Value Of A Strong Support System
A strong support system can help one grow beyond societal preconceptions. The support systems may come from a loving and caring individual, or group of people, who believe in you and your ability to achieve your goals. Characters who are born into or stuck in roles they are not happy with, want to rise above their circumstances and become the best versions of themselves.
However, these goals are difficult to achieve without a strong support system. There are a number of characters in literature, theater, film, and song that exemplify the value of a unified support group. The characters learn to believe in themselves and seek a different path. Just as there are numerous amount of characters surrounded by a support system; there are a …show more content…
Wicked by Winnie Holzman and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley show how the lack of a support system can push one to never realize that they have a different path in life. When a person is born into a role that they are not happy with and are given a loving and encouraging support system then they can grow and progress in life. However, if they do not have that support system, their chances of rising are greatly diminished. Celie, the main character from The Color Purple, was born into a household and a society
Fradette !2 where being a woman means they are inferior. Celie’s was born into an extreme case of this inferiority. From a young age she had to clean, cook, and take care of the children. Her father,
Alphonso, raped and told her, “You better not never tell nobody but God. It’d kill your mammy” (Walker 1). Alphonso, through her childhood, made Celie feel as though her only quality came from how well she made food and cleaned the house. When Celie is married off …show more content…
Celie was talking to Sofia and said: “I can’t even remember the last time I felt mad, I say. I used to get mad at my mammy cause she put a lot of work on me...Then after a while every time I got mad, or started to feel mad, I got sick. Felt like throwing up. Terrible feeling. Then I start to feel nothing at all” (42). Celie believes that the only way to get through life is to feel nothing, because if she were to let herself feel anything it would kill her. Celie became so numb to everything that was happening to her, she never had the chance to find who she could be. She believed that her only use in the world was to clean, cook, and be at the will of Mr. When Shug
Avery came to the house she began to help Celie see that she is worth so much more than what
Celie saw herself as. When Shug was going to leave Celie told her, “He beat me when you not here”(75), she continues by telling Shug that she is beaten for not being Shug. Shug’s reaction was “I won’t leave until I know Albert won’t even think about beating you” (76). Once Mr. stopped beating Celie, she began to see that even if she messed up, it did not diminish her
However, these goals are difficult to achieve without a strong support system. There are a number of characters in literature, theater, film, and song that exemplify the value of a unified support group. The characters learn to believe in themselves and seek a different path. Just as there are numerous amount of characters surrounded by a support system; there are a …show more content…
Wicked by Winnie Holzman and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley show how the lack of a support system can push one to never realize that they have a different path in life. When a person is born into a role that they are not happy with and are given a loving and encouraging support system then they can grow and progress in life. However, if they do not have that support system, their chances of rising are greatly diminished. Celie, the main character from The Color Purple, was born into a household and a society
Fradette !2 where being a woman means they are inferior. Celie’s was born into an extreme case of this inferiority. From a young age she had to clean, cook, and take care of the children. Her father,
Alphonso, raped and told her, “You better not never tell nobody but God. It’d kill your mammy” (Walker 1). Alphonso, through her childhood, made Celie feel as though her only quality came from how well she made food and cleaned the house. When Celie is married off …show more content…
Celie was talking to Sofia and said: “I can’t even remember the last time I felt mad, I say. I used to get mad at my mammy cause she put a lot of work on me...Then after a while every time I got mad, or started to feel mad, I got sick. Felt like throwing up. Terrible feeling. Then I start to feel nothing at all” (42). Celie believes that the only way to get through life is to feel nothing, because if she were to let herself feel anything it would kill her. Celie became so numb to everything that was happening to her, she never had the chance to find who she could be. She believed that her only use in the world was to clean, cook, and be at the will of Mr. When Shug
Avery came to the house she began to help Celie see that she is worth so much more than what
Celie saw herself as. When Shug was going to leave Celie told her, “He beat me when you not here”(75), she continues by telling Shug that she is beaten for not being Shug. Shug’s reaction was “I won’t leave until I know Albert won’t even think about beating you” (76). Once Mr. stopped beating Celie, she began to see that even if she messed up, it did not diminish her