The first thing that makes a good parent is not how you discipline your child or what classes they take, but it is to show that you care about them. Rex and Rose Mary do have interesting parenting methods, but like all loving parents, they treat their kids with love and care and not like nuisances. Rex has a very vivid imagination and before bed time, he shares some of it with his children who in turn look forward to his stories: “Tell us a story about yourself, Dad” we’d beg him”(Walls 24). Rex’s stories must be extravagant to have the children “beg” for him to tell them one, meaning that they enjoy his stories a lot. In other words, Rex cares about his kids and puts in effort to come up with these stories, just to make them happy.
As you can see, the system needs to change because its not helping some women at all, its hurting them. Furthermore, I believe that some children are better off with there fathers. When non-custodial fathers are highly involved with their children’s learning, the children are more likely to get A's at all grade levels (2007 National Center for Education Statistics). Some mothers are to busy doing meaningless things, and are not worried about the well being of there children. Highly involved fathers also contribute to increased mental dexterity in children, increased empathy, less stereotyped sex role beliefs and greater self- control (Abramovitch, H. 1997.
Gen Powell has given me an idol, a hero to look up to. I believe that we share somewhat of a similar background. I also understand the great opportunity that our parents have handed to us, by coming to this country. I appreciate the fact that I can become whatever I set my mind to, because America is the land of opportunity. As a United States soldier, I also have be trained that it takes hard work, motivation, and dedication to make your dreams come true.
The Glass Castle is a stirring account of Walls’s childhood, her relationships with her family, and her ability to overcome all the hardships she was faced with. While Walls was a child, she wasn’t totally aware of how negatively most people would view her environment. Even as a young child, however, she could sense how unstable her home was; as she states, “…what I did know was that I lived in a world that at any moment could erupt into fire. It was the sort of knowledge that kept you on your toes” (page 34). Her parents were children themselves, in many ways: they could not stick to a budget, keep a job or stay in one place for long, and even though they inherited a large house and land worth up to a million dollars, along with, among other things, “…a hand-carved upright piano, sideboards with antique silver serving sets, and glass-fronted cabinets filled with Grandma’s bone china…” (page 94), they could not even provide their children with two square meals a day.
* We learn that after the accident, Mattie survived even though she almost didn’t and wishes she hadn’t. Zeena then invited Mattie to come back and live with them and her health returned and she takes care of Mattie and Ethan now. We learn that they pretty much all had terrible lives. * Protagonist: Ethan Frome, Antagonist: Zeena Frome, Main conflict: Ethan’s conflict within himself, about his love for Mattie. * Theme- Love: characters are in a love triangle which they never escape.
Paige Cooper 12/12/08 English 1B, Anna Mantazaris Lucy Grealy had the misfortune of at the age of nine being afflicted with a disability that was written all over her face and with being intelligent enough to know how different her life was because of it. Lucy would never know the bliss of ignorance. She completely understood what society perceived as beauty, that she once had it and had since lost it, along with her childhood and chance at a normal life. Lucy Grealy’s memoir Autobiography of a Face takes the reader through her lifetime of internal and external struggles with her disease and her desire to achieve perfect physical beauty. Lucy’s idea of beauty is external, her mothers internal.
In “Maestro” the inspirational journey of Paul trying to grip his highest dream there was disappointment but he still received “Honorable mentions”. Paul ended up within a life “with a women and child that he loved, within the confines of I life he hated” the disappointment of not achieve his dreams and the loss of Eduard Keller does show in “maestro” but Paul doesn’t realize that he isn’t failing he is at a great level he may not be “one in a million” but he sure is “one in a thousand” and that itself is a pretty big goal to achieve itself. Paul ended up with a girl that he loves, he was no longer shy to bullies and gained confidence and he grew so much throughout “Maestro”, not all of Paul’s life is full of failure and disappointment but rather “a small hurt to save a wasted life”. Paul achieved high and he gained a wife and child afterwards this overthrows the big disappointments in his life to make his journey through it
Silence becomes ordinary when courage is forgotten. The courage to speak up and the courage to live life the way one wants for him/herself is what breaks the silence. Most of the time, silence is learned and passed on by following the footsteps of a role model. From the stories we have read in class, every protagonist fights a battle of how to live their life outside the norms of their society. The character of Isobel in “Precious,” by Nalo Hopkinson, loses her voice, one of the most valuable treasures in her life, because she never stood up for herself.
Examples like Hester’s alienation during the scaffold scene, Pearl being shunned by children, and Dimmesdale’s isolation caused by his thoughts and intentions contributed to the novel’s prestige and grandeur. A great story with such emotional significance like this one with always be treasured. Isolation is not only experienced in this tale; it is experienced by everyone in everyday life. the evil of isolation can be a physically, morally, and socially tortuous event in Devoid of any social contact, save that of her daughter, Hester must endure of lonely existence. "In all her intercourse with society, save that of her daughter, there was nothing that made [Hester] feel as if she belonged
As stated by Quindlen, “I don’t believe you can write poetry, or compose music, or become an actor without downtime. (151)” A child’s full potential for a creative mind and future can be beneficial with adequate downtime. One of the many benefits of proper downtime is being able to have time to foster family relationships. Without the benefit of downtime parents may not be able to really get to know their children. For this reason Quindlen wrote, the lives of children who do not have enough downtime for family talks will miss this beneficial asset for families (151).