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On a date to tour the city, George tells Cocoa that “Most people are confined to ghettos by economic circumstances…. the young and talented confine themselves by choice” (Naylor 65). The city is an often cruel, unfair place where “there was little enough of [kindness]…to kill off in one shot” (Naylor 59). It is also sometimes an unfriendly place; the city has a kind of cold, informal aura about it. Take for example, the description Cocoa uses to describe the waitress service at the restaurant: “especially when the check came glued to the bottom of your dessert plate…watching a big greasy thumbprint spread slowly over the Thank You printed on the back” (Naylor 13). The unfriendliness is enough for a Southern girl like Cocoa to turn her back on the city and not give it a chance, as so many others had.

Norma Jean is presented as a dynamic character due to the fact that her attitude and outlook starts changing towards her husband Leroy and her marriage. She went from spending time with her husband to being an introvert. She begins enjoying her time alone and becomes very selfish. She was strong at one point and the past just ate her up inside letting it get the best of her. All the attention is drawn to herself and she does not take the time to see how Leroy is feeling or reacting to this sudden behavior. In paragraph fifty four it states how Norma Jean changes into this selfish creature that Leroy does not even know anymore after sixteen years of marriage. "Before his accident, when Leroy came home he used to stay in the house with Norma Jean, watching TV in bed and playing cards. She would cook fried chicken, picnic ham, chocolate pie-all his favorites. Now he is home alone much of the time. In the mornings, Norma Jean disappears, leaving a cooling place in the bed" (Mason paragraph 54). Norma Jean loses her father and son and now she is just letting herself slowly drift away out of her husband's life. Norma Jean's appearance does not change much in Leroy's eyes. She keeps up with her physical and outer appearance but its her inner self that need massive work. Her attitude with her mother and husband starts coming off aggressive and careless. In paragraph 110, Norma Jean's repsonse is spoken without proper mannerism.

In New York City, Jeannette is surprised how quickly she is able to find a job and get work as a reporter, which is her goal in life. She and Lori eat

The story takes place in a neighborhood that i estimate is quite small considering Carolee knows her neighbors are gone. The setting revolves around Carolee’s home. Her doing her chores in her home and the suspect roaming around outside. The setting influences the story a lot because it influences Carolee’s reaction to what happened. She had never seen anything like that in person and it opened her eyes to how society really is.

While explaining his new daily routine, he expressed his views on the city, “I began to like New York, the racy, adventurous feel of it at night, and the satisfaction that the contrast flicker of men and women and machines give to the restless eye” (56). When he says this, his tone is a tinge of sadness but mostly acceptance. It doesn’t seem to affect or bother him that he feels solitary in a big city. He admits that he feels lonely, but he also believes other people in New York feel lonely as well. Showing that even though a big city can be exciting and filled with opportunities, it’s not always as grand as people make it

       As the tale begins we immediately can sympathize with the repressive plight of the protagonist.  Her romantic imagination is obvious as she describes the "hereditary estate" (Gilman, Wallpaper 170) or the "haunted house" (170) as she would like it to be.  She tells us of her husband, John, who "scoffs" (170) at her romantic sentiments and is "practical to the extreme" (170).  However, in a time

In “Button, Button”, the author introduces Arthur and Norma Lewis to Mr.Steward and he offered them a deal they can’t resist. A healthy relationship can be shattered in an instance.when a business representative arrives at the front door he ends a perfect relationship. Due to this, their lives were changed in an instant. The author shows a general lesson that was that the main character didn’t really know her husband, to elaborate this is because when you are too focused on yourself you become distant. Matheson uses dialogue, foreshadows, symbolism, and pacing to connect to his readers and show that there are no perfect relationships.

Throughout the entire world, there is an idea of the social facade of how one should appear and no one is an exception to this. The south is particularly known for this and is seen throughout the various stories read in this class. One author who demonstrates this concept of social facade is Katherine Anne Porter in her story, The Jilting of Granny Weatherall. It is the story of a grandmother who is a hypocrite, not only to herself, but the whole town and obsessed with her appearance in how people view her and her family.These ideas can also be seen in Flannery O’Connor’s story A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Porter’s other story, The Old Order. The main theme seen in these stories is this idea of social facade and hypocrisy.

The women of the story are not treated with the respect, which reflects their social standings. The first image of the women that the reader gets is a typical housewife. They are imaged as “wearing faded house dresses and

Women are taught from a young age that marriage is the end all be all in happiness, in the short story “The Story of An Hour” by Kate Chopin and the drama “Poof!” by Lynn Nottage, we learn that it is not always the case. Mrs. Mallard from “The Story of an Hour” and Loureen from “Poof!” are different characteristically, story-wise, and time-wise, but share a similar plight. Two women tied down to men whom they no longer love and a life they no longer feel is theirs. Unlike widows in happy marriages Loureen and Mrs., Mallard discover newfound freedom in their respective husband’s deaths. Both stories explore stereotypical housewives who serve their husbands with un-stereotypical reactions to their husband’s deaths.

The girl lives in poverty, as her room “finally has a door that shuts (“Where Dreams Come From,” stanza 1, line 4,” and she lives in a “mortgaged house (“Where Dreams Come From,” stanza 5, line 3).” She detests that house and yearns to break the poverty cycle. One of the main reasons she has large aspirations that involve a good education is to break out of the poverty cycle and transform that old, rusty house into a mansion. Mitty’s wealth level is greater than the girl’s, however, he drives a Buick, a car that is known for being cheap and stogy, and fantasizes about being successful, center of attention and even wealthy. Such as, he had a “Doctor Fantasy,” where he was a well-renowned Physician that wrote a “brilliant novel on Streptothricosis (“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” page 1, paragraph 6).” He also despises the fact that he is not as successful or wealthy as his daydreams, which continue to fuel his imagination. Their emotions for living in poverty or lower-middle class are the feelings that many people in this wealth sector harbor. This causes them to push the limits and succeed to undertake their

Men were expected to be the breadwinners while women were expected to take their place at home as housewives. The Wheelers kept true to that so that they could be happy and successful. Frank has an office job in New York while April is a housewife; They have two children and a home in Connecticut. Frank and April are aware of the standards that one needs to follow to be happy but somehow after they have had to follow those norms they are not. They both begin to feel trapped and feel like this is what the rest of their lives would be like. They began to think of ways to escape their lives and thought of ways to bring back excitement or meaning into their lives.

The story takes place in a town in Poland, from a young Jewish boy’s perspective of his family’s Gentile washwoman, who is the main character of this narrative. Even though the washwoman is in her seventies/eighties, she washes many families’ clothes, and displays courage through hard situations. After her long walk to the Jewish family’s home, she told them about her neglectful son over a cup of tea. She told them how her wealthy son was ashamed of washwoman as a mother, never visited her, and didn’t even invite her to his own wedding. She could of gone to a nursing home for old people, and kept her son’s respect, but instead she choose the honor of working hard. “The old woman did not want to become a burden, and so she bore her burden” (Singer). Even though her son abandoned her, and she lost him, she made a impact on the lives of those around her, including the Jewish

In, Button, Button, the author, Richard Matheson introduces Norma and Arthur Lewis. The button causes temptations that lead to conflicts between the two characters. In the narrative, Mr. Steward arrives at the house and tells them about the button. If one of them pushes the button, someone will die, and they will receive a grand total of $50,000. This causes a dramatic conflict between the two. It brings the worst out of the two of them, causing jealousy, selfishness, and acquisitiveness. Norma has to make a decision whether to press the button or not. She contemplates and then eventually to press the button. Matheson uses dialogue, inner thinking, description, and symbolism to develop the central conflicts in the story and to accentuate how relationships break off even in the best circumstances.

To prevent a plugged button, always remember to flush after each use of the feeding tube. In the event that the button is plugged, flush with 5cc of warm water or a carbonated drink, such as cola, if your child diet allows for it. If the button is still clogged, attach an empty syringe with a plunger to the feeding port. Pull back lightly on the plunger as this will create a suction that may loosen the plug. Do not pull hard on the plunger as this may damage the stomach lining.