If I lived back in that time, and having just finished the war with Britain where we finally got our independence, I would remind people all the issues we had. Britain was trying to tell us what we needed to do and how we needed to do things without really knowing what our problems were here. How is this new Constitution which gives a lot of power to the national government different from having Britain tell us what we needed to do. I would think if I lived back then I would say we are going from one wrong to another and I would oppose the Constitution. The Anti-Federalists did not want to ratify the Constitution.
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.
“Marginal” In Ian Frazier’s “In Praise of Margins”, “marginal” places and activities are described to readers. He believes that “marginal” places and activities might not work out in the economic world. But in other ways, they are valuable because they avoid the busy jammed up world by letting people do things in these places without being stressed out. In the essay, the difference between being a child and an adult is shown in “the woods”. As a child, Frazier and his friend did senseless fun things with no worries like throwing rocks, shooting frogs, making forts, and climbed trees.
In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, it exhibits the adventures, troubles, and maturing of and eleven year old boy named Huck Finn. Huck Finn comes from the lowest part in white society. His father is a lush, and is never seen doing anything for him. Huck is homeless, but lives with Widow Douglas, who is trying to change him. This doesn’t go very well because he goes back to his ways of being independent.
In the novel, Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck, George is Lennies flashlight. He guides Lennie through the bad time and shows Lennie other ways of solving his promlems. Without George his friend would be lost in the world with no references. George has many feelings for his best friend Lennie. He is sometimes mean to Lennie, complaining that he misses out on somethings in life because he has to look out for Lennie.
MANLIER THAN THE OLD MAN AFTERALL In Khaled Hosseini’s “The Kite Runner,” Amir’s father, Baba, was a well respected, self-oriented man who never got to understand his 12 year old son Amir. This lead him to not being able to satisfy the needs of his son as a father should. This affected Amir’s character horribly. Amir began to stop believing in himself and started to make the wrong decisions, which made the rest of his adult life a living hell. Through out the novel Amir failed to stand up for himself, and Hassan, who later we discovered was his half brother.
He holds the opinions of his neighbors above his own family. Moss, Leonard. Arthur Miller. New York: Twayne, 1967. 45-58 Annotation: Biff Lowman looks to his father for moral support and guidance, but instead finds his father cheating.
Arthur’s actions make him one of the mockingbirds of the novel. Arthur turns out to be innocent, kind, gentle and protective of children. After all the years and hardships he went thorough, he eventually comes out of his house to save two children that were afraid to go near
John also wants to have good friends and have a sense of what it feels like for someone to care for him. The teenager is afraid of being a reject or being left, so the immature boy pushes people away before they have a chance to reject the lonely one. In addition, John’s love for attention always gets the best of him. The boy feels he is not interesting due to his parent’s lack of affection towards their son, so John, “Prevaricates for prevaricating’s sake” (25). John is always telling constant lies such as when he calls the operator, ‘”You can dial that number yourself, sir.” “No, I cannot.
Darkness soon arises though as Dick Gregory meets his teacher. To him, she thought that he was a stupid child. She didn’t think he was kind, helpful, or special. Of course, this may not be the case at all. In Greg’s story, his teacher skips him in turn for the community chest.