She must figure out by herself how to obtain food, clothing, and shelter; yet this is extremely common within young campesinos for they are often found to be homeless and malnourished. Many Honduran women adjust their lives according to the wishes of a man by working in the home, and tending to their every need. They are viewed as inferior to men and have more difficulty finding a source of income. With no money and her academic knowledge only stretching as far as the second grade, Elvia lacks the basic resources necessary to obtain a financially stable life. Unaware of the physical natural process of young females and the ideas of contraception, Elvia becomes pregnant at the age of 15 and must find a way to provide a life for her and her unborn child.
He completely depends on money to meet his family’s needs and thinks that “life is money,” more than he trust in his mama and family. Walter is a fairly ineffective man in his house, who has be unable to gain his financial freedom. It becomes expected of Walter in his growth in the movie that his economic inconsistency endangers his ability to meet house hold duties. Throughout the movie, he supplies accurate illustrations to live up to the expected character of Walter Lee Younger. He shows his dependency on money instead of the family with definite evidence of anxiety to acquire his father's insurance check, that the family was waiting for from the start of the movie, in order to attain his goals.
He makes himself sick working so much, isolating himself while working on the creature. Victor emotionally isolates himself when he realizes that he created a monster. Since Victor isolated himself, he was eventually able to return to society when he received a letter from his wife, Elizabeth. He returns home unlike the creature that did not have a home to return to. The lonliness caused by the creature killing Victor’s family caused Victor to isolate himself from the rest of the world he became very depressed because he lost many members of his family.
Frethorne’s time as a servant was so brutal that he believed he would have been better off living life as a crippled beggar in his hometown of England rather than being a servant in the New World (Lauter 289). From Frethorne’s letters you can deeply feel the true pain and suffering he went through on a daily basis and you learn how much he begged and wished for his family to help him be back with them again in England. Simply, Frethorne’s experience as an indentured servant in the New World was unpleasant. His life during this time was rough due to elements, including: scarcity of food, weakness of the body, and loss of hope for a better life. During this time in the New World the demand for food was incredibly high, and only the wealthy were the ones lucky enough to get a real meal each day (Kupperman).
At this time Social Darwinism was being introduced into society and perfectly depicts the life of the poor, injured, and sick. It is impossible for an immigrant to keep a job for any measurable length of time because of the dangerous conditions of the time, the risk of sickness, and the many people waiting in line to jump in and take a weak person’s job. The strong and willing were the only people who worked. The strong were the ones who did not surrender to the temptation of alcohol and drugs. The strong were the ones who caught the eyes of employers, and the strong were the ones who were able to provide for their family and move up in the world.
In my opinion, these two chapters tell us how hard the tenant family are going through their life. Even though they want to start a new life, there are many difficulties to stop them, the society is cold, people like monster, care nothing
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair tells the story of a Lithuanian family struggling to stay alive in central Chicago, known as Packingtown during the early 1900s. Since their migration to America, they had been faced with the challenges of adapting to the American style of living and trying to find jobs to support themselves. They endured harsh winters and sweltering summers, which caused many disappointments and tragedies, such as, having no money, lost jobs, injuries, and sickness. The family fought through many difficult ups and downs, but they always tried to stick together. The man of the household, Jurgis Rudkus, did not want his wife Ona to work in the factories, but because of their financial struggle she and the children went out to get jobs, such as, selling newspapers and working in the canning industry.
His job was to be a farmer, and as he became richer he was occupied with things that would distract him from this. His soul purpose in life was to work the fields and as he became more enslaved he was dragged away from doing what he was born to do. This set a bad example for Wang Lung’s children, and it made his father disappointed in him. Wang Lung regularly visited the temple ofthe gods, and this stopped after he came upon money. Praying before the gods was something he loved to do and this activity came to a stop.
It was the only reason why the characters were doing what they were doing. They were not only working to earn a living, but they were working towards that impossible American Dream. Throughout the novel, Steinbeck repeatedly presents the impossibility of reaching one’s Kitt 2 American dream; however, both the characters and the readers attempt to omit the obvious truth about the American Dream because it is indeed the only thing they continue to live for. For George, it takes the death of his best friend for him to realize that he will never achieve his American Dream. It is quite obvious that not only George came to a realization about life after the tragic events in the novel, but so did every other character.
After being driven away by humans he had come across a hovel next to a cottage. From his hovel he could witness the everyday activities that went on inside the cottage through a crack in the boards. Here he learned about human society, language, and gained an extended education through the history books that he read. After finding Victor’s research notes in his jacket pocket, the creature learns of the disgust his own creator had when building him. Thus realizing how his creator’s abandonment caused a large impact on his life as he had to learn to survive without the aid of a teacher and had no protection from the cruelties that were associated with humanity and loneliness.