More handpicked essays just for you.
Psychological effects of adoption
How do family dynamics affect child development
Theories on adopted kids development
Don’t take our word for it - see why 10 million students trust us with their essay needs.
In My Life with the Walter Boys, Jackie Howard’s life was one of luxury; she had the prestige of attending an elite all girls boarding school, was in line to become the head of her father's company upon graduation, and lived in an upscale penthouse in the middle of New York City. Jackie knew that everything in her life would fall into place as she spent her time writing lists so nothing would turn out less than perfect. However, her parents and her sister die in a car accident, leaving Jackie to pack up her belongings and move to Colorado, where she has no choice but to live with the Walters and their twelve boys. “As she struggles to make friends and acclimate to her new environment, she begins to embrace her newfound siblings, and all of
Soldier Boys is a nonfiction book written by Dean Hughes. It was published in 2001, it is a book that was written about two boys during war time. There are two settings in this book, each of them are at the training camps where both of the characters are training. The main idea of this book is that two boys that wanted to be war heroes realize when they get there that it is nothing like they heard of it being like.
Mama talks to Walter about her fears of the family falling apart. This is the reason she bought the house and she wants him to understand. Walter doesn't understand and gets angry. "What you need me to say you done right for? You the head of this family. You run our lives like you want to. It was your money and you did what you wanted with it. So what you need for me to say it was all right for? So you butchered up a dream of mine - you - who always talking 'bout your children's dreams..." Walter is so obsessive over money that he yells at his mom for not giving him all of it. He doesn't know that what his mom is doing is for the family. He thinks that having money will make the family happy, when in reality the family doesn't need anymore than what they have to be happy.
The main character in this story is a Jewish girl named Alicia. When the book
By Micheal Patrick MacDonald. (Ballentine Books under The Random House Publishing Corporation, 1999, 266pp. $14.00)
When Walter Lee has a bad day he can't yell at his boss for fear of loosing his job Instead he takes it out on his family, mainly his wife Ruth. Walter is thirty-five years old and drives a limousine for a living. This job provides just enough for his family without there being extra money left over to spend. It is so bad that when Travis asked his mother Ruth for fifty cents she said she couldn't give it to him because they couldn't afford it. Walter hears this and gets a little upset with Ruth and gives Travis a dollar instead. Walter tells Ruth that she shouldn't tell Travis that they can't give him fifty cents because they don't have it. I believe Walter is upset because he realizes that he isn't able to provide his son with pocket change without becoming broke himself. What kind of man would he be? What kind of role model would he be for Travis if he can't bring home enough money to support his family? How would he be a strong black man for his family? It's obvious that Walter is not able to provide his family with what is considered the "American Dream".
The book Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life published in 2003, takes a close look into the lives of different families in the United States and how they are affected by race and social class and how their family lives differ. The Author, Annette Lareau, discusses how social class affects the parenting styles and how these parenting styles are affecting the children. Although Lareau’s book could use a few changes, it is well written and it is a good read to help better understand how social class and parenting styles can affect the lives of different children on a personal level. In
Walter wants the best for his family and he thinks the liquor store will provide him the financial security needed to boost them out of poverty. "I'm thirty five years old; I've been married eleven years and I got a boy who sleeps in living room (Hansberry 34). best describes the sympathy and compassion Walter feels for his son. Although his family's financial position has a strain on it, Walter doesn't want his son to see him struggle. Even in today?s world, children are very susceptible. Walter displays a selfless characteristic which becomes overshadowed by unwise decisions later in the play. In one particular scene, his son Travis asked both parents for money. Walter acts out of pride by giving Travis his last pocket change. This symbolizes Walter's willingness to be a moral father. In a different situation, Walter would not display his selfish intentions. This behavior can be attributed to working in a degrading, underpaid position and not seeing results. Metaphorically speaking, Walter can be related to the furniture in the small apartment, ?tired and broken in spirit?.
Walter Lee Younger’s character through the play changes despite the recent situations he put his family in. In the beginning he plays as the stereotypical male maternal role where “he owns the house” and that “he is in charge.” This is seen remarkably when he gave Travis not the fifty cents that he needed for school, but a whole dollar for some fruit or a ride to school, noticeably after Ruth said that they did not have the change to spare. Sure, it does not seem
Mao’s Cultural Revolution was an attempt to create a new culture for China. Through education reforms and readjustments, Mao hoped to create a new generation of Chinese people - a generation of mindless Communists. By eliminating intellectuals via the Down to the Countryside movement, Mao hoped to eliminate elements of traditional Chinese culture and create a new form Chinese culture. He knew that dumbing down the masses would give him more power so his regime would be more stable. This dramatic reform affected youth especially as they were targeted by Mao’s propaganda and influence. Drawing from his experiences as an Educated Youth who was sent down to the countryside Down to the Countryside movement, Ah Cheng wrote The King of Children to show the effects of the Cultural Revolution on education, and how they affected the meaning people found in education. In The King of Children, it is shown that the Cultural Revolution destroyed the traditional incentives for pursuing an education, and instead people found moral and ethical meaning in pursuing an education.
The book “This Boy’s Life” by Tobias Wolff is a memoir written about the author’s childhood memories and experiences. The author shows many different characters within the book. Many of them are just minor character that does not affect the author much in his life choices and thoughts throughout his growth. But there are some that acts as the protagonist and some the antagonist. One of them is Dwight, the protagonist’s or Jack’s stepfather. This character seems to be one of the characters that inhibit Jack’s choices and decisions. This character plays a huge role in Jack’s life as it leaves a huge scar in his memory. The author here spends the majority of time in this character in the memoir to show the readers the relationship between Jack and Dwight.
The story that Jess Walter tells, much like any other novel, is one of joy and sorrow. Lives intersect and separate, people fall into and out of love, and dreams are made and broken. What Walter does with his plot though is quite different. He writes it in a way where the whole book itself relies on the reader’s ability to realize that though some people meet for only a brief amount of time, their dreams and hopes, can hinge on even the briefest moments. Sometimes the characters in the novel have their stories intersect, some in very interesting ways, and other times you see their story as it is and was, just them. Walter does a wonderful job of bringing together many different lives, many stories, and showing how just because you feel alone, does not mean you are, your life and story can at any moment intersect with another and create a whole different story. Perhaps, Alvis Bender puts the idea that Walter is trying to convey into the best words, “Stories are people. I’m a story, you’re a story . . . your father is a story. Our stories go in every direction, but sometimes, if we’re lucky, our stories join into one, and for a while, we’re less alone.”
Walter is Mama’s oldest son. His dreams are to be wealth but at the same time wanting to provide for his family. His own personal dream is to open liquor store with his money he receives from Mama.
He is constantly getting into arguments with his sister Benetha and is quite dismissive of her dream of becoming a doctor. Even with his wife, Ruth, Walter Lee frequently rips at her, even once telling her, “Who even cares about you” (Hansberry 87). Despite all of this detestation that spews out of Walter’s mouth, his family still finds a way to care about him. His character went through a lot of development throughout the reading, originally being a man who only cared about making money to someone who understands (to an extent) that he must put his family on a higher stool than himself. At the end of the play, he finally chooses to put his family's needs above his own and shuts down Mr. Lindner’s plan to buy the Younger family out of the white neighborhood.
Initially, Mama held the most authority as the matriarch of the family. However, as Walter’s ambitions grow, he seeks to assert control over the family’s finances and decision-making. The arrival of Mr. Lindner, representing the white community’s resistance to the Younger family’s move, further complicates the power dynamics, forcing the family to unite and stand their
The book “Treasure Hunters” is written by James Patterson. The Kidd Family has grown up at sea treasure hunting all around the world. They find gold doubloons and other treasures with their parents, until they disappear on the job. The orphans have been thrown into the biggest treasure hunt of their lives; searching for their parents. Together, they sail the seven seas to find their parents and other treasure on their way. Every new discovery they find, it is one step closer to finding their parents. I enjoyed reading the book “Treasure Hunters”, one thing I would change is how the parents disappear.