Maria lived in the north, in Matagalpa which was known for its mountains and its hard living. People from Matagalpa were different from other Pacific cultures; they worked alone on their small plots of land. The land was small and not fertilized, so Maria and her family had to work extra hard to grow food to survive. Maria’s dad assigned the job of spreading the fertilizer on their land to Maria. Despite all the hard work they were very happy and working together on their land made them very close to each other.
As he grew older, Pickton frequently skipped school to stay home on the farm. Robert’s father was not involved in raising the children; he was known to be emotionally abusive towards Robert, causing Robert to feel neglected. His mother, Louise, might have done the best she knew how to, but she was apparently eccentric and tough on her children. It is said that Robert was very close to his mother. Louise was workaholic who ran the family meat business, she supervised the kids and expected them to put in long hours slopping pigs and looking after other animals, even on school days.
Also by using an interview form, he shows not only how the main character feels in her own words, he gives his audience a first- hand look into her situation. The fear and uncertainty that she lives in is unimaginable to me. Not being able to fully understand things like instructions for medication, labels for food, or welfare papers make it hard to take care of the everyday needs for her children. The living conditions that she describes put her family in constant danger physically and medically. I found this writing to be a very heartbreaking insight into the plight that Laura faces.
Katniss, who lives in district twelve, the poorest district still standing, is among those of the worst. She was taught how to hunt and live off the land from her father which keeps her remaining family members’ mouths somewhat full and also alive. If she wanted to survive, she needed to figure out how to make it. Those who are in poverty would enter their name more than once to be drawn for the games for rations, while, in the meantime, risking their lives to keep their families alive. “A careful analysis of naturalism reveals a problem so serious that it fails one of the major test that rational persons should expect any worldview to pass”(Nash 52).
The war affects Mariatu in a number of ways, it separates her from her family, it causes her hands to be cut off, and in the end causes a poor means of life for her and her new family. "I knew I had to get going, if not for me, for Adamsay who was still stuck in the war" When Mariatu is in Canada, she is content with not starting her education, however when she recalls to her personal experiences of the poor way of living in Sierra Leone, and her promise to Adamsay, she is reminded how she must begin with her education if she wants to help Adamsay. This is one example of how Mariatu's personal experiences motivate her to make the cultural transformation from a Sierra Leonean society to a Canadian society. The
He would sometimes argue with mother but that never worked out because she was always in control. One point when Dave was really disgusted with father is after mother stabbed him and Dave
At 16 she is kicked out of the house by your father Francesco, she has to support herself and a baby, she does her best to give Josie all she can. Josie and her mother have a strong relationship due to them being independent and the constant nagging from Nonna. Nonna is also a very strong woman, she tells Josie how Francesco treated her like a farm animal and how Marcus Stanford was there in her time of need. When Josie found out Marcus Standford was her real grandfather Josie despised Nonna and hated her for it “I hate you, Not because of my life But because of my mother's” (P218) She is angry that Nonna abandoned Christina because she got pregnant and the father was unknown but at the same time Nonna had done the same. In the end Josie forgives her after a period of time “ It took me a week to realise that I was no longer angry about what Nonna did thirty-six years
She will do what has to be done in order to preserve the endangered species that are unique to the Channel Islands. But through all that dedication Alma has a lot of self-doubt because she has so much power over these animals but even with all that power she doesn’t know what to do with it. We see her dedication when Alicia, Alma’s assistant questions her ways, “I don’t know why we have to kill everything” Alma loses hope that she hasn’t explained herself, “But that’s exactly wrong, don’t you see? Because we’re the ones who put the animals there, the sheep and cattle and pigs on Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa, the rats on Anacapa and cats and rabbits on Santa Barbara, and it’s our obligation, our duty [to return these places to their original state by killing off the interlopers]”(103-104). But even with all the power she holds she still questions her motives and that is very ironic.
Oregon Trail HIS/110 May 7, 2010 Professor: Priscilla MacDonald Oregon Trail Traveling on the Oregon Trail has been a journey that I do not think anyone can really prepare for. It is extremely hard having to leave places constantly and leave our loved ones behind knowing that there is that possibility of never getting to see them again. It is a very hard journey on everyone; it is considerably hard when you are a woman. We always have to check on the kids, making sure that they are safe and not hurt is a big job in itself. Other than making sure that the kids are okay, we women have to make sure that the men stay strong so that they are able to keep us all safe.
Why, everyone changes but she was taking the wrong path which led her to where she is today. She would always get into arguments at home with her parents, she was very stubborn, hard-headed, and anything that you would tell her would go in one ear and out the other. Almost like if she didn’t even have a conscience. But luckily, everyone knew that I love to help people so they thought that I would help her (of course) and to get her back on track with their friends and family and all that but it was really hard for me to help her since she was constantly doing what she wasn’t supposed to do. So long story short, I gave her deep lectures, I brought her to church with me, I would help her in class (when she would fall asleep) I would wake her back up by embarrassing her in front of the class by saying “Listen, this is your desk in your history class, not the bed you have at home.” Yes, I said it in front of everyone but it was because I was sick of having to “take care of her” almost like if I was her second