Religion plays a big role especially for the mom. She is very religous mainly because she feels that she didn't really belong to her family who was jewish because her father sexually abused her and she thought the rules of being Jewish were too stressful and was too much to follow. Being jewish for her, in a way reminds her of her painful childhood. Her ex-husband, James' dad had her convert to catholicism and it effects the way she thinks and her beliefs. She tells her children to believe in god and love him. She got upset when James' brother forgot the words to a bible reading and was punished and disciplined when he got home. (This is Katherina!)
The mom grew up in a very religous family, her dad was a Rabbi, but not a very good one because she talks about her family moved all over because her dad was a "Traveling preacher." But as she got older, she became a Christian, and Christianity played a big role in her family and in all her childrens lives. All her children preformed on Easter Sunday and went to sunday school. The book also describes the mother showing emotions she only had at church, because of God and Jesus Christ. She would thank them alot for bringing her this far in life.
Religion is very important to the mom. Her father was a traveling preacher who abused her. She also thought that all of the rules of being Jewish were too hard. Her ex husband convinced her to change her religion and become catholic. She makes her kids go to sunday school and church. She is very emotional in church because she literally cries out of happiness.
the mom is very religious because of the way her family was. they where all religious Jews. her new family is catholic and has converted her to their way. she changed her way because being jewish required you to live and act in a certain way and fallow to many complex rules. her family didn't treat her well and this gave her a low opinion of things to do with them. she has held on to her belief of god and tells her children to love him and respect him. she teaches her children the bible and wants them to remember it.
For people in such harsh positions as the McBride and Jordan children, they need a comforting, heavenly person to look up to. This is the God of the Christian faith and Jesus. From a young age the children were inspired by their mother to go to different churches and learn about the God who takes care of them all. But as we read about the past of the mother, we find out that her family was strictly Jewish. In her life as Ruth McBride-Jordan she carefully and successfully hides this hidden side of her behind her and has totally offered her being to Christianity, even founding a church.
For the mother religion is pain and happiness. Catholisizim is her safe haven. But judisim is all the bad memories with her former family. I wonder how she feels about religion because of how often she partakes in the chirch if it reminds her of her being jewish.
Cristianity is very important for James, his brothers and his mom. SHe did not like being Jewish becuase acording to her it was a very hard relition to follow. She also wanted to forget the holacoust. She did not like her dad becuase of how he sexualy abused her and she also saw that he was a very unsucesful ribbi. God was a way for the mother to forget of her grief, pain and suffering. God would always be with her. She wanted her children to never be alone and guarded so she did her best to teach them to love God. She was very strict about religeon.
I believe that religion plys a hge role for the Whole McBride family. They go to church, they all believe in God, and they have interesting ideas about religion. One character that religion plays a specifically influential role on is the Mother. She was unhappy with her religion, Judaism, as a child, because she felt that it was too resrticting. The fact that her family was Jewish and was a Rabbi also made her already-unstable child and home life even worse. Her family was constantly traveling, due to her father's job. Because of this, there may be a connection between Judaism (when she was a child), and the sexual abuse she received from her father as a child. The thought of Judaism may bring back horrible memories for "ma", forcing her to hate Judaism, (a possible reason for converting?) Question: will this be passed on to future generations of McBrides?
Religion is a big part of James's mothers life. Apparently at the beginning of his mothers life, she did not completly understand all about her religion. She thought that there were too many rules to follow during her life because of her religion. She always tells her children to believe in God. She is raising her children Catholic since her ex husband convinced her to convert to Catholisim.
Religion has been a very large part in the mothers life, from when she was young to when she was a mother of many children. As a child she grew up in a very religious family, her father being a Rabbi, her diet being Kosher. Her father was a bad Rabbi, and a very bad father. These facts could have effected the way she thought of Judaism. It was also hard for her as a child being Jewish in a strictly Christian town. She was called names because of her religion, making her feel that she did not fit in. As an adult she became a Christian, she said that it saved her life. She said that she would have resorted to crime and other things, if not for Christianity. She made all of her children go to Sunday School when they were young. They went to church on sunday and the whole family was pretty religious thanks to the mother. She felt very strongly about Christianity because of the way it saved her. A very strong image from these chapters was the way that the mother sang loudly to songs at church even though her voice was really very bad. I really have an image of them sitting in church and her singing loudly on top of everyone else, her voice loud and bad, but very loyal, because she was singing. Race also played into religion when they were young, the children were confused by Jesus and god. They wanted to know whether he was white or black, and could not really get a straight answer, because many people were caught of guard by the question. But there mother had a answer, she said that he was not white and not black. That he was the color of water.
Religion plays a big rolle for jame's and his family but it plays a bigger role for the mother. As a child the mother was jewish and her family was really religious. She did not like following the rules of the jewish religion. When she married James father she became a christian her personality change she was able to let go of her past. Being a christain ws a relief she didn't have to follow all the rules of the jewish religion. It also lets go of a part of her past that she did not enjoy. Becoming a christian also relieve the stress that she had while being jewish. She believe that christianity should be a big part of her children lives. She made them read a part of the bible to the church to easter sunday. when James's brother forgot what he his was suppose to read he was punished and disciplined when he got home.
In these chapters, religion has a very large role. Religion plays a very strong role along with the relgipus connection to race that also plays a really large role. Religion is very important to everyone in the story, especially to the mother and James.
The mothers connection to religion is very important because it shows a few themes. One of them being change. Religion shows change because it tell a story of the mothers evolution along why she made certain milestone decisions in her life. As a child she grew up in a very strict orthodox Jewish family. They followed all the rules of a religious family and they planned their lives according. The mother doesnt completely agree with everything that the Jewish religion stated along with the fact that she didn't like her family very much and so she decided to evolve into her own type of person and left her family. This is a very important part of her life because it changed how everyone around her viewed her.
Later on in her life when she married and had children she lived in a black community where Christianity was the only observed and well known religion. She feels that Christianity is a better religion or her and this becomes a very large change in her life. This is also important, because she teaches all of her children to believe in god which is really also important.
Religion is extremely important to the mother because it is what keeps her going. The author mentions several times that his mother would have given up on life if not for the christian faith. Judiasm reminded her of her abusive father, her neglected mother, and her horrible childhood experience. When she left her family behind she left the Jewish side of herself as well. Christianity, at least for this woman, helped a struggling mother raise a big family and overcome the disasters in her past.
religion is one of the ways that she crafts her children into new adults. with the rules that religions give us it makes it a little easier to control them and make them not be something bad. the religion they follow does this by teaching them what is right and wrong. what you should and what you shouldn't. the rules of religions also caused her to grow up and be who she is. when she converted she wanted to because she felt that her being a jew was to hard. i know that being a jew can be hard by experience. Judaism and many other religions have so many rules that are hard to follow and are very annoying to follow. religions craft us and makes us who we are.
Religion is a large part of the mother's life. She was an orthadox who grew up under rough circumstances, her father was a Rabbi and he sexually abused her. She felt that the rules of Jewdisom were too stressful and hard. He ex-husband convinced her to convert to christianity. Christianity plays a big role in her and her children's lives. They attend mass every Sunday and have learned to honor and respect the teaching of Christianity.
Religion played a big role in the mother’s life because she was brought up in a family that was inflicted by religion in many ways. Her former religion decided what she ate and where she lived. Her religion was what tied her down to her family. Judaism reminded her of her life as the daughter of a “traveling preacher.”
Being Jewish meant that she was different from the rest of the community; she was taunted because of her religion. Her family would go to different towns due to her father’s unstable job. Judaism reminded her of being sexually abused by her father. It reminded her of how she didn’t fit in with the rest of her family. For her, Judaism wasn’t a fulfilling religion, she didn’t understand all of the strict rules that she must follow in order to be an orthodox Jew.
So as result to her unhappiness and bad experiences during her childhood and preteen years, she converted her religion to Christianity when she married James’s father. When she switched her religion she realized how happy she was as a Christian. She realized what the world could offer when living life when happiest. And had she not converted to Christianity she would be living a very different life with very different circumstances. Christianity was a way to get rid of all the bad memories for her. It was a chance to start a new. And she was overcome with happiness with the new lifestyle that she chose to live.
Christianity helped the mother become more focused on what she believed in, I think it really help her carve a good path for her children to follow. I think that she pushed her children to go to Sunday school and attend church because she wanted them to have the same strong connection to god that she had felt, the same fulfilling sensation that she had experienced. Through Christianity she teaches her children about good morals, discipline, and god; which, to her, are the most valuable lessons she could offer to her children.
Religion Plays a prominent role, in the whole book, especially for James's mother. Her father was a traveling rabbi, who molested her, and made her hate life. Her first husband, James's father, introduced her to Jesus. This was pivotal point in her life, because before he first marriage, she had really hated life. When she was talking about her hobbies, it really told me about her. She hated her life, and she tried to run away from it. but she could not, so her did the next thing possible, she just plain ran. Jesus showed her things, such as love, and opened her eyes to a new world. it let her see through the veils of hate her father had made her put up around herself. She saw that life was not as horrible as she once thought.
James’ mom went to church a lot. She was the only white woman in sight, and she bought a lot of the children with her. She thoughts church was an important part of education for her children. She mad them recite bible passages every year. She really believed in God, and thought that he could make their life so much better, as he had done with her. She was so thankful to the new life he had given her, she built a church with her first husband, James’ dad.
Another thing that shows her deep connection to god is she sings in church, even though she has a bad voice. It seem like when she sings to him, she gets closer to him. She is not ashamed of her voice, and sings really loud, almost as if her voice can reach god and tell him how thankful she is of her “re-birth”.
Religion is a really big part of Ruth’s life. It re-mad her after having such a horrible life, and helped her re shape her life. She shows her appreciation in various forms. Her conversion from Judaism to Catholithsm really helped her.
Religion for the mother is a safe haven and at the same time the most unhappiest times in her life. When she was Jewish she hated the rules and her father was the one to teach her about being Jewish. Her father was also very abusive and molested the mother. This was the most unhappiest times in her life. When she ran away, she married James' dad who converted her to Christianity. This affected the way she thought of life and herself. this is Kevin
for the mother religion seems to hold her back. shackle her. keep her from growing. its so much a way of life that she does not feel free untill she finds a religion that allows her to be. when she was jewish, she fell traped in her childhood with her apressive dad who would molest her. her childhood trama imidietly was conected to her religion. when she became christian, she felt that she was disconecting herself from jedism and the child hood life and her parents. if this is true or not, this is how she sees it and it is the bain of her life
I agree with Katherina, that religion has played a major role in her childhood, and also later on in her life. As a child she was part of a strictly Orthodox Jewish family. This fact controlled her life as a youth, as her father constantly moved from town to town to preach at various synagogues. Also, her family followed their religion very closely and celebrated the sabbath. When the mother grew older she convert to christianity, and became a catholic. When her children were born she made sure that they also were faithful catholics and took them to church regularly, and sent them to sunday school. You could say that religion greatly influences James and his siblings but it is more likely that religion actually influences the mother and her wasy of thinking, and she works hard to get her children on the same page.
In chapters 3-6 of The Color Of Water, religion is something that their family feels to be a part of themselves, especially for the mother. Their family goes every week, and the mom feels it is essential to her life. As a child the mother grew up as a jew. Her father was a rabbi and she thought being jewish was too much of a commitment and questioned whether the rules of the religion are valid. I believe that the mother ties herself so much to christianity to forget her past, not of being jewish but because of her hard early life. Because of her father being a "traveling preacher" and her fathers sexual abuse.
Religion plays many different roles for James's mom. Religion is a way for her to express her self and make her feel obliged to do anything she wants. It gives her courage to be who she wants to be and believe in whatever she feels. Her religion plays a role on her because when she was Jewish it was harder for her to be happy in life, hard for her to appreciate that she was Jewish because of how her life was run, it was hard for her to believe in some of the rules because she didn't agree with it. Her being sexually abused by her father it also played a really big role on her because it chose who she would be in the future, and what type of life she would like to run. Judaism didn't help her get through that part of her life so it was a drag for her. When she became Catholic it broaden her mind to think of life in a different way then she did before. It helped her move on with life and made her into a whole other person. A more spiritual person who makes makes her own rules and decisions.
Religion in these chapters signifies how the mothers transition to Christianity affected her and how everything changed. Over many things the Jewish religion failed her. In a sense it let her down. She received more strength from Christianity and it helped her through many derogatory racist comments. She just felt more comfortable with Christianity.
In chapters 3-6 religion plays a role in the mothers childhood. Her father was a struggling rabbi that moved with the family from town to town looking for a place to preach. Ruth was a very religious orthodox jew, but because the religion was so strict and hard to follow she switched over to Catholicism. I also agree with Katherina that being Jewish caused her to think back and remember her painful childhood. Although Ruth wanting to switch religions because she did not truly believe in it, she also wanted a psychological get away from her haunting past.
Along with all these problems she thought that Christianity helped people. Her family neglected her and was very Orthodox which did not suit her. She also after all this had more respect for Christianity.
The mother thought that Christianity helped people. This is something that i hear a lot. She also seemed to respect religion ther most out of the thirteen people in the house.
Religion has a huge part in this story. It expresses the mothers happy memories and her painful ones as well. Her dad was a Rabbi. The dad was a traveling preacher, spreading the word of god to everyone. So with that being said the mom moved a lot. Her father would sexually abuse the mother eve though he was a Rabbi. This is why the mother left behind Judaism, it held to many painful memories. Her ex-husband convinced her to become catholic. Ever since she has believed in god and Jesus, thanking them for helping her make it this far in life. Her children went to Sunday school and went to Mass. Religion plays a big role in this book
For "Mommy", religion plays one of the most important roles in her family life. The role of religion is different for each of the two major religions in Mommy's family's life: Christianity and Judaism. For Christianity, Mommy believes that it is one of two of the most important thing in the world for her children (the second thing being going to school). The narrator states that most of Mommy's friends are black women that she met at church. When speaking of Judaism, this religion mostly refers to old family members; such as the narrator's grandparents. Mommy does not always speak of synagogue like she speaks of the importance of going to church. Thus, I believe that it is clear that Mommy feels much more strongly about Christianity than Judaism.
The mother's religion from the start was jewish. It seemed being jewish was forced upon her due to the father being a "unstable" Rabbi along with being sexually abusive towards her. Growing up in a family of jews made it acquaint that she should not disobey. Her ex-husband James, convinced her to become a Catholic. She strongly believed in this religion emotionally. Having the freedom to believe in her own belief, I think relifs the pain of her horrid past. She enforces the belief on her children by taking them to church and studying the bible. While letting them take notice of other practices.
I think that religion plays are part in the life of the mother because it can serve as a backbone for how to live your life and how to bring up your children. She definitely did have her own ways and her uniqueness but religion was always something she could fall back on. Also not to say that she liked and supported religion, but that it would always be there and and could not leave. This was significant throughout the life of their family with people coming and going, they could have something stationary.
This was portrayed metaphorically in the book by how they were moving from place to place because of their fathers jobs at different temples but their religion was still always there throughout their different travels. Even though their religion changes, it is still always there.
In the beginning of her life, the mother thought of religion as a responsibility but as her life progressed she found where her place was in religion. She began to respect god and that respect soon developed into love and church was a kind of haven for her where she could feel at peace with her spiritual side. Religion began to be an immensely substantial aspect of her life and she tried as hard as she could for her family to get involved and did not take no or an answer.
There are many different roles religion takes part in these chapters but in these chapters you receive more of an understanding of Ruth's past and who she became to be as an adult and mother.
As a child, Ruth was growing in a world of strict rules with reasons she didn't understand as an Orthodox Jew. But being Jewish did bring dreadful experiences for Ruth as child, while moving so often because of her father's job, was taunted with names such as "Christ killer" or "Jew baby" that stuck with her threw out her life. Ruth believed that she and her family never really had a family life but that her family was more of a job. Similarly, that is what her father felt, as if his marriage and family were only a contract to what he really wanted, money. With this contract, it brought many threats to send his family back to Europe. Sadly this brought her father to a horrific action, to sexually abuse her in her state of low-self as an adolescent.
Those memories of her past affected Ruth in so many ways. By making her nervous around any person who was overbearing. But James's father changed her life by teaching her of God since he was a minister. Which changed her thoughts and beliefs of her religion. Ruth said,"I was lucky to meet him or I would've been a prostitute or dead. I was reborn in Christ." You especially saw Ruth's emotional belief when in church. While raising her kids she also taught her children to believe in God and not to care what strangers thought although her children grew up with questions.
religion played a major role to the entire family, especially the mother. She turned to religion in her hard times. Her parents were very religios people, mostly her father, being a rabbi. When she became a Christian, she began a new life for herself. She left behing her past, the molestation, poverty, mean comments, etc. She feels that religion is a part of her . Religion was her way of coping with life's difficulties. She had many friends in the hutch, and most importantly, she was not judged when she was at church. She was just another child of god. She was not white or different in the church.
religion played a major role to the entire family, especially the mother. She turned to religion in her hard times. Her parents were very religios people, mostly her father, being a rabbi. When she became a Christian, she began a new life for herself. She left behing her past, the molestation, poverty, mean comments, etc. She feels that religion is a part of her . Religion was her way of coping with life's difficulties. She had many friends in the hutch, and most importantly, she was not judged when she was at church. She was just another child of god. She was not white or different in the church.
The theme of religion is the strongest in Chapters 5 and 6. The author compares his mother's life as a child and his own as a child. His mother never liked being a Jew; she felt that she did not belong to her family because her father was mean and her mother though loving, was disabled. James's life as a child was never as turbulent as his mother did.
Religion serves as a source of moral support throughout the chapters. While being disregarded at home, she still thanked her father for entrusting her with the ideology of god. She was a serious Christian when she grew up; she cared not for the color of Jesus's skin, nor the people who worship it. She only cares about how grateful she was to have a guide in her life.
Religion plays different roles with the mother and whole family. At some points religion plays a role of importance for the mother. The mother says "if she didn't find good, she would have been dead or a prostitute." Religion also plays a role of annoyance partly because their mom stood out by the color of her skin, her singing voice and her crying at church. Also the orthodox jewish religion played a role of annoyance because whenever they sat shiva or on the sabbath they would do a lot of sitting and the mother liked to run and move around and the mother had to sit down the whole time. Religion also played role of miss hap and miss fortune. When the mother and her family settled at one place her dad got a contract. After the contract was up he could not renew it they would have to move. The other problem that was going on for the mother was that she was getting molested by her father.
Releiogon is plays a big roll in this book especailly for the mom. THe mom Used to be jewish and she transfered because she didnt like it. she became reliogus to forget the fact that she used to be jewish.
i agree that religion does play quite a large roll in the mother as a whole she has very christian motives and policies and her life seems to revolve around christian values. I beleive that though her conversion was hard for her because of her past it was a way she could escape from her family and the burdens they put upon her
religion plays a really big role in this family. the mother feel especially connected to it because as a child she was forced to be jewish but when she grew up she was convinced to become a catholic. to her religion meant a lot. to her judisum meant the horrors of her childhood. transfering to catholicism sympolized freedom and breacking free of the horrible legacy of her childhood.
For the mom, religion plays a big role in her life. I think that she wants to forget her father's life and how she was connected with him because he didnt accept her marrying a black man, but also keep her jewish life with her.
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Religion plays a big role especially for the mom. She is very religous mainly because she feels that she didn't really belong to her family who was jewish because her father sexually abused her and she thought the rules of being Jewish were too stressful and was too much to follow. Being jewish for her, in a way reminds her of her painful childhood. Her ex-husband, James' dad had her convert to catholicism and it effects the way she thinks and her beliefs. She tells her children to believe in god and love him. She got upset when James' brother forgot the words to a bible reading and was punished and disciplined when he got home.
(This is Katherina!)
The mom grew up in a very religous family, her dad was a Rabbi, but not a very good one because she talks about her family moved all over because her dad was a "Traveling preacher." But as she got older, she became a Christian, and Christianity played a big role in her family and in all her childrens lives. All her children preformed on Easter Sunday and went to sunday school. The book also describes the mother showing emotions she only had at church, because of God and Jesus Christ. She would thank them alot for bringing her this far in life.
Religion is very important to the mom. Her father was a traveling preacher who abused her. She also thought that all of the rules of being Jewish were too hard. Her ex husband convinced her to change her religion and become catholic.
She makes her kids go to sunday school and church. She is very emotional in church because she literally cries out of happiness.
the mom is very religious because of the way her family was. they where all religious Jews. her new family is catholic and has converted her to their way. she changed her way because being jewish required you to live and act in a certain way and fallow to many complex rules. her family didn't treat her well and this gave her a low opinion of things to do with them. she has held on to her belief of god and tells her children to love him and respect him. she teaches her children the bible and wants them to remember it.
english kid is kwame, sorry I forgot to say that
For people in such harsh positions as the McBride and Jordan children, they need a comforting, heavenly person to look up to. This is the God of the Christian faith and Jesus. From a young age the children were inspired by their mother to go to different churches and learn about the God who takes care of them all. But as we read about the past of the mother, we find out that her family was strictly Jewish. In her life as Ruth McBride-Jordan she carefully and successfully hides this hidden side of her behind her and has totally offered her being to Christianity, even founding a church.
For the mother religion is pain and happiness. Catholisizim is her safe haven. But judisim is all the bad memories with her former family. I wonder how she feels about religion because of how often she partakes in the chirch if it reminds her of her being jewish.
Cristianity is very important for James, his brothers and his mom. SHe did not like being Jewish becuase acording to her it was a very hard relition to follow. She also wanted to forget the holacoust. She did not like her dad becuase of how he sexualy abused her and she also saw that he was a very unsucesful ribbi. God was a way for the mother to forget of her grief, pain and suffering. God would always be with her. She wanted her children to never be alone and guarded so she did her best to teach them to love God. She was very strict about religeon.
I believe that religion plys a hge role for the Whole McBride family. They go to church, they all believe in God, and they have interesting ideas about religion. One character that religion plays a specifically influential role on is the Mother. She was unhappy with her religion, Judaism, as a child, because she felt that it was too resrticting. The fact that her family was Jewish and was a Rabbi also made her already-unstable child and home life even worse. Her family was constantly traveling, due to her father's job. Because of this, there may be a connection between Judaism (when she was a child), and the sexual abuse she received from her father as a child. The thought of Judaism may bring back horrible memories for "ma", forcing her to hate Judaism, (a possible reason for converting?) Question: will this be passed on to future generations of McBrides?
p.s.: religion can also be a happy role in mother's life, as she is often happy in church: "tears of happiness scene.
Religion is a big part of James's mothers life. Apparently at the beginning of his mothers life, she did not completly understand all about her religion. She thought that there were too many rules to follow during her life because of her religion. She always tells her children to believe in God. She is raising her children Catholic since her ex husband convinced her to convert to Catholisim.
Religion has been a very large part in the mothers life, from when she was young to when she was a mother of many children. As a child she grew up in a very religious family, her father being a Rabbi, her diet being Kosher. Her father was a bad Rabbi, and a very bad father.
These facts could have effected the way she thought of Judaism. It was also hard for her as a child being Jewish in a strictly Christian town. She was called names because of her religion, making her feel that she did not fit in.
As an adult she became a Christian, she said that it saved her life. She said that she would have resorted to crime and other things, if not for Christianity.
She made all of her children go to Sunday School when they were young. They went to church on sunday and the whole family was pretty religious thanks to the mother. She felt very strongly about Christianity because of the way it saved her.
A very strong image from these chapters was the way that the mother sang loudly to songs at church even though her voice was really very bad. I really have an image of them sitting in church and her singing loudly on top of everyone else, her voice loud and bad, but very loyal, because she was singing.
Race also played into religion when they were young, the children were confused by Jesus and god. They wanted to know whether he was white or black, and could not really get a straight answer, because many people were caught of guard by the question. But there mother had a answer, she said that he was not white and not black. That he was the color of water.
Religion plays a big rolle for jame's and his family but it plays a bigger role for the mother. As a child the mother was jewish and her family was really religious. She did not like following the rules of the jewish religion. When she married James father she became a christian her personality change she was able to let go of her past. Being a christain ws a relief she didn't have to follow all the rules of the jewish religion. It also lets go of a part of her past that she did not enjoy. Becoming a christian also relieve the stress that she had while being jewish. She believe that christianity should be a big part of her children lives. She made them read a part of the bible to the church to easter sunday. when James's brother forgot what he his was suppose to read he was punished and disciplined when he got home.
In these chapters, religion has a very large role. Religion plays a very strong role along with the relgipus connection to race that also plays a really large role. Religion is very important to everyone in the story, especially to the mother and James.
The mothers connection to religion is very important because it shows a few themes. One of them being change. Religion shows change because it tell a story of the mothers evolution along why she made certain milestone decisions in her life. As a child she grew up in a very strict orthodox Jewish family. They followed all the rules of a religious family and they planned their lives according. The mother doesnt completely agree with everything that the Jewish religion stated along with the fact that she didn't like her family very much and so she decided to evolve into her own type of person and left her family. This is a very important part of her life because it changed how everyone around her viewed her.
Later on in her life when she married and had children she lived in a black community where Christianity was the only observed and well known religion. She feels that Christianity is a better religion or her and this becomes a very large change in her life. This is also important, because she teaches all of her children to believe in god which is really also important.
Religion is extremely important to the mother because it is what keeps her going. The author mentions several times that his mother would have given up on life if not for the christian faith. Judiasm reminded her of her abusive father, her neglected mother, and her horrible childhood experience. When she left her family behind she left the Jewish side of herself as well. Christianity, at least for this woman, helped a struggling mother raise a big family and overcome the disasters in her past.
religion is one of the ways that she crafts her children into new adults. with the rules that religions give us it makes it a little easier to control them and make them not be something bad. the religion they follow does this by teaching them what is right and wrong. what you should and what you shouldn't. the rules of religions also caused her to grow up and be who she is. when she converted she wanted to because she felt that her being a jew was to hard. i know that being a jew can be hard by experience. Judaism and many other religions have so many rules that are hard to follow and are very annoying to follow. religions craft us and makes us who we are.
Religion is a large part of the mother's life. She was an orthadox who grew up under rough circumstances, her father was a Rabbi and he sexually abused her. She felt that the rules of Jewdisom were too stressful and hard. He ex-husband convinced her to convert to christianity. Christianity plays a big role in her and her children's lives. They attend mass every Sunday and have learned to honor and respect the teaching of Christianity.
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Religion played a big role in the mother’s life because she was brought up in a family that was inflicted by religion in many ways. Her former religion decided what she ate and where she lived. Her religion was what tied her down to her family. Judaism reminded her of her life as the daughter of a “traveling preacher.”
Being Jewish meant that she was different from the rest of the community; she was taunted because of her religion. Her family would go to different towns due to her father’s unstable job. Judaism reminded her of being sexually abused by her father. It reminded her of how she didn’t fit in with the rest of her family. For her, Judaism wasn’t a fulfilling religion, she didn’t understand all of the strict rules that she must follow in order to be an orthodox Jew.
So as result to her unhappiness and bad experiences during her childhood and preteen years, she converted her religion to Christianity when she married James’s father. When she switched her religion she realized how happy she was as a Christian.
She realized what the world could offer when living life when happiest. And had she not converted to Christianity she would be living a very different life with very different circumstances. Christianity was a way to get rid of all the bad memories for her. It was a chance to start a new. And she was overcome with happiness with the new lifestyle that she chose to live.
Christianity helped the mother become more focused on what she believed in, I think it really help her carve a good path for her children to follow. I think that she pushed her children to go to Sunday school and attend church because she wanted them to have the same strong connection to god that she had felt, the same fulfilling sensation that she had experienced. Through Christianity she teaches her children about good morals, discipline, and god; which, to her, are the most valuable lessons she could offer to her children.
Religion Plays a prominent role, in the whole book, especially for James's mother. Her father was a traveling rabbi, who molested her, and made her hate life. Her first husband, James's father, introduced her to Jesus. This was pivotal point in her life, because before he first marriage, she had really hated life. When she was talking about her hobbies, it really told me about her. She hated her life, and she tried to run away from it. but she could not, so her did the next thing possible, she just plain ran. Jesus showed her things, such as love, and opened her eyes to a new world. it let her see through the veils of hate her father had made her put up around herself. She saw that life was not as horrible as she once thought.
James’ mom went to church a lot. She was the only white woman in sight, and she bought a lot of the children with her. She thoughts church was an important part of education for her children. She mad them recite bible passages every year. She really believed in God, and thought that he could make their life so much better, as he had done with her. She was so thankful to the new life he had given her, she built a church with her first husband, James’ dad.
Another thing that shows her deep connection to god is she sings in church, even though she has a bad voice. It seem like when she sings to him, she gets closer to him. She is not ashamed of her voice, and sings really loud, almost as if her voice can reach god and tell him how thankful she is of her “re-birth”.
Religion is a really big part of Ruth’s life. It re-mad her after having such a horrible life, and helped her re shape her life. She shows her appreciation in various forms. Her conversion from Judaism to Catholithsm really helped her.
Religion for the mother is a safe haven and at the same time the most unhappiest times in her life. When she was Jewish she hated the rules and her father was the one to teach her about being Jewish. Her father was also very abusive and molested the mother. This was the most unhappiest times in her life. When she ran away, she married James' dad who converted her to Christianity. This affected the way she thought of life and herself.
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for the mother religion seems to hold her back. shackle her. keep her from growing. its so much a way of life that she does not feel free untill she finds a religion that allows her to be. when she was jewish, she fell traped in her childhood with her apressive dad who would molest her. her childhood trama imidietly was conected to her religion. when she became christian, she felt that she was disconecting herself from jedism and the child hood life and her parents. if this is true or not, this is how she sees it and it is the bain of her life
I agree with Katherina, that religion has played a major role in her childhood, and also later on in her life. As a child she was part of a strictly Orthodox Jewish family. This fact controlled her life as a youth, as her father constantly moved from town to town to preach at various synagogues. Also, her family followed their religion very closely and celebrated the sabbath. When the mother grew older she convert to christianity, and became a catholic. When her children were born she made sure that they also were faithful catholics and took them to church regularly, and sent them to sunday school. You could say that religion greatly influences James and his siblings but it is more likely that religion actually influences the mother and her wasy of thinking, and she works hard to get her children on the same page.
In chapters 3-6 of The Color Of Water, religion is something that their family feels to be a part of themselves, especially for the mother. Their family goes every week, and the mom feels it is essential to her life. As a child the mother grew up as a jew. Her father was a rabbi and she thought being jewish was too much of a commitment and questioned whether the rules of the religion are valid. I believe that the mother ties herself so much to christianity to forget her past, not of being jewish but because of her hard early life. Because of her father being a "traveling preacher" and her fathers sexual abuse.
Religion plays many different roles for James's mom. Religion is a way for her to express her self and make her feel obliged to do anything she wants. It gives her courage to be who she wants to be and believe in whatever she feels. Her religion plays a role on her because when she was Jewish it was harder for her to be happy in life, hard for her to appreciate that she was Jewish because of how her life was run, it was hard for her to believe in some of the rules because she didn't agree with it.
Her being sexually abused by her father it also played a really big role on her because it chose who she would be in the future, and what type of life she would like to run. Judaism didn't help her get through that part of her life so it was a drag for her. When she became Catholic it broaden her mind to think of life in a different way then she did before. It helped her move on with life and made her into a whole other person. A more spiritual person who makes makes her own rules and decisions.
Religion in these chapters signifies how the mothers transition to Christianity affected her and how everything changed. Over many things the Jewish religion failed her. In a sense it let her down. She received more strength from Christianity and it helped her through many derogatory racist comments. She just felt more comfortable with Christianity.
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In chapters 3-6 religion plays a role in the mothers childhood. Her father was a struggling rabbi that moved with the family from town to town looking for a place to preach. Ruth was a very religious orthodox jew, but because the religion was so strict and hard to follow she switched over to Catholicism. I also agree with Katherina that being Jewish caused her to think back and remember her painful childhood. Although Ruth wanting to switch religions because she did not truly believe in it, she also wanted a psychological get away from her haunting past.
Along with all these problems she thought that Christianity helped people. Her family neglected her and was very Orthodox which did not suit her. She also after all this had more respect for Christianity.
The mother thought that Christianity helped people. This is something that i hear a lot. She also seemed to respect religion ther most out of the thirteen people in the house.
Religion has a huge part in this story. It expresses the mothers happy memories and her painful ones as well.
Her dad was a Rabbi. The dad was a traveling preacher, spreading the word of god to everyone. So with that being said the mom moved a lot. Her father would sexually abuse the mother eve though he was a Rabbi. This is why the mother left behind Judaism, it held to many painful memories. Her ex-husband convinced her to become catholic. Ever since she has believed in god and Jesus, thanking them for helping her make it this far in life. Her children went to Sunday school and went to Mass. Religion plays a big role in this book
For "Mommy", religion plays one of the most important roles in her family life. The role of religion is different for each of the two major religions in Mommy's family's life: Christianity and Judaism. For Christianity, Mommy believes that it is one of two of the most important thing in the world for her children (the second thing being going to school). The narrator states that most of Mommy's friends are black women that she met at church. When speaking of Judaism, this religion mostly refers to old family members; such as the narrator's grandparents. Mommy does not always speak of synagogue like she speaks of the importance of going to church. Thus, I believe that it is clear that Mommy feels much more strongly about Christianity than Judaism.
The mother's religion from the start was jewish. It seemed being jewish was forced upon her due to the father being a "unstable" Rabbi along with being sexually abusive towards her. Growing up in a family of jews made it acquaint that she should not disobey.
Her ex-husband James, convinced her to become a Catholic. She strongly believed in this religion emotionally. Having the freedom to believe in her own belief, I think relifs the pain of her horrid past. She enforces the belief on her children by taking them to church and studying the bible. While letting them take notice of other practices.
I think that religion plays are part in the life of the mother because it can serve as a backbone for how to live your life and how to bring up your children. She definitely did have her own ways and her uniqueness but religion was always something she could fall back on. Also not to say that she liked and supported religion, but that it would always be there and and could not leave. This was significant throughout the life of their family with people coming and going, they could have something stationary.
This was portrayed metaphorically in the book by how they were moving from place to place because of their fathers jobs at different temples but their religion was still always there throughout their different travels. Even though their religion changes, it is still always there.
In the beginning of her life, the mother thought of religion as a responsibility but as her life progressed she found where her place was in religion. She began to respect god and that respect soon developed into love and church was a kind of haven for her where she could feel at peace with her spiritual side. Religion began to be an immensely substantial aspect of her life and she tried as hard as she could for her family to get involved and did not take no or an answer.
There are many different roles religion takes part in these chapters but in these chapters you receive more of an understanding of Ruth's past and who she became to be as an adult and mother.
As a child, Ruth was growing in a world of strict rules with reasons she didn't understand as an Orthodox Jew. But being Jewish did bring dreadful experiences for Ruth as child, while moving so often because of her father's job, was taunted with names such as "Christ killer" or "Jew baby" that stuck with her threw out her life. Ruth believed that she and her family never really had a family life but that her family was more of a job. Similarly, that is what her father felt, as if his marriage and family were only a contract to what he really wanted, money. With this contract, it brought many threats to send his family back to Europe. Sadly this brought her father to a horrific action, to sexually abuse her in her state of low-self as an adolescent.
Those memories of her past affected Ruth in so many ways. By making her nervous around any person who was overbearing. But James's father changed her life by teaching her of God since he was a minister. Which changed her thoughts and beliefs of her religion. Ruth said,"I was lucky to meet him or I would've been a prostitute or dead. I was reborn in Christ." You especially saw Ruth's emotional belief when in church. While raising her kids she also taught her children to believe in God and not to care what strangers thought although her children grew up with questions.
religion played a major role to the entire family, especially the mother. She turned to religion in her hard times. Her parents were very religios people, mostly her father, being a rabbi. When she became a Christian, she began a new life for herself. She left behing her past, the molestation, poverty, mean comments, etc. She feels that religion is a part of her . Religion was her way of coping with life's difficulties. She had many friends in the hutch, and most importantly, she was not judged when she was at church. She was just another child of god. She was not white or different in the church.
religion played a major role to the entire family, especially the mother. She turned to religion in her hard times. Her parents were very religios people, mostly her father, being a rabbi. When she became a Christian, she began a new life for herself. She left behing her past, the molestation, poverty, mean comments, etc. She feels that religion is a part of her . Religion was her way of coping with life's difficulties. She had many friends in the hutch, and most importantly, she was not judged when she was at church. She was just another child of god. She was not white or different in the church.
The theme of religion is the strongest in Chapters 5 and 6. The author compares his mother's life as a child and his own as a child. His mother never liked being a Jew; she felt that she did not belong to her family because her father was mean and her mother though loving, was disabled. James's life as a child was never as turbulent as his mother did.
Religion serves as a source of moral support throughout the chapters. While being disregarded at home, she still thanked her father for entrusting her with the ideology of god. She was a serious Christian when she grew up; she cared not for the color of Jesus's skin, nor the people who worship it. She only cares about how grateful she was to have a guide in her life.
Religion plays different roles with the mother and whole family. At some points religion plays a role of importance for the mother. The mother says "if she didn't find good, she would have been dead or a prostitute." Religion also plays a role of annoyance partly because their mom stood out by the color of her skin, her singing voice and her crying at church. Also the orthodox jewish religion played a role of annoyance because whenever they sat shiva or on the sabbath they would do a lot of sitting and the mother liked to run and move around and the mother had to sit down the whole time. Religion also played role of miss hap and miss fortune. When the mother and her family settled at one place her dad got a contract. After the contract was up he could not renew it they would have to move. The other problem that was going on for the mother was that she was getting molested by her father.
Releiogon is plays a big roll in this book especailly for the mom. THe mom Used to be jewish and she transfered because she didnt like it. she became reliogus to forget the fact that she used to be jewish.
i agree that religion does play quite a large roll in the mother as a whole she has very christian motives and policies and her life seems to revolve around christian values. I beleive that though her conversion was hard for her because of her past it was a way she could escape from her family and the burdens they put upon her
religion plays a really big role in this family. the mother feel especially connected to it because as a child she was forced to be jewish but when she grew up she was convinced to become a catholic. to her religion meant a lot. to her judisum meant the horrors of her childhood. transfering to catholicism sympolized freedom and breacking free of the horrible legacy of her childhood.
For the mom, religion plays a big role in her life. I think that she wants to forget her father's life and how she was connected with him because he didnt accept her marrying a black man, but also keep her jewish life with her.
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