"Signs of un healthy, controlling parents; Over scrutinized your eating, appearance, hobbies, or social life, pressured you with perfect expectations or unattainable standards, forbade you from questioning or disagreeing with them, discouraged you from expressing anger, fear or sadness around them, violated your privacy, intimidated, manipulated or overpowered you, discouraged your efforts to experiment and think for yourself, gave you no say in household rules and responsibilities, seemed unaware of the pain they caused you or others, seemed unwilling to admit they were wrong." ... Sexual ab...

• Word Count: 1403
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The story, "Parker's Back"," by Flannery O'Connor, is about the marriage of O.E. Parker to Sarah Ruth and the digression that brings them together. O.E. Parker believes that he'll find happiness by turning a deaf ear to God and focusing on materialistic things, rather than spiritual. Sarah Ruth beli...

• Word Count: 1910
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School