In conclusion Jim is going through many different stages at one time it seems like with his weird reverse Oedipus complex he went threw and whil trying to decide wether or not to look self absorbed and do what he wants and not what others want him too or just blend in and make everyone happy. ...
It was weird to see my friend's fathers doing all the work around the house, like mowing the lawn, carrying all the heavy stuff, and helping out with the financial state of the family; and I wondered where the help that was promised by my father went to. ...
What's your idea of a perfect family? Is there a perfect family? What is the normal family? Growing up I learned that the word family described exactly what I didn't have at home. Seeing all my friends with their families made me realize I wanted that more than anything, I wanted to feel comfortable...
Outsiders From the time we are taught to write, read, or speak a certain language, we learn certain words that have multiple meanings. For some words, sometimes we even create our own meanings for them based on our personalities or what we observe from others. The word "alien" for example, has ac...
Human beings develop over the periods during their life. A momentous period in which a person has a huge turning-point change from a kid to an adult is called puberty. Many psychology researchers showed that puberty is one of the most important periods in human ages because the changes in this perio...
Ruth Reichl makes it obvious from the beginning of "Tender at the Bone-, that she grew up in a far from ordinary family, her mother being the cause of much of this weirdness. Her mother plays the central role in her family and thus has a powerful impact on Ruth. This impact is vast and cannot be d...
