In “My Name Is Asher Lev” by Chaim Potok Asher is unsure whether or not the responsibility of pleasing the important people of his life and community is more important than making himself happy. In order for Asher to make others happy, he must sacrifice his one desire of being an artist. After attempting to do so, he concludes that being an artist is a greater priority in his life, because cannot meet the needs of all the people that are important in to him in his life. Asher’s mother has no objections of his desire to draw, and is often encouraging him, which late in the novel leads him to become an artist. One example of his mother influencing him, she takes Asher, at a young age, on walks to several places, like the park.
In fact, Gaz’s primary motivation for the strip show is to raise the money for payments his ex is demanding from him so he can continue to see Nathan. At the start of the film, it is revealed that Nathan does not genuinely enjoy spending time with his father and is embarrassed by what Gaz is planning. After some encouragement from Gaz, Nathan comes to an acceptance of the scheme and begins to help them out. Through the hand Nathan lends to the preparation of the strip show, Gaz and Nathan’s relationship is improved and Gaz becomes more aware of Nathan’s actual needs as a child. Gaz has a key role in the organization of the strip show.
My own view is that Rodriguez did love his parents, just did not know how to deal with the two different worlds of family and schooling. Maybe if Rodriguez’s parents or his teachers could have been better at communicating with him; helping him talk about his feelings, he could of avoided the struggles he dealt with and had the family connection he came to find missing. Throughout the essay it’s clear that Rodriguez’s parent’s tried to be supportive and 2 loving. Rodriguez himself stated that his mother and father always encouraged him, they were at every graduation. (pg.563) His parent’s did not interfere with his obsessive reading and studying.
He wanted to protect him from the bad influences, but he was only scared of his son’s gift because he didn’t know what it meant for him. He didn’t know that painting made Asher happy, sometimes. Growing up he began to accept it little by little. “He seemed unable to believe it. Almost despite himself, his dark eyes glittered with pride.” When he began to realize how famous and important his son was becoming he tried to accept the gift and him.
Asher Lev’s experiences made his life more colorful and took him away from the plain black and white My Name is Asher Lev, by Chaim Potok, is about a boy named Asher Lev who has the gift of art, but no one seems to understand his liking for it. As Asher grows up, he has turmoil with his father about his passion for art and how it interferes with his Judaic studies. Asher’s mother is not a huge fan of his choices but she still encourages him to do what he enjoys. His love for art starts taking over his life and he is finding it difficult to concentrate on his school work. His mashpia starts talking to him about his family life and how he is handling his father traveling.
At the beginning of the novel, Holden has an epiphany when he hears a young boy singing, “Comin’ through the Rye” and the boy is walking too close to the cars along a street because his parents are not attentive. Repeatedly, Holden comes back to this central image of believing he needs to act as a “catcher” for someone like this boy. When Holden sees vulnerability he thinks it is his job to “catch everybody if they start to go over the cliff” (173). Imagining himself as capable in a world where he does not feel capable helps him convince himself that he can be a protector of others and even himself. Holden makes it clear that it is children he wants to protect: “I keep picturing all these little kids playing some game in the big field of rye…and nobody’s around-nobody big” (173).
Gordie is faced with the neglect of his parents and feels like the “invisible boy at home” after the death of his older brother Dennie. Chris’s friendship makes gordie feel a lot better about himself and makes Gordie realise that he doesn’t have to live up to what Dennie was and that he can for full his dream of becoming a writer. Chris is faced with the problem of living under his bad family reputation but Gordie makes him realise he can escape from the shadow of his family name and tells him “you can do anything thing you want man.” This shows Chris and Gordies relationship is very important as they have both made life better for each other throughout the film. The parallel
His father’s commitments to the community, did not give him much time for his family. That did not stop Elie from looking up to his father who is a respected member of the Jewish community in Sighet. His father thought that Elie was too young to study mysticism, that did not stop him from studying. The relationship between Elie and his father, Chlomo, changed from a normal father and son relationship at the beginning of the book to a very close relationship at the death camp, they were inseparable. They would support each other as to go on living and working, but this relationship transforms as the two go through more and more situations.
Lord Chesterfield’s apprehensive warning shows the adoration he has for his young son, who has traveled far away from his home to receive a college education. By using anaphora and metaphor, he is informing his son that the world he is about to dive into will not always be temperate, but can easily get hot. Chesterfield, just like any other dad, truly has his son’s best interest at heart. The author’s diction demonstrates how he understands the trials and tribulations that his son will imminently be experiencing. He “know{s}” that “advice {is} generally” “unwelcome” and he “know{s}” that its not “followed”, however he “know{s}” that teenagers still “want it.” By using anaphora he is telling his son that he accepts the fact his advice will be rejected on the outside, but will be stored in a memory bank on the inside.
Lastly, the fathers expectations of two characters does not align with the mothers, yet in one piece of literature the mother expected exactly what the father wished. The feeling of not conforming to societal and parental expectations and not being appreciated condemns youth into believing they are worthless and negatively affects their outlook on life. “Brother Dear” and “A Cap for Steve” both deal with the raw issue of parents not accepting children’s ambitions in life. The two main characters have different goals yet both goals resembled the life that they wish to live at that time. Greg, from the short story “Brother Dear,” does not desire to attend university and become a man of business yet that is all his father wants for him.