Purple Threads By Stanley Women Quotes

The individuals of the Stanley family represent the endeavors First Nations people undergo to exist in society. The novel ‘Purple Threads’ by Jeanine Leane illustrates the extent the ‘Stanley women’ go through to deem oneself as worthy members in society. Firstly, this argument examines how Sunny continuously strives to fit in and prove herself a worthy member of society, but it is never enough. Secondly, regardless of how hard the Stanley aunts tried to fit in at school, they were isolated and actively discriminated against since they were chosen to play black witches in the school play, due to them being the only first-generation students. Thirdly, throughout the novel, the Stanley family goes above and beyond in order to fit in, giving up

In this specific scene, the teacher seems as if she is purposefully trying to make a fool of Sunny and embarrasses her in front of the class. This is evident when, Miss Chapel is pronouncing Sunny's name and says “"‘SUNSHINE!’...Is your name really Sun-shine?’ " as if she is appalled by the name, in fear Sunny answers “Yes...from behind my hand” to which Miss Chapel harshly expresses to “Take your hand away from your face and stand-up Sunshine and refer to me as Miss Chapel when you speak to me.” Because of Sunny enduring Miss Chapels race-related judgement, she believes she will never ‘fit in’ among the other children, because of existing as a First Nations individual, to which she will never belong in among the societal structure nor her school setting. An importance instance of this is, within the chapter ‘Purple Threads’ positions the reader to understand Sunny’s personal monologue which expresses, how if she were not as First Nations person "I'd see myself everywhere" and additionally "not stand out from the

Second, being in the Gundagai communities as a First Nations family, the Stanley women are constantly pressured to fit in, therefore when the Aunties accept all the unwanted black sheep, they feel one step toward attaining their position in society. This is seen many times throughout this book, such as through Sunny’s viewpoint of how “we didn’t know any other sheep farmer who loved black sheep” as “Most hated them” so every year the Stanley Family would “always ended up with a few black lambs to raise” due to Aunty Boo going to the “neighboring properties and add them to our ever-increasing collection of “home animals””. Third, because the Aunties as well as Nan need to feel they are adequate for society, so they go against their nonreligious beliefs and attend church with Sunny and Star to demonstrate to the community how they fit in with the norm. An example of this is when, Aunty Boo reminds Sunny and Star that they must go to church as a family “Because [you] [have to] look respectable [just] like me an’ Bubby an’ all the other Aunties did when we were little” to prove to “white people” because “they think churches are respectable an’ sometimes [you have to] go along with what other people think, [just] to stay [out of]