The novel Tears of a Tiger is about a high school student named Andy Jackson going through a life of pain and guilt. The story begins with a newspaper article on an accident that killed a basketball player named Robbie Washington. They were all coming from a party and they have been drinking. Andy was driving the car and his three friends, Robbie, B.J, and Tyrone were the passengers. When the accident happened the Andy, B.J., and Tyrone all left the scene with minor injuries while Robbie was trapped in the back seat and the car was bursting in flames and he couldn’t get out. This image haunted Andy for the rest of his life.…
Antwone Fisher is a story about a young man and his life as he grows from an abandoned child to a young petty officer in the Navy. But the crux of the story centers on his reactions to all of the negative events of his life. It is based a true story and has some reoccurring themes throughout. However, despite these reoccurrences, the messages are subtle and this where the soul of the story resides.…
In the beginning of his book he utilizes characterization to connect the reader to the fishermen and townspeople. “She’s a tall blonde who inspires crushes in the teenaged sons of some of her friends,” describes Junger, “but there’s a certain no-nonsense air about her that has always kept Bobby on his toes” (7). The way Junger describes Christina, Bobby Shatford’s girlfriend, sounds as if he knew her at the time. This use of pathos makes Junger a much more effective and believable…
John Smith is under treatment for bipolar disorder, in the past he has explained to management that his condition causes him to experience a wide range of emotions making it difficult for him to control his anger. After threatening other employees with violence John was placed on administrative leave pending a physiological evaluation confirming his emotional condition has stabilized.…
He is a nineteen year old young man, that is finding his way into life and society, he tries to be different from the dull and boring, he is also really interested in getting a girl and moving from where he ir. The way he is affects how he acts during the story.…
The two main characters in The Stotan are Walker and Jeff. Walker is the main character in this book; he narrates the book by writing in his journal. Walker is the captain of the swimming team in his high school. He has many issues in his life for example his brother being a drug addicted and his parents being old for the age that they had him. He does his best not to let any of it get to him and always does his best to encourage his team mates during the season. Jeff is the oldest out of all of the friends and team mates. He is also to be considered the most mature in the entire group. He has a reputation of being considered a “tough guy” and was diagnosed with a blood disease and is becoming much weaker every day and is expected to die. In the beginning of the book the coach of the Robert frost high school swim team ask for some volunteers for stotan week. Four of the boys on the swim team decide to sign up. When the boys signed up they did not realize that their entire winter break would be spent doing 4 hour work outs during stotan week. During stotan week the four boys began to get to know each other pretty well and eventually started sharing things about their personal lives. The theme of this book is that you only know someone’s name and not their story of their life and what they have been threw and to not judge others without getting to know them. This book affected my view on everyday activities because I truly don’t know people but I still judge them witch I should not but instead get to know the person.…
Erik and Paul Fisher, though related by birth are both different in many ways. Erik Fisher has anger issues, he is cruel, and he is responsible for a death and robberies that occurred in the local town. In the story, Erik demonstrates his inability to manage his anger, when he slapped Victor and cut his face with a ring, after they had an argument about baseball. In another incident, Erik and his friend were caught writing graffiti on neighborhood walls. Erik assumed that it was Paul who reported it to the police. As a result, Erik ran home, grabbed Paul and threw him to the ground. He held Paul’s eye opened while his friend sprayed white paint in his brother’s eye. While Erik struggles with anger management, he also shows how cruel he can be.…
Tom Robinson is a young black man who is discriminated against by Maycomb citizens because of his skin color, but Scout learns to think differently. He is accused of raping…
The Bragg family grew up with virtually nothing. The father left the family a number of times, offering no financial assistance and stealing whatever he could before he left. When he was there, he was usually drunk and physically abusive to the mother. He rarely went after the children, but when he did the mother was always there to offer protection. Mr. Bragg's mother's life consisted of working herself to exhaustion and using whatever money she had on the children.…
Terri’s relationships are abusive. While it's clear that Terri and Ed’s relationship is abusive, a little less clear is the abuse of Terri and Mel’s relationship. Ed abused Terri physically, but Mel abused her verbally. Terri seems willing to take any form of abuse without limits. This, however, would just encourage the abusers to abuse her more. it is an endlessly deteriorating cycle. Terri's methods of dealing with abuse seem bad at best.…
When you read articles over child abuse and see the damage that has been caused and what has become of child abuse in today’s society the result is sickening. Child abuse has become a more common thing in today’s society. The fact that there are people in this world, who not only abuse but also neglect their children without consequence, because they are not caught, is even worse. Thankfully, there are many ways today to help save a child who suffers from child abuse. Child protection in America has been in action since the colonial period; “The history of child protection in America is divisible into three eras. The first era extends from colonial times to 1875 and may be referred to as the era before organized child protection. The second era spans 1875 to 1962 and witnessed the creating and growth of organized child protection through nongovernmental child protection societies. The year 1962 marks the beginning of the third or modern era: the era of government-sponsored child protective services.”(Myers, 1). Since the 1950s many laws have been implemented in order to protect children and keep them safe in our country. Children have become increasingly safer over the past fifty years, largely because of the effect of Henry Kempe’s article, “The Battered Child Syndrome” which lead to more informed doctors, better media coverage, and more effective protection and reporting laws. John Caffey was a pediatric radiologist born in 1895. He later became known as the “father of pediatric radiology” (Girdany, 1978). In 1946, Caffey released an article called “Multiple Fractures in the Long Bones of Infants Suffering from Chronic Subdural Hematoma” based on long bone fractures in infants. In his study he examined “6 patients who exhibited 23 fractures and 4 contusions of long bones.”(Caffey) in which he concluded suffered from chronic subdural hematoma. Although he could not prove anything, his observations seemed to be unexplained to say the least, “There was…
There isn’t much about his early life but I did some digging and found some. His dream as a kid was also to go to the NFL to make it big playing sports. He went to school because his parents wanted him to, he wasn’t really into liking school. As a child he was a moms boy, full of energy like any other kid. At the age of 12 he got some news that changed his childhood forever, he found out that the man he seen as his dad wasn’t his real father. After this his life started to go downhill, he started to go internal. Eric would go to school to clown, none of the teachers could tell him anything. He started to treat his “father” differently because he wasn’t his real dad. Then Eric started to hang out with the wrong crowd, the “thugs” as others seen…
Dianne Feinstein, a senior United States senator once said “Domestic violence causes far more pain than the visible marks of bruises and scars. It is devastating to be abused by someone you love and thinks loves you in return.” Although societal awareness and criticism of this issue has been increased in recent years, spousal abuse still remains a persistent issue because of the power and control held by the abuser and also, the fear that the victim suffer from these situations. Historically, women were seen as properties and it was not too long ago that the husband was legally allowed to beat his wife as long as the stick was not thicker than his thumb. People argue that the blame should still be on the woman because she should have seeked help or eloped. However, these people do not understand that mental disorder is also an element of this topic and sometimes, there’s really no possible way for the woman to escape. From these facts, I believe that prolonged abuse should be a defence for killing.…
Abuse is something that many people undergo in their lives. There are two kinds of abuse, physical and emotional, and both types of abuses can cause people to lose hope and self-confidence in themselves, which can change their lives forever. In the novel The Lottery Rose, by Irene Hunt, is about a boy that suffers from the two types of abuse in many ways. A boy named Georgie, who is seven and a half years old, loses hope in himself when his alcoholic mother and her abusive boyfriend abuse Georgie both physically and emotionally. Georgie undergoes an immense character change when he is transferred to a positive environment, thus making Georgie have hope, trust, and love for the people around him.…
His refusal to accept a life as a white man's lackey gets him is trouble at home and at work. At home, Granny disapproves of him working and reading books. His rebellious nature causes him to get into clashes with his granny and his aunts and uncles. He is an outcast in the family and even his own cousins are warned not to go near him. He is misunderstood by his family and therefore deemed hopeless by the people that are supposed to love and support him. At work, he has a hard time keeping a job because he doesn't act like the obedient little black boy. He learns the hard way that white people don't appreciate black people that are trying to educate themselves or in anyway act more than a white man's slave. After asking about the training that he was promised at the optical office, his coworkers, Pease and Reynolds, threaten to beat him with a steal pipe if he doesn't…