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    both have dysfunctional family relationships in them. In Streetcar‚ you could see these dysfunctional family relationships in a few different places. The first area that this issue was present was in the relationship between the sisters Blanche and Stella. The dysfunctionality is obvious when Blanche showed up and was oblivious of Stella’s marriage. There is also a dysfunctionality relationship displayed in Cat. In Cat‚ there are a multitude of examples that show the dysfunctional family including

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    Presentation Is this really true‚ are afro-Caribbean families dysfunctional. In addressing this point‚ I will examine the sociology theorist Michael Garfield smith. Smith believed that European family’s norms and values are important in one way or another to the assimilation process and plays a major role in the afro- Caribbean families. He argued that the plantation destroyed African culture and he saw the plantation as the basis on which the Caribbean family structure was formed. Smith had no doubt that

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    Josiah‚ my father‚ married young‚ and carried his wife with three children into New England about 1682. The conventicles having been forbidden by Law‚ and frequently disturbed‚ induced some considerable men of his acquaintance to remove to that country‚ and he was prevailed with to accompany them thither‚ where they expected to enjoy their mode of religion with freedom. By the same wife he had four children more born there‚ and by a second wife ten more‚ in all seventeen; of which I remember thirteen

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    made glorious summer by this son of York” Richard announces his plan to set his brothers against each other. Richard informs us in the first scene that things have swung round to his family’s side‚ but we immediately learn that he does not value family‚ as he plans to drive a wedge between his two brothers‚ Edward and Clarence. “To set my brother Clarence and the king in deadly hate the one against the other” To accomplish this‚ he has told his brother‚ Edward IV‚ about a prophecy‚ which says that

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    Each and every person is born into a family. "The family is an arena in which virtually the entire range of human experience can take place. Warfare‚ love‚ violence‚ tenderness‚ honesty‚ deceit‚ private property‚ communal sharing‚ power manipulation‚ egalitarian decision making- all can be found within the setting of a family." In society‚ wherever people may look‚ the issue of family life is always being portrayed. Most movies and television shows like the famous TV show “Seventh Heaven‚” try to

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    is Jeannette’s alcoholic father who uses his wife and his children for his own needs but never stops loving them and hoping they love him. Rose Mary Walls-She is the selfish mother of the family. She also loves her family but only after her own needs are met. Lori Walls-She is the oldest child of the family‚ but isn’t the one who dominates. She is smart and loving‚ but without Jeannette‚ hasn’t the courage to escape the life she hates. Brian Walls-He is the boy of the Walls siblings and learns

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    CHAPTER 1 Problems and Its Background Introduction The family is the child’s first place of contact with the world. The child as a result‚ acquires initial education and socialization from parents and other significant persons in the family. The family lays the psychological‚ moral‚ and spiritual foundation in the overall development of the child. Structurally‚ family/homes are either broken or intact. A broken home in this context‚ is one that is not structurally intact‚ as a result

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    Families 100 years ago: There were more marriages and less divorces. People got married earlier. They had more children. The husband was the bread-winner and the wife stayed at home to look after the children and do the housework. It follows that very few women had a job. A long time ago several generations lived together under the same roof: the grand-parents‚ the parents‚ the children and sometimes nor yet the grand-grand-parents. Families today: There are less marriages and more divorces

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    If the family exists (as Murdock says it does universally)‚ then it must be performing some function(s) or fulfilling some purpose(s). A number of functionalist sociologists have presented accounts of the way in which this happens. GP Murdock Four essential functions of the family Murdock argues that the family is a universal institution (it exists everywhere) that performs four major functions Stable satisfaction of the sex drive with the same partner‚ preventing the social disruption caused by

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    Family culture is a unique way that a family forms itself in terms of rules‚ roles‚ habits‚ activities‚ beliefs‚ and other areas” (“What is family culture?”‚ 2002). The perception of family is an aspect of family culture; this includes the interactions within the family and with others. Some of these perceptions can be defined as myths. A myth is a belief about someone or something that is believed to be true‚ but it is false‚ made-up‚ or exaggerated (S. Yu‚ Lecture). There are both positive and

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