Thus, people could obviously secure larger and more reliable satisfactions than by their individual or family efforts. ... The children grow up, leaving home, starting families of their own, and, finally, living apart from the family support. ... Family drama, or "domestic" drama, is centered on characters‟ intimate relationships, their actions towards each other and their responses to the surrounding circumstances and events. ... The power of their plays comes from the industry of this concern. ... To briefly consider O'Neill‟s concept towards paternal relationships, one can notice t...

• Word Count: 9352
• Approx Pages: 37
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In the book "All God's Children" author Fox Butterfield delivered his point of view and his theory on the Bosket family and the American tradition of violence. ... He also wrote All God's Children: The Bosket Family and the American Tradition of Violence about the child criminal Willie Bosket. ... Aaron and his family were sold about three or four times until they were purchased by a slave owner by the name of Bosket, that's when they received their surname Bosket. ... This would propose many violent occurrences for Pud to become a part of, when he was 19 years of a...

• Word Count: 3198
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

It also felt heartbreaking to watch Frank's father, Malachy, destroy himself and his family with his alcohol abuse and never being able to keep a job. ... You can feel the intensity the moment Frank lays his eyes on America and how overpowering he feels. 2. ... It is cruel for people to be allowed not to care about the well being of their family. 3. ... Frank has seen the pain in his mother's eyes when the children went without food and clothes. ... Throughout Frank's life, he sees his brothers" and sister's lives taken away as a result of their poverty. ...

• Word Count: 2588
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

I love to watch movies, do homework, and also just rest in this room. ... I have learned from him how to move forward from the past, and focus on the future that God has planned out for me. ... Honestly after a long church day our family tradition is to go out to eat then watch sunday night football. ... Yes, all dogs are special to their owners, but this was different. ... Those deep brown eyes sparkled with a beauty that was hard to walk away from. ...

• Word Count: 2511
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

Janice knew that her mother divorced her father because of infidelity in their relationship and seeing her mother cry affected her much more than she ever realized. ... She recalls her African American studies in 10th grade, a private school, opening her eyes to the oppression and guilt that her grandfather had gone through. In this class she found African American classmates who were educated like her and other ethnic backgrounds enjoying each other's company without worrying about the color on their skin. ... Janice believes watching her mother's resilience and independent natu...

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She spent time with her friends and drank a tea from Dunkin Donut's, her favorite, at the waterfront watching the bay waves go up and down. ... I begged God to bring her back. ... The police are on their way. ... "Oh my God.... Their life could resume back to usual. ...

• Word Count: 2579
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

Naylor's description of Nedeed with his "short squat body" and protruding eyes,""(3) conjures up an evil and almost satanic picture in the reader's mind. ... This scene shows how far removed the residents are from their own culture. ... Where there should be some sense of community and wanting to help those in their own culture achieve better for themselves, these residents are so far removed from any type of community or culture they instead refer to their own race as "dirty niggers and vow to keep them out of "their community," (Naylor 135). ... The residents are willing to sell th...

• Word Count: 2802
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The event that is being focused on is the loss of the parent(s), whether the parent was known or unknown, and the loss of their childhood and how this affects their behavior. ... How a person reacts to an event and the outcome is based on their different personalities, developmental stages, environmental factors, etc. ... She and her sister basically were raising themselves during difficult time periods in their lives. ... Children who do not develop autonomy may doubt their abilities and their capacity to act on the world and develop feelings of shame (Sroufe, Cooper, & Dehart, 1992). .....

• Word Count: 3938
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School