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    family however it’s more harmful to the children. Every family has a different approach in how they deal with the conflict. As a class we have read and discussed Caroline Hwang’s essay “The Good Daughter.” as well as Janna Malamud Smith’s essay “My SonMy Compass.” There is different approach illustrated by Hwang’s and Smith’s essay as they choose their own lifestyle and confront their parent’s arrogant behavior. Hwang essay explains how immigrant children are living a paradox‚ forcing her to keep

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    My Son, My Executioner

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    My SonMy Executioner” In the Donald Hall poem‚” My SonMy Executioner‚ “Hall depicted a father who has grown old‚ holding their young child in their arms. Hall portrayed strong imagery of a fatherly figure giving up everything to care for his young child. The tone of the poem is both happy and dark. Hall’s theme showed that once a person has a child‚ the parent’s life is completely changed. “My SonMy Executioner” is a very well written poem with a deep‚ true meaning that readers could relate

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    My Son the Fanatic

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    My son the fanatic “My son the fanatic” is written by Hanif Kureishi‚ he was born in 1954. He has written many short stories and he has often written about the subjects: race‚ nationalism and immigration. “My son the fanatic” is written in 1997. “My son the Fanatic” is about the father Parvez who can’t understand his son Ali. Ali had a girlfriend‚ plenty of friends‚ was great in school and Parvez was very proud and happy with Ali and his choices and activities. But suddenly Ali starts throwing

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    My Son the Fanatic

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    My son the fanatic Growing up with teenage attitudes and not having a role model around can make it difficult to be loved. The short story “My son the fanatic”‚ by Hanif Kureishi is set in 1997 in England. Ali has no one to look up to – He starts as an attentive scholar who got straight A’s‚ but turns into a dedicated Muslim‚ which gives Ali the opportunity to find it in his religion. We get to know Parvez‚ who is a Pakistani immigrant in England. He had an indignant experience with

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    My Son Monologue

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    Yes‚ yes. That’s my son. That...was my son. And I’ll tell you now‚ because I know you are going to ask. I don’t know why. Do you hear me? I don’t know why he did it. I don’t know why. He was my son. I don’t know why he did it‚ but I think...I think that I saw it coming. Not like‚ I knew for sure he was gonna...do what he did. He saw a therapist‚ every Tuesday. And she used to tell me some...some messed up things. He never really liked people. Was always anti-social. Always a little sad

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    All My sons

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    All my sons The structure of the play The play has two narrative strands which finally meet. These are: Chris’s and Ann’s attempt to persuade Kate that Larry is dead‚ so they can marry. Joe wishes to support them‚ but sees that he cannot; the attempt by George‚ then by Chris‚ to find out the truth of what happened in Joe’s factory in the autumn of 1943. A slip of Kate’s tongue tells George of Joe’s guilt‚ but he leaves without persuading Chris. Chris and Ann insist on marrying and Joe supports

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    My Son The Man

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    Through the reading of Sharon Olds’ poem “My Son the Man”‚ a mother is witnessing her son growing up into a man. Olds explores her sadness on how her son matures‚ while also realizing he is able to escape from her tight grasp. Olds examinants how her son grows from a little boy to a man‚ how she has to get ready to let him go‚ and how he finally has freedom. “My Son the Man” starts with an allusion‚ “Suddenly his shoulders get a lot wider” (1). The son has already physically matured. His physical

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    My Son the Fanatic

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    having to maintain one’s cultural background at the same time as embracing others’. In his short story “My Son the Fanatic”‚ Hanif Kureishi treats the drawbacks of immigrating while bringing it together with more universal matters such as growing up. We are introduced to the Pakistani protagonist Parvez‚ who once migrated from his native country. He now lives in England with his wife and their son‚ Ali‚ who hasn’t been brought up very religiously in spite of them being Muslims. This is presumably related

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    Birth of My Son

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    BIRTH OF MY SON Jeanine Highbaugh Ivy Tech Community College Birth of My Son The day my life changed was ten years ago when I found out that I was pregnant at the age of nineteen. I was pregnant with my first born‚ a baby boy that came in this world peeing on the nurses. I named him a biblical name‚ Emmanuel‚ which means “God is with us”. My son is so awesome‚ and he’s my miracle son because he was preemie weighing only two pounds and ten ounces‚ and he was fourteen inches long.

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    All My Sons

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    All My Sons In this first final exam paper‚ I am going to discuss the lessons I learned from All My Sons‚ as well as the plot‚ themes‚ characters‚ sets‚ lights‚ and costumes. All of these are major aspects for creating a theatrical vision for obvious reasons. I plan on furthering the reasons during the rest of this paper. While highlighting the reasoning for these important aspects of theater‚ I want to make it clear that these elements are clear throughout whatever play‚ musical‚ etc. that is

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