Etta Johnson
The male versus female power struggle between two character in "Etta johnson," an excerpt from gloria naylor's novel The Woman of brewster place: A novel in seven stories illustrates the conflict of character's expectration. Both etta mae johnson and Rev. morelond woods want different futeres for thier relationship. etta johnson is looking for a long term relationship that involes marriage. Rev. woods want a "now and later relationship that involves having sex now and possibly revisiting his partner later without being committrd to that person. Rev. Moreland wood does have totally different motives for their rela
Etta johnson is the loser of the power struggles and also of her pride. woods is looking for a one time event and thinks of his encounter with etta as agame. tta johnson is jobless and looking for a man to take care of her. woods is looking for something less committing that marriage. woods calls etta "worldy women"(333) and commends her on her knowledge and "understanding the tempory weakness of the flesh and don't make it out to be something bigger than is" although she does want more. woods is the benefactor of this power struggle. Etta friend Mattie adised her to meet a, "man who'd be serious about settling down with you"(330) Mattie does not feel that the preacher is a good candidate for marriage, but etta is content with her efforts to cause the residents of Brewster to, "be humming a different tune whe (she show up there the wife of a big preacher"(331) Etta learns that she she is used for sex as power is not powerful enough to cause the Rev. Rev Mouland Woods does get what he wants from this relationship, sex. Although the two character have different motives, they both gained something from their experience.
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