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Summary of sons and lovers

Chapter 1- the married life of the morels

In the beginning of the first chapter of the book it begins to describe the neighborhood that the morels family live in, the neighborhood is called “The Bottoms” which is the miners dwellings. Mr. Morel is a miner and Mrs. Morel his wife is pregnant with their 3^rd child they move into their new home on the day of the wakes which is a fair in the neighborhood. Williams the eldest son goes to the fair then Mrs. Morels takes her daughter Annie. Upon arriving at the fair she sees Williams and they spend time together at the fair. As we go further in the book we begin to see who Mr. Morel   is. While Mrs. Morel waits for her husband to come home from work, she puts the children to bed. Mrs. Morel is tired of her husband drinking and begins to wonder if her life will ever change. She begins to reminist on her life and the things that she use to clean the house and sews.

In addition, we find out that Mrs. Morel is, goes by the name of Gertrude Coppard and her up bringing as an individual. Gertrude comes from a poor family and meets morel at a Christmas party. Because of the way she was brought up at the party when morel asked Gertrude to dance she refuses, however it didn’t take long for Gertrude to fall for morel, so the next Christmas they married and lived a happy life. Not withstanding after being married for seven years she stumbles upon bills that are unpaid for household furniture in her husband’s pocket. On the other hand, she fronts him about the bills and he brushes her off. Mrs. Morel then begins to isolate herself from her husband, hen turns to her child. Due to the problems they are facing in their marriage Mr. Morel cuts Williams hair while his wife is sleeping.

Furthermore, another incident that occur s is at the wake ( a fair) that morel and a friend ( Jerry Purdy) attends, however Mrs. Morel does not like him because of his strong influence on her husband and drinking. When morel arrived home he was very irritable and has a fight with his wife and locks her out the house.

oedipus

Literature assignment

The Oedipus complex is a term used to describe a boy's feelings of desire for his mother and jealously and anger towards his father. Essentially, a boy feels like he is in competition with his father for possession of his mother. He views his father as a rival for her attentions and affections.

The boy wishes to possess his mother and replace his father, who he views as a rival for his mother's affections. The Oedipal complex occurs in the phallic stage of psychosexual development between the ages of three and five. The phallic stage serves as an important point in the formation of sexual identity.

In reference to books that I have read Oedipus complex is seen in books like

1.     Social psychology and deviant behavior

2.     Hamlet

3.     The legacy of Cleopatra

4.     Die Traumdeutung

5.     A separate piece

6.     Pandora’s box

7.     Brave new world

Resolving the Oedipus complex

In order to develop into a successful adult with a health identity, the child must identify with the same-sex parent in order to resolve the conflict.