But Cal after meeting his mother has realized that he is not at all like his mother. Instead he has some good in him that Cal takes Lee’s advice of him being someone. Making Cal’s evilness to good. Adam – “‘Cal!’ He said harshly’ ‘Sir?’ ‘I trust you, son’,” (Steinbeck 596). Adam has finally has his father and son moment with one of his children that he is grateful to express himself to his son Cal.
The DeRosier’s were also the ones who shattered her dreams of a perfect family by saying “We take you in because your parents don’t want you"(35). The DeRosier’s left April with a shame of her background and an even deeper shame for her parents. Even though the DeRosier’s did so much bad for April and her identity, they still did some good for her. They made such an horrible environment but April stayed strong and grew as a person. She even said “I could let the DeRosier’s suck out my dignity for now and I could pretend they had me where they wanted me.
Chris never would have left without intending on returning. Chris’s dysfunctional family and his abusive father, prompted him to take the trip even more. His, sister Carine, however, he loved to much to abandon. Chris wrote in a letter to Carine once that she was the only one who understood him. The two had a closer relationship than the average brother and sister, due to their fathers’ random outbursts of rage.
George and Lennie are two migrant workers in the 1930’s that have nothing but each other, and the hope for the realization of an American dream. George being the good man he is has to put up with Lennie who seems to be nothing but trouble. Lennie is an innocent man but the mild mental disability he carries in his life seems to work against him and George. Throughout the book we learn a great deal about the relationship between Lennie and George, and just why George made the decision he made at the end of the novella.
He did not have a choice and therefore he hated everything about serving other than the friend he made and the good times they shared together. Telling stories is what helps him find peace where there was none to be found. “How to Tell a True War Story” evaluates the relationship between war experience, storytelling, and friendship as a soldier’s insight is manipulated by the Vietnam War. Kiley’s reaction to his best friend Lemon’s death results to a strong representation of cruelty and suffering. “War is nasty; war is fun.
He does not hesitate in choosing between justice and his favorite son, he gets really mad when Wes put Frank to justice for his crimes and uses his power to free him. The power and respect for Hayden made them the law and shaped their community. In 1948, there were fewer rights, mainly because of the war that happened in few years back. The town was still recovering from the war and some of the rights were wiped out. The Indian people had less right than the white people.
The differences between the examples from the movie and the example of the berating girlfriend is that when Cathy’s best friend Elenor seen that violent behavior was happening in Cathy’s marriage, she could take that as her business because she was close to cathy and seen that Cathy had bruises on her. It showed that Elenor cared for Cathy, even though it wasn’t Elenor’s business she was concerned about Cathy’s
For example Lieutenant Cross was always thinking about Martha the women he loved back in the United States. This thought of her made Lieutenant Cross forget that he was in a war zone and before he knew it Ted Lavender died because of his emotional thought about her. Lieutenant Cross and Tim O’Brien share the same feeling of guilt. Lieutenant Cross feels bad after but one can see how these thoughts hit oneself hard and just like Tim O’Brien this sticks with him a long time because he believes if was focused and not going into his own world he could of saved one of his fellow
In the story “ The Outsiders” by S.E Hinton each character feels acceptance from someone or something. Pony feels acceptance from Darry, Johnny and Bob feels acceptance from their parents, and Dallas feels acceptance from society. At the beginning of the novel, Ponyboy blames Darry for being too strict and always bothering him for not using his head. He recognizes the sacrifices that Darry has made to raise his two little brothers, but still thinks Darry just doesn't care for him at all. But in Chapter 5, when Soda and Darry come to the hospital, Ponyboy has a revelation.
However, as I attend college and live by myself, I realized he was right to some extent, and his words came out because he also cared about my future as much as I do. In the movie Smoke Signals, Victor believes his father Arnold abandons him and does not love him. However, after meeting Suzy, finding the word of “home” behind the family photo, and the illusion of Victor’s father giving him a hand melt his heart, and Victor manages to accept and forgive his father. Through these events in the movie, I might look back myself and shadow myself onto Victor; this would be the reason why the process of Victor’s change caught