Although, Dana’s fear is not about death, she fears never being able to establish a life somewhere to create a family because military men are always traveling or moving from city to city. Charles knows about all these sacrifices, and without a doubt he knows that Dana is this kind of strong woman as he wrote in the journal to their son Jordan, “It takes a special kind of woman to be married to a soldier. (…) You really have to be a self-motivated and strong-willed person. You spend a lot of time alone because he’s gone” (210). Charles’ decision is reasonable, and unfortunately he could not go through to his plans of completing the tour of duty and coming back home for
My doubt I had in myself hampered me from feeling as though I was incapable of changing my situations. I want his belief in self to be his perserverence. Only I held myself back, through having a fixed mindset for all those years because my father did not believe in me. I wish to be the reason my son never holds back, that he will always push on and up because his mother always believed in him and told him he could and how he can not what he can't and how he will fail. I chose not to have fixed mindsets anymore.
You can’t pray a lie-I found that out” (Twain 227). Huck is trying to follow what society views as normal. Although he attempts to pray for it, he knows he cannot because it is not what is right. The reason Huck is unable to pray what he wanted is because, in his heart, he knows it is wrong. He knows that he should not turn in Jim because Jim has done nothing but help Huck in his adventure and has done nothing wrong to Huck.
Lastly, the fathers expectations of two characters does not align with the mothers, yet in one piece of literature the mother expected exactly what the father wished. The feeling of not conforming to societal and parental expectations and not being appreciated condemns youth into believing they are worthless and negatively affects their outlook on life. “Brother Dear” and “A Cap for Steve” both deal with the raw issue of parents not accepting children’s ambitions in life. The two main characters have different goals yet both goals resembled the life that they wish to live at that time. Greg, from the short story “Brother Dear,” does not desire to attend university and become a man of business yet that is all his father wants for him.
Chillingsworth tells Hester that he bears no ill will against her because he was foolish for sending her alone, but that he will find the father at all costs, which concerns Hester very much because she loves Dimmesdale. She argues with Chillingsworth that it is unjust for him to punish just one and not both but he won’t have it. Chillingsworth is bent solely on Dimmesdale and seeking revenge against the man who took his wife. The fact that even Hester argues for Dimmesdale’s life through all he made her go through alone makes the reader have the highest respect for Hester because of her
Tell me. How? There will be trouble from this. When a son goes so far away from a father, there can only be trouble.” His father just wanted to raise him with the sense of family and his religion. He wanted to protect him from the bad influences, but he was only scared of his son’s gift because he didn’t know what it meant for him.
Knowing that he could have been less obstinate and changed his assessment of power would have prevented Creon's son and wife from dying the way they did. Although Antigone was also persistent in not changing her own viewpoints, this worked in her favor because she was stubborn for a better reason than Creon. She stood up for her family because she knew it was the right thing to do. Creon did not show that he cared about anything but his own appearance for the fear that he will be observed as weak, until it was too late. By comparing and contrasting the characters of Creon and Antigone, one can assume that a lesson to be learnt from reading this play is that one should do what they believe is right based on their values and not concentrate on the thoughts of those who aren't important to him or
By what she is writing, she is not making excuses for the absent father, just the reasoning behind why he doesn’t or cannot pay. She is pointing out also that just because the father doesn’t pay child support that he is still in his children’s lives because he does truly care about them. analysis The author Rebecca Blank, is saying this in a manner of concern. She truly shows her feelings on this matter by the research that she has clearly
Franzen also goes on to later say “I don’t like to remember how impatient I was for my father’s breathing to stop, how ready to be free of him I was.” (pg 98) I was surprised to find that he would say something like that about the man that was part of giving him life. I started to think more about a deeper reason for him to have said that and I started to think it was because he really loved his father. Franzen didn’t want to see his father suffer through this horrible disease anymore, so he wanted it to just be over for his father’s own sake. I personally would never want to see a loved one suffer the way Franzen had to watch his father. It would be a hard thing that I don’t know if I ever could go
The writer uses ‘utterly torn’ to describe Alison, which shows that her moods are entangled, and show her desperate in facing the choice of whether to decide to stay with her family or continue chasing her dream. It makes the reader understand Alison. Alison Hargreaves wants to fulfill her dream of climbing K2, while she wants to be back with her children, which is a difficult decision for her. Also, ‘dinking endless cups of coffee’ shows that Alison is struggling with the problem again. Readers can know that Alison is facing a great decision in her life and she has unwavering commitment to both her family and climbing.