Casey Anthony Case Ray Cantu Columbia Southern University Introduction History shows that when children come up missing the parents are the number one suspects. “The parent suspects were eventually exonerated by DNA evidence after experiencing extensive scrutiny and persistent suspicions of guilt by police” (Forensic Examiner, 2013, p.48, para. 1). Caylee Anthony, a two-year old girl from Orlando, Florida was reported missing by her grandparents on July 15, 2008 and reported not seeing her for 31 days. Casey Anthony, Caylee’s mother was questioned by police and her alibi for not seeing her daughter was that she dropped off her daughter with nanny and the nanny kidnapped her.
She had no power left, no sense of well-being. “It was the beginning of the end of reality for my mother. When she began to sit around and walk around talking to herself-almost as though she was unaware that we were there- it became increasingly terrifying” (Haley and X 19). The welfare people saw that she was weakening and began to take advantage. Moreover, they mentioned a different home for Malcolm, a home where it was humble and invigorating for him to live.
The Stolen Generation. 100 000 Indigenous children separated from their loved ones and communities at a young age (Reconciliaction Network, 2007). Can you imagine the psychological scarring - the fear and confusion? And on the other hand, can you even begin to understand how Australians could have treated the original inhabitants of our land in this way. David Keig, a survivor of this tragedy, wrote of his journey in a poem titled, The Stolen Generation.
Chanda Secrets First Log: Chapters 1~14(Part1) Plot: -The unknown disease took away Sara’s Life. -The feeling of Chanda’s family after the death of Sara. -Jonah changed into a whole different person. Response #1: At this pointing the novel – The death of Sara has been introduced, the relationship between Jonah and Mrs.Kabelo, Chanda’s mama gets worse. Sara is Chanda’s half-sister.
I would describe Gates feeling towards his mother as compassionate. When Gates mother started going through the depression he was hurt as well. He felt “ powerless” because there was nothing he could do about his mothers situation. Due to his mothers sickness he began to withdraw from other kids and he felt devastated. He watched his mother change everyday and go through stages of her depression.
Molly is symbolic of the thousands of children forcibly removed from their families. Her persecution is highlighted in the scene when Mr Neville, chief protector of Aborigines, is trying to “breed them out”. Neville is experiencing difficulty in his attempt to extinguish the powerful sense of belonging that Molly has to the land and her people. Molly speaks in her traditional Aboriginal language saying “we don’t belong here; we are going to our country, our home back at Jigalong”. This depicts her ability to overcome the barriers that Mr Neville has put in her way to be isolated from her ‘true’ culture.
“The Church of No Reason” In her short story, “The Church of No Reason”, Andrea Barrett illustrates the cascade effects of depression, sorrow and betrayal. Her use of symbolism with characterization in this story is interesting showing how a mother gave up hope on life. Describing how depression Lead her to a book she believed gave her more than just answers, as she said “The point is that there has to be something to life besides working and raising you”. Her depression grew so deep that she shunned her most important responsibly, her family. Andrea uniquely described the mother throughout the story as a person that was loosing so much, so quickly.
Reverend Lancelot Threlkeld also witnessed the abduction of two young Aboriginal girls. Two little girls, while waiting to board a train, were taken away by the colonists for the colonist’s own personal gain. Reverend Lancelot, who observed the colonists at the station, recounts what he saw; “They [the British colonists] reserved two small girls about seven years old for lascivious purposes”(Welsh 180). The girls were both forcibly taken from their families who were given no reason for the abduction. Abducted girls usually became spouses.
This results in the evident theme of belonging and abandonment. Throughout this novel, the characters of Rayona, Christine, and Ida bring to life this recurring theme. Left behind by her Mom, dad, Father Tom, Aunt Ida and her peers, Rayona, the youngest of the three main women in the novel, experiences abandonment. During Rayona’s whole life, her father Elgin is barely there, pooping in and out whenever convenient for him. Feeling like she is not good enough, Rayona goes out of her way to get his attention and make him want to be with her.
Bella’s guilt caused by her mother’s fear of loneliness has left her short of any male relations. She cannot escape the wrath of her mother, and continually surrenders to her mother's will. Also, Bella has felt she cannot start her own relationship because her mother, in an effort to protect her living children, she has trained them not to feel by hardening them with punishments such as locking them in a closet or beating them with her cane” (Bloom, Harold. “List of characters in Lost in Yonkers. p67-68).