Soon after her birth, her family moved several times to various Quaker communities in the rural south, which would eventually show through in her somewhat Southern literary style. In 1948 the Tyler family moved into the Celo Community, an experimental shared labor community in the mountains of North Carolina. ... Shortly after, Tyler moved to Montreal, where her husband was completing his residency while she published her first novels, If Morning Ever Comes and The Tin Can Tree. ... Perhaps one of Tyler's greatest family novels is If Morning Ever Comes, a story about a home that is "cl...

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As for me, my mother, father, younger brother, and younger sister are my family and this may be different for some people. ... In come cases people live with other members in their extended families like a grandparent, in-laws, aunt, uncle, or cousins. ... Being there just three months ago I have seen the views of family people have in Pakistan as compare to here in New York specifically in Long Island where I reside. ... This act of social mobility is a common trend for women marring into a family and tend to move up a class or stay in the same class. Seeing this social trend and the unfair...

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When George and his father move to Tunbridge Wells, the quarter where Lucy and her family lives, she finds that her relationships with her family, with the unconventional Emerson and with her supercilious fiancé Cecilio pull her between the social proprieties of her upbringing and the spontaneous promptings of her heart. ... The main theme of the novel is the comparison between the peculiarity of Italian people and of English people, between two different ways of living. ...

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There are positive effects have occurred because of the institution of marriage, and they include that of married men and women having lower alcohol related problems and health risks than divorced and widowed people. ... A major constraint of families and work is the need for workers in low-paying jobs, long hours, and very few people who are willing or able to work under these circumstances. ... The challenge is being able to move on, accept differences between parents and spouses, and to maintain individual well-being. ... The combination of people from different original families also may c...

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And despite the fact that their town contained a small population of nearly one to two hundred people, the unity amongst the town was physically powerful in marching to freedom as a whole. ... Even though being forced to move from Laos to settle along the west bank of the Mekong River was a difficult challenge for many families, the pattern of population displacement that arose from power struggles between neighboring groups, has continued to carry on over centuries (Fox, 1998). ... The only similarity I can compare is being required to constantly move in a short period of time due to a mili...

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Wolff "imagined being adopted by different people [he] saw on the street"." ... Wolff wants this lifestyle as it offers him a sense of security as he would no longer have to move from different locations as well as a sense of belonging. ... When Wolff moves to Concrete with Dwight "[his] in for a whole nother ball game ", Wolff is forced to face the ultimate reality of family life. ... Wolff also includes this to show his readers that there is more than we don't often see what happens behind closed doors when it comes to people's family lives. ... By writing about the pool of domes...

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We find that globalisation threatened to integrate people into a global community. ... The strength of the bond is made blatant later when Darryl offers to pay for Jack's share in legal expenses and furthermore to take him in, in the event that they should have to move. ... We find that people in such a community, tend to stick together and stick to the people they know such as Dennis Denuto. ... The world must and can only move forward. ...

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During my adolescent years, my grandmother passed on, my parents decided to divorce, and to top it off, my mother decided to move my siblings and I across the country to live near her family in Florida. ... My desire to interact with people and understand the philosophical side of life stemmed from my early childhood exposures to people outside of my community. ... Regardless of the people around me I stuck to my thirst for knowledge. ...

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This attitude affects Ruth greatly; She adopts an ability to look past the boundaries of the ordinary, and is thus introduced to a life of people and experiences that is truly unique. ... Ruth doesn't judge people or opportunities by society's standards. ... She wants to move, and eventually does, but she experiences a lot of difficulty doing so because she knows her family may easily fall apart without her. ... The realization that she has neglected her relationship with her father is very painful for Ruth, yet she can't do anything about it, for her mother continues to tak...

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Their lives are examined in a fishbowl, as the congregation and community observe their every move. ... The responsibilities of pastors are more extensive than most people realize. ... The responsibilities to the pastors" spouse are also more extensive then most people realize. ... Duties and expectations of a pastor to be constantly on the move take them away from being more involved in home life, leaving the brunt of home responsibilities to the spouse. ... Many people expect too much of them because of their parentage. ...

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For instance, people of Asian ancestry differ significantly from those of European ancestry. ... Europeans juxtapose those views in their entirety, they industrialized and moved to large cities seeking to further life, often an entire family would work to provide an income, and moving and migrating was common because of continually seeking work. ... The media affects people differently; they are interested in different radio broadcast, TV programs, and periodical articles. ... Some people develop partiality towards colors and clothing styles. Why do people have varying interests? ...

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They moved throughout northeastern New Mexico, had six more children, and finally settled to open a family business on the plaza of Las Vegas in 1988. ... I move with self-assurance, have very open gestures, prefer to face and make direct eye contact with a person when I speak, and I use my eyebrows frequently to express myself. ... It also made me an affectionate person, comfortable with physical attention from different people. ... I have grown to define my group of people purely based on behavior, and because of the amount of time spent at the family business I learned to place more emp...

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Functionalists Willmott and Young (1975) would argue that there isn't one universal family type throughout British history, instead they found there were trends of family norms within different periods of it. They gathered their evidence through historical data and conducted a survey of 1,923 househ...

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It may seem strange to compare the Arab culture with the Mexican culture, as their customs are obviously so very different; however, what is astonishing is how similar they are in certain aspects of family life. Each culture has its own habits and traditions, all of which are passed down from genera...

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The Symbolic Interaction theory of the family studies how different people define and comprehend the meaning of family, the experiences people go through in their families, and the sorts of relationships families have. Symbolic Interactionists look more towards the context under which people construct the meanings of their families. In the case of the increase of single-parent families, the Symbolic Interactionist looks out how people define the roles within their households and the context under which people form relationships within single-parent households. ... The majority of the Africa...

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Whilst it is dangerous to stereotype any group of people, it must be accepted that we, as Australians, share common characteristics which are unique to our people. ... In today's society, sports people take the utmost caution in terms of preserving and looking after their bodies, because sport is their career and life. ... In the film "Gallipoli" people were hard, fit and athletic, yet despite our increased interest in sport we have evolved into a nation of couch potatoes with fewer people than ever actually participating in sport or exercise, preferring to take cars instead of using thei...

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Many people who live in modern society today have benefited from social improvements which have changed the overall quality of life for the better. ... It is clear from such traditions that the heavy emphasis on the family group's needs over the individual had significant negative consequences on many people, and women often paid the highest price for it. ... It is unfortunate that back then, what was known as shell-shock was dismissed as something that a man had to get over on his own and move on, with no attempts to diagnose it as a medical disorder. ... My service in the military an...

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Most people are inclined to associate parents with teachers and children with pupils; yet, not uncommonly children also take on the role of teachers. ... Even with this, she hesitated to explain her attitude at the moment when she started an argument with Professor Fuchs, claiming that, "Homeless people want to live on the streets" (p. 257). Professor Fuchs was unable to comprehend that Jeannette had a much more complex understanding of homeless people and thus decided to associate her with the stereotype of coming from a privileged environment. ... It is her belief people like Pro...

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It is clear from such traditions that the heavy emphasis on the family group's needs over the individual had significant negative consequences on many people, and women often paid the highest price for it. ... It is unfortunate that back then, what was known as shell-shock was dismissed as something that a man had to get over on his own and move on, with no attempts to diagnose it as a medical disorder. ... My service in the military and the income I earned from the age of 16 as a result, also contributed to my mother's financial independence, the ability to move away from her in-l...

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In comparing the seating styles, the Americans have a rigid and well defined personal space as opposed to the Chinese who would try to fit as many people as possible into a table. ... Part of the reason why such emphasis is placed on convenience is due to the value people place on time, especially in the "corporate America- culture we live in today. ... Inversely, people eat fast meals to save time so they can enjoy other activities. ... As the parents devout more of their time toward their jobs, less time is spent on preparing complicated meals, and dieting habits move from home cooked mea...

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The famous television actor Bill Cosby stated, "For two people in a marriage to live together day after day is unquestionably the one miracle the Vatican has overlooked" (Motivational Quotes). ... While the Vatican (the papal government) forbids the Pope and priests to engage in marriage, the people who have experienced the blissfulness of marriage and those who foresee the advantages of getting married would agree with Cosby--marriage offers a delightful experience. ... However, the explicit sparagmos imagery of death that hinders the couple from marriage (lines 1334-1371) move the reader&#...

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I will discuss how families are ignorant and narrow minded when talking about gay and lesbians and how society in general just do not talk about these topic in their household, people bluntly ignore the fact that these are people like myself and you. ... Because gay or people have a greater effect on these children and nurture them in such a way that these children themselves are better manner and educated. ... They move out as soon as they find a job and can still they send money home. ... They had good jobs and often consider themselves as hardworking people. ... For many kinship is underst...

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These people are very kind, generous, and well-bred and open despite their financial well-being that exceeds the well-being of all surrounding people taken together. ... However, Nandini disagrees with Yash and says that contemporary young people should decide by themselves without parents' pressure. ... I think that people's behavior represents their virtues, believes and intentions, through which their characteristics are expressed. ... Though Indian culture assimilated many elements from Western, Indians have maintained their very nature that represents gender, class, and ethni...

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The parental instinct is a driving force as we move from the selfish teenage years into the stable and forward-thinking years of our 20's and 30's. ... These issues are not often found in people considering adoption. ... This is because the tax code allows the married couple to spread their taxable income over two people instead of just the one. Additionally, the working parent may not be able to deduct the child or expenses associated because many states will not allow two people of the same gender to adopt and they are not the legal parent (Infanti). Not having access to the tax be...

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Mostly, in the modern era, strenuous and mind straining conflicts are encountered by people of all ages, especially children. ... Sleeping habits are something that worsens as children move away from home, whether it be staying up to do homework and complete tasks, or whether it be staying out and partying all night, parents are most likely to have faced straining sleeping habits at least once in there life, and probably have overcome them. ...

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