Loja had come from a large family of nine with a very poor background and a lot of suffering and pain but also were fortunate to have a little redemption and prosperity in their life, though they never became rich but they were able to attain the lower middle class status in their country.Loja was the second oldest boy of his family he knew just six of his siblings, his parent had lost three daughters to ailment that could not be cured by any amount of home medications. When loja was nine he had a vision that changed his life. he was playing with his brother pablo outside of their grandpa’s home, when he had seen the image that appeared to be as the image of jesus in a light that struck from the sky into the ground the image which appeared to be floating and looking down on them wore a white tunic extended his arms forward and the pale hands of jesus were pierced and bleeding just like any other countless pictures of jesus loja had seen. Loja felt marveled and from that point on he felt special and protected by a divine force. Later on in Lojas life he became a star athlete,which made him have no doubt that God was illuminating a path for him.
Under the care of her grandmother, she is able to recover, but never wholly reconciles with her father because her grandmother “was never fond of Dad in the first place” (Pham 57). Chi feels safe and secure and is even reluctant to move to America because “she felt at home in Phan Thiet and she loved Grandma” (Pham 58). As Chi grows up, her new freedom allows her to become braver, and this becomes associated with her new identity as a young teenager. When Pham’s family is escaping to America, Chi shows responsibility as the oldest sibling by helping her younger brothers. “’I’ve got your bag,’ she whispered.
Carl doesn’t know who his father is. He only knows his name, which is Gallop. Carl thinks he has a memory of his father’s face. He lives with his mother Kerry, but most the time when its school holidays he is sent to his auntie Beryl’s house. Carl is not fond of auntie Beryl because she is cold, rude and abrupt to almost everybody.
In the last story The Most Dangerous Game, A man is forced to survive in ways he didn’t know were possible. Throughout all three stories, the main characters learn a life lesson, grow as people, and change from the experience they have been put in. In the story Marigolds, the main character Lizbeth is experiencing conflict in her life. Her conflict is that she is forced to become an adult. “Each morning our mother and father trudged wearily down the dirt road and around the bend (Pg50).” The parents did everything they could to support the family.
His biological mother, Florence Spellman, was 19 years old when she gave birth to Larry Ellison. When Larry was nine month old Florence realized that she could not provide proper care for Larry and she gave him to her aunt Lilian Ellison. Lilian and Luis Ellison adopted Larry and raised him in a middle class neighborhood near Chicago. Larry Ellison’s adoptive mother was a warm and loving woman. In contrast, his adoptive father was a harsh and unsupportive man who often showed a lack of faith in his son’s abilities.
She was one of four children from her parents, Clotilde and Berndt Danielson, marriage. During the time that the two were married, Berndt ruled with an iron fist and was not affectionate. When he remarried, Berndt had a son named Berndt Jr. The son took center stage and became the favored child. At the tender age of nine, Horney developed a crush on her brother but was rejected and shunned of reciprocated feelings from him.
. Charles did not find this funny at all, because he knew if he did the same thing, his mother probably would punish him. In this story Charles have a brother call GL, a brother who always get the attention of his mother the attention that Charles never had. In this story the hero’s journey is not finished, because Charles refuse to return, he refuse to make everything like it was before he left home, even if his mother try to make him understand, “you’re about thirty years too late, Mama” after this words Charles go to his bedroom, but this time Charles was different, now he was self confident and secure about himself, he was relief of all his hiding feelings, now Charles was a different person. Not tell to the people we love the things that we have inside can in the long
It has huge mountains, hot deserts, fertile valleys, and rolling plains. Growing up wasn’t easy for me and my two sisters and me because as a female I did not have the same right as male. Girls were not allowed to go to school. At a time when me and my sister was young my mom would dress us up as a boy so I could go to school and have the same amount of respect as male. as a result to that it gave us the world of boundless male freedoms is thus replaced with the invisible chains that mark an Afghan women’s life.
My aunt married her high school sweetheart, and has said several times that he is the only man that she has ever loved. At one time, they were expecting a baby and she was too sick to work. It just so happened that around that same time, my uncle lost his job due to cut backs. They separated for about one year after they
She is the strongest and most hard working woman I know. When I was 16 years old my dad died of Leukemia, and my mom became a single mother. My grandmother taught my mother about foods, clothing, domestic values, etc. My grandfather was a hard working farmer. One day while her father taught her about the value of the land, a storm came and destroyed the land, and her family lost everything.