Matt now has a son, a good wife, and an ordinary life; he still has a good family life without going to university. In contrast with Kate, although she has good education and job, she doesn’t have her own family and in fact, she says, “I had never thought I would really love anyone.” (89) From another perspective, she seems to be the one that is going to have a sad life. Similar with Luke, when he rejects Sally it is due to his responsibility as a caregiver. He is happy with his decision since it is for his family. If Matt chooses to go to university instead and leaves Marie, he will most likely lose his happiness and truly be an emotionless “nerd” and suffers like Kate who does not truly knows the meaning of love.
Darrin is now always pushing, kicking, punching, and calling Kyle names. So now Darrin has been bullying Kyle for two years now, and Kyle is just sick of it. Conflict The conflict of the story is Kyle dad and mom both work for Real Estate Firm, his dad sells commercial office space, and his mom sells houses and condominiums, and his whole family has to travel to the Oregon Coast where tsunamis happen. The only problem is Darrin’s mom and dad work with Kyle’s mom and dad, and they are also traveling to the Oregon Coast, and Kyle does not want to spend his time there while Darrin is being mean to him. While Kyle is there everyone is saying there is going to be a tsunami at 5:30 pm and Kyle is only with his eight year-old sister BeeBee and they don’t know what to do.
Lucie devotes her time to her husband from day to day while he is imprisoned. Her magnanimous sacrifices express to the reader the hardships she would endure to assuage her husband’s distress. Dr Manette puts his daughter’s safety before his own. During the trial, Dr. Manette exclaimed that “[his] daughter, and those dear to her, are far dearer to [him] and [his] life (Dickens chapter 39). The reader can conclude from doctor Manette’s statement that he fears losing his daughter and would sacrifice his virtue to secure his daughter.
She still losses many things in her life, including her step son, whom she had a strong relationship with. She shows power over her own life by realizing that she does not need the male figure in her life to always be looking after her, like her father did when she was young, and then later, her husband persuading her to marry him and move to California. When she has a male, like her step son, relying on her for their life, she is able to show her power over herself and them. This allows her to overcome her fears of being in murky waters, which she realizes are "so soft and warm". This could also show how she no longer needs guidance through her unclear life and she can swim through it by
But Cal after meeting his mother has realized that he is not at all like his mother. Instead he has some good in him that Cal takes Lee’s advice of him being someone. Making Cal’s evilness to good. Adam – “‘Cal!’ He said harshly’ ‘Sir?’ ‘I trust you, son’,” (Steinbeck 596). Adam has finally has his father and son moment with one of his children that he is grateful to express himself to his son Cal.
This sense of responsibility is exacerbated by his mother’s request that he “hold on to your brother, and don’t let him fall, no matter what it looks like is happening to him and no matter how evil you gets with him. You going to be evil with him many a times. But don’t forget what I told you.” Despite his reassurances to his mother, James is married and leaving town two days after this conversation. He is content to get on with his own life and pursue his own dreams of family and career. He puts the promise out of his mind and is happy to just forget about his brother, until his mother dies and another meeting with Sonny is on the
Her primary reason for returning was to revive the events that supplied her with so much happiness in her “past”! “I use to love looking out the window back at Bountiful.” She sits staring out a closed window in the apartment she is now. The closed window symbolizes her desire of freedom. Even though she has been in the rural city of Houston for a long time her memory of her real home has never faded. Carrie Watts is not some daffy, forgetful old lady hankering for an unrecoverable past but a canny survivor who is able to accept the compromise in fulfilling her wish.
She realizes that she has never truly been intimate with another person. The idea of it seems exhilarating and necessary for her “awakening” which is her becoming her true self. She feels since she’s been married, she has been sleeping and in order for her to wake up, she must take control of her life and do what she wants. It is around this time when she realizes that she feels some intimacy between her and Robert. Hearing Mademoiselle Reiszs music and swimming for the first time also aid in her awakening.
When going through a tough loss, the support of your family is much needed. Holden’s parents act as if nothing happened and Allie never existed. They do not know how to deal with the death of their son, which may be of the reasons why Holden hasn’t dealt with Allies death either. Holden want to commit suicide but “Holden suicidal tendencies are held in check by the memory of Allie, Who keeps Holden from destruction as he crosses the city streets” (Trowbridge 27). This illustrates that although Holden is a victim of his memory it can also be a positive
The story “Naema—Whereabouts Unknown” by Mohammed Dib is a chilling account of a town and society trapped under a dark cloud of the Franco-Algerian War, where death and destruction is a daily occurrence. Told in the form of a diary, the unknown narrator writes of his desperate situation that he and his family must live through. His wife has been missing for 5 weeks now and he is beginning to experience inner conflict and feelings of guilt as he takes the role of both parents, while desperately searching for answers to his wife’s whereabouts. The unknown narrator represents everyman going through stages of shock and grief. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, in her book, On Death and Dying described five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.