In the beginning of the book, when Dave talks about when the family was once good, he calls his mom, “Mom”. He later on calls her “Mother” when she becomes abusive. He does this because he became distant from her when the abusive started. He didn’t feel safe referring to her as mom anymore because she wasn’t the nurturing mother that she once was. Before the abuse, Mother would’ve done anything for her family.
Joseph’s lack of support to the family triggered a divorce. His inability to overcome negative thoughts pushed him into depression and alcoholism. After the divorce, Joseph was denied a chance to be with his wife and children. He denied his children a chance to have a fatherly figure, and this is one of the contributions to his inner thoughts about his family. When he reflects back on how he was one time in love with his wife, he develops thoughts of having another sexual relationship as noticed by his attempt to date another woman without success.
I have had to cope with my crazy and angry nights and I still do everyday. My family is the most important discourse community that I belong too. Conventions were created throughout this divorce process. Some would not be mentioning family fights with others unless they were extremely close, and not bringing it up around my immediate family because everyone has their own opinion and that would only cause fighting. The most important convention I’ve learned through this is how to rely on my self more and take responsibility to help my mother out as much as possible since there is one less person.
Jenna’s mother and her get into arguments over Jenna asking her mother to watch her son. Jenna has to pay for daycare after school for him while she is at work and has little money to pay for additional daycare when she would be at college classes. Her mother says that she has raised her children and does not believe that she should have to help her daughter because she received no help with her children. Jenna has a 17 year old sister who does help with watching her son, but Jenna also feels guilty always having to ask her and has no money to pay her to watch her son. Jenna and her sister are close, her sister plans on attending college at the end of her senior year and wants to study to become a doctor.
Because they were both blood brothers, they decided that was good enough, and ended up living together with Derek’s mother and sister. At the start it was very hard for Derek and Morso. Derek’s mother did not readily accept morso into her home, nor did she treat him as an equal. She essentially neglect Morso and made it so much harder for him to settle in. She was very rude to him and would not even speak to him.
In the beginning of the film, the family seems to have the ability to function in an ordinary middle-class society. Towards the climax, one notices that the family can not function because the mother is blind and still morning over her husbands death which allows her the excuse of not being a parental figure to her children. Augusto decides the he has to take on the noble responsibility of a care giver instead of simply running off and fulfilling his dreams. He is the character that is most relatable because most of modern society has a family member who takes charge in the event of a death. Alessandro feels for his eldest brother and decides to solve all his problems by planning a collective suicide of all the family members including himself.
This meant again that child A had no dominant male role model in her life and reinforced the grandmother’s matriarchal role. To conclude, it can be clearly seen that from a functionalist stand point child A has come from a very dysfunctional family and that her personality has been greatly affected through a lack of emotional security and her primary care givers not fulfilling their appropriate social
Sexism Sexism caused a lot of problems in history. For example during the industrial revolution women are prevented to have a job that is paid equally as a man does although they do more work than a men does, and this lead to women rights movement. In ancient China women were not allow to go out they couldn’t have a job all they do is stay at home and do housework. It’s not really because their religion didn’t allow them. It’s because Chinese people think after women get married they will live with their husband and they will become a part of the other family.
The divorce rate in America is disturbingly high and generally a concern for most people. In most family situations there is no clear-cut reason that leads to divorce, it’s a gradual process that ends in families breaking apart. Marriages based on love are the norm in the United States, where individual freedom and aspirations are considered more important than what the society, parents or relatives expect from a person. It’s a personal decision and nobody can claim the right to get involved. Marriages occur between childhood or college friends, office colleagues, neighbors and acquaintances.
Advantages and disadvantages of getting married Every human being dreams of his/her wedding day and how life would be when you get married. In my opinion marriage is a really big responsibility but you can spent the rest of your life with the man that you are in love. One disadvantage of getting married is the loss of freedom, you can’t go out and have fun with your friends, you cannot go on a holiday whenever you decide . Another disadvantage of getting married is that you get more responsibilities, you have to take care of your family, clean the house, and more other. One other disadvantage is the disagreements with the members of your family, with your husband, with your children.