Developmental Assets are skills that many people can have and lack. In the novel The Pigman, one of the main characters, Lorraine Jensen is lacking many assets in her life. These assets can affect Lorraine's life in many ways, her Family Communication is not strong which allows her to miss many opportunities, along with that, she does not have any Positive Peer Influence, both of these cause her low Self Esteem. Lorraines best friend, John Conlan, who is the total opposite of her meet their new best friend Angelo Pignati. Mr. Pignati who teaches the two teenagers many life lessons about themselves and the world, He later dies in the book from a heart attack. One of the missing assets from Lorraine’s life is Family support. Lorraine …show more content…
has not been much different from an average teenage girl. She does not have a normal family life, she lives with her mother and does not have any siblings or a dad around. Ms. Jensen and Lorraine do not have a very good relationship. Her mother is rude to her and will express her feelings and opinions about Lorraine without any sympathy. For example, Lorraine thinks her mom does not like her physical appearance. Her mother has made several rude comments like “You’re not a pretty girl, Lorraine” ( Zindel 11). Also “Your hair would be better cut short because it’s too kinky” (Zindel 11).
Also “you’re putting on too much weight” (Zindel 11). Lorraine even says in the story that she has informed her opinions on her public image multiple times. Lorraine's …show more content…
mother has had a terrible divorce and is not wanting to get over it. She does not want to move onto other people and go out into the world and date. Even though Lorraine's mother expresses feeling about Lorraine, Lorraine says in the book “I was glad to be able to get out of the kitchen because it makes me sad to watch my mother brush her hair. My mom is a very pretty woman when she has her long brown hair down, and when she smiles which is hardly ever” ( Zindel 46 ). Her mother expressing her feelings about Lorraine in this manner does not help Lorraine because she is one of the only close people Lorraine has in her life and it causes her to lack positive Self Esteem. Bob Marley once said, “The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you.
You just got to find the ones worth suffering for”. Lorraine has 2 people who make an impinge on her life. Those two people are the Pigman, and John. John and the Pigman impact Lorraine's life in many ways. The first way is by Lorraine not having a very close nit or Positive Family Communication, Lorraine feels like the Pigman is a fatherly figure through the time she spends with him. Both Lorraine and John say that when the pigman died a part of them died as well. This exemplifies that Lorraine and John care for the Pigman in an indescribable way. The lack of loving from only friends and not family members contributes to her lack of Family Communication Next, Lorraine lacks Positive Peer Influence. John is a good friend but he is never trying to get her to do something good. He always wants to do something she doesn't want to do. For example, Lorraine doesn't want to have a party at Mr. Pignati’s house while hes in the hospital but John persuades her to. Also John continuously smokes cigarettes and drinks beer around her. For
example, In conclusion, The Assets out of the 40 that best describe Lorraine, lack of Self Esteem, lack of Positive Family Communication, and also lack of Positive Peer Influence . These are the best to explain her because she thinks very low of herself because of her mom and lack of family support, and has no positive peer influence. Because of the lack of these assets, Lorraine or any other young person may not get the materials they need to have a bright and successful future.
Growing up Mary Karr didn't have a “stable” childhood. Her parents Pete and Charlie had many obstacles they faced throughout their life. Pete, who worked at a graveyard at the oil refinery was an alcoholic. He would drink every day, whether it was at home or with the liars club, he always had a drink in his hand. Charlie, who dealt with many illnesses such as an anxiety disorder and being a hypochondriac was not the best role model in Mary and Lecia life. At only 2 years old, Charlie almost died of pneumonia. After surviving that, she wasn't a normal kid, she had many issues.
Let’s start at the beginning of the story when Lorraine’s mother says “You’re not a pretty girl, Lorraine”(Pg.6). This is one thing that could mean many things cause why would a mother tell her daughter that she doesn’t look pretty or that she is fat. There is this reason it is that she is trying to protect her daughter from things in the outside world. We do know that Lorraine’s mother is pretty and the father is gone, she could be doing this to try and not let Lorraine make the same decision that she made. There is another reason for this that a young mother raising a baby alone with no father is hard and she doesn’t want Lorraine to do the same. On the other hand, John has a
After the highly athletic person Finny “Falls” from the tree, Gene begins to wonder who his friends are, and why his friends are his friends. At this time Gene starts to create a part of his enemy, “Jealousy”. Gene didn’t know if it was an accident when Finny fell from the tree, or if it was the jealousy that hurt his pal. Gene reflects “Could it be that, he might even be right? Had I really and defiantly and knowingly done it to him after all?” (70, Knowles). Gene is unsure and begins to question himself and weather his best friend is truly, his best friend. Gene is jealous of Finnys natural athleticism, Gene isn’t very athletic but does well in school, Finny is the opposite. Gene wonders to himself if he had been so jealous to just hurt, or possibly even kill his roommate and best friend. This was an internal battle, between his jealous side VS. his moral side. The jealous side wanted Finny out of the way, so he could become good at everything, and the moral side wanted to stay morally straight. Unfortunately his jealous side won this battle.
The Walt Disney film, The Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride, is a great example of “human” development across the life span. In our textbooks human development is covered in chapter 10. I am not sure about anyone else, but I found this example because I grew up watching Walt Disney movies, and honestly learned a good amount of things from them that I did not even realize at the time. Kiara, Simba’s daughter and Mufasa’s granddaughter, is the main character in this film and she is the main example I will use throughout my paper.
Character- The main character Charlie is developed in many ways throughout the story. His whole demeanor changed from page one. He actually started smoking in the middle of the book. “When I light it, I didn’t cough. It actually felt soothing. I know that’s bad in a health class kind of way, but it was true.”-pg 102 His personality was different after that. He always tried to be friendly to anyone he met but if you weren’t nice to his friends he didn’t really respect them after that. His dialogue is very similar throughout the whole book. He is very friendly when he talks and tries to be polite. Charlie is trying to make friends and keep them. He succeeds with some coaching from his english teacher who Charlie calls Bill. Bill gave him books to read and graded Charlie’s reports. “He says that I have a great skill at reading and understanding language.”- pg 9-10. A’s showed on Charlie’s report card but Bill gave Charlie different grades. The books Bill gave Charlie changed his mind about a lot of things. Bill developed Charlie through the whole book.
Jeanette’s parents were very free spirited and carefree about many things, least of all their children. Her mother’s ambitions were mainly to become a famous artist and her father’s mainly included drinking as much alcohol as he could get his hands on, and in the meantime becoming a successful entrepreneur. Her father was not exactly very concerned with feeding his family properly, and he often took all the money her mother would make teaching. “I’ve got a houseful of kids and a husband who soaks up booze like a sponge… making ends meet is harder than you think (Walls 197). They often went hungry and because of her parents being so neglectful she, along with her siblings, became their own parents. Her self-governance was astounding at such a young age and this was a key to her success later on in life. She had always been very aware of her surrounding and growing up her family was always on the move, always on the run. They eventually settled in Welch, West Virginia and this is where her independence ...
Jeanette's early character is somewhat timid and a fan of conformity. She writes, "Since I wanted the other kids to like me, I didn't raise my hand all the time" (Wells 58). She goes on to move to New York away from her parents after junior year, just through her own effort and resources. Jeanette changes from a child who is affected by others' opinion of her, into an adult mature enough to make life-changing decisions for herself without being concerned with the status quo. She is motivated by success and by better chances in the world outside of Welch, where she feels constrained by the closed-mindedness of other people who live there. Jeanette is a symbol of the resilience and perseverance of humanity.
All in all, Chris McCandless is a contradictory idealist. He was motivated by his charity but so cruel to his parents and friends. He redefined the implication of life, but ended his life in a lonely bus because of starvation, which he was always fighting against. Nevertheless, Chris and the readers all understand that “happiness only real when shared.” (129; chap.18) Maybe it’s paramount to the people who are now alive.
Ellen Foster lived through a disturbed childhood. Within that unique childhood, there is a few things I can relate to like the resembles of Ellen to her parents, the lack of love and affection from her parents, and a fragile and feeble mother.
Daisy lacks self confidence which made it harder to raise her fifteen year-old son Donny. There were many instances where Daisy pondered on what she can do better to help Donny in school, but as she put forth an effort, she always resisted. “She remembered when Amanda was born. Donny had acted lost and bewildered. Daisy had been alert to that of course, but still, a new baby keeps you busy of course….”(570) When Daisy saw this happening, she never stopped to reassure Donny that even though he had a sister, it was not going to change their relationship. Daisy should have reassured her son by correcting the problem as soon as it surfaced, then Donny should have understood. When Donny started to have problems in school, Daisy gave up without trying, and let a tutor dictate her son’s activities especially when the teacher questions Daisy about Donny’s actions, Daisy replied, “Oh I’m sorry, Miss Evans, but Donny’s tutor handles these things now…” (572) In school Donny’s behavior changed soo drastically that he started to stay out late and Daisy just sat back and let this happen. “The tutor had sat down so many rules![She] were not allowed any questions at all about school, nor were to speak with his teachers…,Only one teacher disobeyed…”(572) Because Daisy didn’t believe in herself or her word, she let others control and therefore his behavior worsened.
...nd personal story that shows the pitiful characters of Arpi and Connie that are victims of bullying at school. Then she concludes the story with a “perhasping” image of Connie and her mother at 7-Eleven transporting the readers from a classroom setting of kids bullied in front of an absentminded teacher to a sad picture in front of a store window. Considering the future, Murphy encourages the reader to evaluate their stand on cruelty and to make that difference not treat one another different. Murphy through rhetorical and tonal elements of pathos, logos, and diction expresses that cruelty in any form is wrong no matter how one tries to justify it. Doing bad for good is never right.
Craig is a depressed teenager who takes medication to help him get better and it does end up working very well. It is hard for him to keep food down when he does have an appetite and his family is very supporting of him. Aaron is a bad influence on Craig because when he met him he started doing drugs and drinking at Aaron’s house parties. Craig gets very jealous of Aaron because he is so
Charlie struggles with apparent mental illness throughout his letters, but he never explicitly addresses this problem. His friends make him realize that he is different and it is okay to be different from everyone else. This change in perspective gives Charlie new opportunities to experience life from a side he was unfamiliar with. Without these new friends, Charlie would have never dared to try on the things he has. His friends have helped him develop from an antisocial wallflower to an adventurous young man who is both brave and loyal. Transitioning shapes how the individual enters into the workforce, live independently and gain some control over their future
Berger, K. (2011). The developing person through the life span. (8th ed., pp. 39-42). New York, NY: Worth Publishers.
One critic recognizes Steinbeck’s approach to the futile dream of achieving the happy medium by comparing George and Lennie’s relationship to the psychological components of the appetite and reason (Goldhurst 57). Hadella reinforces this idea, suggesting that as the appetite, Lennie acts without reason, thus explaining the violent outbursts and feats he performs throughout the novella (152) whereas George acts as Lennie’s guide and ensures the safety for the two of them. Through Lennie’s death, the author illustrates that the relationship between appetite and reason are not of equal standings and that, in the end, one eventually domineers over the other. The death of Lennie as the portrayal of man’s relations could also be seen as a continuation of the curse as Owens suggests (“Bloom’s Guides” 84). Companionship is essentially unattainable within the setting of the novella Of Mice and Men suggestively due to man’s desolate fate based on the story of Cain and Abel. Due to the impossible obtainment of a compromise between companionship and independence, fate conclusively takes its toll on Lennie, doubling as the