The Secret daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda, is a book that compares the treatments of females in two different families - one in India and one in America. ... Somer, an American woman who adopts Usha (they call her Asha) after the discovering that she can never have children of her own.  ... Our fast-paced world blurs human morality with gives for materialism and venality. ... I understood his thoughts and emotions and transition underwent to America. ... Since Sommer was born and raised in America, her understanding and expectations of men in society is d...

• Word Count: 1988
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

It is to be regarded as a sever attack on materialism which stands at odds with human values, on a war-profiteer's drive for profits based on an ethic that Familial obligations should come first, even at the expense of his social responsibilities and obligations. ... I - there was no meaning in it here; the whole thing to them [the American society] was a kind of a-bus accident Because no body was changed at all I felt wrong to be alive, to open a bank-book, to drive the new car- Elsewhere, Chris idealism finds expression in his feeling surprised and shocked by the revel...

• Word Count: 1490
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

What is the American family? This question was answered by John de Crevecoeur, in "what is the American?... "1 In fact, Crevecoeur summarized the history of the American family, in particular, and the American man, in general. ... "2 Whether the American family resembles other families in the wide world or not is a matter of the American‟s concept of the family. ... He simultaneously functioned as a social critic and moral guide as he believes that: The playwright must dig at the roots of sickness today as he feels it the death of the old God, the failure of science, and mate...

• Word Count: 9352
• Approx Pages: 37
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Nedeeds chose only those who were hungry for materialism and status and would not offer any opposition. ... In his review of Linden Hills, "African American Whiteness in Gloria Naylor's Linden Hills", Tim Engles describes Roxanne as "an avid social climber interested in marrying rich " who "actively whitens her natural appetites and those aspects of herself that are commonly associated with blackness ". ...

• Word Count: 2802
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School