To have pride in the way you look or act is an absolutely wonderful trait, but a point in time can come where you could have so much pride that you look down on others and set conditions for others to be able to be proud of them. The pride that Brother possesses is exactly this, being ashamed of someone and trying to change them into something he can be proud of. Brother narrates this story as an adult, remembering the life of his little brother, Doodle. As Brother tells of his adventures with Doodle, Brother decides to teach Doodle how to walk, but only out of his own embarrassment of the poor boy. He begins to speak about how everyone has to have pride in something, and that Doodle was now his source of pride.
I was lucky.” The main highlighted purpose I observed in this story was the use of expression as well as comparison and contrast and a second pattern of illustration to describe how he became such a great writer in his life. Throughout the story, I found the author uses the expressive purpose when he reveals himself as a low class trying to survive when he says, “We were poor by most standards.” He then goes on giving a second example of expressive purpose when he clearly shares the same interest as his father by saying, “My father loved books, and since I loved my father with an aching devotion, I decided to love books as well.” These two examples are very clear to me that Alexie is expressing his feelings as well as revealing himself to the reader by describing his economic status as a child, as well as his emotions of loving his father and books. On the other hand, Alexie main pattern of the story is comparison-contrast. This pattern is highlighted when he is comparing himself to his peers. He mentions how the other Indian kids struggle with basic reading in school, while he was reading newspaper, bulletins, junk mail and anything he could possibly read.
He had his principal and teachers encouraging him to play and keep at it because he “might be pretty damned good” (Messner 169). He thought of himself as a natural as did man of the other respondents, but this self definition of a natural could sometimes be interpreted as a “collective practice” (169). What people failed to realize was that a boy may have great hand-eye coordination, but lack the skills needed to play a professional sport. As well as the community, family played a big role in their involvement in sports. From sports usually comes the father-son relationship and bonding period.
He builds up his son’s ego by telling them that all you need to be is well-liked. Theses false values shown by Willy makes Biff become overwhelmed with confidence that all he needs is to be attractive in order to be successful and makes him think of why should he have to try hard in school when his appealing personality will make up for poor grades. Willy’s flawed view of success, where being well-liked is more important than being the best at whatever job you pursue, leads to failure and unhappiness in both his life and his sons life’s in the business world. Although Happy has a job that would be more acceptable by his father than Biff’s, but Willy doesn’t admire Happy like he does Biff. Happy has lived in the shadow of Biff his whole life, he feels that to get the attention he deserves he must strive to be more successful than his brother.
The book, China’s Son, perfectly shows how family caused effect on Chen Da, and made him become successful. Although there are many reasons why someone can achieve their dream and the first thing we think of is their hard work. Hard working isn’t the only factor that makes people succeed; research had shown “23 percent of educational attainment is determined by environment, implying that up to 77 percent is determined by nature” (U.S Elementary and Secondary School). There are many causes and factors to make a successful person, and family background and environment is the main reason behind succeed among all of others. Family along can’t make someone become successful, but it’s the main influence behind someone had
Walker Edmondson Salerno T-Th 9:30 2-20-13 The Great Parenting Skills of Dave Eggers Dave Eggers has been questioned for his parenting skills since the publication of the book, “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.” I cannot even imagine how hard parenting is. Thinking back on my childhood days, I don’t see how my parents didn’t have a heart attack. For a college-age male who just experienced great tragedy, Eggers does a great job of learning the ropes of parenting. Dave Eggers is a good parent because of his determination to provide for Toph’s needs and his persistent love. As a kid, I loved when my parents read me a bedtime story.
Isaac favored Esau because he enjoyed game and Rebekah favored Jacob. Both Isaac and Rebekah both looked out for their favorite son. Esau and Jacob are similar in the fact that they both fight for the attention of their parents because they both want the blessing that Isaac plans to give Esau in the end even though the boys don’t know about the blessing yet. The first-born seems to be favored not only in life now but also in the story with Isaac, Rebekah, Esau and Jacob. They all are a family but are separated at the same time.
Amir and Hassan comparison From the beginning of the book, the differences between the main character, Amir and his friend Hassan are evident. Amir is a son of Baba, a wealthy man and is used to getting what he wants due to his upbringing. Throughout the book Amir is constantly trying to please his father and this plays a big part in his character development and his actions. On the contrary, Hassan is a very different person when compared to Amir. He is loyal, respectful and truly a good person.
He learns that if you stand up for yourself, you can even break the barriers of racism. His girlfriend Penelope, teaches him that it’s ok to dream big. It is ok to want to do better, to be better than your family or your community. Junior experiences desire, motivation, perseverence and commitment. These things make him strong and capable of conquering the
I got negative and positive feedback from family and friends, saying that I was too old, I waited too long and that I had my nephew, but I had made up my mind that I was going to do this, for me and my nephew so that we can live comfortably one day. The benefits of returning to school are the fact that I will be educated and able to answer questions when my nephew asks me. That would make me the proudest. I want to better my education to feel better about myself; because