“All winter she’d clucked and rambled across their yard, a friendly sight to Franchette, and to Ramer a sign of one more thing he couldn’t control,” (63). Ramer is a very controlling husband and forces his chauvinistic personality onto his pregnant wife. After Ramer lost his job he took his wife’s high school diploma off the wall since it was a constant reminder he didn’t finish high school. Ramer also took Franchette of birth control because he said “they caused cancer,” even though they had a great plan to save up for a baby and for her to get a great job, but that all changed. The story implies that he wanted to get her pregnant so that she could not work.
My book was on “A Child Called “It”—One Child’s Courage to Survive”, and I did a power point, throughout the book, Dave Pelzer narrates what he went through as a child and what struggles he faced. His mom was a hardcore alcoholic and treated Dave as the scapegoat to everything. If his mom and his dad got into an argument, she would summon Dave and release all her anger onto him. His whole entire childhood was basically what we call child labor, and with the harsh conditions Dave worked in was extremely unethical. One time while Dave was simply correcting his mom by telling her that he was at home the whole time instead of outside playing with his brothers, she took his arm and raised it over a fire—she told him to never talk back to her again
When Jem became very angry at Mrs. Dubose, their old and mean neighbor, he chopped down her shrubs in front of her house in a fanatical rage. When the consequences of his act came he was forced by his father to read to Mrs. Dubose for a month and during these reading sessions Mrs. Dubose seemed to break out into a shaking fit causing the children to be scared and confused. Son, didn’t you know what her fits were? ... “Mrs. Dubose was a morphine addict.” said Atticus. “She took pain-killers for years.
Vanessa had a very troubled childhood; she used to cut herself because of it. She hated her mom, and as she got older she realized how much she resembled her. She felt useless, and alone, so the cuts got worse and worse as she grew older. Until one day her younger brother walked in on her while she was cutting, and told his grandmother who ended up sending her to the psyche ward. I would definitely recommend Impulse.
“The school psychiatrist…quickly diagnosed the oedipal relationship. When he was four [Goodenow’s] father died, and for eight years he slept with his mother.” The text goes on to describe Goodenow’s mother’s relationship with an engineer who she married. The stepfather had little time for Goodenow, refusing to undergo therapy for the sake of his stepson. Goodenow’s phobia intensified as did his dependence on his mother. Goodenow was “placed in a
Richard says “But they’re coming after me”. His mother then says “You just stay right where you are-- I’m going to teach you this night to stand up and fight for yourself.” Richard’s mother went inside the house and came back with a stick and then said to him “Take this money, this note, and this stick,” “Go to the store and buy those groceries. If those boys bother you , then fight.” After arguing with his mother and begging her to not let him go down there once more she said “Go now! If you come back into this house without those groceries, I’ll whip you!” Richard was frightened but he did as told. When he went down towards the grocery store he saw the boys once again, as they charged to go and attack him Richard says “I’ll kill you.” Within seconds Richard grappled on to the stick and
Due to Mrs. Reed’s late husband and Jane’s uncle’s dying wish, Jane was to live with the Reeds with Mrs. Reed treating her as one of her own children. Yet Mrs. Reed and her children, especially John who Jane often calls a “…wicked cruel boy!”(Bronte 5) treat her unfairly because she is not of gentleman status. While reading, I was reminded of the feeling I had while in all my Pre-Ap classes. Overall, part one of Jane’s life is really interesting. In the beginning when Jane is being punished for lashing out at John by being sent to the Red Room, one wonders why send her there?
It began when Robbie’s father was having an important conversation with his wife. Robbie, being only 7 years old ran to him screaming “daddy!” He had drawn his father a picture for his birthday. His father was very angry about Robbie interrupting, which made Robbie mad. His father’s attitude towards Robbie is frustrated and angry. Both characters at this point are upset with each other.
Annie has an immediate conflict with Helen’s father, Captain Keller, and when she meets the wild and undisciplined Helen, Annie has an even bigger conflict with her. In addition to these external conflicts, Annie also has an internal one. The death of a younger brother can be devastating but this is something in which Annie Sullivan had to face. In addition, Annie has horrible feelings of guilt over the death of her younger brother Jimmie, and because of the hurt this death caused, Annie has decided never to love anyone else. Eventually, however, all Annie’s conflicts get resolved when she teaches Helen what a word is, and when Captain Keller sees that Annie is able to teach Helen, Annie’s conflict with him is over.
Causal Analysis: Against Bullying Bullying: When it’s Too Much to Bear All forms of bullying can lead to suicide because of verbal abuse, constant harassment, and the never-ending cycle of hurtful pranks. Megan Meier was only thirteen years old when she hung herself in her own closet (Stelter). Two weeks earlier, Megan had been talking to a new boy she met on myspace.com, a website similar to Facebook. She soon spoke with this boy every day after school, thinking he was the only kind person she could trust (Stelter). On a day that will be remembered in the Meier household forever, Megan received hurtful and devastating messages from the boy who pretended to be her friend.