When they grow to adult, the author Wes won the Rhodes Scholar and the other Wes serving life in prison because of robbery and kill police. So what factors made the biggest difference and why these two men end up with such different lives? There must be some reasons that lead to this result. First and foremost, family education plays a important role in their lives. The author Wes his parents is legal husband and wife and his father dead because of illness.
They are able to sort through the trash and take it to the local recycling agency that result in just enough money to keep the people above subsistence. As they struggle to survive in this slum surrounded by riches, the story is encircled around a wrongfully accused family and their hope for justice. Abdul, a young member of the slum that no one knows the age of because they do not keep birth records, is wrongfully accused of murder resulting from the suicide of their neighbor Fatima along with his sister and his father. A major issue in this book is the justice system. Once you are in the system it is like a never ending cycle that few rarely make their way out of.
When Troy is fourteen he has a brutal encounter with his father, leaving him no choice but to become a man and learn to be responsible and survive on his own; “…When I see what the matter of it was, I lost all fear of my daddy. Right then and there I become a man… at fourteen years of age” (Wilson 2012). After being viciously abused and watching his father rape the girl he had just been involved with, Troy’s fear of his father grows immensely. It is at this point in Troy’s life where he becomes homeless and broke leading him to steal in order to survive. After serving time in prison it is then that
The next topic that I will discuss is the conception of teens in society. Teenagers are the most misunderstood people in society. They are treated like children but yet expected to behave like adults. Teenagers at times seem to be self obsessed with their own world or with their social commitments. This however, is a misconception, the real reason that
The Art of Betrayal and Depression The Case of Lena S. by David Bergen is about the life of sixteen year old Mason Crowe, growing up in Winnipeg with his family. The story centres on him and his complicated relationship with Lena Schellendal, a seventeen year old girl who suffers manic depression. Lena is both possessive and aggressive and lures Mason into her world until he is trapped and held prisoner in it. The story explores the heart of Mason’s relationships and how sanity vs. insanity can co-exist with each other. Whenever Mason isn’t with Lena, he reads to a blind man named Mr.
Puzzled by the transition from adolescence to adulthood, teenagers are often unable to order their chaotic experiences without the help of others, preventing them from becoming valued members of their respective societies. Tragic events which occur during the stages of childhood can strongly influence how a person goes through their adolescence. These influences can interfere with a teenager’s transition to adulthood. Both Holden and Charlie are victims of tragic or unfortunate circumstances. This is revealed throughout The Catcher in the Rye as readers learn of the death of Holden’s brother Allie.
Georgiana’s sister, Eliza, is also beautiful, but seems less sinister than the others in her family and their brother and mother are the cruelest of them. Out of everyone, the educated servant, Bessie, is the only one to show Jane any bit of kindness. There are many characters in the section but the main ones seem to be very aggressive. The relationships between the characters seem very easy to understand. 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.
3. What advantages does Cisneros see in being “the only daughter”? In being “only a daughter”? c. I believe that the advantages that Cisneros sees in being “the only daughter” is that she gets more along time since most of her siblings did not want to play with her due to her being a girl. The advantage she sees in being “only a daughter” would be that she had her destiny in finding a husband.
In the novel of Huckleberry Finn, Twain draws his characters form the lowest levels of society, a runaway slave and an uneducated homeless boy. Twain comments on the bad things of society through his development of his characters. Huckleberry Finn and his relationship with Jim, a runaway slave. The two characters both run from injustices and are distrustful of the society around them. Huck is an uneducated boy on the run from his abusive father, constantly under pressure to conform to the "civilized" surroundings of society.
Emotional abuse includes excessive, aggressive or unreasonable demands that place expectations on a child beyond his or her capacity. It can include anything from verbal abuse and constant criticism to more subtle tactics, such as repeated disapproval or even the refusal to ever be pleased. The negative messages of emotional child abuse causes inner damage that either destroys or impairs the development of a positive sense of self. Studies conclude kids may experience a lifelong pattern of depression, estrangement, anxiety, low self esteem, inappropriate or troubled relationships and a lack of empathy. As teenagers, they find it difficult to trust, participate in and achieve happiness in interpersonal relationships, and resolve the complex feelings left over from their childhoods.