An insight I have noticed...
• Sissy is a character who greatly changes from beginning to end. As a young woman, she has many lovers and does not take her marriages seriously because they were not in the church. In Chapter 38, Francie notices that Sissy no longer wears perfume, and she no longer wishes to attract men. Even when Sissy accompanied Francie to her graduation, Francie noticed that she paid no attention to the man in uniform who the passed on the way. Now, Sissy's marriage in the church signals a complete change. Her husband feels assured she will never walk out on him, and the narrator says she is more in love than ever. In addition, she consents to calling him by name, a sign that she regards him individually, instead of one of many lovers, or "Johns." Sissy's feelings of regret about her past lovers also suggest a major change. Now, lovers are a mere memory and not a temptation.
- What caused this turning point for Sissy?
- Do you notice a turning point in other characters?
- How does Sissy's new character relate to modern women of today? Compare/Contrast?
Second Insight...
• Francie's jobs have given her a kind of education that she could never have received in school. Katie's eagerness to send her to college reaffirms her concern for her daughter's education; which therefore, shows a great responsibility. Although Katie has let Neeley go back to high school, she never sees this decision as replacing Francie's opportunity.
- Would this situation most likely occur presently? Why/Why not?
- How will this pre-exsting decision effect Francie's future? How will it differ her future from her siblings'?
Jenna S.
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Sissy is no longer looking at other men because she has been married in church, the only kind of marriage she will put an effort into staying committed to. We also see a turning point when she finally delivers her baby and it lives. I think that this symbolizes a turning point in the way the family looks at people of other religions because the doctor who assisted in the childbirth was Jewish and I think they owe him a lot of credit for keeping the baby alive.
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