Penelope In Abigail Foerstner's The Odyssey

Hansberry gives us many examples of her caring nature, starting when she first enters the play, when she takes care of her plant. The plant is old and withering because it doesn’t recieve much light; however, Mama never gives up on her plant. This plant symbolizes the love for her family, even though they do not always have the right intentions at heart, she loves them and tries to nurture them back to health. Another prime example of her caring nature is how she treats Travis, her grandson. She “babies” him in a way, like when he does not make up his bed at first she questions why it is not made, but then she makes it for him.

Firstly, the author drops many subtle hints on different parts of the characters lives, but never openly says what that part is. For example, there are many hints that the parents of the young boy narrating the story are getting divorced. His father is constantly saying how the boy’s mothers will never forgive

The word that strike me the most, with this story was when John Foppe’s mother made a huge difference in her decision to let her son John do everything for himself like a normal kid would do despite having a handicap , that is, being born without both hands. “It was tough love” She said in her interview, that it was hard for her when she made the decision to not allow John’s other siblings to help him with his chores , knowing that it would be very difficult on the part of his handicapped son. As a mother of a soon to be teenage daughter, I can very much relate with this scenario. Most often than not, as a parent, I employ “tough love” when it comes to disciplining my daughter even if it was difficult emotionally on my part seeing her learning her lessons on her own. This means, not giving in to her splurges, my way of making sure she will not grow up spoiled,

Being that her child was what she valued most she did everything she could to uphold the good wife standard. As the story continues Mary Maloney is confronted with a terrible shock that drastically change her as well as her future and her child 's. Patrick brings home news that Mary wasn 't expecting. The news being that he wanted to leave he.

This relationship clearly shows that Sang Ly may be poor but she is much more of a loving mother than a poor housewife. In “The Rent Collector”, Sang Ly comes back from the healer and everything is stolen but since everyone knows how much of a caring person she is they all chip in to help her out. “Mother, Nisay, Tera Mao, and I are organizing out home, and, before my eyes, friendship is soothing the sting of injury.” It is evident that everyone loves Sang Ly since they are helping her out in a time of need. “And do not worry about the things you lost.

How the woman thinks and treat their husband 's also varied because Marie’s life is very exciting, fun, and filled with compassion for those around her. Callie has a tougher outlook on life as she sees no wrong in teaching her children natural selection and pleasing her husband even though the relationship may

Linking it up she is a maternal and generous lady, she gave love to Lennie as he is her son. In summary, Lady Macduff and Aunt Clara pose similar roles as they both show motherly figures. As Lady Macduff is only contributed to taking care of her child. As well as Aunt Clara, which she was supporting Lennie like a mother to a son.

Many women today with young children are forced to take care of their families as single mothers without the support of the father. These women are often too busy taking care of the children to find a job. The fact that Rosa is a Hispanic affects her ability to find a job as well. Even if she did have the time, her ethnicity and gender would be cause for discrimination. American employers at

“Aunt Dee's first husband whittled the dash,” said Maggie so low you almost couldn't hear her. Which shows their family traditions where everything they have is made from the hands of family members and not bought. It was apart if their heritage because it took that person hard, earned energy to make whatever is made and since it was made especially for that person it holds a very big space in their hearts.

Although they did care greatly for Chris and his sister, they had not shown that in enough ways to prevent the tragedy of Chris’ fate. The fact that his parent were there for his physically, but not mentally had a great effect on him. According to the movie and the book “Into The Wild”, I perceived that the major catalyst for Chris to leave was his parents. Even when he was younger, he had to protect his younger sister from their parents when they would produce fierce fights that led to some physicalities. So in turn, Chris ended up being fed up and couldn’t handle the stress, which concluded with him to leave.

In dear mama song , tupac is explaining how his mother was independent stuggling to raise them, but always made a way.even though she made mistakes he wrote der mama to let his mother know her forgives her and appreciates her for doing all she could . Ms shakur was a poor single motehr on welfare trying to provide for her 2 kids.over the years growing up tupac was less fortunate than the other kids.his mom had a hard time securing a job.with the scraps she was given she made miracles.always prepared them a hot meal and took care of them the best she could. growing up tupac das was never there.he had no father figure while he was was growing up. all he wanted was love from his father .growing up without a father figure is complicated , but is

Diane not only had to raise a special needs child, she had to raise her alone because her husband left her (Lowry). This film shows the audience that everyone deserves a chance at life, even if they: lose their husband, have to raise a disabled child, lose their child, can not walk, or can not talk. Diane portrays a true, strong, loving character, while Mark acted selfish and irresponsible. Everyone should watch Follow the Stars Home because it teaches its audience an important lesson of valuing human life. Loved ones are taken from people at any given moment, so why take their life on

Despite her failings, Gloria worked hard to be a loving mother and shield her child from the street violence and poverty. By the time he was two, she started feeling the need for a man, a father figure, in her son’s life. Although Gloria’s brothers, Terry and Curt, were helpful with LeBron’s upbringing, her

Imagine being a single mother with the pressure of raising a child alone. In Homer’s poem The Odyssey we get a glimpse of just that. Queen Penelope, mother of Telemachus, had to not only single-handedly raise her son, but also her kingdom. Penelope is a great mother because she kept her son, Telemachus, alive and well for over 18 years.

Odysseus is portrayed as a handsome man in the Odyssey because during the Mycenaean and Homeric period men that had any trace of an athlete in them were considered to be good looking because of their masculinity, strength and toned bodies. Whereas in the Penelopiad, Odysseus is portrayed to be the opposite of that. Because Atwood has drawn from the information given in the Odyssey, there is not a clear picture drawn of Odysseus excluding the influence of society’s views during the time, so Atwood has portrayed Odysseus in a way that she sees him. In the 21st Century BCE most men whose strength is in throwing events, like Odysseus, are seen to be short and stocky which is what is seen of where Atwood draws Odysseus’ looks from.