The Journey Through The Differences In Relationships in Cold Sassy Tree

The Journey Through The Differences In Relationships in Cold heady directDating back to the early 1900s and all the steering through to the present, romantic relationships have been viewed differently. From strict unwritten dating regulations to non having regulations at all, recent generations have go more liberated in making their own decisions. The progressing times have made us become a more accepting society and have caused a diminish in the strong practice of religion and house. Even though differences much(prenominal) as religion and class in relationships were more than an issue they were not always a complete deterrence. In the novel Cold insolent Tree (1984), Olive Ann Burns plot focuses heavily on religion and its section in society. Mary Willis Blakeslee, a Baptist, is tried for heresy by the deacons of the Baptist church for marrying Hoyt Tweedy, a Presbyterian. The deacons voted to put it in the church records that Mary Willis Blakeslee has swapped he r religious patrimony for a mess of matrimonial pottage (11). After her father Rucker Blakeslee confronted the deacons they agree to remove the pottage element from the document (11). Although this confrontation with Grandpa scare the deacons it didnt impede them from excommunicating Mary Willis from her birth church. As it ended up she decided to attend the church of her husband, Hoyt Tweedy. As Cold Sassy Tree illustrates, in Georgia in the early 1900s religion compete a major role in marriage decision on with membership to the church. This sort of attention that Mary Willis acquired was very hard for her to sojourn emotionally. It was important to her to appear respectable to the community. Regardless of this embarrassment caused by the Baptist... ... the level of education problems such as outside gossiping, financial differences, differences in interests, and the slump in ones pride can occur. Religion and class are still issues in relationships but members of our generation tend to caput them less, yet these issues have never been a complete deterrence to a happy and healthy relationship. As time periods change so do the values and morals of the upcoming generations. As illustrated the younger the generation, the more liberated they become to make their own decisions and drop offs. It is the mistakes that we learn from that teach us lifetimes greatest lesson. After all, if we never made a mistake how would we know if we are leading a correct life? whole caboodle Cited Burns, Olive Ann. Cold Sassy Tree. New York Dell Publishing, 1984. Accarino, Susan. Personal interview. 20 March 2001.