The main conflicts in this film are both internal and external. The conflicts that are internal is the fact that every on in the Younger family thinks that money will buy them happiness, and they all constantly disagree with each other about what they should do with the money. Walter wants the money so that he can prove that he is capable of making a future for his family. By doing well in business Walter thinks that he can buy his family happiness. His internal conflict comes into play because he has forgot about his husband responsibilities that he has toward his family by creating this infatuation with opening the liquor store with his friends.
As he gets older though Rodriquez starts to become an outsider not only from friends but also from his family. But he didn’t care, the only thing he cared about and cherished was his education and his life goals of being successful. Richard Rodriquez came from a lower/middle class family that did not know how to read or speak English. As a child if he had a problem with his homework his parents wouldn’t be able to help him because they couldn’t even read the directions. So he felt that they were uneducated and stupid.
Walter Lee is unhappy with his job, his salary, and feels like there is so much more he could do if only someone would give him a chance. He wants to be successful and live the American dream, but feels as though no one will believe in him. This also makes him feel alienated from his family, because they don’t even believe in him. He just wants to be taken seriously but nobody does. This also undermines his masculinity, because the rest of the adults in his family which are all women don’t take
Throughout ‘Of Mice And Men’ Steinbeck portrays George as a resentful father figure to Lennie; however this task proves to be a lot of work, as Lennie is rather an annoyance towards George due to his lack of intelligence and knowledge of the world. Consequently this means George has to focus upon keeping Lennie safe and protected and unfortunately his own ‘American Dream’ is temporarily abandoned. When starting at the ranch George is judged for travelling around with Lennie, his boss assumed he was using Lennie for labour purposes and taking his money; ‘Funny how you an’ him string along together.’ Similarly the workers also feel George is going to a lot of effort to keep someone who is ‘slow’, like Lennie, with him when it would be easier to travel alone. The adjective ‘funny’ suggests the situation is unusual and no one has ever bothered to do the same, nor have they ever seen anything like it before. However earlier in the novel George describes him and Lennie as the, ‘loneliest guys in the world’ implying that he doesn’t feel the same way.
20 that “The poor cannot be expected to save, because they need every dollar for basic needs such as food and shelter. Middle class people will save something for emergencies, children's education, or old age. But they have many immediate needs and desires, and in any case their savings will eventually be consumed, especially after retirement. The rich, however, are different. They have so much money that, in aggregate, they simply cannot spend it all.
A person like Chris McCandless who has everything in the world is still unsatisfied on what is around him. He has family, money and a great education that will soon be his great future but he thinks that everything related to wealth is sinful. Chris made a journey to search for the true meaning of life and escaped it pressures. He also tried to travel by using his instincts in life by living naturally without other's aide. Whereas he helped people suffering of hunger by donating all of his college money, he forgot to help himself.
Scout’s view is in this is that Walter is held back from his education and future because of his family’s poverty. He does not have the same opportunity as Jem and she do, because he is stuck aiding his father. The popular clichè that your team is only as strong as its weakest player fits in nicely here. As long as Walter is being unfairly dragged down by his father’s incompetence, he will never be able to achieve his full
Walter Younger described how much he longed to be a part of the “American Dream”. His tone throughout the book suggested that he was disgusted with his lifestyle but very passionate about doing whatever it took to be well off and accepted by society so that his family wouldn’t have to struggle and be an example to his son of what a man should do for his family. Money probably meant the most to Walter because that’s all he talked about from the time he woke up at the start of the play until the end after he refuses Mr. Linder’s money. Walter works as a chauffeur for a rich white man making very little money leaving him feeling less
But possibly have been too busy with their jobs, working and trying to be the “man of house”, that they don’t have time to spend with children nor do they understand how to relate to a woman. Most of men in the 80s were so unhappy, lonely, and often in pain that they hid behind confrontational violence. That it is not men’s fault that they were so emotionally detached from others. It is because of how they were raised, nobody had taught them otherwise. Boyz N the Hood and Four Brothers shows prime examples of Jeffords Terminal Masculinity, and the ways masculinity evolved within 80’s “hard body” film to 90’s film “new man”.
He has failed as the figurehead of his family and is constantly emasculated by his wife and daughter. Lester is not the shining example of the American male, he is middle aged, out of shape, and his wife, Carolyn, is the major breadwinner and thus the head of the house. Seeking relief from his depression, Lester begins to make changes in his life. These changes are a retreat to his life as a carefree 18-year-old. His crush on his daughter’s friend Angela inspires him to begin working out, and his friendship with Ricky Fitts