Kim Barnes" In the Wilderness; Coming of Age in Unknown Country delved into her childhood and adolescence as a logger's daughter in northern Idaho. In Bloodlines; Odyssey of a Native Daughter, Janet Campbell Hale utilized short stories to chronicle various stages of her life as the daughter of a Coeur d" Alene. ... In "Daughter of Winter," Hale described her function within her native family. ... Hale's mother frequently told her stories of her father's drinking and abuse but Janet believed that her father did not fit the description her mother fed her: "My father, the man I...

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She might began to withhold her child from the father, refusing visitation, which strains the child /father bond. Sometimes this withdrawal of child/father bond comes from the father because he does not feel ready nor obligated to be present. ... My daughter's father and I did not have a healthy relationship, so I ended it before I even found out I was pregnant. ... Just recently my daughters father contacted me and has seen my daughter twice. ... It also shows their kids and the kids fathers. ...

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Boys who live with only their fathers do not have the same problems as boys who have no father figure. ... Does this mean that a father and a father alone is sufficient to raise a young boy but any family structure not involving a father falls short, regardless of how loving and secure it may seem? ... For example, if the father has remarried after divorce or if a young boy lives with step parents of either sex, than he is just as likely to act up as a boy without any father. ... Are there any differences between a child who sees his father occasionally and a child who never sees his father...

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The first instance of a personal misfortune takes place, when Celie is forced by her father to marry a stranger. The person she marries is actually in love with Celie's sister, Nettie, but their father decides Nettie has too much potential to succeed in the world to marry so young; therefore Celie is the next option. ... She is with Mr._ solely because her father wanted this and Mr._ is with Celie, because his children need a mother. ... This story signifies the entrance of one daughter, Jing-Mei, into the Joy Luck Club, due to the death of her mother. ... Jing-Mei's mother peste...

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The absent parent may have never been a part of the family, as is my story with both my upbringing and my current situation. ... For me the choice (if I actually had one) to involve the father would, in my opinion, bring an additional pile of stress and emotional strife to my plate and I can only imagine how my daughters would be different if that were the case. ... I wondered throughout the years why my father was not in my life. ... When a father is not present in the home, it can create social problems. ... For fear of this being the case with my daughters, I strive to find balance in my pa...

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Although the characters may seem to have no similarities, the two stories do. ... Both of these stories have involved figures of psychic abilities that approach the protagonists in each story. ... Carter 3 At the end of the story, this prophecy coming true proves that Tiresias has psychic abilities. ... To his beloved children he'll be shown a father who is also a brother; to the one who bore him, son and husband; to his father, his seed-fellow and killer- (1266). ... Jocosta and Oedipus' father, Laius were both told of a prophecy that specified if they did not kill their son o...

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A Yellow Raft in Blue Water is a story of three generations of women. ... Ida's father, Lecon refused the offer because he was too proud and felt that people would talk if he allowed her to do this. ... This upset Ida's father very much and he started working even more so he could be away from home and became dependant on alcohol. ... Many years later both her mother and father passed away. ... Although, all that is mentioned in the story was that Ida was very nave, she seemed to be a very trusting girl and became very attached to Clara right away. ...

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Summary - This is the story of two families who have been neighbours for a long time. ... The neighbouring family is the Deevers; Steve Deever, his wife, his son George and his daughter Ann. ... He was visiting his father in prison. ... Keller had to make up that story about being sick to cover up for his crime. ... Chris would not take his father to jail. ...

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Once everyone sat down at the table for lunch mom and dad told us a little about the story. ... "The spirit leads one of the main characters, probably the daughter, to the murder weapon that has been hidden in the house all that time." ... I mean, after hearing mom and dad's story about the well and all maybe we were just-" "Imagining things," I said with a giggle. ...

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At the age of three , after fallin out a two story building window and my mom leavin me at my dads and never coming back, the courts granted my dad full custody of me. ... Stories every night, boared games after dinner, friday night movies, thursday night skating at the mdc. It became a cycle where things started to become less consistant. some nights my dad would cut down stories, take away playing board games. ...

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• Grade Level: High School