout To Kill A Mockingbird, Aunt Alexandra's perspective had been changed drastically. Her sexist and racist opinions have been changed in a few different ways. She realizes Scout is not going to change just because she wants her to. She also realizes that her racism isn't right…
I am reading To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. These paragraphs are mainly on Atticus, Jem, Scout and Calpurnia. In this journal, I will be characterizing Atticus and questioning whether Calpurnia or Aunt Alexandra is a better mother. In these chapters I will be characterizing Atticus. Atticus seems to be hoary or old. Atticus is the best checker player in town. This illustrates that Jem and Scout are not impressed with their father because he does not do things that they are interested in.…
The circumstances that led my aunt and uncle to meet each other for the first time was that they went to school together. They both went to ITT Tech together and started talking to one another. The things they did to get to know each other better were small stuff like talk to one another and meet each other’s family. They had also hung out together and went on dates. Also, they said that they sometimes would go paintballing with each other just to have fun. “We would commonly go to the movies…
Aunt Alexandra and Atticus didn’t always see eye to eye on how Scout should be raised. Since Atticus had been raising Scout alone since she was two, he had never forced her to act like a girl, as it was something he probably wasn’t familiar with and wouldn’t have been able to teach. He simply wished that Scout would make her own decisions and learn from her own experiences. Jem was taught by Atticus, since Atticus was a gentleman Jem simply had to observe. For Scout though, observing wouldn’t…