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    succeed. Over the extreme journey in the Road by Cormac McCarthy‚ Papa realizes that his identity has changed over time to be more of a guardian and a protector for the boy. “You’re talking crazy. No‚ I’m speaking the truth. Sooner or later they will catch us and they will kill us‚ They will rape me. They’ll rape him. They are going to rape us and kill us and eat us and you won’t face it. You’d rather wait for it to happen. But I can’t. I can’t” (McCarthy‚ 56). Papa realizes that he has to be

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    Father and Son Troubles A father is someone who helps to shape their son/daughter into the person that they are to become as an adult. My relationship with my father obviously started twenty years ago‚ and grows stronger and better as each day passes even with our many struggles. My father and I may fight and argue and disagree with each other‚ but we are best friends and I love him a ton. Even if sometimes I feel as if I’m being left out of each other’s lives due to my father’s commitments to

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    modern day‚ what is marriage? What does it mean? The Collins English Dictionary states under the heading of marriage: ‘The contract made by a man and a woman to live as husband and wife’. So‚ according to the dictionary marriage is supposed to be a relationship that joins a man and a woman together via a contract. A little farfetched‚ do you not think? By getting married you are just not signing a contract to get a spouse‚ but rather you are completing your world as you know it. From that moment your

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    explain how you would develop your argument for this interpretation. “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is a poem with an obvious literal meaning. A man comes to a fork in the road and has to make a decision on which way to go to continue his journey. After a lot of thought‚ the traveler chooses the road “less traveled by.” I interpreted this to mean that he took the more complex path or journey and avoided the simpler road. My thesis sentence for this poem would be “ In life all people are faced

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    The book The Road by Cormac McCarthy is about a man and a boy struggling to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. The theme of the book is Love and it is shown through the father’s perspective. Throughout the book the father made countless decisions and sacrifices in order to ensure his son’s safety. I went out of his way to kill and rob people as well. In the beginning of the book the mother realizes the world is becoming dangerous at an alarming rate. She convinces the man to commit suicide with

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    Wild by Jon Krakauer and The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Both these books share three valuable comparisons. One being that both protagonists go on a self-evolving and physical journey‚ another that both the fathers in the novel share demanding relationships with their sons‚ and the lessons that both boys learned. A journey does not have to be simply walking through the woods. It can actually be a person going through an internal transformation. In Into the Wild and The Road Chris McCandles and the young

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    Throughout The RoadCormac McCarthy draws a very heavy line in the sand between giving up and persevering. Very often‚ this line in the sand adheres to strict gender lines: while women are shown to "give up" in one form or another‚ the father and son who struggle down the post-Apocalyptic road tell themselves‚ "This is what the good guys do. They keep trying. They don’t give up" (). After closer reading of the text‚ reveals that "not giving up" is not always the lesser of two evils. McCarthy places an

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    support policy. There are many articles today that tell what the welfare policy can due for the economy however the policies that were put in place somehow never took into account of the affect it would have on the family as a whole in terms of relationships and attitudes. I am conducting research on the attitude of the black male of St. Louis towards the current Child Support Policy as well as the affect in which the policy has on their lives. I am reviewing past research on the attitudes

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    ” This is what I have come to realize in my life. My father is a recovering alcoholic. At home‚ I did the typical things that all little girls do; played with dolls‚ stuffed animals‚ colored pictures‚ and participated in various sports. As a young child I grew up adapting to everything he did‚ thinking it was normal. At that time‚ I did not know his behavior was different from other adults. As I grew older I started to understand my father faced challenges that I needed to accept and adjust to

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    The Prodigal Son Throughout life‚ one can remember their parents sharing stories about life which seemed to be teachable moments. Due to youth or lack of experience‚ an individual may not understand the significant value of these stories. However‚ as an adult they may now realize the stories their parents shared were in fact teachable moments designed to aid them in their personal development. Many parents used stories such as The Boy Who Cried Wolf and The Tortoise and the Hare

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