Hence, in the patriarchal society of China, men are heaven and the wife is the ground, she therefore must be obedient to her father, husband, and son. ... An-Mei one of the mothers in the movie, tells her beloved mother's story where her mother experienced multiple oppression due to her status as a woman in a long deep-rooted Chinese history. An-Mei's mother lost her husband (An-Mei's father) and was sent back to live with her maternal parents by her mother-in-law after her husband passing away. ... At the end of An-Mei's story, I realized An-Mei's mother wanted An-Mei...

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Nyasha pretends to be a settler and insults her father by calling him a "good boy, a good munt. ... Along with everyone else, Njoroge resorts to believing in fantastic stories for encouragement under such bleak circumstances. ... Tambu's story also exemplifies how education does not lead to social freedom. ... A daughter, in contrast, is not as valuable. This is evident when Tambu's father denies her request to send her to school. ...

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Why ghost stories repeatedly shows us that the family is a site of trauma and conflict. Discussing how and why the ghost story genre focuses on dysfunctional families. ... The father does not tell anyone of what he seen to keep the order of the house as it is, also he could be scared of people saying that he is no longer sane. ... This brings me to the conclusion that the writer of the story probably is female. ... Abuse of a female character is represented when we see 'lord Furnvills' horrible treatment towards his daughter 'Miss Maude' for tarnishing the family by opti...

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This lack of understanding of his father and his father's behavior is shown in the phrase " I often wonder how he existed" The poet also seems to lack an understanding of adult behavior, as well as Polish culture, showing that the poem is written from a child's perspective. ... As his father tries to tech him this language the narrator states that he is drifting away from his father and his birth culture. ... Cats in the cradle is a story about a father who sees his son grow up the way he wanted to, like him, only to realise that all the tome he spent at work and not with his son has...

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And whilst the story of Narcissus was spawned in Greek mythology, it was not until 1968 that his name was appropriated for a 'self-obsessed' personality disorder. ... Icarus' father had warned him that the wings - being made of wax - would melt if he flew too close to the sun. ... "As thou my sometime daughter.... Cordelia - the lone feather - blows away in the wind; dying in her father's arms as he finally realizes the truth. Though Lear and Gatsby both have epiphanies and realize the extent of their failures as a respective father and partner. ...

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On the other hand, the progression in McCarthy's story aligns with a father and his son's valiant quest to survive, which is almost constantly thwarted with new dangers. ... The immediate problems of the father and son are  hunger, thirst and coldness, which cause all of their faculties to be devoted to survival. ... Devoting to work as his salvation, Peter attempts to salvage society and his sanity by continuing on with his career and raising his daughter earnestly with his wife, Mary during the outbreak. When the couple must consider euthanizing their daughter, Mary displays stron...

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After his parents had a daughter in 1923, the family moved to Brooklyn, New York, where another son came along. ... His father initially would not allow him to read these magazines, as he felt that only "bums read the pulps... but when Science Wonder Stories appeared, the word "science" convinced him of the new publication's value" (Paradowski). ... Asimov continued to write throughout college, his father even purchasing a typewriter for him to make the writing easier. ... On his father's suggestion, he took the story to Campbell in person. ... This marriage would...

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The Frau calls him "The Father", which at once distances him from being within the family but instead held above it and above the wife. The daughter Rosa, complains about her early curfew, but the moment the Herr is used as a threat, all protests cease - which tends to indicate that the violence is not limited to the Frau alone. ... There is a strong binary opposition of the masculine large and feminine small threading throughout the story, demonstrated in this scene, by Herr Brechenmacher not having enough room to dress in the kitchen with his wife, where previously she had been working in ...

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In the heart of Susan's essay is when she starts to get into the actual story of the little mermaid. She starts by compare/contrasting the Hans Christian Anderson story with the Disney version. ... Susan purposefully chooses to call the mermaids father " violently jealous" (White, 320). I have seen this movie myself many time and never once thought of the father as "violently jealous". What the author is referring to it the father over-protectiveness of his youngest daughter, who states in the move that he does not want his daughter caught in some "fish-eaters hook". ...

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Through Bertrande de Rols, learn about how surprisingly fair the law was towards women: 'The testaments in the area around Artigat rarely benefit one child but instead provide dowries for the daughters.... (If there are only daughters, the property is divided equally among them)' Contrary to that, in order to lay the proper social foundation, the tragic tale of the title character was saved until last. ... During the trial, the cousin explained that he was merely avenging a crime which had taken place nearly thirty years before, for the death of his own father, purportedly caused ...

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When I was young, my father was my hero. ... The short story Boys and Girls, by Alice Munro, demonstrates this point excellently. ... This fact alone largely contributes to the void that grows between fathers and daughters and sons and mothers. ... This may cause young boys to demand freedom from their mothers and young daughters to grow distant and indifferent towards their fathers. ... Television not only impacts our societal values; it also has a great impact on the relationships between fathers and daughters and mothers and sons. ...

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"Paper Pills" retells the story of Dr. ... This story tells of a little girl's desire to be named Tandy. The youngest child in Winesburg is the seven-year-old daughter of Tom Hard, the community's leading atheist. ... Similarly, Tom Hard's daughter assumes the responsibility of gathering the strength to be loved and to become Tandy. ... This story gives us a closer view of George Willard's family: his mother, Elizabeth, and father, Tom. ...

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Some people may tell you that this film is a true story of a determined car salesman, two ignorant kidnappers, and one dedicated police officer. In truth, this is not a true story, but a symbolic performance where embodied righteousness, wickedness, and other ideas are characters. ... Jerry tries to con the kidnappers and his father-in-law by asking for a bigger sum of money than the 80 grand. ... He is also very doubtful about giving ransom to save his daughter's soul. ... But, the father-in-law seems to be the chief of the Lundegaard's, even though he doesn't reside at the...

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Retold by numerous cultures, written in several tongues, and modified into dozens of different variations, that story is perhaps one of the most ubiquitous stories in the world. ... In Grant's Cinderella story, the protagonists and antagonists can easily be classified as good or evil. ... In the beginning of the story, Cinderella's mother is said to have died when Cinderella was very young, an event that naturally fosters a stronger bond between father and daughter. This highlights Cinderella's goodness because she is shown to bond with her father in times of tribulation. Ho...

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Nelson refers to this myth as the backbone of the story and how it acts like "trail markers" for the reader (2001 p4). The tale foreshadows Tayo's story of damnation from his Native American roots by his family and himself. ... She recounts her past through the story of her lover's death and the power of the dance. ... It is not until she returns to her childhood home, sees the truth of her father and loses her beloved sister that she ultimately realizes that her family community has always been there for her in her fifty mothers. ... Unfortunately, his choice to distance himself (al...

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On both sides of the coin, "cautious, respectable continuity is the keynote of [the] designs."3 However, it is ironic to note that Nero did not respect or honor his mother or his adoptive father. ... Faustina the Younger was the only daughter of Antoninus Pius and Faustina the Elder. ... While daughters could not becomes heirs, they could marry a man that the emperor favored, thereby cementing his claim to be emperor, and avoiding unpleasant controversies or damaging civil wars. ... Plautilla was the daughter of Gaius Fulvius Plautianus, the praetorian prefect of Septimius Severus and al...

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Maggie is a romantic character and a dutiful daughter and sister she is devoted, tender and longing to give and receive love. ... As you read Maggie's story, the connections we can draw between her life story - particularly its often-unfulfilled ambitions - and Victorian constructions of femininity. ... This can bee shown by looking at Maggie and her impetuous and violent behaviour has been likened to that of her fathers- stressing the theme of heredity and her anomalies as a woman with masculine character traits. ... Maggie's desire for "masculine" knowledge is related using images ...

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Maggie is a romantic character and a dutiful daughter and sister she is devoted, tender and longing to give and receive love. ... As you read Maggie's story, the connections we can draw between her life story - particularly its often-unfulfilled ambitions - and Victorian constructions of femininity. ... This can bee shown by looking at Maggie and her impetuous and violent behaviour has been likened to that of her fathers- stressing the theme of heredity and her anomalies as a woman with masculine character traits. ... Maggie's desire for "masculine" knowledge is related using images ...

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The main characters include Lester Burnhan, a father and husban in an obvious mid life crisis, Angela, his daughters sexpot best friend who is a clear case of narcissistic personality disorder, and Colonel Fitts, Lester's next door neighbor and obvious homophobic. ... In actuality however, Angela's intent in telling these false stories is not to instruct Janie or to offer her any friendly wisdom. ... When she is loudly reporting to a group of girls about how she slept with a famous photographer, one of the girls doubts the truth behind Angela's stories and proceeds to insult ...

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Roy O'Bannon was only given the positive character (brave, justifiable) according to the need and development of the story at the end. ... He trusted in his friend, faithful and loyal to his country and family, capable and responsible in his task, honorable and filial to his father. ... This story was developed all around Jess and her family. ... one as the assertive woman pursuing her own dream and the love that she desire and the other as the subordinate daughter in the home. In fact, I found that the gender roles of Indo- American women attempt to limit their identities to those of ...

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At first glance it can be seen as a simple story of a young man who wakes up one morning as a vermin, yet Kafka makes sure to highlight the changed relationships between the family members after the metamorphosis takes place, showing the intricacy/depth of the story. ... All the characters in this story are dependent on one another, and as a result, are presented as disgusting/morbid either literally or symbolically. ... Gregor is the one compensating for his father's business failure, yet he becomes "a tool of the boss, without brains or backbone" (5). ... Gregor gets out from under h...

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Choose a novel or play that depicts a conflict between a parent (or a parental figure) and a son or daughter. ... Furthermore, the journal entries signify a solution to Stephen's wavering feelings towards his father, Simon Dedalus. ... However, in the closing lines of the novel, Stephen finally frees himself from his father's influence. Stephen also resolves his emotional turmoil toward the family by describing his father endearingly, despite his many faults. ... However, as in the story of Daedalus and his son, Icarus, Stephen must take caution to find the perfect medium between com...

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She now belongs to another man who is not her father; she is restricted to her virginity and this confinement is not her choice. 
... When Prospero recounts her story, we see that she is an independent woman who maintains her power even after having had sex. ... A recurring theme in Shakespeare's plays is men using their daughters to establish political alliances. ... This is imposed by her father, a symbol of patriarchal power. Prospero's plotting, in The Tempest, can also be used as an example, though he is more subtle and attuned to his daughter's desires.

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Brabantio, Desdemona's father, grows angry at the rumor that Othello is sleeping with his daughter. Iago describes the consequences of these acts with phrases like, "you'll have your daughter covered with a Barbary horse"" (line 122) and even, "or else the devil will make Grandsire of you"" (line 97). ... This sentiment is even further underscored by Barbanzio's reaction, when he appeals to the Duke he accuses Othello of some sort of dark magic and says his daughter is bound "in the chains of magic"" (Act I, scene ii, line 285). ... Thus, while it's hard to just declare "Sh...

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Bustos reflected on some stories about the transition for her own parents. She acknowledged how her father was often bullied for looking different, or always eating arroz con leche, but never suffered much discrimination from teachers or employers. ... She hopes that her daughters will grow up proud of their dark complexion and dark hair, but pray that they will not suffer from discrimination just for looking this certain way, because as far as Ms. Bustos is concerned, her daughters are just as American as the little African American girl next door and the Caucasian twin boys down the street. ...

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