Even though both Jefferson and Grant Wiggins learned a good lesson, I felt that Grant was the one that had learn much more. Jefferson was just not open to his family members and those close to him, but had either recorded or kept his feelings inside. When he actually expressed his sadness and frustration to people, I guess some people would classify that as a big lesson learned, but I think Grant went through some major change. Grant had first felt that there was no point in his lifestyle. Why was he living like this?
Farewell to Manzanar Many things in injustice can do many things to a person. It can make a person beg for freedom, something we all take for granted today. Injustice can also twist someone's mind making their mental beings violently different than before. This applies to Jeanne's father, who after a while at Manzanar began to ruin his mental willingness to live. However despite these negative effects of injustice, it can be a hard and tough way to help someone mature.
After Sethe spent some time with Beloved, she felt guilty for what she did to her and began apologizing to her. Amir suffered more to gain his redemption. This will be made evident after analyzing how Amir and Sethe felt after doing what they had done and the pain they endured when gaining their redemption. Amir suffered more to gain redemption because he experienced guilt for a longer period of time. Although feeling guilt doesn’t accomplish redemption, it is the first step to it.
Nevertheless, he is not as fine as Lyman thought. Even though his brother did his best to help him, Henry could not accept the new awful things he was going trough, therefore he took his own life. Watching someone you love suffering is heart wrenching, especially when nothing can be done to help the situation. Erdrich looks at the trauma of a soldier returning home from war and how their family must cope with his emotional change. The effects of war not only affect the soldier, but also cause an effect on families and loved ones.
She came from a very poor family and she strived to get where she is today. Lately she has begun feeling stressed out and depressed in her life. She feels as if everything is going in the wrong direction. Emily has a husband who verbally, emotionally and physically abuses her. She loves him so much but she is getting sick to the point she feels that life means nothing to her.
Making big mistakes in his childhood, Amir has lived his own life with regret and the shame of the past, but tried to avoid it, as he made a commence in the beginning, " I knew it wasn't just Rahim Khan on the line. It was my past of unatoned sins." (1). Recalling of his past, Amir blamed himself as a coward, who had betrayed his childhood friend, Hassan. By taking the excuse what the most important thing to him is Baba's love, Amir consoled himself that Hassan was just a price which he needed to pay for it, because "Nothing was free in this world"
Somebody loses a child, a sibling, a friend. Each person feels the pain and no one’s grief is worse than another. To survive such a hardship the family needs to stick together, helping each other and listen to one another. While it is hard to be strong during such a difficult time, ignoring the hurt and pain of those in need can cause other consequences down the
Forgiveness is something that must come within a person; if one cannot forgive themselves for their wrong doings it is harder to accept what has been done for and to move on. This being, ‘The Kite Runner’, by Khaled Hussani shows a great amount of forgiveness. The main character in the book named Amir, shows a high emotion of jealousy for his brother Hassan throughout their childhood which leads him into guilt amongst himself. Amir was an insecure child which left him in the regret of witnessing Hassan through bad situations. This resulted in him not being able to defend Hassan through his struggles.
Human suffering is universal and inescapable. We all suffer at times and at times when we are fortunate we learn from that. This lesson I learned when I broke my left hand wrist two times and being an immigrant when I suffered from not knowing English as well understanding hardness of communicating. Recovering from suffering is not like recovering from a disease. Many people don’t come out healed; they come out different.
With the majority of the affected families taking an active roll in the caring for Alzheimer’s patients it seems that the responsibilities of caring for a family member of a family of orientation while juggling the responsibilities of being a member of a family of procreation and other constraints such as work puts a strain on the caretaker no matter what the sex or gender of the caretaker may be. Alzheimer’s forces a family into a situation they did not willingly ask for and are made to adapt one way or another to the situation because refusal to do so can severely threaten the family structure. The length of the illness causes emotional strains along with physical and financial costs, which can intensify the family’s feeling of abandonment and loss. Having had a family member ravaged by this disease I am aware of the difficulties that families incur when dealing with the struggles brought on by Alzheimer’s and feel that more research and time need to be devoted to the issue. The issues that arise affect not only the family system but, especially with the expected growth of those diagnosed with the disease, society as a whole.