Under Milk Wood :: essays research papers

The relationship between tom turkey and Maggie in Books 1 &amp 2I think most of the problems with turkey cock and Maggies relationship are due to the fact that gobbler thinks that females are wanting(p) to males. He therefore thinks that Maggie is inferior to him and he shows this in the way that he treats Maggie.Tom and Maggie both have a strong relationship with their military chaplain so therefore he could have influenced Toms thoughts. "Shell fetch none the large price for that", their dad said this, and by it he means that rase though Maggie is clever she wont do any better as regards to marriage. This is a very discriminatory way for Tom and Maggies dad to talk near Maggie, as if females are only supposed to get married and bring in children and that their intelligence doesnt matter.If Toms dad thinks like that it could be from his dad that Tom gets his sexist nature "I told you girls couldnt learn Latin", this is one of the most openly sexist comme nts Tom makes in the book. Tom very strongly gets his level off across by using harsh words such as "told" and "couldnt". This shows how inferior he feels females are, he said, "I told you" almost scornfully as if hes trying to say that if he said it, it must be repair which isnt the subject field. Toms complete sexist attitude is shown by the word "girls" here he generalises about any females ability to learn Latin although Im sure that isnt the case and he just makes the comment purely because of his sexist nature. Toms sexism isnt just utilise against his sister, he uses it to put others down as well, "like a girls Tom thought that truly pitiable". The sexism Tom is showing here is by discriminating against Philip due to his hair apparently looking like a girls. He describes this as "truly pitiable" which shows how strongly he feels. Tom uses the word "girl" as an insult as if by vocation Philip a girl he feels he has i nsulted him. This is a very sexist attitude, as he shouldnt be discriminating against females in this way.Whenever Maggie acts in a way that Tom wouldnt, Tom automatically says she acts in that way, as she is a girl, "girlish way of taking things". This quotation is where Maggie gets agitated and Tom blames that on the fact that shes a girl.