Josh’s Metamorphosis: How the Lack of Guidance and Hope Shaped a Young Man Hope is a precious commodity that can give us the strength to overcome great adversity but when hope is lost people can be transformed. In “Refresh, Refresh” Benjamin Percy tells the tale of Josh, a teenage boy, whose Marine father has been in Iraq for far longer than anticipated and he would now have to push forward into manhood without the guidance of his father. The story begins with its protagonist, Josh, describing himself and his friend Gordon and how every day after school they fought. Josh explained that the boys fought in order to become stronger but in time the fighting became more than that, it became their coping mechanism where they could beat their frustrations out on each other. He goes on to described the place where he and Gordon lived, Crow, Oregon, a small mountain town like any other mountain town in the United States with the exception of a Marines base which was located on the outskirts of town and where their fathers along with many of the town’s men were enlisted as reservist Marines.
He also knows it may be too late to save him. "It's too late to save your old father, I said to myself..."(pg 105). He felt guilty because he could not help his father, but he knew the only way to survive was to watch out for himself. "Here, every man has to fight for himself and not think of anyone else. Even of his father..."(pg 105).
For so long, Death has been isolated and alone. Death longs to be human and possess human characteristics, such as compassion, love, and trust. The chance at being a father appeals to these desires. The father of the boy only wants the best godfather for his son and he knows that Death is eager to take on a new role. Death arrives at the baptism of the boy and stands there as the proper godfather.
In the memoir, A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, Ishmael is clearly displayed as being an courageous boy and having courage. Courage is the power or quality of dealing with or facing danger, fear, and pain. Ishmael demonstrates all of these qualities when the civil war entered his life at the age of twelve. He fights for his life after having to leave everything behind and losing track of his family when the war broke out. Even after being put in many life or death situations while running from the war without knowing where his next meal was going to come from, where he was going to sleep at, or even if the war was ever going to ever end, Ishmael still kept moving forward until he found his way out of the insane war.
Willy confidently boasts that, “Without a penny to his name, three great universities are begging for him, and from there the sky is the limit.”(Act 2). Willy also shows great pride in everything Biff does whether it be making fun of teachers or scoring touchdowns to win the big game. It appears as if nothing will break that father son bond, but the events that transcend the day Biff goes to Boston change everything. Biff arrives in Boston eager to see his father but he finds him in bed with another woman. At the exact moment he witnesses his father's betrayal, Biff's once optimistic personality is shattered.
This crime against Hassan and Amir’s subsequent guilt permeate the texture of the narrative. After trying to repress his guilt, Amir finds it impossible, consequently sparking his journey to find peace through atoning for his crime as he begins his search for Sohrab. In the final chapters of the novel, Amir atones for his sin and is finally able to experience forgiveness and redemption. Thus his journey to find peace is complete through the atoning of his sin. The strained father son relationship that Baba and Amir have is the catalyst for Amir’s crime against his half-brother Hassan.
The Importance of Father- Son Bonds The memoir, Night, written by Elie Wiesel tells a young man’s account of the brutal and cruelest event in history, the Holocaust. He explains his struggle with his faith during his time in the concentration camp. Losing his father, experiencing death of others, he begins to lose faith in God, only remaining the faith he has for his father; that eventually leads to his survival. At the beginning of the novel, Elie’s and God's relationship was inseparable, he was very religious. Elie wanted nothing more to learn the Cabbala, and was very serious with his studies.
Father-Son Relationships in Night The relationship between fathers and sons is a powerful theme in the novel Night written by Eliezer “Elie” Wiesel. The connections that fathers and son’s share are exposed first hand to Elie while other experiences are visualized. Though partial encounters are horrid and dreadful, Elie and his father do their absolute best to persevere the harsh times. Elie and his father remain extremely close in their long journey for survival. During the long run to Gleiwitz, he says, “My father’s presence was the only thing that stopped me from allowing myself to die .
Mr. White’s son’s death leads him to his second and final wish. Out of wife’s desperation of wanting her son back, he raised the monkey paw and said “I wish my son alive again” (57). His first wish had caused the son’s death and the wife wanted the son back. Mr. Whites was afraid of his son’s return.
I did something very bad out of the goodness of my heart, for my kids and family, but didn’t think about the amount of people I would be hurting.” “The boy left his apartment at 8, after an argument with Ken, did he know then that he wanted his father dead at that moment? Yes, the boy called me short after. Why did the boy call you? Did he consider as the type of person that would be willing to do something like this? Well, I knew the boy from … He knew I was struggling to take care of my