That he just needs to get his life together. Only to make me roll my eyes. During my year as a fourth grader. My mother decided fully end it with my father. Tired of him being in and out of jail.
My father is an alcoholic, which is why I believe that he used violence towards my mother. I am not excusing his behavior, but I believe that if my father did not drink, things may have turned out differently for my family. As for myself, I have been deathly afraid of ever picking up a drink or drug. I believe that if I did, I would never be able to stop, and I would also fear of turning out like my father. 9.
Look like all they want to do is knock you down.” Enoch tells Haze about his abusive father and this mean lady he lived with before he came there. It really makes me wonder if Enoch ever had anybody to talk to and that is why he is so strong on Haze; because Haze is listening. Enoch tells Haze that he has “wise blood”. “When he realized that today was the day he decided not to get up. He didn’t want to justify his daddy’s blood, he didn’t want to be always having to do something that something else wanted him to do, that he didn’t know what it was and that was always dangerous”(135).
“She is a part of a past that cannot be recovered or changed by anything I can do now. My father always told me that it was my birth that robbed her of her sanity. So as a child I had to carry the weight of my mother's madness as something that was my own doing.” (Davies 148) Paul had believed his whole life that Mary's insanity was caused by his birth, and once the truth came out, Paul was no longer guilty. The lift of guilt allowed him to feel again, something he was not able to do for a very long time. After the truth is learned about Mary
They do not ever want to show fear. Even after the war, the men still carry the grief of the war. Tim O’Brien carries the image of the young man that he killed, and it haunts him every day. Jimmy Cross tells Tim that he still has no forgiven himself about Ted Lavenders death. “At one point, I remember, we paused over a picture of Ted Lavender, and after a while Jimmy rubbed his eyes and said he’d never forgiven himself for Lavender’s death.
Yet the horrid act of violence leaves her fearful about recording the event. When Mary states she has stood for worse, the act of violence reminds her of what she dealt with as a child and her abusive father. Although she has worked hard to try to forget about those times and distance herself from that experience, the violent act brings her back to those time and with that comes the fear of speaking
He figures this out when visiting his old home in California. He was furious. This was untruthful of his dad, and that's one thing that Chris hates most. Because of this incident he stopped talking to either of his parents and was withdrawn for the first time in his life. “Chris's smoldering anger, it turns out was fueled by a discovery he'd made two summers earlier, during his cross-country wanderings... Chris pieced together the facts of his father's previous marriage and subsequent divorce-facts to which he hadn't been privy.” (p. 121) This is not good mainly for Chris and his dad's relationship and also his mom and him.
He wanted a way out of his life. To him, this seemed like it was the only way out. He said on the basement tapes that his older brother Byron and his friends constantly “ripped on” him and that everyone, including those at school, excluding his parents, treated him like “the runt of the liter. These constant events lead to something that no teenage would want to face, depression. Depression is a mood disorder in which feelings of sadness, loss, anger, frustration interfere with everyday life for weeks or longer.
Atticus is faced with a problem when Heck is trying to sell him the story that Mr. Ewell fell on his own knife. Atticus doesn’t want to let go of the fact that he thinks Jem did it, and mostly because he is still getting over the whole situation. Boo Radley has not left his house for 30 years and he would rather not be the headline of the newspaper. This make Atticus in need of a reminder occasionally that the truth is not always what has to be unveiled to others especially when they do not want it to be. Boo is in no position to take on the position of “hero of Maycomb” and Atticus realizes that he shouldn’t have to, and Scout helps him remember.
Quotation 1: “He’s suffered so long, separated from his dear ones.”(1.55) Comment 1a: Athena is conversing with her father, Zeus, about why Odysseus’ suffering should be rid because he has been through enough already with the separation of his family. Being apart from the ones you love can be hard because they don’t know if you’re dead or alive. Comment 1b: Suffering can push you to end the journey sooner, so you can get rid of the pain. In this case it makes Odysseus want to come home even quicker. Statement of point 2: Odysseus’ wife and son are back at home, and their house is filled with suitors for his wife.