How Does Norma Rae Change

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People go through many transformations throughout their life and in many different ways. There are many reasons for the transformations. It can be self-improvement, to live a better, happier and healthier life. These transformations can be inner or outer desires, but mostly they are derive from their inner feelings. Many people transform because of the feelings they have inside them. This is how Norma Rae felt and what Norma Rae felt inside is a passion to help her family, friends, others, and herself. It is what drives her to transform into a better and stronger person. We can see an immature version of herself where she goes on flings and flirts with other men to later she decides reluctantly to marry someone and mature herself to have a …show more content…

She works in a textile mill with poor working conditions. She wants her voice to be heard of the poor working conditions in the factory, however, as a woman, it was hard for Norma Rae to have her voice be heard. She is very loud and outspoken person in the factory and she always wanted her voice to be heard about her poor working conditionals such as excessive noise and long hours with not enough breaks. Her boss promoted her, as they wanted her to be silent because she was creating commotion in the factory, demanding for more things that the factory cannot give to her, such as longer breaks. Other than the job she has in the factory, she also gets in a sudden relationship with her fellow colleague, Sonny, whom she married because of his non-selfish, loving attitude to her. By marrying Sonny, she transforms herself from a young girl to a mature woman who has a family. Her marriage demonstrates that she is no longer an immature girl that she was once before, where she had many flings with different people just for the boredom of her …show more content…

During her time, a woman was not allowed to have a huge voice in the society, as women are perceived to be the weaker ones from the men. With that perspective in mind, she transformed to something that every other women found impossible to do in the society that they live in. She shows that women can stand up in a society no matter what obstacle they may have encountered. She showed that women are as powerful as the man are and share many of the same strengths as them as well. She shows that a woman can work in a labor factory just like man, and can stand her own ground in the factory when she knows something does not feel right. None of the male workers ever stood up for themselves in the factory as the work in the factory was excessively aggressive and stressful for them. The male workers felt like their bosses would not appreciate them complaining about the struggles in the factory and fear that they would be fired. Norma Rae did not care if the factory was going to fire her for what she did, even for a woman. She felt that she was the only one who was strong enough to speak up and have her voice heard. The bosses had told her she was the loudest one in the factory, and she used that information to her advantage to change the factory. She showed that she was stronger than the males and that she made her stance in her society. She explained to her family

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