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    "Exactly what kind of stupid shit have I gotten myself into this time?" I asked my father. "Don’t worry‚ it only gets worse ... er ... better I mean‚" he replied. "Growing up I invariably figured the two of you knew inherently how to raise us‚ now I question my ability to survive even my pregnant wife’s wrath‚ much less an incessantly crying baby." "Funny you feel that way. Your mother and I raised you despite our ignorance and oddly enough I feel no more qualified now than I did more than twenty

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    Christopher’s mother and father have many similarities. There are also important aspect and or trait that Judy and Ed Boone share‚ such as they both love Christopher very much. In the story‚ Ed shows that he loves Christopher when he came and rescued him out of jail.” He was shouting. ‘I want to see my son’ and ‘Why the hell is he locked up?’ and ‘Of course I'm bloody angry.’”This shows that he loves Christopher because a parent that doesn't love their child wouldn't go to the extremes

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    him doing so “did not deprive him of authority or power” (Morrison 147). Even though the slave men can give their opinions‚ their master still has the liberty to ignore their opinions. He has the final say‚ thereby negating their “equal” position. Son‚ like Paul D‚ searches for meaning in himself. His search‚ however‚ is not impeded by a traumatic past but by a beautiful light-skinned black model. He struggles to balance his enrapturement for Jadine with his hunger for self-discovery‚ as the two

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    The novel The Terrorist’s Son by Zak Ebrahim influenced me in a very unique way by showing me a unique perspective on family‚ and causing me to examine my relationships within my own family. The Terrorist’s Son is a jumble of emotions for me. There were many times when I related to Z and his relationship with his father. Z’s father is like my father in many ways. Both were amazing‚ close fathers at the beginning. Z’s father played soccer with his children‚ and my father played Frisbee with me when

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    SUMMARY OF THE FENCE The setting is reflective of the kind of characters and the situation they would be in.  The nipa huts look desolate and empty‚ reflective of how their occupants behave and feel for each other.  They have no neighbors and yet the need for each other seems remote and distant. Hatred overrules. They are most afraid one of them would give way. The building of the fence seems necessary to protect themselves from each other.  Hatred comes from a betrayal-- when Aling Biang

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    struggling modern characters who live in the world of postmodernism but are the slave of the preventive beliefs of modernism. This play is the story of all human beings who are in search of success‚ Love‚ Pride‚ and Ambition‚ but are oscillating between the modern and postmodern values. They find themselves disintegrated and isolated in the cruel language of postmodern and consumer world. The study tries to show the entrapped modern man who finds the postmodern language weird and its values as

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    In August Wilson’s “Fences”‚ Troy is a father and husband who make’s the worse decision from human imperfection‚ to commit adultery and become mixed up in another relationship. By noticing the racial tension in the late nineteen fifties‚ in combination with Troy’s past life experiences and the events that play out in each act‚ one can not understand Troy’s choice to commit adultery. This situation is clearly emphasized in Fences with Troy’s dissatisfaction about life. Troy was both a victim of his

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    This story is about the relationship between a father and a son. It is clear that the father and son are no longer close‚ but they both still try to please each other. For instance‚ the boy really doesn’t want to go hunting for moose‚ but he lets his father take him anyway. The scenes flow over the duration of the pair’s hunting trip. It starts off with the father picking his son up from the train station. The pair move into the hunting zone and eventually have dinner. The boy is pleased with his

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    Ben Cooke 10-1-12 Period 7 For as long as fathers have had sons the bond has been a strong and awesome one. Its no wonder two authors from totally different periods of time have chosen this bond as their topic. After reading “Father and Son‚” by both Homer and Mary Nagy the reader would be able to pick out a lot of differences and some similarities. The two stories tell about a father and son’s relationship towards each other. The stories are very different from one another yet some what similar

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    Chinua Achebe’s novel‚ Things Fall Apart‚ illustrates several relationships between parents and their children. In most of these relationships‚ conflict arises that separates the two individuals and creates discord. In creating such a conflict between Okonkwo and Unoka‚ as well as between Okonkwo and Nwoye‚ Achebe creates a much deeper and accessible piece of literature. Unoka‚ Okonkwo’s father‚ is depicted as a weak‚ unmotivated‚ and lazy figure. Okonwo‚ on the other hand‚ is a zealous‚ hard-working

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