Even though Changez family has retained their social status, Changez still finds it important to regain what his family has lost. He attempts to recover his family’s loss by “The only manner in which [he] could be of aid to them at that moment was to provide money, and this [he] did” It is highly important to him that he can bring back that wealth to his family to support them in time of need. Changez hopes to do this by going to Princeton and earn his money at Underwood Samson. Hamid can draw from his own experiences to give life to Changez as a character as Hamid also grew up in Lahore, attended Princeton and experienced poverty. Changez does end up supporting his family and regaining what they lost by working at Underwood Samson and sending some of his fortune back to his brother.
Being a man, he is forced to shoulder the responsibility to lead not only his immediate family, but that of his extended family as well. Being the headmaster of the mission school has brought him several life changing opportunities, one that can lead a person out of poverty. However, Babamukuru does not want to at first take these, knowing that he will be in debt with his benefactors. Looking at the poverty that his family is in, he feels that since he has been given the chance to move forward in life, he must also help his family come forward too. Because of this, he has become the hero of his family.
Immigrants strengthen the economy Undocumented immigrants not only help the economic growth of the United States but it also fulfills the needs of these individual financially as well as their families back in their countries. The tremendous amount of immigrant that arrive to the United States see the country as the land of opportunities for there families. Many of these families that migrate to the United States come from third world countries like Central America in which there is no type of progression or innovation because of the poverty, crime, lack of education and opportunities. Once arriving to the United States many immigrants are in search of jobs to support themselves and their families back home. They also come in pursue of giving a better educational opportunities to their young children.
A turning point came when, as a young man, Grey’s boss asked him to slow down his work production because he was outshining the other employees. Grey soon recognized a personal desire and a passion that he didn’t see in other people, and he decided that he needed to build his own company. Almost two decades later, he’s still excited to work in an environment that’s fun, challenging and profitable. Grey’s initial goal was to build a million-dollar company. After successfully attaining this goal, he and his employees held an off-site planning retreat to determine the company’s future goals and direction.
Incest seemed to be a very common part of life for Celie when she lived with her father. The same could have been true for Celie’s sister, Nettie but Celie protected her sister from the incestuous embraces of her Pa. Celie was able to overcome this incestuous relationship with her father when Mr.______ decides to take her hand in marriage. (TCP novel) Nettie also had a problem with Pa and later moved in with Celie and Albert but it soon became apparent that Albert still had an eye for Nettie which forced Nettie to leave. (TCP novel) As one can see, incest was a part of life for Celie but she was able to escape it with a marriage to another person who abused her. The second theme which will be discussed is violence.
Like his father, Rockefeller believed that work could build character and “make ‘em sharp”. While working long hour’s day after day, calculating transportation cost became natural to john and would later serve him well in his career to come. Rockefeller formed a partnership with an old colleague using the money he had saved up from bookkeeping and the money he had borrowed from Big Bill. “Competition is a sin” (Xpore Inc). To avoid further aggression from the public and media, Rockefeller would just show his company’s books to his competitors and if they didn’t sell he would buy them for cheap once he bankrupt them.
After struggling through that tough time, my family is now living in a more affordable “dream home.” In order, to live the lifestyle we want, we now have a monthly budget list with the priorities at the top. This experience has changed our way of life greatly. American Educator Washington once said “Character, not circumstance, makes the person” (“Resources”). As I face tough challenges throughout life, I hope that I can be as strong as my parents. Seen or unseen, poverty and wealth will always have an effect on one’s character.
This resulted in her getting involved with an older man at the tender age of twelve. Dreaming to be a mother from that young age, she finally adopted two young girls, Marie and Jeanette, in the hope of becoming a loving and nurturing mother to them. However, wounds of their past conflicted with Hogan’s dreams of the present. She soon discovered the pain and trauma her daughters went through as abused children. “With our oldest daughter, all the pain fell outward, onto others, whom she would hit or abuse, but for Jeanette, pain came to an inward point” (84).
Thesis: Lalit struggles to keep his family unit close in the midst of all the changes, stress and accepting his family growth, yet he still maintains a positive roll model through an effort to keep his cultural identity. Monsoon Wedding Lalit is the strongest motivator in the family in that he wants to be a good father and husband. In resulting to be a good roll model he struggles with balancing cultural expectations in his role as father, provider, mentor and husband. Not being able to help the new modern change and technology filled generation change, Lalit seems baffled at the younger generation and their way of life goals. He tries everything in his power to make things run smoothly and to make a good impression, yet Lalit’s expectations are high and he comes from a background of a hard worker.
The man who goes to work, works with his hand, and goes home dog tired. America still needs that man to keep it stable. If college education was free to all citizens then America would have no one doing the service jobs that keep America running. One of the major reasons that higher education should not be free to all citizens is the motivation factor. People who go to college now pay to go there and if they fail a class they just wasted a lot of money.