After the proposal has been accepted, the groom's family goes to the bride's home and has a small ceremony of acceptance. ... One week before the start of the ceremonies, a separate ceremony is held at the bride's house called the Ubton. ... The second day is similar to the first with the difference being that the bride's family goes to the groom's home. ... The ceremony is held by the parents of the bride at a location of their choice. ... 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. ...

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

Each family member has their own view of the future and a different form of escape from each other; this is due to the suffocating feeling they have living in the same home together. ... Tom's responsibility to care of his mother and sister held him back from many of the adventures he craved and can't leave because of his disabled sister, he became the man of their home, deals with the many things like finances, income and bills, this isn't the position he wanted but was forced to take. Laura's only escape from her home is from the gentlemen caller she patiently waits for,...

• Word Count: 1324
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography

I remembered coming home with tears in my eyes one day after school. I rushed to my Po Po's room at the back of my rented home. ... Before noon, she would rush home to prepare lunch for her daughter before leaving the home again to collect recyclable items from the rubbish dump. When night fell, she would return home to be with her. ... Now, this young mother is able to stand up with her head held high. ...

• Word Count: 1330
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

They sit and talk for hours; he then comes home and calls his mother and sisters in St. ... For Fathers' day one year, I came home to find a note on my pillow. ... Every night he comes home from one or some days all his jobs, and eats a home cooked meal. ... Of all the people I have come across, none of them have held but the highest regard for him. ...

• Word Count: 1430
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

" (Kidd 148) In a fictional novel by Sue Monk Kidd, Lily Owens is a white young female that is living with black women during time of racial oppression, who has ran away from home, and also a miscreant. ... August Boatwright convinces him that Lily is always welcomed to stay at her home for as long as she would like, T.Ray concludes that it would be a beneficial idea to let Lily stay there. Lily was able to release the hold that T.Ray had held upon her but permanently separating herself from his existence. ...

• Word Count: 1370
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

From watching home movies it seemed as if my parents were happy together. ... Long story short the first guy I held hands with I had my first child with. ... I got into fights, drugs, and alcohol, and did everything possible to stay out instead of going home. ... They also believed I would live at home forever but I am on my own. ...

• Word Count: 1507
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The boyfriend /girlfriend can make children very uncomfortable in their home. ... These changes although, do not occur in every home. ... I've also held interviews with people that have divorced parents. ...

• Word Count: 1767
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

My mom has always been home for me when I need her. ... On the day that they went, my parents left early, and I was home alone despite my young age, only 10 years old, I knew how to take care of myself. ... After a while I heard a noise coming from the mini bed and went to see if everything was ok, and I realize that my brother was awake, I spoke to him and he looked at me, he was out of the covers, and his little hands were shaking, I caught it and held his hand, put my index finger and he shook my finger as hard as he could, that exact moment I realize that I had another person that I could ...

• Word Count: 1405
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

QUOTE Each and every action children perform in school and in any place is a reflection of the quality of life they have in their own homes. ... A lot of his life seemed to be spent away from home at boarding schools across the continent. ... She explains "He took me by the wrist, and held me hard . ... At boarding school Hamlet's only communication to home is through mail. ...

• Word Count: 1894
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

It is 5am Friday morning and six year old Hannah is almost ready to leave her home with her mother to start their 5 hour car ride to the other side of their state. ... Although child pageantry has been around for decades, it was not in the main stream of public interest until the horrific date of December 26, 1996 when six year old Jon Benet Ramsey was found mutilated, sexually abused and murdered in her parents home. ... Alarming statistics show that in 2010, "more than 5,000 child pageants are held annually in the U.S., amounting to a 5 billion dollar industry. ... Some of them will los...

• Word Count: 1940
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

When she still came short thousands of dollars, Wes's grandparents took the money they had in [their] home in the Bronx, decades of savings and mortgage payments, and gave it to my mother so that she could pay for my first year of military school " (96). ... Wes actually hated military school at first, because the environment there was so starkly different than the environment at home. Here rules and respect were a few of the most important values held, and this was a foreign concept to Wes. ...

• Word Count: 2166
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

His father comes to the performance and afterwards forcibly takes Neil back home. ... He defied his teachers by sneaking out of school and going to the woods where the club meetings were held. Therefore, Neil exhibited many of the characteristics held by boys of overbearing fathers and even killed himself because he could not deal with the disappointment from his father. ...

• Word Count: 1967
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

This program assists in the delivery and placement of these children in homes where they are very much wanted. ... When they are born, they are suddenly in this cold world and if they are lucky, they are immediately held close, warmed up and fed by their mother. ...

• Word Count: 1576
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

This had happened on one of the trips there, my mom, her dad and her two brothers where held up. The robbers took all of the money, which meant they had to turn around and go back home since they had no money to pay for the paperwork. ...

• Word Count: 1638
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

This causes him great displeasure because he feels he has held his end of the "bargain" in providing his family with support. ... The blending of the typical male, bread-winning husband who is consumed with business with an atypical wife who rejects the role of the perfect mother who stays at home caused an inevitable breakdown of the Pontellier's relationship. ...

• Word Count: 1488
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

My oldest daughter, Halie, has saved my life not just once but many times. I was only fifteen when I was a wild child that path eventually lead me to being pregnant at the age of sixteen. I was pregnant with my oldest daughter, Halie May Evenson. The doctor that I went to see confirmed my worst fea...

• Word Count: 1867
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School