FAMILY IS ... What does family mean to you? Many people have multiple families at home, at work, at school or at church that are essential to their lives. The unconditional love of a family that accepts you no matter who you are, with no hatred or judgement, and provides all they can for their loved ones. Family is where happiness, respect and understanding come first; where people make an effort to understand each other. Everyone is able to share laughter, joy, tears, success, failures and problems. The connection created between individuals adds value to the lives of a human being; however, relationships are not always perfect. Conflicts emerge within families, especially with the parent-child relationship as it is qualitatively different than all other relationships. In Atticus by Ron Hansen, Atticus and his son, Scott, have a complicated relationship due Scott’s …show more content…
Since Rakesh was very well educated because of his father’s support, while Varma had little to no education, their thoughts were influenced by their background knowledge. Rakesh had put a lot of effort into keeping his father healthy, but Varma only saw betrayal for restricting his diet and refusing to let him die. Both sides were unaware of each other’s thoughts which created the darkness that covers the brightness of the lights. FORGIVENESS Forgiveness often occurs in family relationships, but it is a process, not an event. It is normal for human beings to make mistakes as long as they repent and change their actions. Even though forgiveness can be hard for some people, it strengthens the bond of a relationship as individuals grow into a new person. Atticus reveals his forgiveness for his son when his son has altered a new life for a new start; while Rakesh has forgiven his father every time he rejected his son’s treatment to preserve his life.
Each and every person will go through a coming of age experience sometime in their life. Those experiences can come in different forms. But, each coming of age experience ends up shaping us to become a mature adult. In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee tells a coming of age story through Scout Finch, an aging girl’s point of view. Her brother, Jem Finch who experiences coming of age before Scout, realizes that being an adult was not what he hoped. Jem recognizes a different perspective of bravery from Mrs.Dubose, a vile, elderly woman’s perspective. In chapter 11, Harper Lee uses literary elements such as character, conflict, and setting to establish Jem’s new outlook on life.
A family can be classified as one of many things. It can be a group of people living under one roof; a group of people of common ancestry; or even a unit of a crime syndicate like the Mafia (Merriam Webster). But to Holden Caulfield, the main character of J.D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher In The Rye, his family was what we as a society normally think of when that word is spoken. There are always variations on a theme, but a typical family consists of two parents and at least one child. During the 1950’s when the novel is set, adoption was virtually unheard of and divorce could be considered a sin where as today these are common practices. But one thing about family that has prevailed through the decades is the family’s affect on a person’s existence. The way a person interacts with their family can affect them for the rest of their lives. And the way a family interacts with a specific person can affect that person for the rest of their life. It is a two way relationship which is often complicated and confusing, especially to Holden.
To Kill A Mockingbird Generations of family, living in the same community can leave an identity for themselves, making them live with it for generations to generations. The Finches, The Ewells and Dill's family are three families who are all criticized and sometimes applauded for their way of living. The Ewells are “ the disgrace of Maycomb for three generations.
Jill McCorkle's Ferris Beach, a contemporary novel, shares numerous characteristics with Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, a novel written in the 1960's. Like To Kill a Mockingbird, McCorkle's novel documents the life of a young girl in a small southern town. The two narrators, Kate Burns and Scout Finch, endure difficult encounters. A study of these main characters reveals the parallels and differences of the two novels. Jill McCorkle duplicates character similarities and rape from Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird to show the reader how young girls think and develop.
I chose to write a thank you letter because it seem to fit my writing style. This fits my skills because I’m not a big writing person and this feels like it was the easiest for me to do. The easiest part about writing a letter is knowing the characters well enough that you can talk about their personality and how they have impacted Maycomb. The most challenging part is going to be citing the story at least 3 times because I’m not going to know exactly where a character said something or remembering an episode. This project will help me with improving my skills by learning how to write a more complex letter and with higher level words. I want to improve my skills on citing the text by going back and finding 3 or even more events or dialogues from
Have you ever stopped and thought about what everybody in the world has in common? Family is a very common thing. It could just be a group of people that you care about and love or it could just be a person. Family is always together and family never falls apart. Family is that one group that you love and worry about and it can be that one person. In the book The Outsiders by S.E Hinton family is a very important thing. Family is the best blessing to have. The theme S.E Hinton talks about is family always sticks together.
In the novel there are two families in the town of Maycomb that are very different. The Cunningham's and the Ewells have contrasting and opposite reputations. The Cunningham's are very respected in the town while the Ewells very much despised by the community. The Cunningham's show the respectability of hard worker or, where as Ewells are considered lazy. Miss Maudie is another character in the town who lives next to the Finch family. She is similar to the Cunningham's because she is a trusted figure who faces hard times very bravely and works hard in her garden.
Killing an innocent is not justify, everybody is equal. On chapter 9, Atticus introduced his new client to Scout. He explains to Scout the importance about his new trial. In chapter 9 of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird the author Harper Lee uses the Setting, character, and conflict to create the theme, it is not right to punish innocent people.
To Kill a Mockingbird "I simply want to tell you that there are some men in this world who were born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father's one of them." – Miss Maudie The quote above states that Atticus Finch was a man who did unpleasant things, but this quote is false. Miss Maudie had every good intention when she told Jem and Scout this and her point was taken in the way she intended it to be taken by the children. Her point could have been better worded if the portion that reads "our unpleasant jobs" were replaced with "what is right." Atticus did unpleasant things only because he knew that they were the right thing to do. Miss Maudie told the children about their father in this way only to avoid saying that the rest of the town was wrong.
The idea of the family has gone through dynamic changes throughout time. Fortunately, literary works have been the constant reporter on this capricious idea. When hearing family, the majority of the populace might say it is defined as the typical, “mom, dad, brother, sister” default setup, however, this “accepted” precedent has been, respectfully, impugned. The reality is that it might not matter who makes up the family. How the “family” functions is what supersedes in importance. In some cases, friends can be more of a family than an actual family. Sometimes people wish they had a different family altogether. These people want to gravitate toward their perfect, "emotionally-formed family", which has most likely been engendered
Life is full of lessons. The lessons you learn adjust and fit your character and who you are. In the book, To Kill A Mockingbird, the characters of Jem and Scout are young, and have to figure life as they go. Jem and Scout witness and live through life lessons. They learn these lessons from others around them. Some lessons come from their town itself, while others come from people. Their father, Atticus, teaches them a lot about life and the right and wrong. Jem and Scout learn what it means to have empathy, courage, persistence and personal integrity. Also, the Mockingbirds themselves adjust and appoint life lessons.
In To kill a mockingbird is an advanced piece of literature and was very interesting to read because it made you think about your own life compared to the lives of the people in that time. The character development was also very descriptive and well written because you got to know The characters like they were like real people and when something happened to them, I felt the same emotions as the people in the book because what happened to them also moved me in and emotional way.The happiness and hardships of the characters during the book were very realistic and made me think of how important family and friends are in one's life. Family bonds is an important theme in a story, as it shows that you can rely on your family during the highest and lowest times
Family is one of the most important things everyone has in common. Your family are people who are willing to except you for who you are. People who are willing to fight for you, and who care about
Family is one of the most important things in people's lives. No matter how much love or hate one feels about them, their genes are still yours. There will always be a part of them that can influence and reside in you. The father in "Wordsmith" and Sam Sing in "The Gold Mountain Coat" are prime examples of how different families can be. The father is loving whereas Sam Sing is apathetic.
When the word “family” is discussed, most people think of mothers, fathers, and other siblings. Some people think of grandparents, aunts, uncles, and even cousins and more on the pedigree tree. Without family in people's lives, they would not be the same people that they grew up to be today and in the future. When people hear the word family they think about, the ones who will help them in any way they can whether it’s money, support, advice, or anything to help them succeed in life. Family will forever be the backbone of support.