I Know Addie Analysis

Growing up as a child, Janie did not have a mother or father figure in her life. "'Tain't Logan Killicks Ah wants you to have, baby, it's protection” (Hurston 28). Her grandmother, Nanny, wanted her to live a better life than her mother. Janie believed that Logan was not the person she wanted to be with, but wanted to please her grandmother’s wishes. Janie had learned that even though she did not love him now, later on in life true love would find her. Once Janie and Logan were married, months had gone by and she was afraid that she would never fall in love with him. She had decided to give her grandmother a visit to confess how her love for him is still not there. Despite the fact that Janie was just trying to find a way out, her grandmother sent her off to give love time to unfold.

Dewey Dell was born to negative Jewel and Addie only had her to please Anse. Dewey Dell resembles a lot of Anse and really only worries about herself. Addie did not have Dewey Dell for the right reasons and this was shown when Addie died as the same behavior repeated. Dewey Dell did not want to go to Jefferson to bury her mother for the right reasons instead she only went to get her abortion.

I think S. E. Hinton, uses adolescence very well to make a very poignant point about social class in America. Most the time when you hear people talk about social class you think of the English aristocrats and how they treated the peasants like they were better than them like the peasants had be beholden to them simply because they had money. I think in the book the outsiders the author specifically uses the term greaser an socs to point out the great social divide there is in America between certain economic groups, much in the way that throughout the entire book everyone looks at greasers as hoodlums and criminals due to the fact that they drank or they smoke as well as the way they dress, whereas the socks are viewed as a better class of

It appears that we have more than a few things in common as you previously mentioned.  Like you, I have come to understand how important it is to be knowledgeable about our nation's history.  Understanding the path that has brought us to where we (as a nation) are today and acknowledging those who have influenced that path, is embracing our imperfect present, and pursuing for a better future.

Chapter one is mostly setting the stage for a larger novel; it illustrates the perspectives of Augie, his mother, and Grandma Lausch. Augie is constantly observing his household’s behaviors and listening to his ‘grandma.’ She is a rather opinionated woman that leads the household after Augie’s father dies. His mother on the other hand is a woman that is paralyzed with fear. Simple minded and subservient, Augie’s mother follows the family hierarchy with Grandma at the top followed by the rest in a horizontal fashion. These two different mindsets give Augie insight into how he might live his own life. His mother filled with love and sympathy and ‘grandma’ full of wisdom and orders give him a good look at two different sides of a spectrum. I can’t agree with Saul Bellow’s representation of Augie’s mother; while she is not knowledgeable or seen as useful, she plays an integral

Many are rich many are poor many have money many don’t. Have you ever had a moment where you did something selfish for desperation of money and karma hit you right back with a right hook?. And felt regret towards yourself. In the short story “Why, You Reckon” the author uses irony and dialogue, to show the audience that money can't buy happiness.

One of the most noticeable elements of this novel is within the structure and plot in which Janie goes on a quest to find herself as a person. Through Janie's struggles and happy moments throughout this story with numerous relationships, Janie grows as a woman and learns something new within each marriage. The third person narrator allows the reader to follow not only Janie's interpretation certain situations, but the thought process of the other characters too.

     The plan for Janie’s future begins with her lack of having real parents. Hurston builds up a foundation for Janie that is bound to fall like a Roman Empire. Janie’s grandmother, whom she refers to as “Nanny” takes the position as Janie’s guardian. The problem begins here for Janie because her Nanny not only spoils her, but also makes life choices for her. Nanny is old, and she only wants the best for her grandchild, for she knows that the world is a cruel place. Nanny makes the mistake of not allowing Janie to learn anything on her own. When Janie was sixteen years old, Nanny wanted to see her get married. Although Janie argued at first, Nanny insisted that Janie get married. “’Yeah, Janie, youse got yo’ womanhood on yuh… Ah wants to see you married right away.’” (Page 12). Janie was not given a choice in this decision. Her Nanny even had a suitor picked out for her. Janie told herself that she would try to make the best of the situation and attempt to find love in her marriage to Logan Killicks. But, as time went by, Janie realized that she still did not have any feelings of what she had considered to be love in her husband.

Addie and Anse’s relationship is not as loving as the relationship shared by Bradstreet and her husband. Bradstreet begins her poem by telling the reader that she and her husband are so close that they are practically one person. As soon as the poem begins, the readers can already determine the strength of their relationship. She

In order to understand Janie’s journey to discover love and herself, one must first define love from her perspective and analyze its origins. Janie’s adult concept of love is influenced by many things, including her grandmother and her childhood concept of love. Janie thinks there is a standard for love because her grandmother had standards for who she loved. Nanny’s concept of love, which shapes Janie’s, is heavily influenced by her slave background. Nanny was impregnated by her master, then witnessed her daughter, Janie’s mother, get raped by a school teacher (16-20). Because of the trauma both she and her daughter faced, Nanny ardently begs Janie to marry a man who will keep her safe from harm. Not only does Nanny want a protector for Janie, but she also wants a provider for her. If Janie is to have a husband who is well-off, she will not want the way her mother and grandmother did. Thus, Janie figured that she could marry a person for the security they

Janie starts with how her Nanny raised her all by herself. When she was a baby, her grandmother cares for the young one due to the fact that her mother runs away and her father is killed, leaving Janie as an orphan. Her granny cared for her up until Janie was in her mid-teens. Her nanny didn’t want to die and leave Janie to suffer, so she arranged a marriage for her with an older farmer that could hopefully take good care of her. Janie doesn’t agree with the arranged marriage but still goes for it. Janie and her new husband, Logan Kellicks, don’t have a good start in their marriage. He isn’t even into her and treats her horribly. While Janie is stuck with her selfish new husband, she meets Joe Starks, a man who is good with words. They both have an instant connection and run off with each other and marry, returning to Janie’s home town. Joe, who Janie calls Jody, owns a store in the small town. Just like her other marriage, Janie and Jody start having conflicts and are constantly fighting. She wants to leave him but isn’t able to because Jody doesn’t accept her suggestion, and is basically stuck with him. After some time, Jody gets ill. When his in his death bed, Janie gets the opportunity to tell Jody all the anger she was holding inside, and moments after that he died. Janie is left with Jody’s store, which she decides to sell and leave her town again. The town had seen it wrong for

She was staring at his chest, blindly, not knowing what to think, not thinking at all. He lifter her chin, gently. “Look at me Faye.” She did, but his face was a blur. “Faye, we’re in this together—you and I. Don’t you see that? It’s not just your problem, it’s ours.” In “A Sorrowful Woman”, I found the husband’s nurturing ways most appealing. He completely rearranged his life to make sure that his wife was as comfortable as possible. The passage that most signifies this is found on page 41. With great care he rearranged his life. He got up hours early, did the shopping, cooked the breakfast, took the boy to nursery school. “We will manage,” he said, “until you’re better, however long that is.” He did his work, collected the boy from the school, came home and made the supper, washed the dishes, got the child to bed. He managed everything. One evening, just as she was on the verge of swallowing her draught, there was a timid knock on her door. The little boy came in wearing his pajamas. “Daddy has fallen asleep on my bed and I can’t get in. There’s not room.” In “A Sorrowful Woman” what I found most unappealing was that even though the husband clearly loved her, instead of getting her the help she clearly needed, he let her sickness overcome her.

She remains faithful to her husband and her religion and criticizes the way the Bundren women behave. She juxtaposes Addie’s character and values her faith, and children. Cora states that she “lives for God and man”, in honor of her Christian husband and for the love and respect of her Christian children (p. 23). She understands and accepts her position as a domestic faithful housewife. Unlike Addie and Dewey Dell, Cora represses her sexuality and takes on the submissive role in her marriage. Cora continually disapproves of Addie’s behavior and tells her, “God gave you children to comfort your hard human lot and for a token of His own suffering and love, for in love you conceived and bore them” (p. 166). Although Cora admits that all women have hard lives she accepts her role in the patriarchal society. She believed that motherhood and marriage were the only options a woman had, and it was sinful to live any other type of way. Faulkner adds this minor character to the novel to contrast Addie’s feelings and beliefs to the typical southern wife and

We often live our lives thinking we have it all figured out. We believe that we know what we know and that things are not different from it. For example, when we think of people having a mental disorder or having a mental illness, we think of the extremes. When we think of someone that suffers from schizophrenia, we often visualize someone being paranoid and feeling like they are always being either watched or stalked. We envision someone that cannot operate in everyday life and who is too mentally unstable to function as a regular civilian. We do the same with people who are prone to drug abuse. When someone mentions a “drug addict”, we think of someone who is probably homeless, sleeping on the ground, with a rubber band tied around their arm and a needle in the other. We always go to the extremes when it comes to these terms. The thing that we need to understand is that just because someone is labeled a specific name are not always necessarily the poster image that we think of. People who suffer from schizophrenia can become functional citizens. You cannot always spot a drug addict because they

Poetry during the Roman empire played a prevalent role in society along with what was being discussed and studied around the cities under their rule. However, what is less-known are the roles society and the people played, in what type of poetry, language, and tone were used. Latin poetry, through symbolism and humanity's ideology, represents the evolution of the Roman era and government. Latin literature leaves behind a lasting legacy of the culture of ancient Rome. Some of the earliest works are historical epics telling of the early military history of Rome, followed by comedies, histories and tragedies. The comedies were the earliest as the Roman empire was strong and they could have fun because there was nothing to worry about. The tragedies were written during the collapse of the Roman empire. This is an example of how the people and situations surrounding the poets