She gave birth to a son which she named Georges. ... Georges grew up not knowing who his father was. He once asked his mother about it and she stated, "My son, you shall learn of your name only when you reach twenty-five, then you will be a man; you will be better able to guard its secret. ... Three years passed when Georges learned that Alfred had became a father of a baby boy. ... Georges then believed that he had been cursed for killing his own father. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In Sons and Lovers, the bond between the mother and son is exemplified in a profound way. ... Morel's relationship with her sons, especially Paul, proves to be harmful to the growth of her sons. ... Once his father was sent to hospital because of industrial injury, he said to his mother with joy "I'm the host in the house now. " In order to be "the host in the house ", he even prayed for his father's death. ... Although living in a country village, which was controlled by her father and brothers who looked down upon her, she was irreconcilable to mediocrity. ... Morel that never...

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• Grade Level: High School

The story is about a father and son. The son is an intern, within the medical field, observing his father who is a doctor. His father brought the son along to witness a rare birth by a woman across the water. ... From that the son had many questions about if it was normal for a father to want to kill himself or a mother as well. The boy's father was very upset that his young son had to see such events occur. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

However they did acquire a dowry at birth that was passed on to the husband that the father had chosen for his daughter. This was usually more of a financial agreement between the father and the suitor rather than an emotional agreement. ... She was praised for producing sons. However daughters were usually frowned upon and were not given the same healthy and educated upbringing as sons were. ... They were also to produce strong sons that would leave at age seven to begin training for the Spartan army. ...

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The first reason why fathers should have more reproductive rights is because it is unjust for a man to pay child support when he has no say over whether or not to keep the child. ... " Earlier that year, parents of Shane Seyer discovered that the woman they had hired to take care of their 13-year-old son was having intercourse with him and had became pregnant. ... The primary purpose of a paternity proceeding is to protect the welfare of the illegitimate child and, accordingly, the mother's conduct during intimacy should have no bearing on the father's duty of support nor upon ...

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The most important problem Willie has is his bad relationship with his son Biff. ... On the inside Biff his angry at his father for jumping down his throat. He did not get that form his father when he was young. Now that he is older he resents why his father is all of a sudden jumping on him. ... Willies lying, lack of reality and bad relationship with his son all lead to his demise. ...

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Angie Lowe and her son Johnny; who have been abandoned by his father for months now. ... It is also their job to teach their sons how to be a man and how to perform a man's duty. ... It is not good for Small Warrior to grow up without a father to teach him how to perform a man's duty. ... This shows feminism because Vittorio is implying that a woman cannot teach her son the same way as a father can, he's simply downgrading woman saying they cannot perform/teach the same way as men can. ... But it is the father's job to teach the boy about the outside world and how it poses ...

• Word Count: 1144
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• Grade Level: High School

Parents, realized or not, differentiate the methods of upbringing and raising their son to their daughter. ... They believe that pink is a little too feminine for their son and dolls can make him looks like a sissy. ... Parents tend to overprotect their daughter than their son. ... When a father cannot spare his time for his children, society still thinks that it is okay because the father is already tired of his job. ... Later, if the children do mischievous thing, it is the mother who got the blame for she cannot teach the children well; not the father. ...

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It showed many fathers saving their son from different surprise incidents. Some incidents consisted of the son tripping and falling, or losing control of his bike and crashing into a car. It then showed a father and son in a car with his son in the driver's seat learning to drive. The son took his eyes off the road for a quick second and almost hit another car, luckily the car had auto emergency breaking in which the father had control of. ...

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They call these men the Founding Fathers of America. ... But least you should imagine it too burdensome to a girl at my early time of life, give me leave to answer you: I assure you I think myself happy that I can be useful to so good a father, and by rising very early I find I can go through much business"" (Roberts (1), p.2). ... Her oldest son, John Quincy Adams, would become the sixth president of the United States. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

He is married to Justine, and they have two children, daughter Allegra Sky and son Ryder Lee, they live in Manhattan. ... As a young boy he tried to please his father and looked up to his father as his hero. ... John doesn't want to get involved with her, but he does not want to dissatisfy his father and leaving that KFC without losing his virginity, to his father, means not being a man. ... When he is portraying his father his voice gets deep. ... He sees the way his father abuses women and prioritizes sex. ...

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Creon shows no emotion when he executes Antigone, soon to be the bride of his son, Haemon. ... Haemon was so hurt by his fathers actions and despised him. Creon's rage had now cost him his son. King Creon's pride filled rage has sacrificed Antigone and sacrificed his relationship with his son. ...

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After hinting at new conflict with the raising of a new barn, Wilkins Freeman exposes conflict, not between husband and wife, but between male and female as we learn that their son Sammy also knew about the new barn. ... The dominance of the males in the household is further emphasised by having the father "ask a blessing" at the rather rushed encounter at the dinner table. ... "S"pose your father made you go out an" work for you livin"?" ... "He wanted a game of marbles before school, and feared his father would give him some chores to do." ... which mirror's Sarah's similar ...

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She loves her father and stays with his family to be near him, but she is forcibly married off to a shoemaker. ... To him having a son means he would be immortalized as his name would be carried on to other generations. Based on the interpretation provided by Al-Hibri, a Middle Eastern feminist, the need to have a son is great because it is believed that through the son the family name would be carried on in future generations. ... Usually she only is allowed to take part in the immortalization of the male ancestors of her husband through birth of a son. ... Cheryl Benard highlights how the i...

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Wayne and his father never really had a good relationship, and Wayne viewed this transition like he was loosing his father for good. He felt like it would take away any chance of his father and him ever having a relationship. ... Roy's transition actually ends up bringing the father and son closer together, and makes Wayne a more open minded and accepting person. In my opinion, the most dramatic portrayal of gender stereotypes came from Roy's father. ... His father always wanted to have a boy to hand the farm over to, and Roy just wasn't that boy. ...

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Women become subordinate to the authority of men, which can include her father, husband, brother, or even her own son. ... Her mother of course accepted due to the authority and power of her father. ... In which showcases the attitude that even her own father has towards the opposite gender. Nujood explains "I kept hearing my father's words in my mind: one less mouth. ... Nujood at even such a young age did not understand how her father would get rid of her. ...

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She was sexually repressed by her husband for twenty years, and used her young son as a substitute for sexual intimacy. ... Milkman's father, Macon Dead sr., became a ruthless money hound after his father, Jake, was shot and killed for his property. ... This was the same world that once held his father in awe. ... (P.29)" By entering into Pilate's' home Milkman begins to question why his father acts the way he does. Through Pilate, Milkman discovers a past that seems lost within his father. ...

• Word Count: 1145
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She is sexually repressed by her husband for twenty years, and used her young son as a substitute for sexual intimacy. ... Milkman's father, Macon Dead sr., became a ruthless money hound after his father, Jake, was shot and killed for his property. ... This was the same world that once held his father in awe. ... (P.29)" By entering into Pilate's' home Milkman begins to question why his father acts the way he does. Through Pilate, Milkman discovers a past that seems lost within his father. ...

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She wanted to work outside with her father doing the work that she deemed important. ... This shows how the parents were more concerned with their son and that he could do no wrong. ... My father came, my mother came, my father went up the ladder talking very quietly and brought Laird down under his arm, at which my mother leaned against the ladder and began to cry. ... The narrators father instructed her to run and close the gate. ... At dinner later that night Laird told her father that she had let the horse out and her father didn't get upset, realizing she was becoming her female rol...

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The family consists of a mother, father, son, daughter, baby and a grandmother. ... The grandmother had her son take a detour to show the whole family a plantation she had once visited as a child. ... She got so embarrassed she jumped up knocked over the cat carrier, the cat jumped on her son's shoulder (who was driving) and they ended up in a ditch. ... She also chastises her son, Julian, for not wearing a tie to bring her there on the bus. ...

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Genji began to have several affairs with different women and his first affair began with his father's consort. ... This made other men envious of Genji because it was very rare and very brave for a son to betray his father by becoming involved with his consort. ... At this point Genji's father became very displeased with his life style. When his father learned of his son's affair with Lady Rokujō (called Lady because of her social status), he was very displeased with his son. ... By this time Genji finally realized his father was right but he never followed this advice. ...

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In this short story, there is no doubt that Armand treats Desiree wrongly as he forsakes his loving wife and infant son, driving them to suicide, by reason that he claims Desiree is black. ... Armand had changed to a kinder man after his marriage and the birth of his son and it may have been the only time in his life he was truly happy. ... It was during this episode that he finds a letter from his mother to his father that reveled that it was he who was black. ...

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As a young girl, the father would be their legal guardian until they were married, when this would happen, the husband would take over that role. If the women were widowed or divorced and they had no sons, then they would go back to their original guardian, but if they did then they could be place under the guardian ship of their own son. "When a woman was married she passes guardian ship of her father into that of her husband. ... Women, to men were usually just seen as a means of producing children, more importantly a son. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

She would then pass on her father's inheritance to her spouse. ... She is thought of as a terrible monster, but shows she has great compassion for her son by vowing to avenge her son's death. ... Her father sent her overseas to marry a King and the king tamed her and groomed her into an ideal queen. ...

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She dishonored her father and even killed her own brother to help him escape from Colchis. ... Instead of winning the throne, they (Jason, Medea & their two sons) were forced into exile. ... At this point she says "why should I hurt their father with the pain they feel, and suffer twice as much pain myself." ... She struggled to decide if she would be able to accomplish her goal of revenge without killing her children because she loved them and knew they had no part in what their father did. ... I personally do not feel that her actions were justified, I think her excuses had no weight agai...

• Word Count: 1123
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• Grade Level: High School