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Self Reliance Through Hardship

Exactly what does it mean to be self-reliant? To be reliant on one's own capabilities, judgment, or resources maybe? Well, it means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. To some it means to struggle through one’s circumstances. To some it means ensuing one’s dreams. And yet to others it means following tradition. Although each connotation has a different motive for being self reliant, all of those motives sprout from character’s hardships.
Self-Reliance was imposed upon Pecola in The Bluest Eye. She had no choice but to be self-reliant. Pecola was abandoned, a victim of racism, and raped by her father. She had nobody to turn to. Even total strangers ...

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and is consumed by the phlogiston. She has so many hardships that her caustic circumstances drive her to schizophrenia:
“Ever since I got my blue eyes, [Mrs. Breedlove] look away from me all of the time. Do you suppose she's jealous too?
Could be. They are pretty you know.
I know. [Soaphead] really did a good job. Everybody's jealous. Every time I look at somebody, they look off.
Is that why nobody has told you how pretty they are?
Sure it is. Can you imagine? Something like that happening to a person, and nobody but nobody saying anything about it? They all try to pretend they don't see them. Isn't that funny? I said, isn't that funny?
Yes.
You are the only person who tells me how pretty they are.
Yes.”

Self-Reliance was chosen by Christine in A Yellow Raft in Blue Water. She decided to be independent to escape the oppression her surroundings were slapping on her. It was her own choice. She wanted a better way of living; she wanted to be unconstrained.
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Added: 10/5/2005 04:41:33 PM
Category: English
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