...Explore the relationship between Amir and Baba. Throughout the novel The Kite Runner, the relationship between Amir and Baba has many ups and downs, the reader sees it broaden as Amir grows older and it is clear that deep down their relationship is strong. Amir tells the reader during his dream that he ‘can never tell Baba from the bear.’ This gives the impression that Baba is strong and rugged in appearance. It is important that the reader knows that Baba is the narrator’s father; due to the unconditional love we expect between father and son, Amir’s opinion may well be biased. Indirectly, the reader can make an opinion on Baba, and his relationship with Amir, through his speech and actions as described by Amir. The reader is told that ‘Baba heaved a sigh of impatience.’ This shows that Baba, unlike most fatherly figures has very little patience with Amir and even the smallest things that Amir does seems to get on his nerves. Hosseini suggests that Amir is some what intimidated by Baba from the quotation ‘My father was a force of nature, a towering Pashtun specimen with a thick beard, a wayward crop of curly brown hair as unruly as the man himself,’ The metaphor ‘My father was a force of nature’ suggests an essence of fear; the character of Baba is not to be reckoned with. The reader is presented with imagery of a storm at sea or a hurricane as Rahim Khan Nicknames Baba. This could suggest an element of incomparable strength, recklessness and perhaps the tendency of storms...
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...‘The Farmer’s Bride’, ‘To His Coy Mistress’ and ‘Sister Maude’ are all poems that explore love in different circumstances. ‘The Farmer’s Bride’ is a description of a wife, narrated by her husband expressing his love and confusion towards his wife’s recent change of heart regarding men. However, the mental deterioration of the speaker’s bride has already torn apart their marriage, as she wishes to be ‘out ‘mong the sheep’ opposed to being at home with him. In contrast to this ‘Sister Maude’ is a love triangle between two sisters and a lover where we see extreme amounts of sibling rivalry as the relationship between them is also torn apart similar to that in ‘The Farmer’s Bride’. Alternatively ‘To His Coy Mistress’ shows us a man encouraging his infatuation to seize the day whilst they are still young before it is too late. All three poems have a sense of ‘Carpe Diem’ which suggests that time is of the essence and no one can afford to waste it. At the beginning of ‘The Farmer’s Bride’ the speaker questions his decision to marry the girl when she was possibly ‘too young’ but continues to explain that he was preoccupied with ‘more to do at harvest time than bide and woo.’ This is suggested to the reader as an excuse to why his spouse’s mental condition remained unnoticed over the duration of their marriage. Another implication from this could be that the couples haste to marry was their downfall as again ‘too young maybe’ could infer that she was not ready for this marriage and...
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...Explore the ways parent and child relationships are presented in Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is set during the Elizabethan period, where society favoured men over women and the women had to obey the men. Fathers were the ones who decided who there daughters would marry and they cant refuse the marriage because if they did they would bring shame upon the family and most likely disowned by them and if this happened they would have nowhere to go as women didn’t really have jobs apart from housework and looking after the children. I think that this society is bad because it is biased towards men and doesn’t give the women a choice for what they want to do in there own life. In Act 1 Scene 2, we learn that Lord Capulet is a fair and just man ‘for men so old as we to keep the peace’ this shows us that he doesn’t want to make the fued between the Montagues anyworse and wants to stay away from all the violence and try to get on with his own life with his family. Paris asks Capulet if he can marry Juliet ‘ but now, my lord, what sat you to my suit’ but Capulet is cautious about allowing Paris to marry Juliet because he feels she is still too young ‘ my child is yet a stranger in the world; she hath not seen the change of fourteen years’ this shows that he is not ready to let his only child go into the world without him yet as she hasn’t had any experience of what its like for women and he wants to protect her from all the bad things in the world , like any father would want to...
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...read: “My favourite part of reading to Hassan was when we came across a big word that he didn’t know. I’d tease him, expose his ignorance.” This gives the reader an idea of how Amir treats Hassan, which is reflected through the way that Baba treats Ali. As well as this the reader can distinguish that Amir treats Hassan this way because of their different religious beliefs. Furthermore, the relationship that the reader has with the narrator is that the reader is given Amir’s point of view on the other characters (Hassan, Baba and Ali etc.) so as the reader, we have to believe what he says about them as he is giving us the overall image and the reader has to go along with what he says. Almost, overlooking the events the reader is told about in the first 7 chapters. The narrator’s relationship with the reader is as if they are on friendly and informal terms. This is because Amir tells the reader about his personal life and his family around him. Specifically, in chapter 7 when Assef rapes Hassan. There is much tension created as the event is being unravelled. This suggests that the relationship is open. The narrator tries to give the reader a better understanding of his lifestyle and what happens at that particular time. This could be on a personal scale, for example, we are told about Amir’s mother which could be a personal topic. Whereas, in chapter 7 Amir tells the reader about his ambition to win the kite flying tournament (which he does). This suggests that the narrator is attempting...
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...Explore the relationship between Amir and his father using chapters 1-6. Chapter one is a very short chapter. In said chapter, the detail of the relationship between Amir and Baba is barely touched upon. As Amir talks of him, and the other names he lists as if he has not heard from Baba, or anyone else, for a long time. It instantly suggests that an event must have happened to cause such separation. Amir lists Hassan first, and Baba just after. Due to the novel being in present day at this point, Hassan holds more importance to Amir as he was the first name that was mentioned. The second chapter starts to highlight the unhealthy father/son relationship between Baba and Amir. Amir looks up to Baba highly and brags about him and longs for his company. Baba, however, is always busy with work or engaging in ‘grown up time’, which is drinking and smoking. Although it is common to distance yourself from loved ones after your wife died during childbirth, distancing himself this much and for this long is highly irregular. Amir looks up to Baba and there for has a positive Father complex during this time. We also discover that Baba set up the brotherly relationship between Amir and Hassan by hiring the same nursing woman he had for Amir, for Hassan. -------------------------------------------- [ 1 ]. The first stage of bereavement begins at the moment of death, and continues for the next several weeks or months. [ 2 ]. The father complex can influence the way people think about...
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...Explore the way the writer presents the relationship between George and Lennie in “Of Mice and Men” Of Mice and Men was written in the 1937 by John Steinbeck, he other well know books as the Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden, h also received a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. This book is set in the 1930s and set in California, his home region. During this time, the USA was suffering from a great depression, this meant that it was hard to find job because the economy was very weak, so to find job the men were disposed to go anywhere and the bosses would exploit their workers. The itinerant ranch workers where very lonely people because they had to move from place to place and tis meant that they could set up a stable life with a wife and children. Another reason that suggests to us that they are lonely is that at the end of each month they take their money and they go to “cat house”. The character of George and Lennie are very unusual and contrasting, this is because they have a strong relationship between them and they also have a dream, a dream of buying a house and some land to become independent and to life together for the rest of their lives. But the reader knows from the beginning that this will not happen and it will have a tragic end, and this is suggested in the title “Of Mice and Men” that comes from a from Robert Burns poem “The best laid schemes o’mice an’ men/ Gang aft agley” and it means: the best laid schemes of mice and men/ often go awry. As soon as the...
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...and emotional development. This brief essay will examine how the metaphysical concept of romantic vitalism is explored through the treatment of human love and human weakness within the institution or marriage, and how individuals should behave towards one another within D.H.Lawrence’s early short story “The White Stocking”. “The White Stocking” is a narrative about desire and more specifically about repressed desire: as the very title of the story implies, it is about the idea of repression of sex and sexuality as being injurious to the spiritual and mental well being of the subject. It explores in tangential form a conflict between the physical nature of the body on the one hand, and the external pressures of social convention and an unexpressed, yet omniscient Christian morality which is supposed to govern people’s external conduct. At surface level, the story is about the relationship between a married couple, in this instance the Whistons- Ted and Elsie- and about a husband and wife at the beginning of another working day,...
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...follower - was "a huge man, shapeless of face, with large pale eyes, with wide, sloping shoulders and he walked heavily". The relationship that Steinbeck presents between George and Lennie is quite smooth but to an extent, the relationship is founded on love and trust. George in various occasions is seen as being a parent, saviour and an ambassador for Lennie. Due to, Lennie’s mental immaturity he is totally reliant on George and places his trust in George. As George has the intellectual capacity to think and to find a job on the ranch for himself and Lennie, George doesn’t have to have Lennie as a companion especially as account of Lennie that George loses his job, as he clearly states in chapter one, “God you’re a lot of trouble... I could get along so easy and so nice if I didn’t have you on my tail.” Here when George is punishing Lennie he later resents his anger, which shows that, George has dreams and hopes as well as Lennie this might suggest that, George likes Lennie out of love as a parent would do. Also further in the book ‘in a panic Lennie looked at George for help.’ Lennie automatically looked for George for help and reassurance as George is his saviour. This is typical of what a child would do when they feel threatened. However George needs Lennie for companionship. As he admits to Slim when discussing their relationship. ‘It’s a lot nicer to go around with a guy you know.’ George...
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...| Research Paper | What is the relationship between history and the literature that explores it? What are the similarities between that trial and the one of Tom Robinson in the novel? | | E3 | In a time in which racism and segregation were substantial two lawyers each very determined to help and stand by their clients and defend them in law to the best of their abilities in the face of danger. Both the Scottsboro boy Trials and the Tom Robinson trial in the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” were very similar and “To kill a Mockingbird” definitely seemed as if it were influenced by the Scottsboro boy’s trial. | Samuel Leibowits was the lawyer who defended Charles Weems, Andy Wright, Olen Montgomery, Roy Wright, Willie Robertson, Eugene Williams, Ozzie Powell, Clarence Norris and Haywood Patterson also known as the Scottsboro Boys. What happen to them was that they were on a train and they were accused of rape by Victoria Price and Ruby Bates. All nine men were convicted soon after for rape. Atticus Finch defended Tom Robinson, who was accused of raping Mayella Ewell, a white woman. In the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" the story revolves around the trial and the life of Finch and his family before, during and after the trial of Tom Robinson. Atticus faced loads of criticism for defending a black man. The similarities that are shared between the trials of the Scottsboro Boys and that of Tom Robinson in "To Kill a Mockingbird" are many. First of all they both take...
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...Explore the relationships between John and Elizabeth and explain how it contributes to the tragic structure of the play and to our understanding of the community of Salem itself The relationship of John Proctor and his wife Elizabeth Proctor is a strong bond. Even though John Proctor had cheated on her with Abigail, Elizabeth still forgives him. But there are a few rough patches in the relationship; like the lack of trust. But Elizabeth loves John Proctor so much that she lies in court to prevent John’s name being tarnished, but this lie inevitably ends up killing John Proctor. In the beginning of the play John speaks about Elizabeth once to Abigail. Abby has said that Elizabeth was a cold and sickly wife. John says to her that she has no right to speak of his wife in such a manner and renounces the comment about her being sickly. ‘You’ll speak nothin’ of Elizabeth!’ He does not, although dismiss Abby’s charge that Elizabeth is a cold wife. He seems to be over protective of Elizabeth, when Abby is speaking ill of Elizabeth he threatens to whip her. In the beginning of Act 2 there was a great feeling of detachment and tension in the Proctor household. We see John trying to start a conversation with Elizabeth and she only gives him short answers to please him. ‘Pray now for a fair summer... Aye.’ This shows the detachment and tension in the Proctor household. Then the tide turns to her questioning him and he is the one that becomes short with her because she is requesting that...
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...Explore the ways in which Ibsen presents romantic relationships in the play “A Doll’s House,” and how this affects your understanding of the play. Compare the ways in which romantic relationships are presented by Wilde in the novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” and by Ibsen in the play “A Doll’s House,” in light of the opinion that “all Victorian romantic relationships were superficial.” There are strong arguments that suggest that all Victorian romantic relationships were superficial in numerous ways, as presented by Ibsen in the play “A Doll’s House,” and Wilde in the novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray.” In Ibsen’s play, all relationships are tainted by the theme of superficiality via the stereotypical roles of the sexes and appearances. In Wilde’s novel, superficiality is similarly portrayed through appearances and art, however more through physical aesthetics, rather than social appearances. A strong example of this idea is the marriage between Nora and Torvald in “A Doll’s House.” A major theme that runs throughout the play, is the idea of performance in marriage. Both Nora and Torvald put on a facade, to present themselves as an ideal husband/wife. One example is Torvald’s shallow role as a stereotypical male following the revelation of Nora’s secret; that she withdrew a loan from Krogstad in order to pay for a trip to heal Torvald’s illness. At the initial exposé he exclaims “you have ruined all my future,” establishing himself as the dominant man, as this expression is...
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...How does Shakespeare explore one aspect of belonging in the play? “The spirit of my father grow strong in me” In the play As You Like It, by William Shakespeare, Orlando believes that he will grow to be like his father and that he has a relational connection with his father. Shakespeare explores many aspects of belonging and not belonging in relationships with families, couples, genders and social class. He uses a wide range of dramatic and language techniques to explore the relational aspects of belonging. Juxtaposition is used throughout the play to show the difference in relationships. It shows the contrast between Oliver and Orlando’s despising relationship compared with Rosalind and Celia’s loving relationship. For example Celia and Rosalind’s relationship is described as “being ever from their cradles bred together” and “never two ladies loved as they do”. This is a contrast to Oliver calling his brother a “villein” and Oliver controlling his brother “for the which his animals on his dunghills are as much bound to him as I”. Juxtaposition between scenes is also used to explore relationships in As You Like It. “Loves one dearer than the natural bond of sisters”. Emotive language is used to explore how Celia and Rosalind have a very deep relationship. Words such as “loves” and “natural” explore how close they are as cousins and how they are held by one another. “Sweet my coz,” is another example of emotive language. Classical allusion is also used to show...
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...HOW DOES STEVEN HERRICK EXPLORE THE THEME OF GRIEF AND LOSS IN “LOVE, GHOSTS AND NOSE HAIRS”? The Australian author Steven Herrick, explores the theme of grief and loss in the novel Love, Ghosts and Nose Hairs. He explores different ways that family members deal with the loss of the maternal figure. He also explores the life of Jack, a sixteen year old boy dealing with the loss of his mother. A lot of strong relationships were lost, and each family member dealt with the loss in completely different ways. Herrick shows the readers what it is like to lose a family member and the ways that some people could deal with the grief of that loss. While reading the book the themes, characterisation, language and symbolism. Herrick explores the different methods used to deal with grief and loss in the book Love, Ghosts and Nose Hairs. Herrick uses poetry...
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...ABSTRACT The internet usage among teenagers increase from last decade, increase in internet usage has effect teenagers 1) that teenagers boys use internet for playing games mostly violated games whereas girls use internet for shopping and for chat online 2) teenagers use internet for anonymous identity experimentation 3) internet cause isolation and depression among teenagers. This study is aimed to explore the relationship between teenager’s internet usage and face to face communication. This study also explores the desire of teenagers to face to face communication, and the relationship between loneliness and excessive internet usage. This is quantitative study and survey method will be used. After the survey results will show that is there any effect of internet on teenager’s face to face communication and effect on their peer relations. Key words: communication, internet, face to face communication, loneliness, teenagers. CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Internet change the way people communicate with each other. In earlier days people use traditional means of communication like telegraph, letters, landline etc. now they ways of communication changed the world. Communication becomes faster and more accessible. Internet is one of them. People use internet for real time communication with friends, family and other relations. It seems that there is no single field that is not affected by internet.Chesebro and Bonsall (1989) argued that you talk to people through internet in...
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...Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Mary Ellen Garcia Liberty University Multicultural Issues in Human Services -509 Dr. Eva Straner Due: August, 2013 Abstract In the last thirty years, Grandparents have played a significant role in raising their grandchildren. Numerous changes have occurred that have required our current society to move in a familiar direction to care for children that would in other times have been placed in foster care homes. Research has shown that factors that include substance abuse, illness, child abuse, domestic violence, neglect, and death have put a greater challenge on Grandparents living arrangements. With the increase of divorce, the lack of child care, the demands placed on a single parent to enter the work force to financially support a household has also added to the increase of Grandparent participation in the raising of their grandchildren. In the past, Grandparents worked to support their families and looked forward to the day of their retirement and possible social activities of leisure. These goals have decreased significantly as Grandparents have had to take on the role of sole caregivers and active participates in raising their minor age grandchildren. Grandparents find that their age, income status, health limitations and the challenges with the children, affect their everyday life. The Legal System and Child Welfare Agencies rely on the next of kin to assist with immediate placements but have not included immediate legal ramifications...
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