Neither of the two sons was married, and they were taking care of their father. ... He explained the situation to the eldest son. He informed him that his father was in the critical last stage of metastasis cancer and that there was no hope for treatment. ... T, but his son strongly rejected the advice and deemed it unacceptable. ... The MICU doctors and nurse approached the eldest son and asked him whether he wanted to discuss his father's condition in front of his family. ...

• Word Count: 1945
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• Grade Level: High School

The movie is about a 74-year old widow named Oh Mal-Soon who is living a normal life with her son's family. ... She feels like she has missed a lot because she spent the entire of her youth raising her son alone. ... First of all, the son's name is Ban Hyun-chul which has "Ban" as the last name. The last name is probably from his dead father's last name. ... As you can see, my name has both of my father and mother's last names. ...

• Word Count: 959
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• Grade Level: High School

Every father wanted a son to pass on his heritage and wealth. For Jean Le Viste, that dream never came true as he was "not to have a son to pass on his beloved coat of arms to" (31). His wife, Geneviève de Nanterre, was unable to produce a single son and "the blame for having three daughters lie[d] heavily upon [her]" (31). A daughter was not nearly as valuable as a son was, let alone three. ... This situation demonstrates how drastic not being able to produce a son actually is and the social detriments that come with it. ...

• Word Count: 997
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• Grade Level: High School

Their father Dennis was a firefighter. ... Derek inherited racism from his father. His father was very racist. ... Their father spreads his racist views to his sons. Their fathers hate and rage is shown when he talks to his sons about how a nigger got a promotion over a white man who had studied hard for the test. ...

• Word Count: 2014
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Primarily, Willy is a middle class business man whose dream is for him and his son to become successful and rich. ... Moreover, Biff fails the whole time and Willy is disappointed with him because he does not try to succeed as his father did. As a result, Willy believes that he is responsible for his son's failure. Willy does not realize that his son does not have the same dreams as he does: "He had the wrong dreams, all, all wrong" (138). ... Besides that, she loves and cares about him: "attention must be paid" (act 1) Linda states to her son that Willy's life is in danger. ...

• Word Count: 1268
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• Grade Level: High School

During the craziness that would be going on in the county Aaron would bring to the slave world a son whom he would name Clifton aka Pud. ... In fact people were afraid of James on account of all the things his father was known for doing. James wouldn't stray too far off from his father's past. ... He would soon marry and have a son named Butch. ... Willie would go throughout life without a father figure just as his father did, and grandfather and great grandfather, and great great grandfather. ...

• Word Count: 3198
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The sole purpose of a Nedeed wife was to produce a son and by doing so, perpetuating generations of patriarchal rule by the Nedeed men. ... He eventually brought back a young wife, whose name is not even mentioned, who gave him a son to carry on his father's work in the morgue and the building up of the land. ...

• Word Count: 2802
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• Grade Level: High School

The main characters of the novel are Jose Rafa, his wife Theresa Rafa, and his son Joe Rafa. ... As a minority living in a majority culture, Joe Rafa, much like his father Jose Rafa, was never proud of his Mexican heritage. ... When Joe Rafa traveled home to Albuquerque to visit his father's families, many of his cousins made fun of him because of his inability to speak Spanish. ...

• Word Count: 826
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• Grade Level: High School

Women were subordinate to men and children answered to their parents, but mainly their father. ... Five links were stressed: three family links (father and son, elder brother and younger brother, husband and wife), one political link (ruler and subject), and one social link (friend and friend)." ...

• Word Count: 769
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• Grade Level: High School

Gonzales continually stresses to his children the massive amount of struggles and hardships their ancestors had to endure to keep their culture and heritage alive, " I must fight and win this struggle for my son's and they must know from me who I am." ... My fathers have lost the economic battle and won the struggle of cultural survival." ...

• Word Count: 615
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• Grade Level: High School

Fist Gulliver states, "my father had a small Estate in Nottinghamshire; I was the Third of Five Sons (15). ... He is not going to inherit any of the family fortune (or lack of) when his father passes away. ... Gulliver's father "sent [him] to Emanuel-Colledge in Cambridge, at Fourteen Years old" and he "resided three Years, and applied [himself] close to [his] studies (15). ...

• Word Count: 901
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Keating about having his father's permission to take part in the play because he wanted it so badly that he was willing to defy one of the most restraining, yet important things in his life, his father's expectations. ... Neil's father made it clear that he wanted his son to be successful by becoming a doctor. ...

• Word Count: 1179
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• Grade Level: High School

Doria's father left when she was a little girl because he wanted to have a boy but Doria's mother became infertile after Doria was born. ... When I think of all the girls who get pregnant their first time, not even on purpose Dad, he wanted a son. (Guene 2) Doria does not respect her father at all for leaving her and her mother. She is now forced to provide for both of them, rather than her father helping to bring in the majority of earnings. ... By not having a father in the house, it is hard for Doria and her mother to create any income to support the two of them. ...

• Word Count: 1524
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• Grade Level: High School

Money and materialistic possessions hold no meaning or value in her system of beliefs standing in obvious contrast to her son Walter's values. ... Lena Younger holds steadfast to her values and beliefs" resulting in mounting tension between her and her son Walter because he believes that happiness only comes from money. ... -You contented son-of-a-bitch-you happy? ... Walter does not want to waste the insurance money from his deceased father on Beneatha's dream of becoming a doctor because he believes his dream of opening a liquor store is more important. ...

• Word Count: 1369
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• Grade Level: High School

Compare and discuss how gendered norms are constructed in the Hammurabi's code on domestic life with how they are constructed in Ben Zhao's instruction manual for women. Mesopotamia means the Land between the Rivers, which are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. After the collapsing of Sargon's empire,...

• Word Count: 822
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• Grade Level: High School

TV Violence and Children Children from the ages 6-11 spend more time watching television than they do in the classroom. The level of violence that they see on prime time television is about five violent acts per hour and the level of violence on Saturday that includes cartoons mornin...

• Word Count: 639
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• Grade Level: High School

White trash, jock, stoner, retard, jigaboo, slut, and preppy are labels that society gives people. By labeling individuals or groups of people; do we as a society influence a person's behavior? I believe this is true. However, not everyone that is labeled turns out to be what they have been pinpo...

• Word Count: 1286
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His father is a king or someone of great importance. 3. The father is often a near relative of the mother. 4. ... The hero is also reputed to be the son of a god. 6. At birth an attempt is made, usually by his father or maternal grandfather, to kill him. 7. ...

• Word Count: 2005
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

When the constitution stated "All men are created equal", it was never meant to give rights to any women throughout the course of the new nation. On April 12, 2015, Hillary Clinton declared her candidacy for the Presidential election of 2016. This stark transformation through the course of American ...

• Word Count: 1101
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During class last week, we watched three video clips concerning practices in other countries that most Americans find atrocious. The subjects of the videos were: the Untouchables and the caste system in India, honor killings, and suicide bombers. All three practices are, on the most part, accepted...

• Word Count: 980
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After consulting a criminological text such as The Fence: In the Shadow of Two Worlds, one comes to find that common criminal theories are not only evident in criminal society but also tie closely with criminal beliefs and values. The main focus of this particular case study, Sam Goodman, is a prime example to use when illustrating these theories" role in the criminal world. Discussions of his experiences in the criminal, and also non-criminal world help to shed light on how Sam has exhibited these theories throughout his life, sometimes unknowingly, because they had just been worked into h...

• Word Count: 4192
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• Grade Level: High School

We see Lady Bracknell's concern about her daughter's prospective fiancé's suitability, and whether Worthing's father was born in the "Purple of Commerce-(Act 1, page 20), or whether he rose "from the rank of aristocracy-. ... Sheridan, son of a poor Dublin actor, used his wit to fight his way into this London elite. ...

• Word Count: 1627
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• Grade Level: High School

In Secret Daughter, when Sarla recalled the moment when her son Krishnan decided to go aboard and study, saying in the novel, "[s]ixteen family members travelled together, caravan style, in four separate cars to the airport 'Don't worry, papa. ... He made a terrible mistake, killing an innocent person under the illogical assumption that he was avenging his father's death. ...

• Word Count: 1988
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

I found it interesting that in the Hindu culture the brides family presents gifts to the grooms family as a symbol of thanks for allowing their son to marry the bride. ... I learned how to play baseball from my father, and I will teach my children how the game is played. ...

• Word Count: 2002
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School