She was a mother who played tortuous, unpredictable games that left him nearly dead. He had to learn how to play his mother's games in order to survive because she no longer considered him a son, but a slave; no longer a boy, but an "it." A Child Called “It” describes one of the worst documented cases of child abuse in California history. Dave lived I a world of starvation, cruelty, and torture from the age of four until he was rescued by school officials at the age of twelve. In the following scene, Dave’s mother is yelling at him and tried to force him to lie on flames so she could watch
Dubose is a perfect example of somebody who possessed courage and somebody that came out of their comfort zone. She was an old, wicked women who was addicted to morphine. She knew she was going to die when Dr. Reynolds said she only had a few months left. Hearing this Mrs. Dubose said that their was still one thing out of order which tells the reader she wanted to do something before she died. Given the news that she was going to die, Mrs. Dubose was not scared, instead she accepted it and stayed calm.
Several events varying from late babysitting checks to rumors of Sylvia’s promiscuous sex life brought Gertrude to despise Sylvia and punish her. This punishment started getting more and more severe resulting in on-going torture. Gertrude’s children and their friends, following in her footsteps, began torturing Sylvia as well. Sylvia could expect being burned by cigarettes, being thrown down stairs, getting bathed in boiling water, beaten, cut, having objects inserted into her vagina, and being forced to eat her own feces on a day to day basis not only from Gertrude but also her children and other neighborhood teenagers. This torture lasted for months.
He physically and mentally abuses Delia, takes her income while failing to make his own, and has an affair on the side. Despite being out of work, for three months he has paid his mistress Bertha's rent. Sykes brings negativity to his relationship with Delia, and tries to poison her with a rattlesnake. Tired of Delia and seeking out freedom with his "portly" mistress Bertha, Sykes hatches a plan to poison Delia by planting a rattlesnake in her washing clothes, but the plan backfires after he is fatally bitten in the neck. After Sykes is bitten in the neck by the rattlesnake, Delia sits under a chinaberry tree while hearing the distant moaning and wailing of Sykes.
Stephanie Minton Professor Starr English 111 83N 27 January 2013 I am Adam Lanza’s Mother Liza Long has a horrible issue on her hands. Her 13 year old son has serious mental illness problems. The mental health problems are undiagnosed and throw him into violent rages. Long describes her day-to-day struggles with her son. Long writes “I love my son but he terrifies me.” Long’s son has threatened to kill her for wanting him to return over do library books.
Holden narrates that he smashed windows of the garage and cars, and he literally lost it. His family was also trying to get him psychoanalyzed because of his actions. After leaving Mr. Antolinin’s house, Holden goes to the train station. He reads a magazine over there and says, “The magazine said that if you had any sores in your mouth that didn’t heal pretty quickly, it was a sign that you probably had cancer. I’d had this sore on my the inside of my lip for about two weeks.
Jem’s anger from the town’s people is injustice towards his father and blacks was shown in his actions of destroying the flower garden. Atticus uses this opportunity to teach both Jem and Scout a moral lesson. They were required to nurse the garden back to health. This symbolizes the courage to tolerate others even if their views are different. Atticus also has them befriend Mrs. Dubose and read to her.
I’m upset because the other children bully him, especially a boy called Clifford and a girl named Aggie. Dave thinks it is only a matter of time before she kills him, and he gets more rebellious, hoping that she will do it and so end his misery. One day at the store with his mother and brothers, he refuses to follow her orders, and when they get out of the store she beats him. When they get home she gives him another dose of the “bathroom treatment,” locking him in the bathroom with the poisonous fumes of ammonia and Clorox. In the fall of 1972, Dave’s mother seems to get worse.
"Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts." - Chapter 7 of To Kill a Mockingbird Scout realizes she is not always right about the things she says. 7. "With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable." - Chapter 12 of To Kill a Mockingbird Scout realized she couldn’t live without him and that she needed somebody to be with her.
“She tried to force him to face things. He could not endure it- it drove him out of his mind” (Morel 14), leading to Walter beating his wife when he comes home drunk because he is tired of hearing her yell. Walter’s irresponsible alcohol fueled actions greatly affect Paul; he feels very bad for his