Janus Literary Analysis

Just like her hair, Janie is forced to hide herself from other men, despite being married to someone she has grown to

Television psychologists and pop culture self-help gurus tell us that marriage is hard work; marriage is compromise; marriage is a choice between being right, and being happy. All of these statements are true. What these experts don’t tell us, however, is that marriage is also about putting on blinders, or looking on the bright side, or one of a hundred other trite phrases to explain the art of self-deception. In marriage, there are times when we may find it necessary to look the other way from our spouse’s faults or indiscretions, in the interest of self-preservation. For if we examine these problems too closely, our darkest, most secret fears may come true. Therefore, it can seem easier to focus on the positive. In her poem “Surprise,” Jane Kenyon uses denial, selective perception, and fear of betrayal to illustrate the self-deception that can occur in marriage.

Janie, the main character, marries three times throughout the novel. Her marriages do not contain unconditional love and because of this, do not last. Her first husband, Joe Starks, belittles Janie as a person including her intellect. "Somebody got to think for women and chillun and chickens and cows. I god, they sho don’t think none theirselves." (119). Joe shows his dominance over Janie by being the breadwinner in the relationship. Janie’s next marriage is with a man named Joe Starks. He tries to show his dominance over Janie by controlling her. “Janie! "Come help me move dis manure pile befo’ de sun gits hot. You don’t take a bit of interest in dis place. ‘Tain’t no use in foolin’ round in dat kitchen all day long…" (42). Joe belittles the

While many problems that Janie doesn’t deserve manage to find their way to her anyway, the outcomes are partially her fault since she never attempts to resolve them, instead opting to place the blame on someone else. "Naw, Jody, it wasn't because Ah didn't have no sympathy. Ah had uh lavish uh dat. Ah just didn't never git no chance tuh use none of it. You wouldn't let me." (85) Jody may not be the type of man who deserves any sympathy, but the last sentence of this quote from Janie goes to show where she believes the root of the problem lies. Instead of confronting her husband about the issues in their marriage to foster more understanding and therefore bring sympathy into the

In Janie’s second marriage, she is forced to work for her husband in his store. The suppression of Janie in this relationship is more intense than in her previous marriage.

Every text is made up of tremendously important parts called literary devices or techniques. In those texts, those literary devices are a necessary part, that help develop the text in a large amount of ways. In “Response to executive order 9066” by Dwight Okita and “Mericans” by Sandra Cisneros both develop the common theme of American identity by using literary devices such as, simile, imagery, and personification.

Throughout the years of 1972 and 1978 in Cook County, Illinois, there was an American serial killer. His name is John Wayne Gacy, A.K.A, “Killer Clown”, murdering 33 young men and boys. Gacy would first sexually assaulted these men, murder them and then dispose of their bodies. In a grotesque manner, he hid these bodies under his house in the crawlspace while throwing the last three victims in the Des Plaines River. Gacy was an ordinary family man who had a wife and two children, he owned a business and even dressed up as a clown to entertain the neighborhood children, but yet Gacy had a separate life with a disturbing secret. Human beings already have a compulsive want for information so they want to have an understanding for cold-blooded

Connie’s self conscious comes out when he starts talking about her family. Arnold Friend tried to use reverse psychology on Connie my telling her what she wants to hear, but also telling her that she should just leave her family and go with him because her family isn't concerned about her at all. So he mentioned that he can be the person to love and cherish her the way she’s meant to be.. Connie was shocked when he said this because he seems to know how her family treats her and that she doesn't feel wanted in the family. So she is characterized that she listens to what she wants to hear, but it makes her also lean closer to Arnold Friend because she notices that someone seems to care about her and that’s all she needs.

The opening line to the story is, “The bowl was perfect.” The fact that the bowl was mentioned first and not the protagonist, Andrea, stresses its significance in the story. Throughout the story the bowl is constantly described as “both subtle and noticeable”,

With good intentions, John controls his wife's life and makes all decisions for her, whether she agrees with them or not. His wife is full aware of the restrictions that her husband has imposed on her, but she is recessive to his control and often agrees with him. However, she fails to see “signs of her confinement: the bars at the window, the gate at the top of the stairs, steel rings on the walls, and the nailed-down bestead” (Korb). Because she is unable to escape from the isolation that her husband has kept her in, the woman seeks relief from the yellow wallpaper and she creates an imaginary relationship it. In fact, the worst thing her husband should not of done is give his unstable wife an object that is not appealing to focus on. In doing so, he has given her an opportunity to let her mind wonder and create objects that no one else sees. John, however, does not give any thought to this because after all, he thinks he knows what is best for his wife.

In the excerpt we got to hear about Janis Ian’s experience, about how much hate she got during her concert in 1960th. People yelled words like “Nigger lover” at her. It was hard to accept the black people in the 60’s people didn’t like her song, because of the interracial relationship was considered as an outrageous thing. Her style of writing bears on her way of thinking. It is very personal and gets influenced by her thoughts. She seems trustworthy because of her utilize of credibility in the way she speaks to the reader, and also her knowledge as she had experience it on her own, which is ethos. Janis also appeals to pathos; she writes for instance “I could feel tears welling up my eyes”, “Just the thought of going back on stage with those people still in the audience was enough to put me in a state of panic” – by these sentences we get the story told from her own point of view

Her marriage also causes her to lose control. Even within the one thing that is supposed to hold strong, she is alone. Her husband, leaving her on a daily basis to work, insists that she cannot write nor visit friends and family. Thus, he leaves her alone during the day to sit

As well as challenges and solutions mentioned above, as deputy manager I ensure the teams objectives and goals are clear from the start. By empowering and supporting my staff members I am able to motivate and encourage them to meet their own work objectives, in turn meeting the overall objective of Autumn Lodge. Expectations and objectives are given during the interview and induction process. In order to overcome the challenges to effective team performance team members should have commitment, a positive attitude and an open mind. I always try to:

Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” and Sinclair Ross’s “The Painted Door” are both stories about women protagonists who feel emotionally isolated from their husbands, who both go by the name John. Ann in “The Painted the Door” and the wife whose name may or may not be Jane in “The Yellow Wallpaper” are women who deal with emotional isolation. Emotional isolation is a state of isolation where one may be in a relationship but still feel emotional separation. In these two stories, both women feel emotionally isolated from their husbands due to lack of communication. In both stories, lack of communication results from one individual failing to disclose their true feelings and instead he or she are beating around the bush, hoping the other party will know what they want. If both parties directly disclose their desires and feelings to one another, there would be a better understanding of each other which as a result would help save marriages. This paper will look at how both women lack communication, how they both their approach their emotional isolation differently, and how their failure to communicate to their husbands and their approach, results in the failure to save their marriage. “The Painted Door” and “The Yellow Wallpaper” are stories that show how both women protagonists are emotionally isolated due to their failure to communicate their feelings and desires to their husbands. Instead of direct communication to their husbands, the women find other

In paragraphs three through seven, Brady provides the reader with what she desires in a wife. Through repetition and tone, she shows the reader the unrealistic roles of a wife.