In one section of her writing, "Daughter of Winter," Hale described what a video of her childhood would look like: "I would show, among other things, a montage of my mother and myself on the run. . . . ... As Barnes grew older, resentment and contempt for her mother began to grow. ... Unless [her] wanted to tell me what a horrid child [she] had been." ... While Hales" relationship with her mother was very abusive and troubled, by the time her mother was dieing, Hale put her resentment aside in order to have peaceful moments with her mother before her passing. ...

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• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

A Yellow Raft in Blue Water is a story of three generations of women. Each woman is faced with basically the same type of event in her life and each reacts differently to that event. The event that is being focused on is the loss of the parent(s), whether the parent was known or unknown, and the l...

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

After giving birth to a child of my own and feeling what I call "a mothers love" I began to understand my mothers decision to allow my grandparents to raise me. ... After I let go of the resentment I had for my mother, I could allow her to show me the ropes on how to be a parent and also how to be a woman. ... I have learned that you can not force someone to do what they do not want to do. ...

• Word Count: 2751
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

I wish to delve further into the issue and possibly find what a father provides that others cannot, as well as establishing that my original assumption based on the research I have encountered is true. ... If it is found to be true that boys raised by single fathers are as well adjusted as those from two-parent households and far better adjusted than those from households without a father, what does this say for our concept of a family? The emotional support of a father would then be far more important than our society had ever believed and we could then reevaluate what is really best for...

• Word Count: 4534
• Approx Pages: 18
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School