Journal #1 While reading “The Joy of Nelly Deane” by Willa Cather. Nelly is describe as the prettiest girl in town of Riverbend and she was the happiest. Nelly seems to be free spirited and three of the women in this story was hoping she would go to their church and not the Methodist church. Everyone seem to like Nelly. Nelly and her friends are in a play called “Queen Ester” they have long practices took them three months to make it right. While reading this it seems that Nelly likes to flirt and have a good time. Nelly talks about how she is going to live in Chicago and get singing lessons and doing different adventure, she tells her friend that she is engaged but does not where the ring on her finger but have it on a necklace. Nelly’s friend moved to Denver for collage but found out that Nelly was teaching sixth grade in Riverbend school when she graduated. Nelly was going to marry a person named Scott during the springtime, she decided to join a Baptist church, and she was going to be baptize. The baptize was going to take place where Nelly and her friend did their play the next day Nelly’s friend went to see her and she seem sad. Another ten years went by before her friend visited her hometown and she sadden by the news that Nelly had left them two months ago and she had a little boy and she left them three days after. Nelly seem well loved, she was full of life, and everyone …show more content…
Nelly’s friend and Mrs. Dow were talking about how she was before she had passed away and they said that while Nelly was pregnant she was in so much discomfort that the new Doctor just out of school did not know what
Few years later Bessie started feeling sick. Bessie went to the hospital and found out she had aids and was pregnant again. Bessie told Christopher she was pregnant and he fainted. When Christopher came back he said you can’t be pregnant because I’m married and I have 2 kids back at home already. Bessie started living in depression after Christopher wanted nothing to do with her and Bessie threaten to tell his wife.
Within the excerpt from "The Boston Girl," Anita Diamant tells the story of Miss Chevalier, the woman who does it all, and a young girl named Addie, whom Miss Chevalier invites to recite a poem at a local presentation. The author, Anita Diamant, uses emotional appeal to convey Miss Chevalier's compassionate nature. The author uses authentic literal connections to convey emotion to the audience. Miss Chevalier is a woman for the town, she does what she needs to do to keep the town up and running.
One of the themes in the novel, Fangirl, is the message of growing up. Coming of age is a process that all humans have to experience. In Fangirl, Cath, the main character, had to grow up without a mom and with a bipolar dad. She dedicated her time to writing fanfiction about her favorite book character, Simon Snow. She grew up with him as she wrote about his life.
They didn’t know what to do when they found out that she was pregnant; they were young, they didn’t have any money, they were scared, they didn’t want to tell anybody, they didn’t know what to do, and the only option that they could see was to terminate the pregnancy. So that’s what they decided to do… they went to a clinic, they had the procedure done, and at first they felt relieved that all their problems had gone away. But then something happened that they did not expect… and that’s over the next few weeks, which turned into a few months, they began to feel an intense sadness… and a pain and an agony and a guilt that wouldn’t go away. They didn’t know what to do, so they finally went to see a counselor; they said look — tell us what to do, we just don’t know, and the counselor made a suggestion. The counselor said here’s what you need to do — stop acting like you had a procedure, and act like you had a death in the family.”
The House of Mirth, written in 1905 is an exemplary novel narrated through the eyes of an upper class woman. Through
Cather’s word choice to describe Marie as “flutteringly” creates a light and playful mood, which seems to be at the center of her character.
The Birthday Around four-forty in the morning, a lady came to the Reedley hospital to give birth. That baby was coming on their way to the hospital but just on time to give birth, was in a room. The baby was very small and chubby but was truly strong and healthy. This particular baby was soon to be named after her father, Fernando. Fernanda had no problems whatsoever therefore her parents were grateful since there were many children in this world that suffer a great deal for their problems in health.
Dickens traces the private lives of a group of individuals caught in the cataclysm of the French Revolution. But what we bear in mind about this group is the centrality of women in the narrative. The characters around whom the action revolves are both Paris and London women who provide the moral climate of the group or family throughout the narrative. The women in the novel, provide men with an emotional foundation that causes the men to act for or react against what the women represent. Lucie Manette and Madame Defrage are the central female characters who ultimately put the revolutionary France and Victorian England against each other.
She is described as “extremely beautiful” (Voltaire. 5) and is repeatedly referred to as “the fair Cunegonde.” (39). She is the typical damsel-in-distress: a woman who is completely reliant on male protection and often
Despite many misfortunes they desire to feel attractive and beautiful like Mrs. Jones. Bridget has never been a type of person who is a big-headed bookworm, however she astound with ordinariness, a will to find a suitable man and helplessness and her cheerful attitude to life. A real female ought to be so natural, ordinary and sometimes unlucky, just for these features, everyone becomes crazy about
This reveals Voltaire’s intention to disclose the inequalities of social standards on females and their feelings of oppression. (grammar???) No matter what horrors are happening to and around a woman, she is unable to prevent or assuage the situation. The moment the Thunder-ten-tronckh family gets murdered by the Bulgars, the lovely Cunegonde gets ravished
Kingston’s mother exposes the story of her aunt to her as somewhat of a warning. Kingston’s mother explains to her how crucial it is to understand that what she does as a woman in their society is looked upon closely
The two women further differ in their view of the men in their life. The actions of these two women bring their similarities and differences out for the audience to see. Nora and Kristine are very independent for women in the 1800’s. Kristine is a widow of three years, and has yet to remarry. She touches on this in Act I, while speaking to Nora about being a widow.
Nora 's courage in going against the pillars of the Victorian era is something the modern reader finds commendable and aspiring. If the play had been performed today, the modern reader would be the one to stand up and whistle during the scene of the slamming of the door, while the Victorian reader 's face would turn pale with shock at Nora
Because of the surroundings it is a critical point that the betrothed ,May, does everything in her power to appear proper and poised through out her entire life as a young bride and eventually a mother which is already resolute. This undoubtedly has a great effect on May as she is still young enough to be paraded about wealthy doting relatives by her mother with out any say in any matters as was expected by the society in this time and area and it is May that is oblivious this fact and couldn’t change it even if she realized it. The setting also has a perhaps greater effect on May’s cousin Ellen who Newland falls in love with. Ellen, having been away from the New York society for a long time is unaccustomed to how she ought to be ,in the opinion of everyone, dressing, acting, and speaking and she regularly makes mistakes, but this does not seem to harm her nor the people around her in any way.