Parker Hamilton By Jane Eyre

Impression on Mrs Brown

Mrs Brown is as idle as a pig. She is a housewife and should have enough time for household chores. Reason being, she bought a "new robot", a machine that could help her do the housework. That gave her loads of free time "watching Parker-Hamilton do jobs" and praised the robot for doing such a thorough job. Like wise "Jacqueline's room looked tidy for the first time in years" this implies that Mrs Brown is not a neat and tidy person which does not make time to keep the house clean.

Mrs Brown like to doll up herself and spend-thrift. She spent her time doing "manicure" while the robot doing the housework. On top of that, a more expensive model was bought as Mrs Brown mentioned that she chose "one of the more expensive models".

Mrs Brown is not respectful to others. She laughed at Grandma, "giggling at her", and retorted her comments on the newly purchased robot that is meant to replace Mrs Brown household chores.

Mrs Brown is proud of what she has. After having the robot, she boasts about her "plenty spare time", thinking about signing up for opera singing lessons. She praised the robot for its housework efficiency and it is "worth every dollar".

Mrs Brown is not knowledgeable. She feared the robot when it became ignorant, "getting a bit bossy". When that happened, she did not know how to manage the robot unlike Grandma. Grandma kept the robot silent by switching it off, "pulled out the plug".

The Relationship Between Grandma and Mrs Brown

The relationship between Grandma and Mrs Brown is strained at times and it seemed that both tries to spite each other at the same time. They could not get along well. Grandma was rather cocky at first and she said that the robot was ridiculous, "with her nose in the air". It was contradictive to what Mrs Brown thought the robot was worthy of.

Grandma was also disdainful to improve their relationship; they did not have a happy and loving relationship. There were a lot of conflicts going on between the two of them. Grandma made nasty remarks on the new robot, like "ridiculous-looking thing".

Grandma protested against the new robot and threatened to move out of the house by staying in a motel, "I'll go to a motel". Mrs Brown did not try to persuade her to stay instead she asked the robot to help Grandma to "pack her suitcase and dial a taxi". This shows that their relationship was not closed, or rather distant as Mrs Brown did not actually care if Grandma stayed. In this relationship, there are many sides to it, as they were informal with each other, this can be identified with the tone of voice they use, such as "crossly". Grandma snorted at Mrs Brown and it suggests that Grandma actually knows Mrs Brown very well. She also hung up the phone when Mrs Brown was telling her new plans, "taking up opera singing lessons now". Grandma totally objected the idea "singing", thus quickly rush home to check what was happening to the family while she was not home.

How the author portray Parker Hamilton

The author showed Parker-Hamilton in a negative light at the later part of the passage through the use of choice of words and description. Mrs Brown began to doubt the robot and she sounded "uncertain". The robot was said to become " fiercely possessive" that suggests that it did not allow things to go the way Mrs Brown wants. Instead, the robot become "bossy' and wanted to

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