The Anna of Green Gables culture is a patriarchy. In marriage the woman would take her husband’s name, Anne is properly known as Mrs. Gilbert Blythe after she gets married. Friends would call her Anne, but otherwise that is what she would be known as. The woman is also expected to be the one to stay home and take care of the children.
The USA could be classified as a patriarchy but it’s leaning towards a more equal ruling.
In marriage the woman normally takes her husband’s last name, but she can choose to keep the one she got from her father.
Traditionally the woman would stay home with the kids, but more commonly now they go to work, even a man can stay home with his children.
Gender Roles
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The next step taken will decide what one is doing with the rest of their life.
Getting married is a very important step taken in life. Once married a new couple would move into their own house and start their own family.
Turning sixteen could be considered a right of passage because it opens many doors to young people. At sixteen someone can get their permit or their drivers licence, which is also considered to be a right of passage, along with getting your own car, because one could go anywhere they wanted and no longer have to arrange a ride with their parents. Another big step in life would be to get a job. A job means that you’re making your own money that you can do whatever you want with. It also gives you a glimpse of what life in the future will be like when you will need to work to make a living.
Graduating it a huge part of someone’s life, whether it is high school or college graduating represents the closing of one chapter in a life and the opening of another.
One of the next chapters in one’s life after college may include getting married. Many people get married and have children, which comes with great …show more content…
Everyone would kneel down before bed and pray to god before they went to sleep. Marilla was also very afraid that the other towns people would find out that Anne was a heathen, because that was greatly frowned upon. Everyone went to church, and every child went to sunday school.
This was also a time when families were jugged on how their children behaved. If a kid spoke out of turn it would reflect on the parents. Children were expected to be quiet unless spoken to. When Anne lashed out at Mrs. Rachel Lynde, she had to stay in her room until she was ready to give an apology, some parents weren’t against making their kids go hungry until they apologized.
It was also very important not to lie, people really valued honesty. If you lied once, it may have been hard to get anyone to believe you for a while.
In the US, we believe in freedom. The freedom of speech or religion. The leaders are a reflection of the people, for the most part. The citizens of the US have a say in who rules and how they rule.
The US also values education, taxes pay for school from elementary through high school. People then pay thousands of dollars a year to continue their