Also when she was with her family watching walter cronkite she wanted to say something really mean and childish(with a really bad attitude) like “I told you so.” or something like that but she held it in. Even though she made a new friend went to california with him without even knowing him for that long. But she only did that to find herself.
The main reason she wanted to go so bad before was to get away from Paradise and all of the people in it, especially those involved in the accident and everyone at school. Now that she has started to get used to her new
“Virtuous Arguments” Reading Response Through John Duffy’s written works, he stated that Rush Limbaugh’s sexist comments were insults towards the Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke. John Duffy describes in a well-written manner how critical it is to have knowledge in having an opinion towards a certain topic and commenting about it in a structured format. John Duffy states that rhetoric has taken a turn into a negative path to where people do not care about what they say anymore to the public. John Duffy suggested that Rush Limbaugh was being sexist towards Sandra Fluke on public radio. We should be respectful of other people’s beliefs and or values, because if we have dissimilar opinions we need to be cautious in verbalizing those thoughts so that we do not offend others.
In her short story, Chopin writes about a woman who has been oppressed by her husband for so long that she does not know what it feels like to be free. The woman loves her husband very much, but seems to rejoice upon hearing of his demise as a result of a train crash. Many would find her delight to be
In the poem “Diary of a Piano-Tuner’s Wife” by Wilmer Mills he tell us about a woman that feel constricted of the way her husband acts and the way of life he lives. He shows that the woman is afraid to change and to leave him. She is craving a piece of freedom and revolution like their daughter had. Her husband got back from the war in France and he had lost arm, She has notice many things different with him ever since the war.
However, the conformity of society leads to her suicide because it holds her back from finding her true identity. As Edna listens to Madammoiselle Reisz play the piano, “the very passions themselves were aroused within her soul, swaying it, lashing it, as the waves daily beat upon her splendid body” (Chopin 23). Because the society she lives in is so rarely met with the opportunity for woman to express themselves, this unique experience of listening to her friend’s music leaves Edna in awe. This is the first instance where Edna experiences a need to develop her own identity.
The speech shows that she can't handle the stress of her husband and cousin being gone, she cracks under
I cannot be so unhappy and live” (Chopin 234). The significance that her life has a white lady instantaneously is gone by the nature of racism, as Desiree may be considered a black lady. Desiree is really tortured by this rumor because she knows the hardships that women go through that are considered black, “the condition of being black and female is much more debilitating than that of being black and male”
For example, when she says “The neighbors might think” and he replies “Baby its bad out there” (3:1). Here the composer uses dialogue and tone. While she is telling him it is for the best for her to go, he is telling her the opposite. If she leaves something harmful might happen to her. Once again when she says “I’ve got to get home” to which he replies “Baby you’ll freeze out there” (7:1).
In parallel, she also observes her own room as “drowsy” (124) and “half-dark” (121). Her facial features itself appear “sad” (121) and is quoted to act and move “slow” (122), even while playing her piano, composing the notes to slip out “in mournful, sentimental succession”(122). Additionally, she often hears
She states, "... I saw the corridor/ and then I took a deep breath, I said/ goodbye to my body, goodbye to my confort..." Olds conveyance of enjambents fits the scene because it was at that point that she began to run with all the strength her legs provided her with. The following lines
"My senses is gone. I too old. I the oldest people I ever know. Dance, old scarecrow," she said, "while I dancing with you" (Page 289). In this quote, it is appreciated that her mind tried to distract her to finish her path.
Is she surrendering?” this kind of puts the mind set if she does so can the narrator. Only to see she has done this before with her perfect arch and entry into the water. Now there is no one ahead of us and “It’s just you and me now, diving board.” Of course, the diving board is going to calm your nerves, well one last distraction “Do you like orange cream ice pops?”
In the seventh chapter, she is described as “not a woman given to confidences, a characteristic hitherto contrary to her nature” (Chopin 13). Though, it was the trip to the Grand Isle which had awakened many of her desires and caused her to question her role as a woman and go become her own person. Her transition into a new self begins when she first demonstrates resistance towards her husband. Her newfound intransigence towards Mr. Pontellier exhibits her realization that she is not inferior to and has no need to rely on him. In chapter thirty two, she moves out of her and her husband’s home and into the “pigeon house,” which shows that she has gained self-confidence and believes that she would “never again [...] belong to another than herself” (Chopin 80).
However, because she modifies her statement with the suggestion that she will be “very nice” to him on his next visit, she may indicate that after overcoming her distrusts and her mental restrictions, she has decided to fill her desires in choosing of having an affair. Chopin deliberately leaves the meaning of this statement uncertain, but knowing what we know about her
