Though John had sympathy for the family pressures she was facing, but her unpleasant behavior was affecting the efficiency of the entire team and the organization. On the other hand, Andy another employee with CES and a team member for the waste management committee, made it worse by creating negativity in the mind of Vincent on the very first day of his office. Vincent resigned his earlier job because of the internal politics and did not want the same issues again. Vincent tough tried in altering Gwen’s job description but knew she won’t be satisfied with that too. John’s inability to anticipate issues and take up steps to resolve the conflict arising due to the Vincent’s presence is harming the output of the organization.
Johnny works as a silversmith with the Laphams, training for the day where he will take up the shop. People think of Johnny as a servant, but he acts like a tyrant, bossing around not only the other boys in the house, but Mr. Lapham’s own granddaughters. Johnny’s bad treatment of others leads to annoyance, and this annoyance leads to a damaging accident that wrecks Johnny’s future as a silversmith. The outcome of this accident is a crippled hand. With a crippled hand, Johnny cannot find sufficient work and he allows himself to feel sorrowful.
Norma Rae's parents also work at the mill and it takes a great toll on both of them mentally and physically. Now working hard and taking care of her ill parents, Norma Rae is frustrated and disgusted of the treatment all the laborers and the sickness which bestowed on her parents. Norma Rae knows that something has to change otherwise she is putting her health in jeopardy. In the movie Norma Ray, leadership is displayed through “leading by example” and standing up for what is right, no matter the cost. Leadership can be displayed in many ways such decision making, managing, encouraging, etc.
Even the clock, still a few minutes off noon..", time is going by slow for Ellen as she awaits for Paul to return to the house. Ellen becomes angry at Paul when she asks Paul to move out of the house "there was a dark resentment in her voice now..." so they can be away from the dust storm. Also Ellen wants to move because she thinks that it hard for their baby to breathe because of the dust in the air. The feeling of isolation creeps up on Ellen when Paul is not there and she knows that the nearest neighbors are far away and her house would be very hard to reach in the dust storm that she is experiencing. Another reason that Ellen feels isolated is of lack of communication with others this causes her to break down and eventually run away with the baby to try to get away from the storm "I'm so caged- if I could only break away and run".
2.Keller starts to open up about his life and how is Jewish wife and son were killed by the Nazi's when Herr Keller used to play for Adlof Hitler personally and thought that his family would be safe because of it. 3. Pauls parents discover that Keller was taught by the famous pianist 4. Paul meets Megan and starts having normal teenage boy desires. He ends up getting punched up because of these desires.
But, his dad was getting beat up and him or his dad could not move. And when his dad disappears over night, he did not care about life anymore. He cared for his dad to a great extent. Also, when the dentist wanted his gold crown out of his mouth. He did not want to go so he made up an excuse not to get it removed.
Along the way however, the way in which the characters lived changed as well. During Kracha’s time, money struggles dominated his life. During his efforts to obtain stability, he worked on the railroad, then moved to the steel mills, where years later, proceeded to open and own a butcher shop, then finally ended up back at the mills. His interests were not in updating and owning a home; rather, they lied in drinking, cheating on his dying wife and leaving three children on the backburner. Mike, however, was committed to his family and did not like the idea of keeping boarders to obtain more money for he didn’t want his wife, Mary, to overexert herself.
The combination of new dance steps, incorporated into old traditional dances encouraged the characters to find themselves and give them a sense of belonging. However a lack of understanding this was shown when Barry Fife, Shirley Hastings and Liz Holt all are repulsed by the idea of new dance moves, and find themselves doing everything possible to prevent them from succeeding once they have finally found themselves. This is shown when Shirley starts disowning her own son, Barry tries to do everything in his power to eliminate Scott from the Pan Pacific dance competition and also creates made up stories of Scotts Father, in order to convince Scott that he’s doing the wrong thing. However, this is once again replenished by Scotts Father Doug, supporting Scott and telling him to go after what he thinks is right. Another aspect of the film that nourishes belonging is Scott and Frans “love life”.
When Gail first finds out what Frank had done to Marie and the other Native American girls, she tells Wes trusting in him to bring Frank to justice. This is very hard for Wes to do because Frank is his brother, but it causes a strain in Frank and Gail's marriage, but they pull through. Gail wasn’t happy with Wes's decision to keep Frank in their basement; she understood how hard the situation with Frank was on Wes, that she decided to support him. When the four men went to her house to break Frank out she was there to stop them, even though she did not agree with keeping him in her house. Another way she was loyal to Wes was her relationship with Len.
In the novel, The Power of One, by Bryce Courtenay, Peekay, an English boy who lives in a country full of Boer's, goes on a journey through life. Peekay faces many obstacles due to his ethnicity. Peekay's journey begins when he attends an oppressive boarding school where he faces many struggles. Peekay's first enemy is the Judge, or Botha, a 12 year old boer who treats Peekay unfairly. On his way home from a train, Peekay meets Hoppie Groenewald, who teaches Peekay boxing and inspires him to become the welterweight champion of the world.