What Is The Use Of Symbolism In Shiloh By Bobbie Ann Mason

Gene becomes more disciplined and athletically inclined. He is undertaking circumstances that he knows will never come true, the 1944 Olympics, yet making the best of them to please his best friend. Gene is learning to do things although he does not want to do and that have no purpose. This is a difficult task for an immature child; however, through Gene's ability to train for the inexistent Olympics, shows that he is growing up. He looks at his training as if he were preparing for the war. Accepting that he must go to war is also another sign of maturity brought on by the training for the Olympics with Finny. Through his preparation for the Olympics, Gene's coming of age becomes more and more evident.

In the story “Norma” by Sonia Sanchez it describes of Sonia in high school, George Washington high school, The other describes Sonia as a very shy girl and how she would walk with head down all the time, even when she slept. In the story, the other also tells us that Sonia would study every night.

It may also reflect a desire to find hobbies outside of the home so she can get some time to herself. One suspects the underlying reason for this commitment to self-improvement, however, is to prepare herself for the eventual split from Leroy.

In the story “Shiloh” Norma Jean is Leroy’s wife. She has been alone for most of their marriage. Leroy was always on the road he was a truck driver. Norman Jean had gotten used to being alone. Leroy had a bad truck accident and now he cannot drive anymore because his leg is messed up. Leroy thinks that Norman Jean is not happy with him being home all the time. Now that he is home she feels that he doesn’t understand

Leroy was a truck driver. He was injured in an accident, which resulted in him having to stay home. During his recovery, Leroy started craft kits. The narrator indicates, “At first the kits were diversion, something to kill time, but now he is thinking about building a full-scale log house from a kit” (Mason 542). He believes it will be cheaper than building a regular house, and “has grown to appreciate how things are put together” (Mason 542). Leroy had also promised his wife that one day he would build her a new house. Norma Jean, Leroy’s wife, does not seem so thrilled at the idea of a log cabin. When Leroy tells Norma Jean of his plan her

Although Connie seems to lose herself in this struggle of persona, she does hang on to one thing that she is very passionate about. She appears to be awed and enthused by music. "And Connie paid close attention herself, bathed in a glow of slow-pulsed joy that seemed to

Norma Jean and Leroy’s marriage is falling apart without even them noticing it. Norma Jean wants to move on with her life. Leroy still living in the past. Their marriage was broken when they lost their child due to SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome). After that, they stop communicating and never talk about what happened. Leroy is a happy- go-lucky man. He likes to smoke weed to forget about what happened to him and to deny that their marriage is going down the hill. In the other hand, Norma Jean’s like to learn something new. Norma Jean works and taking classes at night. At the bottom of page 873, “Now she stays up late, writing compositions. She got a B on her first paper - …” that means a good accomplishment that ever happen to her. Also

She is a salesclerk in the drugstore. After her husband got injured, she started to do muscle exercise in order to keep her health. For her, she seems not fully accepted their situation about her husband got injured and always stayed at home. According to the story, "Norma Jean is often startled to find Leroy at home, and he thinks she seems a little disappointed about it". She thought her husband's idea about building a log cabin is useless.

Isolation in her relationship with her husband, Leroy, causes Norma Jean to defy typical women's roles, as it helps her develop a sense of physical and mental power, eventually leading her to the desire for a separated life from her husband in which she holds dominance. After the death of Randy, their infant son, Norma Jean and Leroy’s relationship is stretched, as they are isolated from each other and their emotions, and Leroy provides no support for Norma Jean when he goes onto the road as a truck driver. Leroy leaving Norma all by herself leads to her growing independence and her advancements in her emotions towards the past tragedy. When Leroy is hurt from his truck accident and stays at home, his views on Norma Jean have changed as she is stronger than ever, and “Standing with her legs apart, [Norma Jean] reminds Leroy of Wonder Woman”(Mason 1). The representation of Norma Jean as Wonder Woman can display the growing physical power that the author has demonstrated in her. The character of Wonder Woman is strong and is able to challenge men who are supposed to be stronger than her, contributing roles the woman have and how the society views them. Furthermore, the accident that Leroy is involved in leads to his gradual defeat in his dominance over his marriage, whereas Norma Jean is able to gain power through the weakness in the masculine power in her marriage. However, the roles that women are expected to follow, are to obey the husband and not to display preeminence over them. These roles are established so that the feminine power is always smaller compared to the masculine power. Moreover, when Leroy needs a physical therapist in order to make himself stronger again, Norma Jean uses this as an advantage of making herself stronger. By establishing herself as a physically stronger individual, Norma Jean moves forward to be mentally stronger which would allow her to be the most powerful. Despite the roles that women are expected to follow, Norma Jean chooses to challenge them and be equally or more powerful than men. Through mental power, an individual can control one’s emotions and feelings towards other. Norma Jean chooses to bring herself outside her home as she finds a job and starts to take writing

With Bobbie Ann Mason he set the scene with a family that lost their son and now it will never feel the same between them. The husband feels that his wife doesn’t love him anymore due to the fact she lost her son. Both scenes of each story are very dark and present a tragedy within relationships. Both authors explain things that could go on in

Master woodworker Dax Drexel is gorgeous, a bit rough around the edges, and too young.

I do not think Norma Jean changed her life and stopped smoking, all due to her mother catching her smoke. I think there are a lot of different events that lead her to making this decision. In the beginning of the story all Norma Jean worried about was filling her wife duties. Her husband Leroy, just got home from a long trip. Norma and Leroy now have to spend more time together, which they had not done in a long time. Norma Jean was also the only breadwinner; due to Leroy’s injury he cannot work. That only added stress and more responsibilities on Norma Jean; which we saw when she was urging him to get another job. The problem they had before was never resolved so it all came back, which caused them to feel distant from each other. The death

Norma Rae is a film featuring a lowly paid cotton mill worker, whose health has been affected by the poor working conditions. She is a single parent of two, who has flings with random men to take away her loneliness. To cover up her protests, the company promotes her to a position where the lady gets a higher pay. Fellow employees regard her as a traitor, and she ends up asking for a demotion. A divorcee with one daughter, who was a co-worker at the factory proposes marriage to her. Reuben Warshowsky’s speech on union organization and the death of her father at the mill makes her push hard for that fight. It, however, brings conflict with her husband, Sonny. In retaliation, the management attempts to disrupt the efforts through dividing shifts

Ron Carlson mentioned about surprise in his book and stated that he wants the story to surprise him as he writes. When I was reading Shiloh, I was surprised by the whole smoking issue that they mentioned in the story. I believe my surprise logically makes sense because the issue of smoking did not contribute to the story that much. I believe that the main concern of the marriage was their died son and the false acknowledgment of marriage. Smoking feels a lot like an excuse to push the story plot. However, It can also be possible where Norma Jean is making an excuse about her frustration.

I would like to discuss the character of Norma Jean. I think her most problematic trait is that she keeps everything bundled up inside her and doesn't communicate her thoughts with anyone. She had her live change completely at different points in her life. One was when she lost her child, which is hard on anyone. The other point that was mentioned in the story was having Leroy being on the road for fifteen years of their marriage and then one day he is home for good. "They never speak about their memories of Randy" (232) by not speaking about the son they had allows Norma Jean to keep it bottled up which is not healthy. Leroy had also mentioned that he would like to know what Norma Jean thought, "That wasn't what he wanted to say. He wanted