issues that are resulting in creating stress throughout the whole family. The identified parents‚ Lena and Stef‚ are a lesbian couple (Bredeweg & Paige‚ 2013). Stef‚ a Caucasian female who is as a police officer‚ was previously married to Mike‚ a fellow police officer‚ and they had a son identified as Brandon. Brandon‚ age 16‚ primarily lives with Lena and Stef at this time (Bredeweg & Paige‚ 2013). Lena is a bi-racial female who is Assistant Principal at the school district in which the children
Premium Family Family therapy Psychology
film‚ especially earthy tones such as red‚ brown and yellow. Other colours used include blue‚ white and green. As Lena and Vaughn were travelling on the road‚ there was a variety of colours used‚ such as the brown-red dirt‚ the blue and white sky and the yellow plants from the cornfield scene. All the colours represent journey as the colours were current in the scene during the time Lena and Vaughn were passing them in different scenes. As all of these colours are present‚ the effect of this technique
Premium Essay Writing 2005 albums
and the Boys and Boesman and Lena. The playwright does this by using key metaphors and central motifs throughout. In Boesman and Lena‚ Fugard explores the magnitudes that Apartheid poses both on a personal basis and its psychological effects. Fugard emphasizes isolation and loss of identity as a result of separate development. Under the oppression‚ Boesman and Lena feel that their lives are “empty as hell” and further believe that they are “not people anymore.” Lena longs for her existence and to
Premium Racial segregation Nelson Mandela Afrikaner
Beneath Clouds? Analyse how this is reflected in the journey of Lena and Vaughn. Cultural identity is the identity of a group‚ culture‚ or individual in so much as one is influenced by themselves belonging to a group or culture. Cultural identity is rejected by the characters in Iven Sen’s film Beneath Clouds and Art Spieglman’s Maus. In Beneath Clouds this is demonstrated and reflected in the journey of Lena and Vaughn. Lena‚ Vaugh and Art experience journeys in search of cultural identity
Premium Nazi Germany Stereotype Jews
fulfill their dreams with financial problems. During the Harlem renaissance African Americans were poor and barely making it in America. The main characters in the film “Raisin in the Sun” where Walter lee (the son of Lena)‚ Beneatha (the sister of Walter lee and daughter of Lena) and Lena (the mother). These characters portrays an important role on African Americans during the Harlem
Premium A Raisin in the Sun African American Racism
young boy‚ and a young woman who is too open-minded and could never settle down to a life as awful as family life. The terrible mother archetype is defined as “the worst type of maternal figure” and Miss Watson in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Lena in My Antonia are prime examples. These women showcase different types of terrible mothers. Miss Watson‚ on one hand‚ is impatient‚ and when she speaks to Huck‚ she gives only demands‚ such as when she says “‘don’t put your feet up there‚ Huckleberry;’
Premium Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Archetype Mother
Walter Lee Younger‚ Beneath Younger‚ Lena Younger. * Ruth: Ruth is pregnant and she is going to get her unborn child aborted. * Travis: Travis is the only child he loves his grandmother very much so he bought her a garden. * Walter: Walter is married to Ruth he thinks that everything’s against him. He only wants money and doesn’t care about anything else. * Beneatha: Beneatha plans to become a doctor and she has 2 men that love her. * Lena: Lena cares only for her family and her
Premium Family Marriage English-language films
The role of guilt in "Spunk" by Zora Neale Hurston In "Spunk" by Zora Neale Hurston‚ the main character Joe Kanty’s death is the tool used to shape the characters in her story. Following Joe’s murder‚ the characters experience different forms of guilt‚ representing Hurston’s belief that everyone in our world has a conscience. As the characters develop a guilty conscience‚ they realize just that. Bullies‚ cheaters‚ and murderers are all susceptible to the feelings of a guilty conscience as illustrated
Premium Guilt English-language films Murder
LIGHT IN AUGUST ESSAY TEST PROMPT #9 - IDENTITY In the novel Light in August‚ many characters struggle with their identity. Specifically‚ Lena Grove‚ Joe Christmas‚ and Gail Hightower (the novel’s three central characters) are all in some way separated from a significant part of the identity. Being a Southern Gothic novel‚ Light in August often portrays these characters as archetypes in order to relate them to staple character roles in the genre‚ such as the innocent or the outsider. Because of
Premium Southern Gothic William Faulkner Religion
Jeannette C. Armstrong the author of Blue Against White clearly shows that Lena is troubled with the life pressure of being different. Immaturity wants assimilation maturity supports individualism. Lena leaves the reservation for schooling in the city. She finds that she feels outcaste and alone. Lena wants to fit in with the majority this probably is pressure that she is faced with often while she is amongst her peers. Lena is facing a common pressure that all students and youth feel unsure of ones
Premium Race Family Sociology