Polly grows from a prejudiced young girl into a more tolerant young woman, and Amari grows from a naïve young woman into a young woman who is wise beyond her years. The two young women grow through their suffering and life experiences and are able to become better, stronger
All the elements and conflicts presented in the book leads to the theme of socialism. Upton Sinclair is a supporter of the socialist move. To the point of writing this work is to elicit sympathy for the working class and build support for socialism. Everything within the book is criticizing capitalism; the only remedy for the evils of capitalism is socialism (Sinclair). In capitalism, the upper-class keep getting richer by exploiting the lower working class, leaving a wide gap between the wealthy and the impoverished.
By comparing the scenes of “other” people to young girls in the night, she compels the audience to feel sympathy. Illustrating two contrasting situations, she effectively develops from the evidence to her main purpose to properly change the working conditions of children. This quote adds to her argument by urging the audience to care about the poor
She begins by talking about her college experience of how her own professors and fellow students believed and “always portrayed the poor as shiftless, mindless, lazy, dishonest, and unworthy” (Paragraph 5). This experience shocked her because she never grew up materialistic. She brings up the fact that she is the person with the strong and good values that she has today because she grew up in a poor family. In culture, the poor are always being stereotyped.
She experiences Industry verses Inferiority during the ages suggested by Erik Erikson. Throughout these years, she struggles to feel competent in her athletics and fitting in with her peers despite her different accent, but acknowledges her adeptness in academics and dares. Lucy also experiences Erikson’s third stage, Initiative versus Guilt; however, she experiences it from age nine all the way to through graduate school and after. She experiences the aspects of this stage as she puts the issues of her family on her own shoulders, and feels guilt and shame. Because she cannot resist crying during chemotherapy and when losing her hair, and has too high of expectations for surgery outcomes, she feels she is a disappointment and blames herself for being unable to fix her family.
As Jurgis’s family struggled to survive the cold winters of Chicago and on the verge of starvation, socialism was portrayed as their savior from suffering. Sinclaire showed the endless cycle of exhaustion leading to injuries and even death under the broken capitalist system in America and called for a social reform in government. All Jurgis’s family wanted was, “a chance to look about them and learn something; to be decent and clean, to see their child grow up to be strong. ”(115) just like everyone who immigrated to the U.S.,
Loss of Innocence In John Updike’s “A&P” and Toni Cade Bambara’s “The Lesson” the two authors illustrate difficult initiations teenagers face while they realize the harshness of society around them. Updike’s “A&P” explores the inner thoughts of a teenage boy, Sammy, who makes the tough decision to quit his job at the local A&P and realizes the bitterness of the world. Similarly, Bambara’s “The Lesson” explores the inner thoughts of a teenage girl, Sylvia, who realizes the value of money and clash of social classes through a field trip to a toy store. Although the protagonists are a part of different societies, they share similarities in character development through parallel epiphanies.
In Anzia Yezierska’s novel Bread Givers, protagonist Sara Smolinsky exemplifies a rags to riches tale. From a young age it is clear that Sara is driven to be a successful and independent woman. She goes against her father, the patriarch of the family, and decides that she will make her own decisions. This isolates herself from the rest of her sisters as they accept their father’s judgement and allow him to control their lives.
She uses pathos by talking about how hard the children have in the working atmosphere. She uses child labor to her advantage saying that it could all be solved with the right of women's suffrage. By getting the reader
Another aspect of social development in adolescence is the exploration of identity. Throughout the film, Sunny and Lupe grapple with questions of identity, including their cultural heritage, values, and beliefs. They confront societal expectations and norms, seeking to define themselves on their own terms. This process of identity exploration and formation is a central aspect of adolescent development, as individuals strive to establish a sense of self that is authentic and meaningful (Santrock, 2023). Additionally, the film portrays the influence of peer relationships on social development.
Sylvia explains why Miss Moore wants to help children’s education, “She’d been to college and said it was only right that she should take responsibility for the young one’s education, and she not even related by marriage or blood” (304). Miss Moore wants to teach the children because she wants them to become aware of what is happening in their society. While they are in the toy store, Miss Moore asks the children what they think about their trip and one of the children, Sugar says, “that this is not much of a democracy if you ask me. Equal chance to pursue happiness means an equal crack at the dough, don’t it?” (309).
It is clear that she wishes to motivate them and open their minds to the world and their potential. 2. The indication of the children’s socioeconomic status is where they are from, their financial status, and how they are raised. Sylvia, the narrator, is influenced by these factors. It is important for the reader to understand their economic status early in the story because the narrator, Sylvia has had a socioeconomic awakening after going to the toy store.
Suzy didn’t really think it would be easy, and even thought it would be horrible for Leah, but she quickly learned english and joined even Suzy’s class. They’re both stuck together when the teacher assigns them with each other. Suzy even goes as
In fact, as the author in this story, Toni Cade Bambara, Sylvia grew up in a very poor neighborhood. Sylvia’s understanding of the world is limited to what she experiences within her neighborhood and her tiny apartment. Scarcity and want are no strangers to her. Luckily, Sylvia and the other kids have Miss Moore as a mentor. Miss Moore begins to work within the kids’ environment to enrich them inasmuch as possible with education.
Rational for the observations The rational for using these observations retrospectively is to make sense of the whole person Amy’s life history, looking over her notes, why had she not engaged historically? Why the resistance? I wanted to understand how and why this was happening not just respond to the immediate crisis, rehouse and decontaminate her home for the behavioural pattern to be repeated. This method allowed me to explore theories of human growth and development and evaluate them with criticality (Monette et. 2014).
