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During the course of Civil War people faced many different hardships and challenges. As the war began secessionist hopes were high and they had control over the unionist. However, as the war progressed this began to change. The men that fought for the Rebels were beginning to come home and the same was true for the men who fought with the Yankees. Since many of all these men lived in the same towns and fought for different sides during the war hostility broke out. Even though there was an enormous amount of hostility between the two sides they still had one thing in common, family. Through the lives of Louis Hughes, Cornelia McDonald, John Robertson, Samuel Agnew, one can see the importance of family through hard times and good times.…
As the Joads ride on their journey to California, they travel as a whole, one unit, one family. And on one night they camp off the side of the road, and run into the Wilson's, creating and merging into one large family, with one goal in mind, reaching California. But as the days of traveling continue, the family struggles to stay intact due to obstacles such as the staggering heat, lack of money, automobile breaking down, doubts brought upon by people who have been in California, and even death. But Steinbeck defines "family" as a unit with members who think of other members before themselves, and Ma expresses this idea clearly with Granma's death. The Joads have a connection where each member truly has someone to have their back when in need. Tom shares this with Casy and Al, Ma and Granma, Pa with Granpa and Uncle John, Ruthie and Winfield, Rose of Sharon and Connie, but then there's Noah who doesn't feel the same love which is one of the reasons that persuades him to depart from the family. They also have a structure in which Tom, Pa, Al, usually make family decisions and the eventually the final verdict is given to Ma. Overall, family is suppose to take care of each other when in time of need and work as one rather than individuals.…
Family plays a big role in Salva’s survival. Salva keeps on going because of his family. A detail from the text to support this is on chapter 2, page 9,…
which reveals that family can provide a sense of unity and security that nothing else can replicate…
Family can help you survive hard times. Salva had to walk through the desert and was almost giving up. But then his Uncle Jewiir told him that he only had to walk to a certain point which made the walk easier for Salva. In pages 53-54 the author says,” ’ Do you see that group of bushes?’ uncle said pointing. ‘You need only to walk as far as those bushes. Can you do that, Salva Mawien Dut Ariik?’... uncle continued this way for the rest of the walk.” This quote shows that Uncle Jewiir helped Salva survive because he broke down the walk for Salva which prevented Salva from collapsing in the desert like other men did after not having enough water.…
On the other hand, a family should consist of both love and support. For Instance, in the Buchanan family, Tom isn’t much of either a husband or father. When their daughter, Pammy, was born, Tom doesn’t show up to welcome their newborn, “she was less than an hour…
Family is defined as “a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not” (Dictionary.com). The idea of families acting as a unit is explored in the novel The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. The novel is focused on a family from Oklahoma, the Joads, as they journey to the West because they are driven off their land. The Joads are tested as a basic social unit as they encounter the difficulty of loss, new people, the search for work, and much more. Steinbeck explains many points about family throughout the novel, including the idea of loyalty. In The Grapes of Wrath, loyalty to the family is demonstrated by Ma and Tom Joad??? and can easily relate to modern families.…
I used to think that family is people’s most valuable treasure in the world, no matter how cruel the events which are happening outside the home, the firm connection of family members can never be disturbed. I have realized something goes wrong after reading Night, there is a place called concentration camp and a group called Nazi can instantaneously destroy the our strongest refuge in the world. The thing which gives me a heart attack is that your closest family member can turn from your protection into a horrible monster under a extreme suffering circumstance. War can tore integrated family apart over one night in longest distance--life and death. I see people who come from the same nationality and have same region are fighting for a bite of bread until there is only one person is still alive; I see the relationship between father and son are breaking into pieces; I see people being treated like unliving…
The society that we live in has developed because of the human nature of having a family. A family is a important figure in a persons life, but the said family can also be a detrimental to a persons health. One example of this is in the book A Place Where the Sea Remembers. Family figures are very important to a developing child and to the parents.…
For most people, family are the people that are always reliable and trustworthy. Friends can come and go but family is always there. For this reason you should never turn your back on family. Loyalty within a family is crucial for the emotional stability of each individual. They provide support, guidance, which is important for everyone. In Drew Hayden Taylor’s Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth the characters struggle with family loyalty and values.…
Family is the basic social unit. Family represents people living together by ties of marriage, blood or adaptation, thus representing a single household. An individual’s outcome is directly affected by the household he or she is brought up in. This is evident when Ruth was contemplating aborting her baby. If it was not for Mama convincing Ruth's husband, Walter to talk to Ruth, the baby would have been aborted. “Your wife say she going to destroy your child. And I’m waiting to hear you talk like him and say we a people who give children life, not who destroys them—(She rises) I’m waiting to see you stand up and look like your daddy and say we done give up one baby to poverty and that we ain’t going to give up nary another one … I’m waiting.” The importance of family is prevalent in that situation and throughout the novel.…
Therefore, the soldier is putting his family aside because he relies on a wife to protect his children, as he beliefs she is strong and courageous since she has faced many difficulties just like soldiers, and to move on no matter what…
Family plays a strong part in all the characters upbringing in the novel, it builds them up or pulls…
Throughout the sixth century and continuing at full length to the twenty-first century, family has always been a commodity that defines who one is. A superb, flawless reputation should be maintained in order to be respected within society. Edgetho, “…a famous solider, known far and wide as a leader of men” (46),…
Whenever a soldier was close to death, he or she (mainly he in World War One) was allowed to write to their family and could write what they pleased. However, many kept their words positive even though they were aware that they would pass away. Even whenever a child learned of his or her’s fathers death, many were not affected. They had not been able to bond with this man and therefore did not have much care for him. The war took away a father figure in many…