The Imbalance of Work and Family Many times in modern society working individuals find it difficult to balance family time and work. One will always take time from the other and finding a balance between the two is rare. This is shown in “Contents of The Dead Man’s Pocket” by Jack Finney, where Tom Benecke choses to work instead of going to the theatre with his wife, and he ends up regretting this choice greatly. The theme of this story is that family time is much more important than work and family must be held before work, and a similar theme may be seen in “Double Daddy” by Penny Parker, and “The Child’s View of Working Parents” by Cora Daniels and Ellen Galinsky. First of all, the theme is shown as the story progresses and Tom Benecke’s character develops.
To him, wasting money on two residences for their family of four does not make much sense, especially when he wants his family there with him. It is likely that he also wants to be able to spend more time with his wife as he revealed his fear that their relationship may deteriorate if they continue with their current
At that time, a woman’s life is just like passing from her father’s hand to her husband’s. And the society did not think it was a wrong thing, they still thought women should only pleased their husbands first and they should not to work as men, all their job and duty was to be a good housewife, take care of the whole family. Due to these opinions, most couples in 19th century had no love between each other. Kristina, who married with a rich man to support her mother and two brothers, she had no love to her husband, all she wants was support her poor family. But now, she becomes a widow, her husband and mother died and her brothers were grow up, she does not need to support any one more, she does not need to live for any one more.
Family should be the most important factor in every person’s life. Within a family, mothers and fathers sometimes disagree with one another. Grandmothers and grandfathers disagree with each other as well. Sometimes uncles, cousins, and nieces never respond to each other. Sometimes, it is not easy to discuss anything without starting an argument.
“It’s not enough to take my Bessie without a dowry. You must pay me yet.” Pg 47. Reb takes it upon himself to make sure his girls marry a wealthy and a good young man. By the time Mashah, Bessie, and Fania, get married off and are not happy, Sara decides she wants more for herself. Sara is not going to let her father abuse her like he did the other girls.
In order to obtain this wealth and luxury they must stay together and help each other because without one both character’s goals would be unobtainable. George and Lenny’s relationship is important to the story because their friendship that they develop through the book explains the internal conflict that Lenny goes through to realize that he must kill George. This complicated relationship between friends, shows that anyone can become paired to another person no matter if that’s your intent or not. An even odder relationship is the one between Chillingworth and Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter. As soon as they meet and get married they are instantly stuck together for life even if they are not married.
August knows that June is afraid to fall in love again because the last man that she fell in love with left her. June and Neil argue a lot about the issue of marriage; once their fight gets so bad that June tells him that if he leaves then he should never come back because she will never marry him. Even though at the beginning of the novel June did not want to take a chance and let people love her, she realizes that if you let someone in life becomes a lot
In the novella, Of Mice and Men, one person can ruin a person’s dream forever. George and Lennie share a dream to buy property and that is ruined by one mistake. Curley’s wife’s dream hinders her life daily because she always has time to think of what she could have been if she wasn’t with Curley. Pain, suffering, and loneliness are all aspects that make a person want to dream and hope for the best. Some people have difficulties achieving their dreams so they remain dreams for them to think of
Robertson, I strongly agree with your insight. Parents’ strong moral backgrounds can positively affect the overall ethics of their children. However, the absences of role models can negatively affect overall ethics in society. Most individuals that commit unethical actions are the individual who did not have proper guidance throughout their life. I had a friend that was affected by a bad divorced by his parents.
You get rushed and preoccupied, and you stop taking the perspective of the other person, precisely because the two of you are so close.” Being rushed and not going in depth in conversations and only making short statements is a key in miscommunication. “Communication is complex; it requires a number of skills and both ongoing learning and practice to improve our skills. Misunderstandings occur frequently, and they can cause problems in relationships.” (Sole, 2011). Having my husband not understand what I mean by such a short statement is something that I expect since he is my husband. Yet I would not expect someone that isn’t as close to me to immediately grasp what it is I am trying to get across.