Overall, the women were upset that their men were never home, thus making an unbalance in their family, leading to an unbalance in society. War not only derives nations, but also the families of the soldiers. Many explanations have raised from the text of Aristophanes play Lysistrata and the theme of Anti-War. “Behind every great man, there is a great woman”, “Brawn vs. Brains”, and “Women, you can’t live with them, and you can’t live without them.” these sayings are loosely based on the play that has occupied our history. The play Lysistrata shows the theme of anti-war through the precise work of symbolism, characters and word choice.
Change can happen in so many different ways. Studying the following three texts opens one’s mind to our ever changing world and ever changing path through life. Melina Marchetto’s novel, “Looking for Alibrandi”, traces the life of Josie, who experiences losing her best friend, John, developing a relationship with Jacob and meeting her father, all of which led to changes in Josie’s life. The movie “Good Will Hunting”, directed by Gus Van Sant, follows the life of Will from the age of twenty. His character has already been shaped by the abuse experienced in his childhood and the story of his life provided a moving film.
After a demand Terri's husband won for a malpractice sue from one of the many surgical procedure she had to face in their trials to stimulate her brain and try to recover some function, a whole storm of family discrepancies, legal issues in courts and also the hand of politicians covered their lives. After 8 years of hardly trying to do everything for Terri's recovery with no signs of hope or just the minimum improvement , her husband ask to remove the Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG), which is a “ flexible tube placed through the abdominal wall and into the stomach that allows nutrition, fluids and/or medications to be put directly into the stomach” 2 . This PEG tube was maintaining Terri alive preventing malnutrition and dehydration. According to Terri's husband, she would not want to live in that condition and this was expressed in court after court. In an article published in 2005 , Dr. Joseph J. Fins stated that “this was a right-to-die case”.
Stephanie Minton Professor Starr English 111 83N 27 January 2013 I am Adam Lanza’s Mother Liza Long has a horrible issue on her hands. Her 13 year old son has serious mental illness problems. The mental health problems are undiagnosed and throw him into violent rages. Long describes her day-to-day struggles with her son. Long writes “I love my son but he terrifies me.” Long’s son has threatened to kill her for wanting him to return over do library books.
Labyrinth In the year 1986, Jim Henson directed the movie Labyrinth, starring David Bowie; this perplex and interesting movie depicts a story with an odd, psychological twist. The movie begins with 15-year-old Sarah, played by Jennifer Connelly, being put in charge of her younger brother by her inept stepmother and reclusive father. The young girl, who took a high interest in theater and plays, especially the Labyrinth, dramatically attempted to defy her parents’ requests. After her parents leave, her younger brother, Toby, cries continuously until Sarah realized that she had enough! Sarah then wished for her baby brother to be whisked away by the goblins to the far-away Goblin Kingdom.
The Parent Trap: Two Viewpoints on Co-Parenting Parenting is as immense and complex an undertaking as imaginable. Children bring an entirely new experience to an existing relationship, sometimes this change is for the better and sometimes for the worse. We are given examples from two perspectives of the stress that child rearing can bring to a couple in the “The Myth of Co-Parenting” and “My Problem with Her Anger”. Hope Edelman in “The Myth of Co-Parenting” recounts her story of being single-handedly mother and father to her children while her husband was busy building a company. On the other side is Eric Bartels who, in his article “My Problem with Her Anger”, describes the hostile nature of the relationship that he has with his wife since the birth of their children However the authors may differ they do touch on similar topics throughout the articles.
My book was on “A Child Called “It”—One Child’s Courage to Survive”, and I did a power point, throughout the book, Dave Pelzer narrates what he went through as a child and what struggles he faced. His mom was a hardcore alcoholic and treated Dave as the scapegoat to everything. If his mom and his dad got into an argument, she would summon Dave and release all her anger onto him. His whole entire childhood was basically what we call child labor, and with the harsh conditions Dave worked in was extremely unethical. One time while Dave was simply correcting his mom by telling her that he was at home the whole time instead of outside playing with his brothers, she took his arm and raised it over a fire—she told him to never talk back to her again
His own brothers begin to take the role of his mother treating him like dirt. Dave’s mother is in the middle-age stage of generativity vs. stagnation which falls back on reaching satisfaction within career, family, and other civic interests. This is when she starts developing psychotic issues along with an addiction to alcohol. She hasn’t reached satisfaction, so she begins to turn insane performing abuse on her
“Happily ever after is a concept I’ll never believe in.” This is probably the most heart breaking and meaningful line in the book Burned by Ellen Hopkins. This line is spoken by the protagonist Pattyn Scarlet Von Stratten. Pattyn is a seventeen year old girl, a junior in high school, and is from an ultra- strict, patriarchal Mormon household in Nevada. Pattyn’s father is constantly battling demons after the loss of a previous family. Pattyn’s Father blames himself for his past and drowns his guilt in liquor, making him an alcoholic.
Kelcie Brown ENG 4U Miss Nimmo Dec 8th, 2008 Lost In the Glass Menagerie Failures are often seen as an event of inadequacy that one brings on oneself. On the other hand, failure can be induced and plotted by others. In these two plays, Bella Kurnitz from Lost in Yonkers and Laura Wingfeild from The Glass Menagerie, display many examples of total loss. Bella and Laura’s constant struggle to please their overbearing mother’s lead to their excessive defeats. Their mother’s cause them to fail in achieving their dreams of a loving male relationship, a decent education and an independent life.