Gender Roles: Garp And Helen

I do believe, though, that their marriage would have not lasted this long if they had to advice by the traditional gender roles. Helen wanted to marry a writer, and that’s all she asked for. If Helen married Garp, and Garps job was not writing, she would be very upset and probably not even give him the time of day. Helen, more than anything, does not want to be a housewife, and Garp would not know what to do if he had

Gender is important in the story because the men take on more masculine traditional roles while the women are expected to be more feminine and do things more around the house. The reason why the main character has to outside chores with her father is because her little brother is not old enough. Her mother and grandmother pick up on her tomboyish nature and try to instruct her to change her ways and act her gender. The main character has to deal with her gender issues and the sexism she lives with “ The word girl had formerly seemed to me innocent and unburdened, like the word child; now it appeared that it was no such thing. A girl was not, as I had supposed, simply what I was; it was what I had to become.

Though it was not illegal, men refused to give them the equal rights because they deemed them as inferior and believed women should be subservient. The roles they were forced to assume included being a loving housewife, being educated on how to be an elegant lady and a good Hostess. They were expected to be able to take great care of their husbands and children, and cook and clean (in most cases they would hire maids to execute the housework). The role of a man, was to financially provide for his family and that was it. He could have mistresses and would not be looked down upon, but if a woman did that she would be shamed and regarded as an outcast.

There are many obstacles in her life like they had to maintain many traditions and maintain their homes and had to look after their families and also look up after their husbands and maintain their reputation. Earlier in twentieth century women were not treated very well infact they were treated as sex material their main aim was to bear child and had to look after their homes and had to maintain their homes. That was their obstacle and it was pretty atrocious I mean they didn’t had many rights, their were no equality among men and woman like they were not allowed to do much outside work as they had to maintain their families, they had no voting rights as they were not believed to be equal among men.

Ultimately this shows how little Marjane’s father and everyone else thinks that people need to stay in their own social classes and shouldn 't try to leave them, no matter what. This tears apart the maid for she truly loved the boy, but was forced to end the relationship and Marjane sees this as very wrong, and wishes social classes didn’t affect people’s lives. However, Marjane’s young perspective doesn’t allow her to see the full picture of this. Social classes are a big part of the Iranian culture and they believe that people need to stay in them, Marjane can’t understand this and as a result she became so angry. Another theme in the book Persepolis that is talked about is religion.

At the point in time of publishing both texts, women did not have the option of complaining about their marriage or reporting a problem because their voice was unheard of. Once a woman was married off she became a material object and was owned by her husband. He could do with her what he will, which was the harsh reality of that time. Women knew no

Gilman intentionally tried to make Jane a typical woman of the time period. She is economically dependent on her husband, as she does not work out of the house. She is not allowed to make her own decisions, John will not let her out of bed, even though she wishes to do so; and she is often treated like a child, John gives her a dirty look when she expresses that she is still not well when he believes that she is getting

Over not paying bills he put the town through the court case which cost money and so the town lost money there again. On the other hand some people think that since Mayella is older she should help out around the house and get a job to help out her father pay the bills, but instead she wants to be an innocent little girl with no responsibilities. However, she is left to take care of her siblings and the entire household. Also the town would not have lost all of that money on the court case if Mayella would have told the truth about who really raped her. But after all, Bob is the father and he should work and provide a good life, home, and living environment for his kids.

The house symbolizes that Ann is trapped and caged by her circumstances, she is unhappy and seeks interaction with people. She is married, but her husband, John, spends the majority of his time working. “He wanted a mortgage-free farm; then a new house and pretty clothes for her.” John feels that to lead a fulfilling life he has to achieve these goals, John’s ideals conflict with Ann’s values; She wants to spend time together and enjoy each other’s presence while they are still young. On the other hand, John feels that his duty in life is to provide for Ann and constantly works to attain his objectives.

It was destined to fail, and destiny told the

As Jeannette matures her connection with her parents, particularly her father begins to diminish. Jeannette didn’t grasp that the way her parents raised them or viewed the world wasn’t normal and as she got older she recognized how selfish her parents were. Jeannette was constantly close with her father, and always showed compassion for him, but when they relocated to Welch it appeared as if her father had changed. Jeannette eventually obtained work and began to save up money so she and her siblings could survive, but her father didn’t approve and eventually sabotaged that plan. Eventually, Rex went to Jeannette and requested money from her, he did promise to pay her back.

Also, college was only an option for men because women were supposed to marry and have kids, not go to college. It was thought of as a waste for women to go to college because they did not need an education to become a housewife. It was very much frowned upon

Wes realized that his job wasn’t a real ‘job’, it was a source to feed addictions like Cheryl’s. In an attempt to revise his life, he entered the Job Corps program, sadly, it didn’t last very long. He wasn’t making much money from the low paid jobs that he was offered through the program, he needed to take care of his children with both financial and parental support, with all of these situations happening one after the other, he was feeling very overwhelmed. Although Wes knew he didn’t want to stray back to his old habits, it took the best of him, the one thing that Wes took away from his childhood was the easiest way to make money, and that consisted of one thing; the drug business, the chapter ends with him preparing a bag of cocaine with tears welling in his eyes, with disappointment for

The artwork is to demonstrate the gender role of the artist. Back in the 1900s, patriarchal is the societal value. However, there are many activities women can’t do or involve because of the gender difference and gender stereotype, the old society thought female are weak, they should stay at home weaving, cooking and taking care their children. Consequently, some of the women developed some sort of desire to become a male base of their childhood experiences and society structure or even family pressure. Sometimes, people think that being a part of the LBGTQ is a shameful thing

“RUTH (sincerely, but also self-righteously): Now that's your money. It ain't got nothing to do with me. We all feel like that— Walter and Bennie and me—even Travis. MAMA (thoughtfully, and suddenly very far away): Ten thousand dollars — RUTH: Sure is wonderful. MAMA: Ten thousand dollars.