In the beginning of the book, when Dave talks about when the family was once good, he calls his mom, “Mom”. He later on calls her “Mother” when she becomes abusive. He does this because he became distant from her when the abusive started. He didn’t feel safe referring to her as mom anymore because she wasn’t the nurturing mother that she once was. Before the abuse, Mother would’ve done anything for her family.
It described in great detail all the long nights of drug use and partying. I felt like I had been up all night with Kristina. The ending was not at all predictable. When Kristina returns to her mom's house to get clean from the drugs and to have the baby you believe that she will succeed. After she talks to her mother about not being able to provide for the baby and how difficult it was to love him, she decides to give the baby to her mother to adopt and raise.
• Clarisse: (Curious, thoughtful) A seventeen-year –old girl that Montag met during his walk home. She is very curious and questions anything and everything, which causes Montag to reevaluate his view on life. She is cast out due to her activity but doesn’t seem to care much for it. Minor: • Leonard Mead: (Abnormal, Rebellious) Clarisse’s uncle, he was arrested one night for walking along a sidewalk, something that is considered abnormal in his time. • Granger: ( Confident, Intelligent) He is the leader of the group known as the “Book People”.
The experiment ended when a graduate student who became Zimbardo’s wife came to visualize the experiment. She thought it was wrong and that he must put an end to the trial. She thought the experiment was not “normal” and that it was extremely deviance. Deviance is the recognized violation of cultural norms. The grad student felt very sadden about the experiment and she put an premature end to the study.
Monday, August 31st -- Pre-assessment response due! Discuss assigned reading, writing exercises Homework for September 4th Read pages 87-114, 119-121 (no exercises) in Bedford, "What in the World is a Rhetorical Analysis" and Anne Lamott's Shitty First Drafts
Also, her lack of intelligence has left her with no job and an inability to get a job. In the story, there are many reasons contributing to Jean’s feeling of emptiness and difficulty in her life. To begin, her husband, Ross feels as though he has married beneath himself, and he does not love her anymore. Their marriage was most likely caused by Jean getting pregnant with their son, which made Ross feel like he had to marry her out of force. In the story, Ross specifically tells their son, Kevin that he should try not to marry beneath himself because he will end up stuck in the same situation as him.
In turn this event began to eat at her father’s ability to stay present for his daughters, leaving only Tana to be there for Pearl. Years later, Tana has been given the Cold and Pearl is now left with no one there for her. This character is easy to sympathize with because she has gone through many hardships at a young age, and is left with no family to care for her Next, the author makes it so that the reader can easily sympathize with Tana. This is because Tana is used and attacked by her mother, who was unable to control her temptations. The Cold makes you thirsty for human blood and Tana’s mother manipulated her and appealed to her naivety by saying that she changed and was better.
Sean Camp Instructor: Mrs.Dozier English 102: Writing About Literature 14 October 2008 Coming of Age: An Analysis of “ The Lesson” & “ A&P “ Toni Cade Bambara’s “ The Lesson” explores the thoughts of a teenage girl being taught the value of money. Likewise, John Updikes “A&P” explores the thoughts and decisions of a teenage boy who decides to quit his job. Both stories have first person narrators that present their point of view on people and certain situations that eventually drive their decision making process. Many times in life teenagers come to a cross roads, and have to make tough choices that may not be the best or most popular to other people. And in certain instances these choices cause conflict within the person
While in her mother’s eyes, she only supported her daughter and craved the absolute best for her child. Schwind-Pawlak presents this argument poorly due to her change of heart towards the end of the essay. She does not stick to her beginning argument which causes the opposition to lack stability. The two authors support their arguments by providing evidence. The supporting evidence of the two essay’s help reveal the hardships teenagers face while dealing with their parents.
I feel useless and lonely. My parents realize they have no reason to keep working hard if I am not going to go to college. My parents soon understood that they had not been treating me like on of their children. They just wanted me to go further than they did and did not know how to express that to me. My parents try and buy me things and carenow to make up for all these lost years but my heart has turned cold.