Along the way however, the way in which the characters lived changed as well. During Kracha’s time, money struggles dominated his life. During his efforts to obtain stability, he worked on the railroad, then moved to the steel mills, where years later, proceeded to open and own a butcher shop, then finally ended up back at the mills. His interests were not in updating and owning a home; rather, they lied in drinking, cheating on his dying wife and leaving three children on the backburner. Mike, however, was committed to his family and did not like the idea of keeping boarders to obtain more money for he didn’t want his wife, Mary, to overexert herself.
1.The relationship that Eliezer held with his father during their pains and hardships at Auschwitz, Birkenau, and Buna is one of many father-son bonds mentioned in Night. Their feelings toward each other, however, are one of a kind amid the other relationships described. It is amazing to see how Eliezer kept such strong feelings of love and reliance towards his father during the Holocaust while others abandoned, killed, or mistreated their own. Elie mentions, on three separate occasions, tales of sons horribly mistreating their fathers. The first is the young pipel at Buna.
A lot of people at this time were just like him in the way that they were born into their life and struggled to make it better for them. Sam Patch gave them hope that they could make their life whatever they wanted it to be. I think the author chose Sam Patch as the subject of his book because Sam was a symbol for people who where caught in the same cycle he was caught in growing up. He was an idol for impoverished towns and people. They looked up to him and appreciated his help by publicizing issues involving populations that couldn’t stand up for them because they were too poor.
George and Dorothy both owned a stationary store to support the family. As George Lucas Jr. grew up, his mother was very sickly, so George’s father was often in control. George Senior created a very strict household and intimidated his son. Dorothy’s illness caused her to barely be involved in George’s childhood, which led George to begin to resent and avoid his father. George Senior had high expectations for his son, and he put him under a lot of pressure to do well.
Comparison and Contrast: Barn Burning Sartoris Snopes is a young boy with a major conflict in his life; “be true to his blood”? or tell the truth. His father, a shady character with very cruel intentions has had to relocate his family because he is a “barn burner”. After one of Sarty’s fathers pigs gets loose for the second time, one of his neighbors tells him he can have it back for a dollar fee which angers the father so much that he burns down the neighbors’ barn. So Sarty’s father is asked to appear before the Justice of the Peace to settle the matter.
The story takes place in shantytowns of Haiti. It is about a poor peasant man named Guy who struggles, despite all of his efforts to try to provide for his family. He is faced with poverty, unemployment and starvation. Throughout his struggles in the story he is portrayed as being frustrated since he is unable to provide his family with the life he has dreamt of. The jobs at the sugar mill were scarce, to where the men had been put on a waiting list that could take up to half a year to get a day’s work.
Terkel’s “Working” documents the struggles of Roberto Acuna and his families hard life working in the produce fields, survival mechanisms, and the ethnicity segregation that they fought morning through night. Constantly living with real work, always wanting to become a first-class citizen and having nothing to fall back on, he gives vivid details of hard-laborers obstacles. Rodriguez’s “Real Work” reflects a mid to upper class man of Mexican descendent. Educated and blessed with his social status, he acquires a labor intensive job which helps him gain self-confidence and a realization of his father’s explanation of “real work”. Despite the fact that these individuals grew up with completely different lives and challenges, there are so many
De'Andrea Coulter Mrs. Ray Honors English III October 1, 2014 The Crucible In the Crucible by Arthur Miller, John Proctor is a local farmer in the town of Salem, Massachusetts. Throughout the story John Proctor faces many ups and downs. John faces the act of becoming an adulterer, which he soon or later asks for forgiveness for. Proctors' pride is some what a cause of his downfall at the end, John Proctors pride, flaws, and asking for forgiveness is a reason why he is a tragic hero. Even though Proctor had problems with many things, he was a respected by the people throughout the entire town.
As a child Pickton grew up in poverty with family members always looking for money. They worked hard; he describes it as "It was not too bad. It was a nice life, but it was a hard life, adding there was always food on the table. He prided himself on the mechanical expertise he developed, Pickton was advised to get some training at a body shop, but he wanted to learn on his own. He explained that he was not set on this earth to follow in someone else’s footsteps and that he simply wanted to make his own mistakes.
He likes about his job is that he gets to go places where no one else can go like inside a blast furnace. Title of Article: Teens learn Robotics as Factories Lack skilled workers There is a lot of smart people in the world that are smart but they dont have jobs because of technology and kids are taking classes like wood shop, welding to become better and have a better chance in the future to get a job. It matters in the future so people with have jobs and they wont be unemployed. The news impacts on the younger generation. I agree with him that kids should take more hands on classes so you will have a chance in the future.