In the story “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves” by Karen Russell, there is a dynamic character and a static character. “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Werewolves” is about girls who were raised by werewolves then brought to a school in the woods to make the girls more civilized and human-like.…
In the play ''Miss Julie'' by August Strindberg and Joel Yanofsky's memoir ''Bad Animals'' there are great differences and similarities respecting to power, money and family. In Miss Julie the main characters are Julie, the daughter of the Count and a shockingly feminist mother and Jean, the manor's thirty year old valet who has big desires to be rich. In Bad Animals the main characters are Joel, Cynthia and Jonah, Joel and Cynthia are the parents of Jonah, a boy who has autisim. These stories mainly focus on how family can affect a persons life, in Miss Julie Julie's parents were not good parents at all, raised by a feminist mother who abhorred men and a father who is not always there for her she is constantly looking for attention. By the other hand Jonah's parents could not be better, they have always been looking for ways to help his son to have a better life, It can be said that Jonah is a happy child.…
After reading “Wordsmith” by Susan Young, and “The Gold Mountain Coat” by Judy Fong-Bates, one can easily verify the differences in the relationships between the children and their fathers in the two stories. Everyone has a different relationship with their father than the next person, however some of these relationships are more negative than others. This is the case for the two sons, John and Ken in “The Gold Mountain Coat”. Compared to the daughter’s relationship with her father in “Wordsmith” the sons have a much more noticeably negative relationship with their father.…
In “Mother’s Inheritance” and “It’s a Night Job,” these short stories have very similar themes, and are both about the life of women during their times, and how they struggled to get through life. They both have very similar themes, and conflict. In “Mother’s Inheritance” the woman explains how her mother gave her the strength, courage, and dignity to live and stand for herself. She continues to describe all the things her mother taught her, and how she could live her life well.…
The wolves, in this story, are shrouded in mystery. When they first enter the story, no one is quite sure what they are. Once the father realizes what they are, he immediately goes looking for them but then discovers something far worse than the wolves. They had taken his daughter’s life. The pack is uncontrollable and wild much as fate is. No one can decide exactly what will happen in their life, and no one can control a wild pack of wolves. In many ways, the wolves are likened to fate in the sense that they can take lives or even control them. Many people have a fear of wolves, the pack could end up destroying a village through terrorizing attacks when it has became so desperate. They are savage, vicious animals with nothing to control them but themselves.…
I believe that the author, Mr. Dave Pelzer, has two objectives in writing the book. The first one, to inform the readers of how a loving, caring parent can change to a cold, abusive monster, and the second, is that anyone can turn their life around as long as they are willing to fight for it. In addition, his story also shares the view point of a child being neglected. I found it…
story. Secondly, the author spends more time inside the point of view of the parents. The…
Both of these books focus on family values, but quite differently. In Swiss Family Robinson every member of the family…
Later there is more background given to make the characters feel whole and clearly explain their motivation behind their likes and dislikes. The structure of the story is definitely its most defining aspect. Unlike other stories centered around adoption, this unique tale shows how everyone is affected by rehoming. It is refreshing to hear the inner thoughts of the woman could give away their own child since they are given such a hard time in the real world.…
This shows that the innocence of a protected childhood results in a misunderstood reality. When looking back at my childhood, I can see how my parents protected me from some harsh realities that other children face. I had no idea what a broken family was since I had a stable and caring family. I would hear stories on the news of child abuse and violence but never really understood how that would feel. It was not until I was older and I realised issues like this are actually out there and it is the enviroment many children grow up in.…
The story centres around the triumph of good and love over a wolf once subjected to violent circumstances. It is about survival and adapting to different lifestyles with new surroundings and challenges.…
The stories share the theme of family and the place of a palace where they lived. Both stories are based on people being unhappy until they find the true meaning of what they have been wanting. The king found out how important salt and bread was when he went to his daughter’s wedding and the prince found out how easy he has it living in the palace with servants. A reader can learn that you need to think very hard before making a decision that can destroy your life.…
The story by Martha Brooks really shows a sense of conflict between person vs person and person vs self. In the story the main character “Lisa” has conflict with her father because he’s in an isolated stage to where he isn’t as sociable anymore, what doesn’t help is he also lost his wife. Adults need to realize that as young people transition through various stages of education into the “workforce”. As a child, your innocent and pure, you have no acknowledgement about anything what so ever about life and how it works, that’s where adults come in, they mold, shape, and teach you right from wrong.…
Russell, Karen. “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves.” The Norton Introduction to Literature. Ed. Kelley J.Mays. New York: Norton, 2013. 233. Print.…
Every single person in the world will develop at least one human relationship in their lifetime. To some, these relationships are sacred and to be cherished, for others they are merely convenient affairs and affiliations. In the movie Into the Wild directed by Sean Penn, and the poem Warren Pryor by Alden Nowlan, there are two different cases involving human relationships, and more specifically, parent/child relationships. In both texts, the parents are trying to create good, successful lives for their child, which the child perceives as them trying to accomplish their dreams instead of letting the child follow his own. The relationships between child and parent in both texts are conflicting and strained. In Warren Pryor, the main character (Warren Pryor) is resentful of his parents because they indirectly force him into getting a white-collared job as a bank teller instead of letting him do what he thinks is right for himself. The main character, Chris McCandless from Into the Wild has a strong dislike for his parents materialistic principles and ethics and believes that human relationships do not give happiness, but natural beauty and experience do, so he leaves his life of upper-middle class in Virginia behind to live on his own in the wilds of Alaska, where he comes to the conclusion that he did not find true joy there, but found it on the way to Alaska with all of the different people he encountered and shared experiences with.…