As a “scholarship boy” he allows himself to be embarrassed of where he came from and that his parents were not as educated as his teachers. Rodriguez separates himself from his family and emerges himself in his academic pursuits. In doing this, Rodriguez was sad. Even though he was a successful student he felt a lack of confidence. My own view is that Rodriguez did love his parents, just did not know how to deal with the two different worlds of family and schooling.
Reb cares about his Judaic books more than anything else, including his family. “When we came to America, instead of taking along feather beds, and the samovar, and the brass pots and pans, like other people, father made us carry his books” (pg. 8). Being a father of the “Old World” and following strict traditions, Reb Smolinsky is not able to earn money in America. His lack of education, as well as his attitude toward women, and his steadfast grip on old traditions does not allow him to work and thus he cannot provide a steady income for his family.
A large portion of Holden’s depression comes from failing multiple times. He has flunked almost every class he has taken except English. When he fails, his classes, he does not care about it and goes on with his life. Holden is kicked out of Pence Prep because of his low grades and his inability to take school seriously. This quote shows that he does not care about his future in education.
According to his parents Michael occasionally has play dates, but doesn’t play with children within his own neighborhood. Michael is an only child and his parents are concerned that limited contact he has had other children has made him socially immature. His parents state that Michael has not learned to speak properly yet, so other children do not respond well to Michael when he attempts to communicate with them. He is currently working with a speech therapist three times a
After bringing Ben back to the house the children started to stay away from the house. Jane was quiet and to herself but went to her friends house after school. Paul did come home but he was often in tears, whined alot and stared for long hours at nothing. He was too thin because of his malnutritioned appatite. He didnt concentrate on important things, he daydreemed and mooned restlesly.The problem with Paul was that he didn’t have a mother at the time when he was growing, which is why he turned out this way.
He became a good collector of thoughts, but usually lacked his own opinion. Reading helped make him a more confident English speaker and writer. Education had changed his family’s life. He became resentful to his parents when they could not help him with homework which pushed him to read more. He became embarrassed at his parents lack of education,
I mean; everyone looks satisfied more than actually happy. For instance, my parents are okay with their marriage but they don’t seem to have a good relationship, they don’t fight because the barely talk to each other. My friends, what can I say about my friends. I don’t really like them, in other words there are just a bunch of people of my age that live in the town, but we don’t really have fun we just spend a lot of time together because we have to (according to the government). I’ve been trying to meet new people but the population doesn’t seem to grow, I know pretty much everyone in this town and I don’t really share interests with
According to the book, the Ewell family, the poorest people in town, are just a bunch of ill raised, uneducated children and their drunken irresponsible father. In the book, Scout states that their father has no job, does not show much effort, if any at all, of trying get one, and uses the little
Beyond schooling he held very few jobs and preferred to claim unemployment benefits to provide means for an income. He was eventually committed to Boys Town, a juvenile detention facility, by his mother who found him difficult to manage. His father Ken, with whom he never shared a close relationship, left the household in 1981, leaving Travers as the head of the family. Finding it difficult to support the family, Travers relied on crime to provide food, stealing animals such as chickens and ducks from nearby households for food. The health of Travers' mother eventually deteriorated, and he and his siblings were sent to live with foster families whilst she was hospitalised.
He felt that they were uneducated therefore they had undesirable jobs and people treated them differently because of it. Rodriguez notes, “I was not proud of my mother and father. I was embarrassed by their lack of education” (55). Rodriguez goes on to say, “Simply, what mattered to me was that they were not like my teachers” (55). In the book Rodriguez takes every thing that his teachers say at face value and he never questions if perhaps they could be wrong or mistaken on subjects.