But Walter begins to see a new side to his great uncles when he stumbles on an old photograph of a beautiful woman hidden away in a trunk and asks Garth who she is. FFor 14-year old Walter, his great uncles’ farm in rural Texas is the last place on earth he wants to spend the summer. Dumped off by his mother, Mae, in the middle of nowhere with two crazy old men and the promise that she’ll come back for him, Walter doesn’t know what to believe in. Eccentric and gruff, Hub and Garth McCaan are rumored to have been bank robbers, mafia hit men and/or war criminals in their younger days. The truth is elusive, although they do seem to have an endless supply of cash.
John’s coming of age begins when he says goodbye to his father, and runs away from Texas with his friend Rawlins. It started by rebelling from the family. As the novel progresses, John also finds an unexpected love, Alejandra, and perhaps most importantly when he came of age, is that through Alejandra, he lost his innocence without becoming disillusioned. He ends it with a stoic refusal to leave Mexico without his horses, and his acceptance of the death of Abuela, his last connection to his old life. John’s coming of age also influenced his becoming
All a father wants is the best for their sons; however, some fathers tend to push their sons into something they might not be interested too. Because of these high expectations, it can cause risk between their relationship and loss of interest. A Father’s Expectations
Pattyn, being unable to take the stress of home, begins to question her role in life, especially through her father’s eyes. She knows what is going on at home is wrong, but when she tries to reach out for help, she finds the religious community defends her father, She’s named a liar by her bishop when she speaks about the abuse in hypothetical, and Pattyn (unknowingly) begins to search for outlets to get away from her home life. Eventually, she starts to experiment with dating behind her parents backs, but is caught in the desert by her drunken father. Derek, her boyfriend, leaves her for another girl, whom Pattyn get in a fight with. The fight results in broken glass and a broken nose for Derek’s new girlfriend.
George looked up to his father calling him his hero. He witnessed several arguments between his parents over money resulting in her leaving them on several occasions. But his dad, deeply in love, took her back no matter how many times she left. For ten years his dad worked hard, but in the end it didn’t matter. His family lost everything when his father was forced to file bankruptcy, but tries to make George realize that money was not everything.
Sherman Alexie created a story of recollection and reparation when he wrote “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona.” The story tells of a man named Victor who loses his job and then finds out his father died of a heart attack in Phoenix. He must come up with a way to get down to Arizona despite the lack of money or transportation. After being turned away with a mere hundred dollars from the Tribal Council, he ends up with an unlikely ally in the town outcast, a man named Thomas Builds-the-Fire. The two had grown up together, and were once friends, but have since become estranged. When Thomas offers to lend Victor the money for the trip he insists Victor must take him along.
Victor tries to stop him but he will not able to do it. I think that in the movie everyone has their personal issues. They all are dealing with their own issues. Although they are dealing with the issues, they all are trying to be happy with their life. But one day, Victor’s mother gets the call from Phoenix, Arizona that her husband is no longer in the world.
All The Pretty Horses begins with the funeral of John Grady’s grandfather. John Grady Cole is sixteen years old and has lived on his grandfather’s ranch in San Angelo for his entire life. Since his grandfather past away, the ranch now belongs to John Grady’s mother. His mother has left the family previously some time and is an aspiring actress in San Antonio. John Grady’s parents no longer talk to each other.
In the movie The Grapes of Wrath, Tom Joad hitchhikes his way home to Oklahoma after spending four years in jail for killing a man with a shovel. On the way he ran into his former childhood preacher Jim Casy. When they finally made it to the farm, It was abandoned. That is until Muley Graves showed up. Muley is an old family friend who at the time didn't look so good, he looked like he had been living on his own for years.
Poe ran away from college and enlisted in the army. Poe was greatly affected by the death of his adoptive mother. Her last words told her husband to find her son and bring him home, and that was exactly what he did. John Allan bought him out of the army and enrolled him into West Point; however, Poe acted out and deliberately got himself expelled. He was shunned by his jealous step-mother and her newborn son.