Once these psychological links go missing or get broken due to life changing events, it in turn causes a gap or break-down in one's subconscious and makes them lose who the notion of who they once were. ... The narrator thinks highly of his father and does not want to disappoint him in any way. ... During this violent raid, the brute American soldiers carried out unnecessary physical assaults on his whole family. ... The second step in an identity crisis is self-realization, where a character realizes they are becoming someone 'new', someone different then who they thought they...

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Most of the stories are recounted in first person by vivid, comical and often grim characters and describe in great detail the ordeals faced they face as they adjusted to a new culture and its people. ... In the excerpt below, Vittorio describes the escalating tension between his mother and his grandfather: "Not a word passed between her and my grandfather: it was as if they simply did not see each other, as if they only sensed each other's alien presence lurking like a shadow nearby, and kept clear of it" (129)... The fact that she does not show any remorse for her actions is a contrib...

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In addition, Arthur Miller's father lost his job during the Great Depression just like Willy Loman does in the play. ... Even though Willy displays expertise as a carpenter, manual labor, in his distorted mind does not represent a position of distinction. ... "I'm not interested in stories about the past or any crap of that kind because the woods are burning, boys, you understand? ... This proves false during the drama, when Charley explains to Willy that a salesman's goods do not always sell on the basis of a representative's personality. ... In contrast, Charley does not ...

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It is weird how Shakespeare could predict some things about the future including the downfall of families and political authorities. ... Lear decides to live with his daughters; however, both of them do not welcome him and consider him to be imbalanced mentally. ... He does not want to take revenge; all he wants is to be in the same prison with his daughter and live and sing like the poor. ... The character of Cordelia is similar to Lear's. ... The character of Gloucester is a character that gives the reader some emotional peaces knowing that still there are few people who are not wicked....

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The term „institution‟ is used in nominalist sense, to mean a group of persons organized according to cultural principles to carry on activities which fulfill their basic individual and social needs as human beings.4 Similarly, Arthur W. ... "9 In fact, the chief effects of the family change are reflected in family relationships. ... In a society where the conception of social life is individualistic, drama has to deal with how the character copes with such a society and how the family deals with the problems which beset it with such tedious familiarity: "most characters do not c...

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When the parent(s) of the child do not assume the necessary role that a parent must fill for a child they will emotionally damage the child. ... She seemed to have confidence in her family and Clara that they would do what was best for her and look out for her. ... Children who do not experience mastery of particular skills feel inferior and shun new activities (Sroufe, Cooper, & DeHart, 1992). Ida fought learning and she did not want to learn the "white- way of doing things because she was very proud of her Indian heritage and culture. ... The betrayal was also Clara telling Ida's s...

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