Not to anyone. Not to my parents, not to my brother or sister, not even to my wife. To go into it, I’ve always thought, would only cause embarrassment for all of us, a sudden need to be elsewhere, which is the natural response to a confession.” This statement gives off a cowardly feeling setting the story in motion. A 21 year old O’Brien had what seemed a lot going for him. He graduated from college had a summer job and in comes a letter saying he was now drafted into the war.
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. By saying he trusts Cal he has gain even more love and forgiveness for not being with his children for many years. Plus, Adam is able to not be like his father but instead be the opposite with just one of his children. Cal – “He though sardonically of telling him about his mother, to see how he would handle I, but he withdrew the though quickly. He didn’t think Aron could handle it at all,” (Steinbeck 586).
He ran into Thomas who was an old friend, but they hadn’t spoke since they got in a fist fight back in school. Thomas heard about Victor’s dad and sent his condolences to Victor. Victor told Thomas about needing money to go to Phoenix and Thomas offered to pay, but he had to go along on the trip. Victor told him, “I can’t take your money, I mean, I haven’t hardly talked to you in years. We’re not really friends anymore” (Alexie 413).
Their families may never get to see them. Colin’s experience is an example. Before the project, Colin and his wife had planned “four road or rail trips from New York to New England” and “one air trip to see Michelle’s parents at their winter home in Palm Springs” (Beaven-73) between November and February. When Michelle called her parents to tell them that they would not be coming to visit, her mother was not happy. “She said that my life is being subsumed by yours and that it’s as though I’ve joined some sort of eco-cult and you are the cult leader” (Beaven-75).
When I came to United States for the first time it was very hard for me to cross the border. I spent two weeks in Tijuana trying to cross the border. The INS caught me and put me in jail for one month. My family thought I had died. They were very sad.
They would always do something to him as they found out that his father was a Clerk. He couldn’t do anything as his family were so proud of him going to the academy that he just had to get through it even though he hated every bit of it; he didn’t want to disappoint his family. The language devices that Grenville has chosen to communicate the conflict Grenville has uses three language devices to
Sonia Nazario describes a very graphic picture of children without one or any parents, food, shelter, and clothing, which many Americans choose to ignore and go about their business like it doesn’t happen here and around the world. In the book Enrique’s Journey there are millions of people traveling from Central America to North America. These people are called immigrants. They are traveling to North America because they want a chance at a better life; they are fleeing the poverty, unemployment, and hunger
Matt now has a son, a good wife, and an ordinary life; he still has a good family life without going to university. In contrast with Kate, although she has good education and job, she doesn’t have her own family and in fact, she says, “I had never thought I would really love anyone.” (89) From another perspective, she seems to be the one that is going to have a sad life. Similar with Luke, when he rejects Sally it is due to his responsibility as a caregiver. He is happy with his decision since it is for his family. If Matt chooses to go to university instead and leaves Marie, he will most likely lose his happiness and truly be an emotionless “nerd” and suffers like Kate who does not truly knows the meaning of love.
Twenge says, “There’s this idea that, ‘Yeah, I don’t want to work, but I’m still going to get all the stuff I want” (Peck 303). Some young adults have not even left their home before. They enjoy staying at home and not realizing that they should go out to find jobs. The main reason why young adults do not want to work is that their parents still guide them like children. Today, millions young adults are facing real problems: lack of job opportunities, housing, and trying to survive in a fast, globalized world.
We have a population of illegal immigrants that either need help or need to be sent back to their home country. America cannot continue to ignore this problem and think it may go away, because some of these people have whole families here, who have been here for a long time and this is now the place they call home. The American people often do not see the whole story. Many times we see the stories about illegal immigrants taking jobs and jumping fences, but we never hear about the cases of people who legally came here, then overstayed their work visa because they did not want to go back to a life they did not know anymore. My only issue with immigration and it is a big one, is different languages.