“... on waking, she felt like a queen”. The average woman would seemingly be devastated if she was to spend fourteen years of her life waiting on a man who in the end presumably went off to be with another woman. But, Louisa is not the average woman. She did not spend her fourteen years dreaming of being wrapped in the arms of her fiance or raising their offspring. She spent her fourteen years of solitude and privacy living her life. And, living at as she saw fit. For the time period in which she lived in Louisa Ellis had an exceptional circumstance. She lived her life from a young age to her approximate her thirties all by herself. While her peers married, mothered and worked in the house at young ages well into ages past their primes. Here is a woman whom has been fortunate enough to have fourteen…
“The Life You Save May Be Your Own” is a short story written by the American author Flannery O'Connor. It is one of ten stories in her short story collection called A Good Man Is Hard to Find. In this Southern Gothic tale, we are introduced to a mother and her daughter as they sit on a porch in an impoverished country town. A man, Mr. Shiftlet, crosses their path and after a bit of conversation is offered a place to sleep and food to eat in exchange for fixing things around the house. He eventually is offered the daughter's hand in marriage, and accepts with the reward of getting a car. The two marry and the mother provides money for them to go on a weekend honeymoon. But, in an unexpected turn of events, at least 100 miles away from her home, Mr. Shiftlet leaves the girl sleeping and stranded at the counter of a breakfast restaurant. Feeling very guilty, he searches for a hitchhiker to pick up in an effort to right his wrong and finds a little boy that had just run away from home. Mr Shiftlet convinces the child to go back home to his mother and the story ends with him driving to Mobile. Flannery O'Connor does more than tell a humorous Gothic story with this piece of work; she uses the lives of Lucynell, Lucynell Jr, and Mr Shiftlet to illustrate the human condition and how we often put our morals to the side for our own selfish gain.…
Anna Quindlen´s tone in the essay ¨Homeless¨ shows sympathy to the homeless people. To begin, the author thinks people should think of the homeless as humans. “It has been customary to take people’s pain and lesson our own participation in it by turning it into an issue, not a collection of human beings” (Quindlen 104). This shows the tone sympathetic because the text talks about how people turn other people into problems, not other people who need help. Since the author sees the people and not the problem, she is sympathetic towards these people. Next, Quindlen thinks that people should see a person, not the homeless. “Sometimes I think we would be better off if we forgot about the broad strokes and concentrated on the details. Here is a…
In her essay, “Homelessness on Campus”, Eleanor Bader discusses the cause of homelessness among college students, and how little is being done to prevent or remedy it. Citing the struggles and situations of specific students, Bader illustrates the problem facing the country.…
own life. Louise who had been living a life for her husband, not for herself “seems to live a…
While reading Anna Quindlen’s “Homeless” we are faced with the difficult question: Is a home everything? Quindlen has come to the conclusion, that yes your home is everything, and I cannot help but to agree with her. There is an understanding that there is a difference between a house and home. Whereas the building you are living in is referred to your house, your home is the compassion and comfort you feel in that house with your family and friends. Quindlen states that in your home you have, “certainty, stability, predictability, privacy” (Quindlen par. 4). Although there are downsides to owning a house, there is comfort and familiarity in one’s home because of the ability to have somewhere private to withdraw and family that helps raise…
In this short story we meet Sister and four members of her family. The Protaganist of the story ia Sister , the oldest child of two girls, and her younger sister Stella-Rondo is the family favorite. It seems everything Sister wants, Stella-Rondo gets. Sister says that Stella-Rondo stole her boyfriend for it was Sister who had been dating Mr. Whitaker first until Stella- Rondo, being the jealous person she was told him that Sister was "one-sided," unequal on both sides. And that in-turn ended the relationship.Sisters real problem is that she is extreamly jelous of Stella-rondo. And she, Sister, at times can be a little selfish. For instance at the end Sister says to herself, "And if Stella-Rondo should come to me this minute, on bended knee, and attempt to explain the incidents of her life with Mr. Whitaker, I'd simply put my fingers in both my ears and refuse to listen" (153). That statement alone defines her jealously and selfishness towards her sister, because it seems Mr. Whitaker is the only thing she is really upset about for she makes no mention about any of the other family members,…
Australian Government. Australian_Government. (2008c). The road home: A national approach to homelessness [White paper].Retrieved from http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/sa/housing/progserv/homelessness/whitepaper/Documents/default.htm…
I come from a fairly large city in California so I’ve been around many homeless people throughout my life. I’ve had good and bad experiences when it comes to being around them and dealing with them. My initial view of the homeless is that they are somewhat lazy and that a lot of them are on drugs. I feel this way because I’ve seen and dealt with so many sick, obnoxious people on the streets aggressively asking for money. I always think to myself, if I were in that situation I would find a way. There are so many resources that help people get back on their feet. Instead of begging on the streets, I would go get help. Instead of asking for money, I would ask for help from one of the many organizations so I can find a job and make my own money. However, there is another side of me that is extremely empathetic. This side of me knows that something sad and unfortunate must have happened to these people and that this life isn’t their choice. For example, children that are born into homeless families, people with mental illnesses, and of course people who have been laid off of work.…
Homeless people have the tendency to treat the streets of cities like their personal homes. It’s only natural that they do this because hey, the streets are their homes. But this becomes a problem when you are strolling the streets of your beautiful city and are overwhelmed and distressed by the horrific stench of urine and waste consume the side walk. Like I said before, the sidewalks are homeless people’s homes but when you have to hold your breath, it becomes a problem.…
References: Hurley, Jennifer A. (2002) Substance Abuse Is a Cause of Homelessness. San Diego Regional Task Force on the Homeless…
People should understand that some homeless people aren't always their fault.People can not choose where they came from because maybe their parents couldn't afford to put them through school to get education. Some of the homeless people that you might see on the street are war veterans coming home from war they might not have the best financial support after coming home from war.these tiny house should first go to the homeless war veterans because they served this country to let us be free. Although tiny houses may look like trash but can be very economical and and environmental to the people living on the streets .…
Homelessness in the United States is still a tedious issue, that is slowly becoming better. 1 in 200 Americans, experenices homelessness and/or have lived in a shelter. About two thirds of homeless people stay in emergency shelters or in a transitional housing program. The other third live on the street, abandoned buildings or other places not suitable for human conditions. Homelessness is defined as an individual or family who lacks fixed, regular, and adequate residents. There are four categories of homelessness: Current homelessness, imminent homelessness, youth/family home instability caused by hardship, and home instability caused by domestic violence. More resources, volunteers, and donations are a great opportunity to help the homeless.…
The theme of selfishness is clearly shown by Mr. Peter’s actions. He wishes for a wife because he is lonely. He also only thinks about himself and not others. When he realizes his wife is actually a swan in human form, rather than have her immediately changed back, he selfishly keeps her. In the story Mr. Peters says “I…
Being homeless is not an option that anyone would want being without a stable home or knowing where you are going to sleep every night is simply bad luck. Day by day many people encounter homeless people either at work or just driving by the freeway each day with signs reading “Homeless”. Others might consider homeless individuals to have made that choice on their own but do not see the deeper issues than being out on the street. Many homeless people can be mentally ill, have problems with drug abuse, or just simply lack employment.…