Jim's father expect to much from his son without even noticing what could be the major problem. Of course many college students love to hang out with friends but that doesn't mean that it can affect there grades unless they are not focus on there work. When Jim's father stated that when he was in school he flew through without any problems. His parents are angry because his grades aren't getting any better. I felt like it could have been a better approach like finding out the real reason what is causing the problem.
He doesn’t believe he can do better than the grades he’s currently making. He also doesn’t believe that hanging out with his friends affects his performance in school. Jim holds low standards for himself. It seems as if he’s afraid that he is a disappointment to his father and will never be as good as he wants him to be. 2.
I agree that Amir is different, but I also believe that his father shouldn’t treat him differently just because he doesn’t enjoy the things most boys his age enjoy. His father should learn to accept Amir for who he is and what he likes rather than comparing him to other boys his age. Chapter 4 Why does Amir lie about the word meaning of the imbecile? Amir lies about the word imbecile to show the
What Alexie means when he says that is he is not fond of his past. Alexie didn’t have the best childhood experiences, he would fight with his classmates and he would refuse to fall into the group of the stereotypical Indian boy. He speaks in third person because he is trying to separate from the experiences he had in the past in which he did not like. 4. In paragraph 7, the effect that Alexie is trying to achieve by using short, simple sentences is pity towards an Indian boy.
The author uses the word “reek” instead of “smells of” because the stench that peter smells is not a nice smell. Later on the author also uses the phrase: “... cannot rid the stench” which also means that Tomas must always smell like this. As well as not bothering to impress his son with his stench of alcohol, I also think that Tomas does not want his son as he does not care for him in the way that most fathers would. He ignores his son and sometimes pretends to think that he is not there: “thanks to his taciturn father, most conversations Peter had taken place were in his own head”. This leads me to decide that Tomas is maybe an only Father and that peters mother may have died when he was young and Tomas was palmed off with him.
Because of past traumatic events, Holden forces himself into isolation out of his own fear and unknowing. A past which he has not fully come to understand or accept taints his view of the present. Holden’s immature mindset, which he demonstrates by stumbling along a thin line of sanity and collapse, makes it difficult to overcome his childhood and move on to a more adult like, mature way of dealing with hardships. The death of Holden’s beloved bother Allie has the greatest affect on his personality, and his coping skills with anything he comes into contact with. He remembers past events with his brother and can only bring himself to view Allie as an innocent child –if Allie never grew up, why should Holden?
The Hally threw away the friendship that had filled the void his father would not be able to fill. That afternoon tested their friendship, to see if it was strong enough. It changed their views about each other; it made them resentful towards each other if not at each other. It appeared that Hally sought to prove a point that he was superior than Sam. The moment he ordered Sam to refer to him as Master Harold, Sam replied to him by telling him about the consequences of his actions.
Family members are supposed to be nice to each other. They aren't supposed to bully or be mean to each other. Doodle's brother, from James Hurst's "The Scarlet Ibis," does not follow this family standard. A lot of readers say that he was a good brother but the truth is that he was not. He was arrogant and ungenerous to Doodle and only did things for himself.
Therefore that has made Stan have trust issues and has he said just blend in. Stan has never really opened up to anyone about his problems and is having trouble communicating. He also has issues with his father. In my opinion I feel Stan thinks his father doesn’t love him like he loves his siblings and even thinks of Stan as a nuisance. The technique that was used in this session was Psychoanalytical orientated and I think that is the best approach to use with Stan.
He builds up his son’s ego by telling them that all you need to be is well-liked. Theses false values shown by Willy makes Biff become overwhelmed with confidence that all he needs is to be attractive in order to be successful and makes him think of why should he have to try hard in school when his appealing personality will make up for poor grades. Willy’s flawed view of success, where being well-liked is more important than being the best at whatever job you pursue, leads to failure and unhappiness in both his life and his sons life’s in the business world. Although Happy has a job that would be more acceptable by his father than Biff’s, but Willy doesn’t admire Happy like he does Biff. Happy has lived in the shadow of Biff his whole life, he feels that to get the attention he deserves he must strive to be more successful than his brother.