Cody could not see himself with a girl that would like his younger brother more than himself. ... Partly out of spite for his brother, partly out of spite for his mother Cody enticed this girl into love and marriage. ... Cody's decision was in part made only to spite his brother. ... Pampered by his mother and resented by his brother Ezra developed his own unique personality that was almost the opposite of his older brother. ... At this restaurant he found a place where he felt useful and he also found the mother he never had. ...

• Word Count: 1740
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The first photo, found in appendix A, is myself, my fiancé, and our two children. The second photo, found in appendix B, is myself and a few of my closest friends. The third photo, found in appendix C, is various words that represent the people I consider family. ... To another person, family may mean a father, a mother, grandparents, aunts, uncles, brothers and sisters. ... When I was growing up my family unit consisted of my parents, myself, and my two brothers. ...

• Word Count: 1407
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The novel begins with Ciaran's brother, Corrigan, and his altruistic role in society. ... He finds his brother living in a terrible neighborhood and goaled on helping the prostitutes in his neighborhood, especially Jazlynn and her mother, Tillie, and providing services at a nursing home. Fear of his brother doing drugs, Ciaran has found out what was really going on with his brother: "You ask me if I'm using heroin, man? It's worse than that, brother, much worse"(57). ... After the funeral Ciaran realizes the car that Lara is driving was the car that killed his brother. ...

• Word Count: 1442
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

A different view of the traveling woman found in The Instructions of Any; "Be on your guard against a woman from abroad, who is not known in town. ... Husbands could marry more than one wife and people of close relations (first cousins, brothers and sisters etc ) could also wed one another. ... Some documents state that girls may have been married at the age of eight or nine, and the mummy of an eleven-year-old wife has also been found. (4) Marriages required no religious or legal ceremony. ... The other 2/3 of the inheritance was divided among their children, followed by the brothers and s...

• Word Count: 1824
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

My sister-in- law's parents came from Yemen and Persia, and my brother-in-law from Morocco. ... I also found similarities between the Chasidic Jews, most of them living in Jerusalem, and the !... That's how both my brothers got married. ... As I started reading the book, my fourth nephew was born in Israel, and I was constantly on the phone with any one of my brothers. ... My brother's process was painfully similar. ...

• Word Count: 2208
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

So Amatokwu's family found him a junior wife who becomes pregnant in a month. ... Chapter 4 - First shocks of motherhood So he found her a husband that lived in Lagos. His brother Owulum took her to meet her new husband. ... He had to take all of his brother worldly possessions that included his wives. ... Shortly after Nnaife brother's death Aduka arrived with her daughter. ...

• Word Count: 2054
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Ivan was a mix of his two brothers. He had the hard-working spirit of the older brother but also appreciates the value of a good time like the younger brother. ... He found one which suited his tastes perfectly. ...

• Word Count: 1274
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The classic romantic comedy tells the tale of lovers" mishaps and successes when banished or fleeing to the Forest of Arden from the courts of the two feuding brothers : Duke Senior and Duke Fredrick. ... In the palace , after Celia asks Rosalind why she will attend the wresting match where Oliver , Orlando's brother , plans to violently overthrow him , and whether she is doing this in any to attempt to please her father. ... In the forest , Rosalind now dressed as Ganymede question Orlando if he was indeed the writer of the verses she founds written about her ( as Rosalind). .....

• Word Count: 1514
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Sometime during this night, the bride's sisters and brothers take the grooms shoes and in order for him to get his shoes back, he must give them money. At the end of the night the bride is given away by walking her to the vehicle with a Quran held over her head by her brother. ... One thing that I found interesting was that when a Christian or catholic wedding took place in Pakistan, marital residence was patrilocal whereas here, marital residence is usually neolocal. ... I have found what Zohra said to be true. ...

• Word Count: 1467
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Once a couple does decide to get married the drama begins, and does not stop until the wedding; you have bitter ex's trying to get their old flings back, parents who do not agree with the marriage, brothers and sisters fighting over the soon to be spouse, the couple themselves fighting due to the old flings that appear, and most dramatic, the ones who come forward about the cheating or dishonesty on the day of the wedding. ... Most every person longs for love, and if they have not found it yet, there is a sense of completion, in their eyes once they see the commitment made. ... Since I...

• Word Count: 1567
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

A study of adult women in 1987 found that those who had been younger than 16 when their parents divorced were about 60% more likely to be divorced or separated themselves at the time of the study."... When my dad first started getting into the business, his brothers weren't interested in working with him. But after he got together with his brother in laws and showed that he was successful without his older brothers, they wanted to join him in what he was achieving. ...

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However, with the advice of the girl's half brother, Sostratos decides to act as a worker on the farm of Knemon in order to become closer to him. ... Sostratos and Gorgias, the half brother of Sostratos, rescues Knemon from the well. ... He does this while also convincing his father to let the half brother of the girl to marry his sister. ... There was also love found between Gorgias and the sister of Sostratos conquering the inability of Gorgias to find love throughout his life. ... Sostratos makes a decision, with the help of his half brother, to work as a farmer for Knemon in order to ...

• Word Count: 1947
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Johnson was the middle child, fourth from the oldest out of all her brothers and sisters. ... At a young age she found herself internalizing the norms, values, and behaviors of what was expected of her, in regards to her gender. ... As a teenager, her main goal than became, in her words, " I had to get the hell out of my mother's house. " I found it to be very note worthy and interesting that Johnson was one of the first black students to integrate Garrison Junior High; which at the time had only white students. ... I found it also interesting that at that time white students were permi...

• Word Count: 1263
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• Grade Level: High School

She goes to visit her mom and dad one day at their house he found out something tragic had happened. ... The part of the story that really confused me was how the father was acting when he found out his wife was dead. ... I actually know someone that came home one day from work and saw his own brother hanging from a tree in their front yard. ... After it was all over I found out that there was a reason that he killed himself, which was, because his girlfriend broke up with him. ...

• Word Count: 1319
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• Grade Level: High School

In summary, chapter one, which I personally found to be one of the most interesting of all, was basically placing the Beng world in wider perspective with many other ideas and theories of the world. ... The marriage of two sisters to two brothers would seem to violate the rule stated earlier in the chapter. ... Two facts that I found were very interesting were that whenever anyone dies, some family members of the deceased consult a diviner to determine the cause of death, which is then announced publicly and the fact that there are at least four named Earths for the entire Beng region of M"Ba...

• Word Count: 1299
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• Grade Level: High School

She goes to visit her mom and dad one day at their house he found out something tragic had happened. ... The part of the story that really confused me was how the father was acting when he found out his wife was dead. ... I actually know someone that came home one day from work and saw his own brother hanging from a tree in their front yard. ... After it was all over I found out that there was a reason that he killed himself, which was, because his girlfriend broke up with him. ...

• Word Count: 1289
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

After observing I found many things. I found that Joe had become very aggressive. ... I have also noted that it seems that she feels as though it may be her responsibility to watch out for and take care of her little brother. ... They found academic deficits among them, lagging behind children from two parent families. ... This was found to be true of only preschool children and even though the development of masculine sex roles is slowed it is not long-term. ...

• Word Count: 1819
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In Islamic faith, it is acceptable and a common practice for a husband to have multiple wives, but with the new found education and enlightenment that Assiote received she chooses to leave him. ... After her divorce she found herself going back to school and advancing in her career field; in which she then became appointed to the Senegal embassy within the United States. ... Modou brother Tasmir visits Ramatoulaye house and informs her that he will take her as his wife. ...

• Word Count: 1737
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I can't imagine living with twelve brothers and sisters and getting along! ... He found that two were faster. ... He found that one was faster, because with two he cut himself so many times it took him twice as much time to cover up the cuts. ...

• Word Count: 1862
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Brother Logan Killicks, he's a good man.......You answer me when Ah speak. ... In her marriage to Logan, she found out that that's not what she wanted. ... Janie found what she was looking for. ...

• Word Count: 1450
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Their Eyes Were Watching God In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Janie battles to find Individualism within herself. Janie, all her life, had been pushed around and told what to do and how to live her life. She searched and searched high and low to find a peace that makes her whole and makes her fe...

• Word Count: 1372
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• Grade Level: High School

In scene four, Firk, one of the shoemakers says, "Master, for my life, yonder's a brother of the Gentle Craft Hire him, good master, that I may learn some gibble-gabble. ... Epicene, after marriage, has founded many opinions. ...

• Word Count: 1396
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• Grade Level: High School

I found it out of the ordinary when the text discussed human societies in relevance to mating and marriage and at times failed to discuss the cultural implications of such things. ... may be, and the answer was "His mother's brother." ...

• Word Count: 1322
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

If the father was no longer around(deceased), the brothers would take care of the girls in the family. ... A fabric sash or girdle was often wrapped around the waist, and was used to suspend household keys, small toilet implements such as nail scissors, ear scoops, and tweezers, and beautiful and mysterious objects such as small crystal balls and decorative spoon-like sieves, like those found in the female grave at Chessell Down, Isle of Wight. ...

• Word Count: 1294
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He pawed through some crates and found the material he was looking for. ... What a surprise they found. ... You and your brother and sisters need a place to live. ... When the couples left the church, they found that one of Zeeb boys had brought Charles" buckboard up to the steps of the church. ...

• Word Count: 1791
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School