Talitha L. Leflouria discusses and describes her Grandma Leola of Troup County, Georgia. Initially, Leflouria informs the reader that she would spend most of Saturdays at her great-grandparents home. Grandma Leola was renowned for efficiencies at various skills related to traditional country living in the South during the 20th century. She also describes her mother as someone that was loving, inviting, and rugged around the edges too. Grandma Leola would share stories to Leflouria about her life, and sometimes she would even tell her about life in the Rough Edge.
A slave, Betty Abernathy’s, account of plantation life, “We lived up in Perry County. The white folk had a nice big house an’ they was a number of poor little cabins fo’ us folks. Our’s was a one room, built of logs, an’ had a puncheon floor. ‘Ole ‘Massa’ had a number of slaves but we didden have no school, ‘ner church an’ mighty little merry-makin’. Mos’ly we went barefooted the yeah ‘round.”
The main character of the book, Allison Mackenzie, came from a middle-class family that owned a home off Chestnut Street. Her mother, Constance, owned a shop in town called the Thrifty Corner Apparel Shoppe. Allison was born out of wedlock and her father was out of the picture. Constance was ashamed of this fact and hide her secret past from society. The situation surrounding Allison was an example of the time period’s denial of family dysfunction.
When he came back, she couldn’t tell if it was him or not so she tested them. There were three questions she asked.
The grandmother took cat naps and woke up every few minutes with her own snoring. Outside of Toomsboro she woke up and recalled an old plantation that she had visited in this neighborhood once when she was a young lady” (O’Connor 45). In Toomsboro, the grandmother initiates the chain of events that will soon lead to the family’s demise. Here, she makes the false realization that the plantation she visited was in Georgia, when really, it was in Tennessee. “Just as she said it, a horrible thought came to her.
Though these events ultimately inhibit Granny’s enjoyment and appreciation for the rest of her life, she weathers through it all, which her last name, “Weatherall,” indicates. Porter gives the reader insight into Granny’s first experience of denial when George left her at the altar. When considering all of the tasks she must complete “tomorrow,” Granny notes, “All those letters--George’s letters and John’s letters and her letters to them both--lying around for the children to see made her uneasy” (396). The reader soon learns that George has jilted Granny, when she had, “Put on the white veil and set out the white cake for a man and he doesn’t come? …
She believed it would be good for the family and her husband’s drinking habits. A little while after moving to Welch, Dad’s mom took sexual advantage of Brain while their parents were away. Lori later suggests that their grandmother might of done those things to Dad when he was younger. Besides that, the town of Welch is a depressing town that is segregated and not welcoming. Mom and Dad buy a shack at the top of a hill for the family to live in, which is practically falling apart.
Her family was not like the other families on the street. They would stay up all night laughing and talking. Clarisse’s uncle would tell her of how things used to be. They meet for a second time on a rainy night. She says she loves walking in the rain and tasting it.
Researching more about the Gullah Geechee culture than what it was shown or foreshadow in the text constructs a better argument in the character analysis. The conclusion of the novel is that all three daughters come home after venturing off to live their life and seek personal achievement. Sassafrass gives birth and birth symbolizes a new life. New journeys for all of the daughters conclude that their journey has ended. During their journeys that have found who they were and it is prominent to see that the theme Gullah has been present in their life.
The story opens with Mrs. Wright imprisoned for strangling her husband. A group, the mostly composed of men, travel to the Wright house in the hopes that they find incriminating evidence against Mrs. Wright. Instead, the two women of the group discover evidence of Mr. Wright’s abuse of his wife. Through the women’s unique perspective, the reader glimpses the reality of the situation and realizes that, though it seemed unreasonable at the time, Mrs. Wright had carefully calculated her actions. When asked about the Wrights, one of the women, Mrs. Hale, replies “I don’t think a place would be a cheerful for John Wright’s being in it” (“A Jury of Her Peers” 7).
In the short story “The Birthmark”, Nathaniel Hawthorne writes about a scientist, his wife, and the unhealthy relationship they share. The story follows Aylmer, a scientist, who is determined to remove his wife Georgiana’s birthmark. One aspect of their unhealthy relationship is Georgiana’s sole dependance on Aylmer. Furthermore, Aylmer does not view Georgiana as his equal. Not only this, but Aylmer frequently belittles her, continuously pointing out her flaws, which drives her to do something dangerous.
While the atmospheres of the homestead and the concert hall in Boston both affected Aunt Georgiana intensely, the homestead is dull, monotonous, and harsh while the Boston concert hall is dazzling, riveting, and enthralling. The homestead is described as extremely isolated; Aunt Georgiana "had not been further than fifty miles from the homestead" for thirty years. She had to do extensive work from sunrise to sundown to keep the homestead in order; this caused her to have stooped shoulders and a "sunken chest." On the homestead Aunt Georgiana did not hear any music aside from the choir at her local church. At the concert hall in Boston, the sparkling lights on the ceiling and the captivating instruments in the orchestra exemplify a more affluent lifestyle in contrast to the arduous labor in the west.
Socrate lived from 470-399 B. C. and died by the death penalty because his accusers did not like the way that he spoke of them. Socrates told the truth as he saw it, he knew he accusers to be evil men and they did not like this. Socrates accusers tried to silence him by the death penalty, but Socrates knew that there was no reason to lower himself to speak in their manner just to save his own life, because he was getting on in years and he would be at rest soon anyway. Socrates was sent to death for speaking his mind, he was not allowed the freedom of speech and he payed for it with his life.
Then there is the economy itself that contributes to the homelessness population. With increasing costs on goods and services, the limited amount of jobs available in the United States, and the increase of natural disasters among the world, people are finding it harder and harder to get by, and are often living paycheck to paycheck
Before going on the family trip, grandmother makes sure she is dressed very properly “ In case of an accident, anyone seeing her dead on the highway would know at once she was a proper lady” (421). Grandmother wears white cotton gloves, a navy straw sailor hat with a bunch of white violets on the white brim” which she adjusted often to ensure she had a good outward appearance. Grandmother’s moment of redemption comes to her while she is in a ditch with a serial killer.
