Legend‚ and central to Henry Lawson ’s short story‚ "Water Them Geraniums." This toughness is made possible by mate ship that is often associated‚ for example in Lawson ’s Mitchell stories‚ with masculinity. In this essay‚ I will argue that Lawson has broadened mate ship to incorporate women who appear to be the frontier of the Bush. Firstly‚ identification of Lawson ’s personal history that connects with the characters and themes in "Water Them Geraniums" will be discussed. Further discussion on how Lawson
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The Geranium Formal letter of complaint I am Sandra a dear friend of Marney’s and I am writing this letter to you because I want to complain about the fact that no family member stepped in to support my friend Marney during her time of need. I recently found out that my friend Marney has been abused by her husband. I have realized that this has been happening after watching a TV programme dealing with the subject of abused wives and what they do to hide their abused lives. I suddenly understand
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Geranium is a genus of 422 species of flowering annual‚ biennial‚ and perennial plants that are commonly known as the cranesbills. They are found throughout the temperate regions of the world and the mountains of the tropics‚ but mostly in the eastern part of the Mediterranean region. The long‚ palmately cleft leaves are broadly circular in form. The flowers have five petals and are coloured white‚ pink‚ purple or blue‚ often with distinctive veining. Geraniums will grow in any soil as long as it
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“The Geranium” In this short story the Geranium it explains an average day in the life of a girl who gets physically and verbally abused by her husband. Her life is controlled and she is constantly working around the house. She thinks of having a job but she is not allowed as her job is around the house and looking after her kids. In the short story the main character Marney is the mother of children and a wife of Bob who is introduced near the end of the text. Marneys husband controls her
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cleaning for Marney everyday. Her life seems rather dull and boring except for when her friends‚ “Sandra and Joey and their kids might call in”. Yet still Marney couldn’t enjoy all the fun with the ladies‚ she wouldn’t even “come for a stretch” with them. From her hesitation and excuses “I’m busy… I might do a bit more… out the back…” we can feel that there’s something preventing Marney from socializing. The reason begins to emerge towards the end when Bob‚ her husband comes home from work. Straight
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Date: 15/02/10 Title: The Geranium Text type: Short story Author: Patricia Grace This short story‚ ’The Geranium’‚ by Patricia Grace and published 1993‚ is a perfect example of Battered woman syndrome and the mental effects it has on a person in this case Marney. In the geranium‚ the main character‚ Marney is a stay at home mother. She cleans intensely all day and seems rather dull. She does not leave the house even when one of the girls tells her to "come for a stretch." You
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In the short stories the “Big Brother Little Sister” by Witi Ihamaera and “The Geranium” by Patricia Grace the characters make important decisions that affects their lives. In the course of both stories we learn that the characters suffer from domestic abuse and want to be free but at the end they decide to stay. In Big Brother Little Sister the reader learns that the most important decision that Hema makes is to go back home even thought their life is miserable. When the once the children’s mum
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Poetry Analysis The poem “The Geranium” by Theodore Roethke tells the story of a bachelor‚ formerly a party animal‚ now a lonely‚ aging man‚ through a sustained metaphor which uses the speaker’s geranium as a symbol for the disregard of his own health. The plant is never well‚ nor is he‚ due to the speaker being as inconsiderate to the geranium as he is to himself. With imagery‚ alliteration‚ and symbolism‚ much is learned about the speaker through a simple geranium to which he is intrinsically intertwined
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sedentary lifestyle” (“Some People”). Not all people have the same ability to turn down food whenever they want. That causes people to be overeaters‚ thus‚ making them overweight. However‚ not only can some people be genetically predisposed to overeat‚ but most Americans have a different mindset in their eating choices. Most of them think that just because a yogurt has a little bit of calories‚ it is automatically a healthy snack. You can’t judge someone because they are overweight or obese
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Imagine yourself as a teen driving home after curfew‚ all of sudden your pulled over by the police and either arrested or ticketed for curfew violations. Then you think to yourself‚ I wasn’t doing anything wrong. This has become an increasing problem in America today. It is a shame for teenagers to get charged with breaking curfew and they are not committing a crime. This is another reason why teenage curfew is not need. My main points of the speech are to show that curfew laws are too expensive
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