To Say This Is Enough

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important values in life. It is not important for him to believe in God. He does not believe in the after life, nor does he believe that he has to follow the Bible. For him, the Bible is another book written by a fanatical society that preceded his. Sheppard introduces that premise that God should be replaced by science by trying to impress its wonders to Rufus John. He reasons that since there is neither physical nor scientific evidence that god exists. Rufus should stop believing in God and the bible. Because of Sheppard’s lack of faith, he gauges his value according to how many people he has helped.
Flannery O’Conner defies everything that Sheppard stands for by taking everything that Sheppard value at the end of the story. Rufus John, the focal point of Sheppard’s obsession on helping others, shows Sheppard the error of his ways by going back to prison. By refusing to be taken by Sheppard’s persuasion of looking at the world in a scientific ...

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mothers.
The common bond between the members of the Joy Luck Club, the struggle against the status of women in a patriarchal society, is the bond that joins them all. In order to overcome their lack of power, they compensated by being courageous. In a way, they all became the “turtle” of their sorrows. The author’s perception of life is shown by the mother-daughter relationships. Tan showed that the daughters would not be able to overcome the struggles in their life until they understand how brave their mothers really are. June’s understanding of her mother’s wish to find her twin sisters enabled her to see the world in her Chinese-American eyes; and ...

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