You Can T Take It With You Analysis

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When I was little, everyone wanted me to be someone everyone expected me to be. My family wanted me to be the person that I knew I wasn’t, but as I grew and knew a little bit more about life, I realized that I should always be my own person because that’s how I am and no one can change that about someone. Even though there are people wanting me to be someone I'm not, I choose to be my own person,and it takes an independent person to grow and become who he or she really is. The characters Uncle Basil from “You Can't Take It With You” and Cassia from The Matched show independence because they both realize that they cannot be what society expects of them. First of all, Cassia from the book The Matched by Ally Condie shows independence by breaking …show more content…

One example of how Uncle Basil is independent is he refuses giving any fortune to his family and their request on buying luxuries. “Uncle Basil lived neatly in a house very much too small for his money” (Wuorio 1). This shows that Uncle Basil does not accept his family’s request. Even though, Uncle Basil has money he does not want to give any money for expectations of others especially from his greedy family. Another example of how Uncle Basil is independent is he proves his family wrong so he leaves a note saying “I did take it with me” (Wuorio 3). In the story, his family says that he won't be able to take his money with him when he dies which they assume that his money would go to them instead. This shows that Uncle Basil accomplished his plan. According to the story, his family believes that the deserve the money as much as he does but Uncle Basil took his money with him through death and proved his family wrong. His family did showed their true colors towards him who only cares about his money. Therefore, Uncle Basil knew his family just wanted the fortune and nothing else from him. Who also disobeyed him but he was always independent about himself and he didn't care what his family had to say about him or his

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