Bride's Role Model

Follow Her Lead

Like super heroes, role models are always resilient. They are able to confront their problems and not let bad moments define their whole lives. “Female role models are both in plentiful supply and yet hard to pin down as role models. Women with influence and power have the ability to transform a generation, as do their male counterparts, but are often placed at either end of the spectrum (Haigh).” In Toni Morrison`s “God Help the Child,” Bride is a prime example of a resilient female role model. Bride might not be famous or powerful enough, but for people who do know her story, she can be the perfect role model. Her past does not define the woman she becomes. Having been born dark skin from two light skin parents is the

Bride grew up without love, tenderness, affection or an apology from her mother which are main factors in the formation of a child’s character. As if growing up without a mother’s warmth weren’t bad enough, she was also marginalized by her own society. Bride was always made fun and was bullied by her classmates and others. Those two facts combined, her mother’s and society’s cruelty, would eventually cause her to falsely accuse Sofia of sexually assaulting her. Because of her accusation, the court condemned an innocent woman to jail. Bride solely did this in hopes of receiving some sort of affection from her mother, a feeling she desperately craved since her early

She became strong minded, successful, and independent women. Those characteristics came out years later, when she has found a way to be somewhat comfortable in her own skin. Bride is a successful ad very respected executive in a cosmetic company. Bride is set professionally and is able to make enough money to support not just herself, but also people close to her. This job is why Bride is able to afford her own house, brand new expensive clothes, and her own luxurious car. All those luxuries however, would be just a dream for a person from a background like the one Bride has, but not for her she managed to make that dream a reality. Another fact that shows how nice of a person Bride has become is the willingness she has to take responsibility for the actions and mistakes she made in her life, and make up for them. In order to do so, she visited Sofia a few hours after she was set free. The only problem with that situation was that the outcome was unexpected. Instead of the forgiveness Bride expected from Sofia, since Bride offer to help her financially, she gets a beating almost to death. Unfortunately this beating affected her strongest source of confidence, which is her outside appearance. For the most part after this event occurred Bride is not able to look herself in the mirror, or go outside and face the world. Even worse she is not ready to go to work, since everything about