Eliezer works extremely hard throughout the story to keep his father close and avoid being like the other cruel sons he saw, avoid death, and survive the Holocaust. Three times Eliezer saw relationships between fathers and their sons go rotten. ... The third terrible father-son relationship Eliezer saw was near the end when everybody was packed into the train leaving Gleiwitz they stopped in a German township and somebody on the road threw a piece of bread into the train and one son, named Meir, beat his own father to death over the piece of bread. ... Eliezer also understands that his ...

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In order to dig himself out of a financial abyss, he is keen to yield his wife to a horrifying abduction, to embezzle money from his father-in-law, and to place his son, his neighbors, the law enforcement, and everyone in the captors channel in jeopardy. He's the sole root of the five homicides, which include his wife and his father-in-law, and ultimately his wrongdoing escorts him to his own demise. ... Jerry tries to con the kidnappers and his father-in-law by asking for a bigger sum of money than the 80 grand. ... But, the father-in-law seems to be the chief of the Lundegaard's,...

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This story gives us a closer view of George Willard's family: his mother, Elizabeth, and father, Tom. Elizabeth is completely consumed by her desire to have a deep rapport with her son, so much so that she contemplates killing her husband because of his healthy relationship with George. One night, while waiting for her son to visit, Elizabeth overhears her husband telling George that he has secured him a position at the Winesburg Eagle, the local newspaper. ...

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Edmond is responsible for portraying his brother, deceiving and portraying his father, using both Gonerill and Regan for his advantage and also for Cordelia's death. ... Edmond's mockery stresses the gulf between the father's older world-view and the son's fashionable scepticism. ... In contrast with his father, Edmond believes that nature is a malign force that acts as a powerful motivator, and is concerned only with his own advancement and profit: "When we are sick in fortune. ... Lear's daughters Gonerill and Regan sabotage the power structure of the monarchy by fal...

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The play begins at a critical point of English history, marking the passage from the supposedly stable reign of Edward-I to a chaotic one of his son, who unfortunately could match neither the valour nor the statesmanship of his predecessor. ... The very beginning of the play gives us a hint to the character of Edward, his irresponsibility towards his kingdom, as he writes in a letter to Gaveston, "My father is deceased; come Gaveston, and share the kingdom with thy dearest friend.... The king states the irony of kingship, wear the crown, but am controlled by them, by Mortimer, and my unco...

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