Johnny wants his family to accept him, he want to be loved by his parent. He has never gotten that love because his mother didn’t love him and his father was a drunken alcoholic, who abused him. He seeks acceptance from the gang, and although stabbing Bob, which is completely out of character, as Ponyboy says “Johnny is the quite one”. (chp.1). He does it to protect Pony and so the gang would love him more and let him be a part of it.
Mike, however, was committed to his family and did not like the idea of keeping boarders to obtain more money for he didn’t want his wife, Mary, to overexert herself. After Mike died, Mary was left with little money to survive and support their four children. Dobie, like Mike, was committed to his family and was determined to update his home life to keep his wife, Julie happy. Dobie and Julie were constantly in debt from buying new appliances such as a stove, washing machine and refrigerator; however, Dobie never let money issues consume their
Nicole, the father, had remembered an instrument that looked like a bagpipe, which he used to play when young. Unfortunately, according to the story, Nicole could not remember how the “bagpipe” instrument would be built. In the quest to build the instrument, Nicole had to know how to make the instrument (Mazer, 1993). After struggling and failing to make the instrument owing to lack of skills, Nicole decided to write a letter to his father in order to inquire on how he could make the ciramella. The family having lived in America during the American Great Depression, it is clear that the family was ravaging in poverty and poor education.
Lazy Lawrence The story “Lazy Lawrence” is about a young boy, Jem, which lives with his mother and his mother cannot afford the rent. So in order for the rent to get paid, she was going to sell their horse, Lightfoot. Jem does not want this to happen so he takes matters into his own hands. He finds work with a mistress and saves every penny he gets to save his horse. When the day comes to sell the horse, Jem wanted to surprise his mother with the money, but then he realized someone stole all the money that he had saved up.
Furthermore, Ben is extremely brave; imagine trying to hide such a great and terrible secret from your loved ones for almost a year, imagine how much courage that would take. Lastly, Ben is a sympathetic person. When Dallas Suzuki, the object of Ben’s lust and admiration, and his girlfriend, tells Ben that she was molested by her uncle as a child, and that her “brother” is really her son, Ben does not reject her and is not disgusted by her, instead, he embraces Dallas for being able to trust him enough to
He tried to save his wife from the humiliation and the torture she was about to endure, but she made it very clear through her trial how she felt about him. “‘I have my own man?” Mu glanced at her husband and smirked. She straightened up and said, “My man is nothing. He is no good, I mean in bed. He always comes before I feel anything.’” She treats her husband poorly in front of the whole town, even after he tried to help her out.
The eight year old putting his smooth arms around his father's neck proves that the boy's strange behavior is partially due to the father's behaviors. Being so young and having to deal with the death of his mother takes its toll on the boy's actions. He doesn't know any better than to dig out the wig from the trash because he is only eight years old and motherless. His father seems to lack the responsibility to tell him no in situations because he doesn't want to hurt the boy anymore than he already is. If the boy was older and more mature when he lost his mother, then he might not be susceptible to behaving so
Proctors action s reveal his inner strength. For example, when John tears his testimony he is giving his life away. Proctor action’s not common because he is a brave man who cares about his family. In Salem no body else would have dared defy authority because they are afraid to die by the injustices of the town. John Proctor choose to go against the judge s orders for the reputation of his family can be ruin because of his action.
Amir’s relationship to his mother, father and half brother, Hassan, are guilt ridden and strained. Finally, Amir addresses this guilt and proves his remorse through selfless acts. It is through selfless acts that his sins of the past are settled and he is able to become a man and form a complete sense of self. Amir’s sense of guilt stems from the very moment he was born. Amir’s mother died in childbirth and at times, Amir feels like Baba resents him for taking the life of his beautiful wife.
Before his mom and sisters died, he was given plenty of love. After they were gone, the only person left for him to love was his father. Chlomo Wiesel wasn’t the kind of person that shows love and affection to people though. It’s more towards the end of the book that Elie realizes how much he cares about his dad. At one point, when Chlomo was being beaten by Idek, he was ashamed of his father and he didn’t feel any grief for him.