Clarke assembles eight short stories each having unique characters and plots that tell about different aspects of the lives of immigrants in Toronto. Most of the stories are recounted in first person by vivid, comical and often grim characters and describe in great detail the ordeals faced they face as they adjusted to a new culture and its people. ... In the short story entitled "They"re not Coming Back" the mother, named Claudette, is a single parent of two daughters. ... The quote above shows how Vittorio thinks does not think of his father as human but rather as an ominous supernatural ...

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• Grade Level: High School

This quote is from Lester in a conversation with his friends, summing up the people of Linden Hills, of which he begrudgingly is one of. ... The story is built around the great great grandson of the original Luther and his wife Willa. ...

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In asking his boss, Howard, for a job closer to home, Willy tells the story of his decision to become a salesman. ... One critic, Choudhuri, declares that Willy "failed as millions do in a competitive commercialised society" (as quoted in Bloom 69). ... "I'm not interested in stories about the past or any crap of that kind because the woods are burning, boys, you understand? ...

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This 'value' is demonstrated in the following quote, " [..]I saw, while my family's honor lay stricken on the floor, I saw what was forbidden to see [...] my father's penis [...]. ... His psychological state and his behaviour revolves around his wife throughout this novel, which is quite easy to notice as the story progresses. ... The protagonist cannot believe that his wife is capable of such a terrifying act and seizes to believe it was her who commit the crime, but further evidence causes his trust to perish as opposite stories collide. ...

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Communication Studies Research Methods In recent years, as divorce rates have climbed and family structures continue to deviate further from the two-parent household, much has been made of absentee fathers and the impact that it has on children, particularly boys. Many studies have suggested that the absence of a father often causes boys to drop out of school and become delinquent. Research will show that boys raised outside of intact marriages are, on average, more than twice as likely as other boys to wind up in jail -- with each year spent without a dad increasing the odds of futur...

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• Grade Level: High School

My four year old sister was diagnosed with Down syndrome. We are both of Mexican-American descent. Our parents were recently deported back to Mexico and due to the fact that I am 25 years old, I was granted primary custody of my four year old sister, Isabella. I am currently in the Reserves which allows me to provide for not only myself but Isabella as well. I am off during the week and work part time on the weekends. ...

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The repletion shows the audience the importance of this line as a result of the ghost needs his true story to be told and desires to be remembered as a hero. moreover, there's distinction present once Hamlet talks about smiling and being a villain. ... This quote tells the audience that Hamlet has decided that seeking revenge is in fact a not a bad thing to do and that it is justifiable. ...

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What is the American family? This question was answered by John de Crevecoeur, in "what is the American?" (1782), when he said: "I could point out to you a family whose grandfather was an Englishman, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a French woman, and whose present four sons have four wives of different nations."1 In fact, Crevecoeur summarized the history of the American family, in particular, and the American man, in general. There are many kinds of family systems in the world; the English family is but one of them. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The story Hard Times is set in an imaginary town by the name of Coketown. ... I feel that these quotes were necessary for you to see the environment in which the townspeople have been brought up. ...

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• Grade Level: High School