Most recent public comments by Faerie Nina Scott https://nowcomment.com/users/144601 https://nowcomment.com/documents/305195?scroll_to=3266375 https://nowcomment.com/documents/305195?scroll_to=3266375 Because Cora and her family were African American, they were essentially forced into poverty. They had very limited job opportunities and options, and had to live on whatever they could make cleaning, nursing, cooking, and junk selling. Cora's situation was also influenced by socialistic norms; as the oldest she helped raise her mothers children, as well as stayed back while everyone else left, to take care of her aging parents. She lived everyday through injustice and hardships, making just enough to get by, because that is what she knew; that is what society made her do. Social class also effects the character Jessie, who Cora grows close with, when she becomes pregnant with a poor Greek boy's child. Her mother wold never let her marry under their social class (as they are very wealthy) and,in trying to protect their name, kills her daughter. Thu, 14 Mar 2024 00:17:34 +0800 https://nowcomment.com/documents/305195?scroll_to=3266369 https://nowcomment.com/documents/305195?scroll_to=3266369 Society at this highly rejected the idea of having children out of wedlock, and we can see this by her mothers extreme reaction. Her mother could not bear the idea of shame entering their household, and so she killed her baby while it was still inside her. By doing this she equally killed her own daughter just to keep up her name. This is both injustice and a picture of just how important one's family name was according to society. It also enters the realm of miscegenation, bc her mother would not allow Jessie to marry the father, bc he was a poor Greek; it would cause embarrassment. Wed, 13 Mar 2024 23:10:13 +0800 https://nowcomment.com/documents/305195?scroll_to=3266362 https://nowcomment.com/documents/305195?scroll_to=3266362 Miscegenation was highly looked down upon in the rural town of Melton. When Cora's sisters caught the attention of white farm boys, they were "disgraced" and blamed for ruining their 'family's name". This also ties to injustice, how else could these girls find love? They were the only colored people, and yet the farm boys took a liking to them, they didn't force themselves upon them. And yet even their own African American father accuses them of ruining his name, as if he isn't known for excessive drinking. Wed, 13 Mar 2024 23:03:39 +0800 https://nowcomment.com/documents/305195?scroll_to=3266352 https://nowcomment.com/documents/305195?scroll_to=3266352 In this paragraph, we learn that Cora and her family are the only African Americans in Melton, making them a sort of spectacle. Cora spends her days working and caring for her mothers children, and, because she is the oldest,she is trapped forever in the racist place she grew up in. She watches her siblings leave, but cant leave herself; she cant leave her mother. Wed, 13 Mar 2024 22:51:42 +0800 https://nowcomment.com/documents/305195?scroll_to=3266338 https://nowcomment.com/documents/305195?scroll_to=3266338 Melton is pictured as a sad, lonely place, shown through negative diction.Its rural image and removement from cities contrasts the idea of modern society and a small country village, foreshadowing the inequality between both gender and race. Because of the lack of sewage and paved roads, we can also guess that the population is probably of the lower of middle class. Wed, 18 Mar 2026 01:34:26 +0800