Grandpa Bobby tells his story: some people offered him a job smuggling emeralds from South America, but later double-crossed him, tried to kill him, and stole his beloved fishing boat. Ever since then, he's been trying to track them down and get back his boat. It hurt to think that everyone thought he was dead, but it was necessary. First, he didn't want the guys he was looking for to know he was still alive; second, he also knew that if his son found out, he would, true to form, drop everything and rush down to South America without another thought. Grandpa Bobby was in a bar in a small fishing village in Colombia when he saw Paine's interview on the satellite TV.
The Blind Side Michael Oher is a seventeen year old guy that was basically all alone; he was just all by himself because his mother was a drug addict who left him and his other brothers when they were little. He was living with one of his family members but it didn’t seem enough so the family members he was living with decided to try to get Michael into Wingate Christian School. But it all worked out actually thanks to Coach Burt’s persuasiveness to let him in because he knew Michael could be a great part of the football program they had at school. Things were really odd and strange to Michael when he had his first day at Wingate Christian School because he hadn’t been at school for so long and because he didn’t knew what students and teachers were discussing
His mom was always cautious every year and tie a rope around Wolf’s wrist and then would let him go into the water, he hated this! Go, go said dad, always encouraging him to do things, especially many different ways to protect himself. Fred liked going to the auto races and going to his dads bowling club. His dad taught him to hold on to things for a long time, and showed him what things do and how they work. He enjoyed riding over to the next town called Zell an der Mosel with his dad on bikes to attend synagogue services.
Childhood memories were illustrated in stories by the brothers. They even participated in snagging a Nome they hated as children together and acted like pirates to have a good time. Dominoes was a game that was played in their kitchen to pass the time. Overall, the two brothers had a good time together after not seeing each other for 5 years and the play ended without telling the audience if Malcolm made his decision to stay or leave. The play gave the impression that family is important and should be the most valued in any situation.
Thomas responds with a tale of two boys wanting to be Indian braves. Together they steal a car as the old ones would horses, driving it to town and leaving it in a police parking lot. On returning home, they are hailed as warriors counting coup in the old tradition (63).” However in the film Suzie speaks of a basketball game shared by Arnold, who is so proud of Victor, and how he beats out two Jesuit Priests who towers above him, and how he won the game. Reminiscing and fondly recalling the game Victor responds that he actually lost the game, still Arnold had told it in a way of honoring his son. A last example from the short story
On the Fourth of July, as he drives his father’s big Chevrolet around the lake, he realizes that he has nowhere to go. He reminisces about his high school girlfriend. He thinks about his friend, who drowned in the lake. He thinks also of his father, whose greatest hope, that Norman would bring home medals from Vietnam. Norman won seven medals in Vietnam, He thinks about his father’s pride in those badges and then thinks how he almost won the Silver Star but blew his chance.
Jay Gatsby went out with this girl named Daisy but after not seeing her for years Jay Gatsby goes crazy trying to make his life perfect for her. Finally, when Jay Gatsby meets Daisy again she is married and has a kid. When Tom Wingfield is young his dad leaves his family putting Tom into the position of being the man of the house. Tom constantly seeks adventure but his sister and mother need him. Tom eventually leaves his house and travels the world getting the adventure he wants but he has to live with the regret of letting his family down for the rest of his life.
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King died – found at the bottom of his family’s swimming pool in July of 1969, about 15 months after his brother was assassinated in Memphis. Like his brother, he was also a graduate of Morehouse College, a minister and active in the civil rights movement. His path there was not always smooth, as he rebelled against black upper middle class convictions of the time as he got married at 19 and went about raising a family. “Uncle Martin accepted the yoke of nonviolence early,” said A.D. King’s daughter, Alveda King said. “Daddy finally accepted it, because he wanted to follow his brother and Christ.
Joseph thought it was imperative for self-improvement and public service I a good spirit of competition and victory. In 1941, John tried to participate in the army, but was rejected because of a back injury he received playing football at Harvard. If it wasn’t for his father’s influence he would’ve gave up, but he didn’t and he finally got into the army. In 1943, he became a hero by saving the life of a crew member off the PT boat that was sunk by a Japanese destroyer. Along that process he almost died from malaria because of the aggravation he caused in his ailment and contracted.