Of Mice and Men is really about Lennie and George’s journey and relationship with each other, and how they really need each other in their lives. Lennie is very dependent on George. George is one of his only friends and a very important person in his life. George guides Lennie through his life like a father would to his son. The first thought when Lennie is doing something wrong or bad is George because he knows that George wouldn’t want him to being in it.
Another example of how strain applies to these women can be seen in Agnew’s writings when he said “Data suggest that child abuse and neglect negative school experiences, chronic unemployment, and residence in deprived communities are important causes sate anger and that such anger explains much of the effective of strains on crime.” (Agnew, Chp. 9) The presentation of negative stimuli or in the case of the African American battered women this was the abuse they received, regularly, which will cause large amounts of strain. The way most of these women dealt with the abuse was through drug and alcohol
Bradstreet’s use of metaphor allows her to relate the complex relationships of being a parent to being an author. When the narrator calls her creation her “ ill-formed offspring of [her] feeble brain” she draws parallels between how parents can feel about their children when frustrated (line 1). The narrator refers to her work as a “ rambling brat” to show how difficult it is to accept something she has created (7). The narrator seems to feel this difficulty not only as an author but also as a mother. As a frustrated parent feels the narrator once again uses the metaphor of a child to describe how an author feels when their work does not turn out how they wanted.
This presents the notion of Nana’s objective resentment towards Mariam and makes the audience aware of the uneasy relationship between the two. Hosseini continues to effectively elaborate further on Nana and Mariam’s strained and deplorable relationship by revealing to the audience the reason for Nana’s spite and unforgiving nature towards her own daughter, which is the fact that Mariam is an illegitimate child, the product of a shameful affair ‘who would never have legitimate claim to the things other people had love, family, home, and acceptance’. Hosseini enables the audience to have an accurate picture of the relationship between Mariam and her mother in the way that he then builds on the image he has given the audience of Mariam, ‘a clumsy heirloom-breaking little Harami’. It is clearly portrayed that Nana blames Mariam for her misfortunate and bitter life. However, this is in stark contrast to the way in which Hosseini presents Jalil and Mariam’s relationship.
As the story transpires, Jane's unknown figure becomes all that is known to her; however, because of what is expected of her as a woman it is difficult for her to acknowledge her own self as she is afraid of her own monstrosity. Her repression is what initiates her transgression of becoming this unknown figure, and through excessive behaviour and desire she is able to recognize her situation as everything she is initially told is meant to keep her in the dark. Living in the nineteenth century, Jane has an extensive amount of pressure to be the perfect housewife and comply to her domestic expectations. Women have little rights and respect, and they must pursue their roles as women and tend to their husband and children's needs without complaint. Jane is very aware of these pressures placed upon her, as she is constantly describing how she must make John happy, and get well for John and the baby.
Applicable Theories of Criminal Behavior Social Risk Factors: He didn’t always live in poverty, but once his family wasn’t there he was in poverty. He also received rejection by his peers, when they often teased him because of his deformity. Parental and Family Risk Factors: His mother used a very authoritarian style to shape and control her sons. This caused irreparable damage to Gein throughout growing up. His mothers parental monitoring was too much, she never let Ed do anything and always kept him hidden.
This incident is an example of physical violence and contains both themes of the negative influence of peers, and more importantly, powerlessness. In this scene, Tiffany portrays the physical powerlessness among woman, when confronted by violent youths. The language of the characters and the stage directions contribute to the conveyance of violence in this scene. The quote, “She runs away. Ricko attacks Jared.
What is a secret? Can a secret be two little girls, whispering and giggling in each other’s ear? Can it be a deep painful past within a family? Secrets are not to be told, but to be hidden, causing a cycle of pain and misery for the people involved. To become involved is to have a responsibility of living in fear.
However, emotionally, socially, and behaviorally he yearns for friendship and close relations as every human being would. He even creates imaginary friends to keep the loneliness away. He can sense the notion of love, and does so without knowing what it is, although he has no one to love him back. Grendel and the humans share a common language, but the humans’ disgust and fear of Grendel precludes any actual meaningful exchange. Grendel’s torture is even more painful because he is so close to the humans and yet always kept away at a distance.
Also by using an interview form, he shows not only how the main character feels in her own words, he gives his audience a first- hand look into her situation. The fear and uncertainty that she lives in is unimaginable to me. Not being able to fully understand things like instructions for medication, labels for food, or welfare papers make it hard to take care of the everyday needs for her children. The living conditions that she describes put her family in constant danger physically and medically. I found this writing to be a very heartbreaking insight into the plight that Laura faces.