Mark’s mom did this because she couldn’t stand thinking about Mark becoming like his father. She only wanted the best for him and believed that learning to read and write would give him a better future. Amy was given high expectations from the start but repeatedly failed. Her mom’s style of
d. Her father believed in her education because he believed she would actually find a husband. Since she came back home unmarried, he was disappointed. I feel that she would feel disappointed in the fact that he was ungrateful that she actually went out to get an education rather than look for someone to marry. 5. Why is her father’s reaction to her story the “most wonderful” (22) thing that happened to Cisneros that year?
Dong Sheng Huang 3 Separation A Price paid for pursue of dream “Mother and father, “ma,” “pa,” “dad,” “pop,”- all these I felt were unsuitable terms of address for my parents.” “The adult finally confronted, and now must publicly say, what the child shuddered from knowing and could never admit to him or to those many faces that smiled at his every success.” “Those were her words, but all the while her sounds would assure me: You are how now. Come close inside. With us” “Simplistically again, the bilingualists insist that a student should be reminded of his difference from others in mass society, of his “heritage.” “Without extraordinary determination and the great assistance of others –at home and at school- there is little chance for success.” “If I rehearse here the changes in my private life after my Americanization, it is finally to emphasize a public gain.” “From that distance, pretending not to notice on another occasion, I saw my father looking at the title pages of my library books.” “The boy who first entered a classroom barely able to speak English, twenty years later concluded his studies in the stately quiet of the
The Color of Water Early childhood experiences are what influence a person to be who they are when they grow up and become an adult. If someone was neglected in their childhood maybe they would grow up adopting a child, or if someone grew up being poor they would give money to charity. Ruchel Dwajra Zylska is faced with a similar predicament in the novel, The Color of Water, by James McBride. Rachael was brought up in an abusive and cruel relationship with her father, Fishel Shilsky, which ultimately affected her future experiences with men. A child and a parent’s relationship influences greatly on choosing a spouse in the future.
Therefore, she worked several jobs and received assistance from her parents to send him to Valley Forge Military School. This military school changed him for the best. On page 155 Wes says, “My mother had noticed the way I had changed since leaving for military school. My back stood straight, and my sentences now ended with “sir” or “mam.” He had new influences, a better education, a career, and a better outlook on life. How was all this possible?
I would tell him what was going on in school, how good I was doing in sports, or how bad of a play I made. He would always sit there and listen to everything I had to say. Telling my dad these stories meant the world to him; he would always tell me “I wish I could have been there for that”. After two and a half years in North Carolina, my mother decided to take an early retirement and move back to South Carolina. So now, we are back in the same town as my father and brother, as my parents promised the day they told us they were getting a divorce.
For example, if one expects someone to become successful then they will be successful. The author’s family’s expectation of him was to go to a military school and come out a better person. He did not agree with them at first because he did not want to be away from home, much less, be in a military school. His mom insisted that he attend while she spent most of her and the families’ money to enroll him. After a while, he got used to being away from home and accepted the changes, becoming successful and living up to their expectations.
There were only a few key points that really changed their paths. Author of the book’s mother wanted to make sure that her children had grown up to the best they could possibly be. Though Wes did not have a father, his mother tried to fill that role. She did so by moving their family to upstate New York, and putting him in a military school because their old neighborhood had become violent and drug infested. Also Wes had been getting into trouble, and his mother knew that needed to change.
”I think I'm going to disappear for a while”, were the words that McCandless used as farewell to the two people that gave him life(21). Yes, it is one thing to think differently from your parents and to disagree with their lifetime and to despise their actions toward you and those around you; but it is a whole different thing to be cruel and show yourself ungrateful for the “ups” in the life parents have given their children. The reason signaled by him was the fact that he disapproved of his parents’ “moral shortcomings” after finding out Walt, his dad, conceived him while still married to his first wife and left his first family for his mother. Moreover, that Walt McCandless also conceived a half-brother of his after being married to Billie, his mom, with his ex-wife. This snapped something deep down in Chris that led him to alienate his parents from his life and block all feelings he had for them being his procreators and instead look up to the teachings
Quotation 1: “He’s suffered so long, separated from his dear ones.”(1.55) Comment 1a: Athena is conversing with her father, Zeus, about why Odysseus’ suffering should be rid because he has been through enough already with the separation of his family. Being apart from the ones you love can be hard because they don’t know if you’re dead or alive. Comment 1b: Suffering can push you to end the journey sooner, so you can get rid of the pain. In this case it makes Odysseus want to come home even quicker. Statement of point 2: Odysseus’ wife and son are back at home, and their house is filled with suitors for his wife.