Ravan and Eddie is a story of survival. A story of two young boys escaping from extreme poverty, from reality. ... Like Tara and her sisters are constantly being told by their father that he should have had sons. But, when his youngest daughter dies, he is traumatized and cries out her name for days on end asking God why He has taken her away. At the same time, when his daughter Tara gets pregnant with an illegitimate child, he mistreats her so badly that she has a miscarriage. ...

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The daughter in the story does have many rivers to cross. ... The part of the story that really confused me was how the father was acting when he found out his wife was dead. ... The father in the story also seemed like he refused to call the doctor a couple times until he really saw that his daughter was mad at him. ... The daughter in the story I think acted like any other person would in her situation. ... I came to this conclusion, when the father didn't even lend a hug to his daughter when her mother died. ...

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The daughter in the story does have many rivers to cross. ... The part of the story that really confused me was how the father was acting when he found out his wife was dead. ... The father in the story also seemed like he refused to call the doctor a couple times until he really saw that his daughter was mad at him. ... The daughter in the story I think acted like any other person would in her situation. ... I came to this conclusion, when the father didn't even lend a hug to his daughter when her mother died. ...

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At the beginning of the story we are told of Mrs. ... When I was four years old, my father left. ... I was no longer Beth; I was Jack's daughter again. ... My father called. ... Six months after my father's first phone call, he passed away. ...

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The sweet, unselfish and loving daughter named Belle can be turned into someone who we never thought when we're young that she can be. ... Before the ship of Belle's father disappeared they have plenty of money because her father was a merchant, but in the story Belle is the one who do the house chores because her sisters are lazy and very demanding. If her father is really a good one and love his daughters, he could get a maid for them and let his daughters feel easy about their lives. ... That's why I conclude that Belle's father don't really love them since there mo...

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A Parent's Love Has No Bounds " Harry, your father loves you," a loving father says to his son, who refuses to communicate with him, in the short story "My Son the Murder". ... Allow me to elaborate with an example in the short story "My Son the Murderer," written by Bernard Malamud. This story is about a distant father and son relationship, which is based on silence. ... This loving father went through this whole ordeal to spend time with his son. ... They would like to feel secure and to make sure that their son/ daughter is safe and well. ...

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I interpreted it to be a coming of age story. Eugéne de Rastignac begins the story as a hopeful young student with an optimistic outlook into society. ... He represents the ultimate father, but near the end of his life he begins to see things clearly. ... He finally realizes that his daughters are ungrateful and that he has caused his own untimely demise by giving all that he ever had to his daughters. ... Even at the end of his life the ultimate father tries to understand why his daughters are not there for him in his time of need. ...

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Typically a bride's father guides her down the aisle and gives her to her groom. It is a moment in a woman's life that all fathers dread and only hope they can entrust the man in which they place their daughter's heart. ... My father is bipolar, and like most people with this condition he chose to self medicate. ... A friend of mine told me how her dad used to be a drug addict and that he cleaned himself up, as I listened to her story I grew angry and wondered "Why can't my dad do that for me, why doesn't he love me?... I loathed watching little girls play with th...

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Laurence is a well-known Canadian novelist and short story writer. ... They loved her as if she were their own daughter. ... Jules, the father of her unborn, left Vancouver, and he did not know that he was actually the father. ... In 1952, Laurence's daughter Jocelynn was born. ... Laurence died in Ontario, where her protagonist Morag Gunn lived with her daughter. ...

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In the story she talked about a time she had to dig postholes herself for a hundred of acres of land. ... She hears thunder and see's lighting she thinks of her daughter Hapsy. Granny thought Haspy has arrived but she passed away years ago and her other daughter Lydia has arrived and in the story Lydia is one of Granny children that comes to Granny for advice with her children and Granny feels like Lydia husband is very irresponsible and she will need the land. ... Earlier in the story Granny and John already had God in their hearts because they mention about the nightmares they had about...

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In the stories A Doll's House and Sweat this idea of what we now call a "woman" does not even exist. ... In some cases even daughters were treated like this also. If a man wanted to marry another man's daughter he would have to get her father's permission and in some cases pay the father to marry his daughter. ... In the story A Doll's House Torvald, the husband, treated Nora, his wife, more like his daughter. ... In the story "Sweat" Delia was basically faced with a similar situation. ...

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His downfall is foreshadowed early on in the story. ... Through this he becomes king, his father's position, and marries his mother, the Queen of Thebes. All is ironic in the story of Oedipus. ... Alas, the ultimate irony is at the close of the story when he gauges his own eyes out. ... He is too upset about what he has done to his daughters, or to his sisters for that matter, to want to see anymore. ...

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Her father is an unfair man, who makes his daughter work and then keeps her wages. ... b) Eveline's father is a shadowy but menacing bully who has ruined her mother's life and is set to ruin hers. Eveline's father is the repressive authority in her life. ... She is trapped in an ugly situation, responsible for her siblings and the aging father who abuses her. ... The mother doesn't really accept her newborn child as her daughter and to an extent her child doesn't mean anything to her. ...

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By choosing to commit to the movement, the husband's decision puts a strain on his marital relationship and father-daughter relationship. ... However as the story progresses, the audience learns of her adoring patience towards her husband as he distances himself away from her for his cause. ... Their child, Inkululeko, only knows him from the pictures and stories her mother tells her. ... His daughter even told him,"that's not him.... His decision to commit to a city movement negatively affects his relationship with his wife and daughter. ...

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The story is told second hand by a daughter of one of the four sisters. ... At times it seems that the stories she learns of are not meant for the ears of such a young child, however she is the only daughter and therefore must learn of the families history. ... As the story begins to shift from the daughters of Laban, to Dinah, the intricate dynamics of the children in the family are more thoroughly addressed. ... However ties between Jacob and his brother Esau seem to have been cut as a result of Jacob taking his fathers blessing in place of Esau. ... Jacob and his sons murder Shalem and h...

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Shortly after his father-in law was dead, Mr. ... Doran and her daughter. ... Perhaps, the same way her father or Mr. ... Lastly, "The Boarding House" can be described as a short story with a strange twist. ... Mooney and James Joyce's biographical background are just two of many reasons why this particular short story portrayed such unconventional behavior. ...

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The family is consisted of Ellie, Flora, their father and Flora's fiancé Robert. ... Flora's father had set the wedding one year ahead before he died. ... Her daughter is still alive and will never stop dreaming about her beloved mother. ... The narrator of this story is the teacher's daughter that is still alive. ... She had a lot of friends when she was young, and the way her daughter talks about her makes her a role model. ...

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Another traditional custom that I saw in the movie was how the head of the family, the father, marries off his daughters to the most suitable husband. ... Atang thought about that for a second, only to be interrupted by Dineo's father demanding a very high price for his daughter. ... Although, during the scene when Dineo was about to leave with Mokebe, Dineo's father realizes that this is not what he wants his daughter to do and he just wants her to be happy. ... Finishing the movie, I saw two endings to the story. ... I loved how her father realized that family is all that he has an...

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Stories of the creation of the earth, mankind, animals, and plants along with the flood recountings are similar to other non-Jewish stories. ... The creation of man and woman simultaneously parallels the Mesopotamian creation story, Enuma Elish. ... The reference to man leaving his father and mother and cleaving to his wife in Genesis 2:24 could be so interpreted. ... The Story of Jacob's courtship and his flight from Laban's house could show this transition from matrilocality to patrilocality. ... Thus Rachel, believing her father would deny her husband legal share in his estate, to...

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I felt that the story "In the Gloaming" by Alice Elliot Dark reminded me of another story that I have read before, it is "The Children Stay" by Alice Munro. ... Martin, the father, on the other hand wants to stay away from him while he is sick. ... This story has two small children in it, Caitlin and Mara. ... Pauline talks to Brian, the children's father, soon after she leaves. When she asks him about her daughters he responds by saying, "The Children Stay." ...

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We are told from the very beginning of this short story that Elizabeth is too good for the life she lives. ... Her reaction towards the state of her neighbour's kitchen later in the story also shows this. ... Elizabeth and her daughter are very much alike both share feelings of anxiety towards the fathers return and both appreciate beauty. ... The different reactions of the mother and daughter to the flowers reflect the deterioration of Elizabeth's positive attitude. ... In the second part of the short story we are reminded that Elizabeth is a very proud woman. ...

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Tevye is directly confronted with modern ways and views as against the Jewish traditions when marrying his daughters. Tevye goes to Efrayim the Matchmaker to traditionally multiple times to arrange marriages for his daughters. All of the arranged marriages are rejected, except for the case of his youngest daughter Beilke, which is major dilemma in the story. ... Tevye makes comments on the fact that he has never heard of a young man being the matchmaker, the groom, and the father-in-law at the same time. ... Tevye is tempted to reunite with his daughter, but cant since Chava has married out...

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What stands out the most amongst these descriptions, is the lack of characterization of Cinderella's father. ... Her father's lack of refuge, is what allows Cinderella's lifestyle to be impacted so greatly by her stepmother. If he were fulfilling the role that society set for him, he would be controlling the interactions between his daughters, and the behavior of his wife. ... Once Cinderella's father has remarried, it is her stepmother who decides her fate. An illustration of the stepmother's matriarchal power is provided within the text saying, "She could not ...

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Pan tells the story of Knemon a grumpy old man and how he forced his wife and stepson to leave him. ... The father of the young girl is Knemon. Plot Synopsis In the beginning, Sostratos sends one of his slaves to conduct business on the farm of Knemon and soon after this business, Sostratos sees Knemon's daughter and assists her in bringing water back to the father. ... He is afraid to ask Knemon for his daughters hand in marriage. ... In order to receive the love he is willing to deceive the girls father. ...

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In Yamamoto's story, Rosie's mother received repercussions for expressing herself through haiku and letting her heritage and spirituality shine. ... How, she questions, if these women were unable to express their creative spirit, was it passed down from generation to generation from mother to daughter. ... These stories, however, were often interrupted by a chore that needed to be done or a child that needed to be tended to (63). ... All this jealousy eventually lead to an upheaval where Rosie's father burnt an award the mother had won for a poetry contest. In the end, Yamam...

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