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I predict that Diondra Wertzner’s father killed Patty Day and her two daughters on January 3. One possible explanation is that Diondra was pregnant with Ben’s child. Diondra’s father had given her a promise ring to symbolize abstinence and waiting until marriage to have children. Mr. Wertzner was apart of a rich, opulent family. He was rarely home, often missing out on many moment’s of Diondra’s life, which would cause him to be angry at himself, as well as Ben. Diondra once told Ben that if her father ever found out she broke the promise and had a child out of wedlock, “he would take her outside and shoot her in the head” (Flynn 201). Diondra claimed that her father talked like this because he had been deployed in the Vietman War. Another reason why Mr. Wertzner killed part of the Day family was because he was looking for Ben and wanted justice for what happened to his daughter. His original plan was to find Ben and kill him, but since Ben was no where to be seen, he killed Ben’s mother and two sister’s, forgetting that Libby was in the house. Once Ben was charged with the murders, Diondra’s father felt no need to go after Libby, assuming the murders were enough justice. No one had ever known that Diondra and Ben were …show more content…
together, so her father would never be considered a suspect or have a motive to kill the Day’s. Diondra and Trey had purchased drugs from Runner, and according to Runner’s recent letter to Libby, “knows who the killer is” (Flynn 201). Mr. Wertzner could easily have executed his plan to kill Ben and his family. Next, I will be questioning why Krissi Cates made up false rumors about Ben Day. I think that Krissi was scared and told a lie. Once she told her lie, she had to keep covering it up with more lies, which eventually got out of control. Krissi made up stories about her and Ben’s “relationship” because she “thought it would make her cool”. When Krissi’s mother confronted her and asked if Ben had ever touched her inappropriate, she lied so her parents would never find out (Flynn 214). Shortly after the murders, all of the other girls claiming to be harassed by Ben dropped their stories, except for Krissi. Another reason why Krissi lied is because although she really liked Ben, she liked the attention from her friends more. Ben helped out in Krissi’s painting class at school, which is how they met. Krissi was from a wealthy family, and she was also very pretty and smart. Krissi kissed Ben in the stairway while waiting for her dad to pick her up from school. When she told this to her friends, they kept telling people until eventually the mothers found out. Krissi had never meant to harm Ben by telling these not-so-little-white-lies, but it eventually got to a point where she couldn’t face her parents for what she actually did. Lastly, I will be evaluating the character of Patty Day.
Patty was a struggling but determined single mother of four children, Ben, Michelle, Debby, and Libby. Life was very hard for the Day’s, but Patty was always trying to make her children’s lives better. She was very level headed and told her children she would always be on their side. Patty made sure that her children went to school so they could get a good education. She tried her hardest to make things right during the accusations of Ben molesting Krissi Cates, as well as Ben’s dark days. Ben wore a guise of black clothing and was a proposed “Satan worshiper”. It was very noticeable that Ben had changed, especially for Debby who commented, “his hair matches his clothes now” (Flynn
44). Mrs. Day was also very self-conscious about what everyone thought of herself and her family. She and Runner had inherited the farm from her parents, but she had just received news that it was about to be foreclosed. Runner was Patty’s drunk, ex-husband, who left her family five years before the killings. The Day home was as dirty as a pigpen, and their clothes were worn and tattered. Patty Day put other’s before herself and was a kind women who loved her children very much.
Donna has quit working as a prostitute and is currently on the road to recovery from years of addiction and abuse. As a child she suffered from years of neglect and sexual abuse from her immediate family members. Donna admits to using drugs when pregnant with her youngest child and suspects that he may have fetal alcohol syndrome as he is unable to control his emotions and has a difficult time in forming social bonds.
She takes a job in a white lady named Ms. Cullinan’s home as a maid, who calls her Mary for her own convenience and lack of respect. This enrages Maya and in order to get away she smashes the finest china to get her fired. At her eighth-grade graduation, a white man comes to speak in front of everyone and he states that black students can only become athletes or servants which makes Maya furious. Later, when Maya develops a nasty toothache, Momma decides to take her to a white dentist who refuses to work on her. Momma claims that she lent him money during the Great Depression so he owes her a favor but he says he’d rather stick his hands in a dogs’ mouth. Lastly, one day while Bailey is walking home he sees a dead black man rotting in a river and a white man present at the scene says he will put both the dead man and Bailey in his truck. This terrifies Bailey and Momma wants to get them out of Staples so she sends them to Vivian’s again in San Francisco. There they live with Vivian and her husband Daddy Clidell who is a nice man to Maya, and has a lot of money from his businesses. One summer Maya goes to live with her father Big Bailey and his girlfriend Dolores, who are poor and live in a trailer. Maya and Dolores do not get along and constantly fight, so Maya runs away and lives with a group of homeless teens
Working as a teacher serving at-risk four-year-old children, approximately six of her eighteen students lived in foster care. The environment introduced Kathy to the impact of domestic violence, drugs, and family instability on a developing child. Her family lineage had a history of social service and she found herself concerned with the wellbeing of one little girl. Angelica, a foster child in Kathy’s class soon to be displaced again was born the daughter of a drug addict. She had been labeled a troublemaker, yet the Harrisons took the thirty-hour training for foster and adoptive care and brought her home to adopt. Within six months, the family would also adopted Angie’s sister Neddy. This is when the Harrison family dynamic drastically changes and Kathy begins a journey with over a hundred foster children passing through her home seeking refuge.
Becky became Gilbert’s outlet from the stress of being head of the household and taking care of his siblings yet he always kept Arnie along his side while he was with Becky. Soon Arnie grows fond of Becky and began looking up to her like an older sister. Another outside support is Gilbert’s job that allowed him to take Arnie with him to work because they understood that Arnie is developmentally challenged requiring a lot of attention and Gilbert is the only breadwinner of the family.
In many ways, he made his kids’ lives harder than it already was. He was always drunk and spending their money on himself. Rex was also always running from authority. This was one of the reasons they moved around so much. One summer Rose Mary decided to go back to school to get her teaching certification again and leaves Jeannette in charge of the money. After only a week Jeannette has given Rex $30 after being guilted into it. Rex swindles a man in a game of pool and wins back the $30; he does this by using Jeannette as a distraction. After this experience Jeannette feels betrayed and used by her father. When Jeannette explains to her father that the “creep attacked [her] when [she] was upstairs” her dad shrugs it off by saying “I knew you could handle yourself.” (213) After Lori and Rose Mary got home from being away for the summer, Lori and Jeannette decide to start saving money so they can leave their parents and move to New York. One-day Jeannette comes home to find out that their piggy bank had been broken into and all the money was taken. Later they realize that Rex had taken the money and when they confront him about it, he denies it. Out of the four kids, Jeannette was closest to her father, but by the time she moved to New York she didn’t want anything to do with him or her mother. Many events that happened with her father were very hard, but made her stronger and more of an independent woman. Her father
...e on her part. Throughout the story, the Mother is portrayed as the dominant figure, which resembled the amount of say that the father and children had on matters. Together, the Father, James, and David strived to maintain equality by helping with the chickens and taking care of Scott; however, despite the effort that they had put in, the Mother refused to be persuaded that Scott was of any value and therefore she felt that selling him would be most beneficial. The Mother’s persona is unsympathetic as she lacks respect and a heart towards her family members. Since the Mother never showed equality, her character had unraveled into the creation of a negative atmosphere in which her family is now cemented in. For the Father, David and James, it is only now the memories of Scott that will hold their bond together.
Where they grew up, kids as young as 8 years old were recruited into illegal operations; Wes and Tony included. Mary tried everything she could, but had lost her sons to the wonder and curiosity that money brings. The important place a mother should hold in her son’s life vanished and she was left to take care of their mistakes. Later in their lives, both boys were caught in a heist that set them up for an entire lifetime in jail. Their arrest sent “cheering responses” from everyone in their community. The boys were not only involved with a robbery, but a murder as well. The word spread quickly about their sentences and a “collective sigh of relief seeped through Baltimore. At home, Mary wept” (Moore 155). Many families go through traumatic experiences comparable to Mary’s situation. The choices her sons made left her alone, parallel to the isolation the boys were experiencing as
The two, both dealing with the loss of someone tremendously important and close to them, would be better off supporting each other, but instead they break away from their bond and deal with the pain alone. Since “[Henry] and Marty hadn’t talked much since the funeral,” (Ford 9), “it made the hole in Henry’s life that much larger,” (Ford 9). Not too many years after Ethel’s death, and after awkward and unfamiliar encounters between father and son, Marty introduces his father to Samantha, Marty’s fiancée. Henry is overjoyed that Marty wants to show him a part of his life, and the three start to uncover Henry’s past, bringing them all closer. Finally restoring their bond, Marty and Henry find that it’s easier to cope with their loss of Ethel than to ignore the grief like they had
These beliefs include how women should act in society and in marriage. Nanny and her daughter, Janie's mother, were both raped and left with bastard children, this experience is the catalyst for Nanny’s desire to see Janie be married to a well-to-do gentleman. She desires to see Janie married to a well-to-do gentleman because she wants to see that Janie is well cared for throughout her life. As a result of Nanny’s desire to see Janie married to wealth, she forces Janie to marry Logan Killocks, an older black farmer who owns 60 acres and a mule. Janie does not love Logan but because Nanny pushes her into the marriage she believes love will follow marriage, but Nanny quickly says “You come head wid yo’ mouf full uh foolishness on uh busy day.
Patrick would go home and ignore her when all she wanted to do was make sure he wasn’t hungry. Mary was so in love with him she would wait on the couch because she was anxious to see her husband. She was a very loving wife and would do anything for her
Alonza Thomas jr grew up in Bakersfield California. Alonza played football growing and was always looking out for his younger brother. Alonzo's mother was working two jobs and was also working on getting her education which was taking her out of home and away from her boys for long periods of time. Alonza Thomas jr ran away from home at the age of fifteen and the stayed with a man at the man's home. The man fed and gave Alonza shelter for free. One day Alonza told the man he was going home the man was angry and came back with a gun and said you have to do something for me first as payment for food and shelter. The man told Alonza to rob a convenience store the man told Aloza if he robs the store successfully he will give Alonza a cut of the money (Stickup Kid).
Cheyanne and Michael had been married for 19 years and had two kids named Johnny and Courtney. Which were 17 and 15 at the time. Sadly, Michael's personality took an unexpected turn. He was unexplainably mad every morning and night. “I want to be left alone. I’m tired of being around you all.” Michael would say to the family as he stomped to his room after work. He also started excessively smoking and drinking. The constant fighting and abuse Cheyanne received from him resulted in her filing for a divorce on May 10th. “I can’t let you two live in this environment with your father anymore. It’s not healthy for any of us.” Cheyanne said to her two frightful children. The judge sided with Cheyanne. He agreed that Johnny and Courtney should live with their mother. Cheyanne and the children moved into a house a couple streets down from house Michael still lived in.
As a child professional ballerina Betty Maria Tallchief was born in 1925 in Oklahoma. Much of what she knew was from her Grandmother Tallchief. Ballet brought her out of her shell because her Grandmother always told tales and stories about ballet. And soon Mary Tallchief had her heart set on ballet.
Barbra Streisand was born on April 24, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York. Barbara had a difficult beginning in life. She was born to Emanuel and Diana Streisand, Emanuel passed away from an epileptic seizure when Barbra was fifteen months old. Prior to his death Emanuel worked as a high school English teacher. Her mother worked as a school secretary and struggled to provide for Barbra and her older brother, Sheldon. They moved in with her grandparents to survive near poverty. In 1949 Barbra was sent to a Jewish Camp and came home to find that her mother had married and was pregnant. Barra’s mother married used car salesman, Louis Kind. Barbara described him as emotionally abusive. Barbra’s looks caused her problems in childhood and she felt rejected by the other children. Barbra also felt rejected by her mother and step father who weren’t at all supportive. Barbra’s own mother believed she wasn’t attractive enough to pursue her dreams of being a performer.
Janice receives multiple phone calls from staff at Alex’s school to come pick him up and take him home. He isn’t purposely being disruptive, he’s excited and eager to learn and sometimes the teachers don’t understand that, says Janice to herself. For Janice to always be “on-call” to collect her son definitely makes it difficult for her to hold down a steady job.