During the course of the novel of ‘Deadly Unna?’ the readers are exposed to the negativity between the father and his son. This affects Blacky in way that his self-esteem is almost non-existent, and the negativity is prominent throughout the novel. Examples of the neglect shown by his father are that of the time when Bob refers to Blacky as a ‘gutless wonder’, and the journey we take through the story of Blacky’s deteriorating respect for him. The ‘gutless wonder’ incident was a influential part of the novel, as Blacky realises that his Dad isn’t one to take advice of someone he feels is inferior than him, thus saying, ‘My own son, a gutless wonder. A gutless fucking wonder!’ When Blacky explains to his father about the storm, Bob insults him rather than swallow his pride and takes his son’s advice on board.
In the book the roll of masculinity takes an important place because even though it is important for both, men and women to carry their ‘duties’, they act otherwise as it is in the case of Ennis. Ennis del Mar is a man who thinks of homosexuality as something wrong to become, due to the way his father thought him as a child. As a homosexual himself with feelings for Jack but it is hard for Ennis to yield it out loud because of the ideology embed on him; he refuses to accept it. At the beginning of the book, Ennis takes a summer job, which takes place in Brokeback
He describes how the old man tried committing suicide the previous week only to be saved by his niece. It seems as though the old man’s escape from this lonely world is this well lit cafe, it is clean and it is safe. It’s sort of his anesthesia from his daily life, being that the old man is also deaf and had no one who would be waiting for him. A conversation ensues from this between an old waiter and young waiter who are keeping the cafe that evening. It seems as though the younger waiter doesn't understand why anyone would want to drink by themselves.
This site provides evidence that less people are dating, and now hanging out in groups with a casual atmosphere. For example, the article on the site blames the decline in dating to feminism and the fact that young adults do not like commitment. Kimmel argues that Guyland exists because of the need for males to escape the complexities of today’s world. Feminism, according to the article, can “make things confusing for men” and “all these uncertainties cause men to avoid dating altogether and opt for hanging out with women instead” (AOF). As one can see, there are similarities between Kimmel’s arguments of an increasing amount of males escaping the hassles of daily life through a Guyland mentality, and the sites statements that less people are dating and now “hanging
The All of It opens with Father Declan who has decided to go out fishing for the day on a river beat that seems all too impossible to catch anything. As the day persists, Father Declan reflects upon his clashing ideas concerning of the story told to him by Enda Dennehy, a recent widow of Kevin Dennehy. Kevin and Enda are believed to be married by everyone they know until Enda reveals to Father Declan that Kevin and her are actually brother and sister. Her story exposes that Kevin and her had slept together once but not out of sexual ideas, but out of creation and survival. Enda explains that her father, a mindless drunk, would lock his two children up in a freezing room until on one final occasion he did not come home for almost two days.
The drunkard says: “fine, for that I’ll teach you a type of sword-plays, and I’ll see you at temple named Mountain God this evening.” When the drunkard goes away, Sanyo’s aunt tells him to get to the market for some fresh lobsters. Sanyo Lee is a poor boy, when he was young, his parents are all dead, and so he lives with his aunt. He likes to play sword-play and Kung Fu, but no one teaches him how to play it very well. So, his aunt gave him a wooden sword, he took it as a treasure, he always played it for many hours very day. Now, he is already eighteen years old, and he wants to walk out where he lives and widen his field of vision, but he hasn’t decided to leave yet, so he always stays at home and lies on his bed.
Basically he just wants her to be 'shown off' as little as possible. We could say that this is parental worrying but having the audacity to go to the extreme of thinking of not even giving her a chance to stand on her own feet, clearly eliminates the idea of parental concern. The fact that he states that “The heads are turning like windmills” knowing that those ‘heads’ turn to every woman passing, reflect his jealousy rather than his care. This establishes the idea in the reader's mind that he is 'over-protective' about Catherine in the context of a lover. Having this level of Dominance towards not a daughter, but a niece, is very uncommon in the real world.
The book The Old Man and the Sea is a story about a lone fisherman named Santiago who after being stricken with bad luck and not catching any fish for eighty-four days decides to set out to sea so he can catch a great fish. Santiago sails his skiff farther off than the other fishermen do and ventures into the Gulf Stream. This day of fishing turns into a voyage when at noon, a gigantic Marlin fish takes the bate and is hooked. The fish is so huge that Santiago cannot pull it in and instead, the fish begins to pull the boat. For the first 3 days until Santiago eventually kills the fish, the sailor bears the strain of the line with all of his might incase the Marlin tries to break free.
They’re not you husband “They’re Not Your Husband” is a short story by Raymond Carver, where he writes about a man named Earl Ober, who is an unemployed salesman, and has a wife called Doreen who is working as a waitress, at a 24-hour coffee shop. One night after his been out drinking as he usually does he goes to see the coffee shop where his wife works. Here he is almost treated like a stranger just like every other costumer by his wife. Two men start talking about his Doreen’s weight and this bothers Earl a lot. He decides to let Doreen know that has a problem with her weight, and she should lose some weight.
Beowulf plunges into the lake and swims for almost a day before reaching Grendel’s mother. They engage in combat, but Beowulf’s sword fails him. He sees another sword among the treasures in the lair and uses it to kill Grendel’s mother. The sword blade melts upon her death but Beowulf takes the sword’s hilt and the severed head of Grendel back to greet his men. They celebrate again later that day and give him more gifts and riches to take back to the Geat nation.