The dictionary defines unsympathetic as not showing, feeling, or expressing sympathy. Knowing the definition I believe the author has failed in making Aunt Loma unsympathetic. In my opinion Aunt Loma was more unhappy with her father's decision than unsympathetic. In the book “Cold Sassy Tree” the character Aunt Loma was just as sympathetic as everyone else in cold sassy when her, much loved, mother passed away. When Aunt Lomas father decided to remarry before her own mother was “cold in the grave” she was awfully upset! Not only did Aunt Loma dislike her father’s timing but she also disliked the women he was soon to marry. In my honest opinion Aunt Loma was only unhappy or mad throughout the book so far, so i believe the author failed to make
People are always influenced by family members. Sometimes this influence is positive and sometimes it is negative, yet no matter what, it will change a person’s life. Change can be caused by that person fitting into the ways of a household, or be forced to act differently in the presence of others. Either way, that person will never be the same again. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, characters are constantly being influenced by family members. Aunt Alexandra, started off as a rude and bossy woman, but as she became closer to Atticus, Jem, and Scout, she changed into a more loving and compassionate person. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Aunt Alexandra is influenced by the Finches during her stay at their home.
Connections Answer- I believe that Olive Ann Burns has done a marvelous job that is very effective towards making Aunt Loma an unsympathetic character. Throught the first 16 chapters there have been numerous occasions where there are examples to support the claim of her being an unsympathetic character. One of the biggest examples i believe is when Grandpa Blakeslee was paying at the end of chapter 16. He explained about how he wanted to be good to his new wife and how he still missed Mrs. Mattie Lou dear, and
Will Tweedy- He is the narrator of the novel, Cold Sassy Tree. He is a fourteen year old boy that lives in the town of Cold Sassy, in Georgia. Will comes from a well established family, but he has a free spirit, and feels he is obliged to disobey the rules that help direct his life. After his grandmother’s death and his grandfather’s second marriage, Will starts to struggle with the topics of love and death. His perspective on life changed.
"Ask and you will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you (Matthew 7:7). Grandpa Blakeslee formulates his interpretation of the bible, not specifically, but generally his outlook or overview of the philosophical tenets of the bible. Grandpa Blakeslee's interpretation promotes the idea that pleading God for relief or otherwise rather than for perseverance to overcome the circumstances one undergoes is not only a misunderstanding (of the purpose of prayer and how a christian lifestyle should be) but additionally an error in the usage (of prayer).
Marriage is a commitment that couples vow to love each other, and committed during their toughest times. Chris Offutt, the author of the short story called "Aunt Granny Lith" explains the trials and choices in a marriage between the couple Beth and Casey. Three parts in marriage are vital: communication, trust in one another, and unconditional love. All three elements will lead to a successful marriage. Marriage is what you put into your relationship not what you can get out of it. It is a team effort. Couples shouldn 't give 50/50 they should give 100/100 effort into marriage. Offutt describes these three parts throughout the story.
The purpose for a story, particularly one that deals with graphic material such as murder, is not always crystal clear, an excellent example of a story where the purpose is shrouded in mystery is Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado”. At the end of “The Cask of Amontillado” it is revealed that the character Montresor is narrating this tale. This leads the reader to wonder what motivation could Montresor have for retelling this story fifty years later. The story places heavy emphasis on being a connoisseur or expert at something, in fact Montresor’s whole plan is focused around this one thing. When the tale is viewed with the perspective that Montresor is an unreliable narrator, then it can be seen
Family plays a big role in most stories. In Cold Blood is no different, in the story family is able to shape the outcome of the characters in their younger years that will affect them later in life and the decisions that they will make. This will be shown by the Clutter family, Perry’s family, and dicks family, and the outcomes that this had on them.
Robin Sharma, a famous writer, once said, “Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.” Many people believe that change is a very big decision. It takes time and can get a little messy on the way. The truth, however, is a small decision, Like donating money for the poor in need. Unfortunately, in the play, A Christmas Carol, the main character, Scrooge, is a selfish miser. Fortunately, by the end of the play, Scrooge realizes that he was selfish and no good and changed his ways. For example, he donated to the poor.
Anne Beiler, the founder of Aunt Anne’s Pretzels was born into an Amish family. She then left the Amish lifestyle when she married her husband at the age of nineteen. She stated that the professionals stated that, “Auntie Anne’s should have never happened.” She also stated that the business professionals stated that her company should have never been successful because she was missing the three main things that make a successful business. First, she was missing capital. Secondly, she was also missing a business plan. Lastly, she did not have any formal education.
Incest in A Thousand Acres invades all the other items: it is there, and is crucial for everything that happens, but it is hidden beneath the surface of appearances.
Through self-centered and narcissistic characters, Emily Bronte’s classic novel, “Wuthering Heights” illustrates a deliberate and poetic understanding of what greed is. Encouraged by love, fear, and revenge, Catherine Earnshaw, Heathcliff, and Linton Heathcliff all commit a sin called selfishness.
Commentary on Lorna Sage’s Bad Blood This passage, consisting of three paragraphs, out of Lorna Sage’s Bad Blood, is presented by an all-knowing first-person narrator. It revolves around a young girl’s, the narrator’s, school life and childhood experiences. It follows the evolution of a friendship between the narrator and her dear friend, or shall we say her “sworn enemy”(l 11), who is first introduced in the second paragraph, “Gail…had hair in ringlets, green-hazel eyes and pale, clear, slightly olive skin stretched tight and shiny over her muscles…” (ll 11-13). The narrator first encounters Gail by having “fierce contests in the yard, duels almost…” (l 8) against her.
A theme of In Cold Blood would be the importance of family. Family helps shape who you are as a person and your perspective of life- such as values and beliefs. The Clutter family was a warm, tight-knit, respectable family known to all. The Clutters were very religious and Herb would even exempt himself from social functions that did not seem to provide a “purpose.” “He did not smoke, and of course he did not drink; indeed, he had never tasted spirits, and was inclined to avoid people who had - a circumstance that did not shrink his social circle as much as might be supposed, for the center of that circle was supplied by the members of Garden City's First Methodist Church, a congregation totaling seventeen hundred, most of whom were as abstemious
To some, the protagonists reaction can be considered mad or may consider her to be mentally-ill because of her closed door reaction to her husband’s death. Throughout the text there is evidence that suggest Kate Chopin created this character to expose the front some women, during the nineteenth century, had to have while being married and when their husbands died. If Louis Millard’s character was honest about her, positive or negative, depending how you interpret Chopin’s text, she would be negatively be viewed by society. Viewing this piece from societal normality’s from the 1800’s or even modern day, society would expect the protagonist to morn his death for an eternity, and possibly suffer. Chopin’s had the ability to divulge the emotion many women may have felt in a marriage and/or the death of a husband.
on the grounds that he has a child back in Bohemia and that he must go