If a tradition has followed through the family to cheer on the same team year after year, accommodations should be made to allow such an activity to occur. A father and son watching the game of football is a bonding experience that can only properly take place at the game. ... They want to achieve a bond that only a father and son may share. ... As the game is played and each quarter passes the bond between father and son grows making the confidence seem visible. ... Jake especially likes to watch football on Sundays with his friends and family. ...

• Word Count: 3278
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

A father-son relationship is a special bond in which they share the same beliefs and love each other unconditionally. ... On the other hand, Willy's relationship with his younger son, Happy is nothing like Willy and Biff's bond. ... At the end, that becomes evident because he died so that his family could get the insurance money and hopefully become rich. ...

• Word Count: 852
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In the short story "The Red Convertible" the author, Louise Enrich, uses a red convertible to symbolize the bond between the two main characters, Henry Jr. and Lyman. ... Henry basically kept to himself and ignored Lyman and the rest of his family. ...

• Word Count: 687
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

One month later the mothers returned to the hospital and it was found that more bonding had occurred with the extended contact group than the routine contact group. ... Bowlby (1953) claimed that breaking the maternal bond with the child during early childhood can have serious negative consequences on its emotional, intellectual and social development. ... Genie spent the vast majority of her childhood locked in her room with very little contact with members of her family not allowed to make any sounds. ...

• Word Count: 1705
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

John Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men, is a tragic and endearing story of the unconditional friendship between two virtually opposite men. The two main characters, Lennie Small and George Milton, are just a couple of hard working ranch hands trying to "make their stake" and achieve their drea...

• Word Count: 988
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

It shows how people can turn on their family, best friend, and even their life-long companions if they are presented with the opportunity for advancement in life. ... Of Mice and Men", by John Steinbeck, is composed of four major themes.These themes are the value of dreams and goals, moral responsibility, social injustice, and the bond of friendship and loyalty. ...

• Word Count: 1752
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

(pg 244) Unfortunately, Shem is a man who doesn't hold the bond of marriage over that of a dutiful son and thus is silent. ... (pg 212) He glories in the fact that this will further relegate his family to being his slaves in order for them to remain faithful to their religion. ...

• Word Count: 2467
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

The beginning chapter sets up the problems of the entire novel with great efficiency. It tells us what is going on at present with Obi's trial and backtracks to the past in order to reveal what kind of man Obi is: an educated man, a young man who is Nigerian but who has studied in England. Most significantly, this first chapter juxtaposes the two extreme cultures that are at work in the novel as a result of colonialism. The scene between Mr. Green and the British Councilman, and the scene among the Umuofia Progressive Union are juxtaposed against each other to illustrate their differen...

• Word Count: 7844
• Approx Pages: 31
• Grade Level: High School