...her early 20s, he arranged a marriage to an eligible local bachelor. In response, she ran away from home and joined a Roman Catholic convent. “He wanted me to know only one man,” she says. “I wanted to know many people.” Her father didn’t speak to her for eight years. Outgoing and cheerful, Orejola often invokes a prayer – her favorite – to Jesus’s grandmother, subsequently sainted by the Catholic church. “I say, ‘Saint Anna, please bless me with pleasant surprises.' ” Typhoon Yolanda was not one of them. Orejola cut short a trip to Rome to check on the members of her cooperative here, mostly the children and grandchildren of original members, and to pay calls to her extended family. THE LORD TAKETH AWAY She arrives at the evacuation center where many of the cooperative families have taken shelter in what was the old parish hall. The adjacent church lies in ruins, its roof blown away and its wooden pews scattered and splintered. The parish members have dragged some of the battered pews to what remains of a concrete car port. They have salvaged, too, a mud-splattered lectern. A weather-beaten statue of Mary sits on an old footstool atop a makeshift altar hastily constructed of packing crates. “The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away,” the priest intones, as parishioners turn to greet Orejola. Children take her hand and gently bow as they raise it to their foreheads in a sign of...
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...COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE REPRESENTATION OF FAMILY IN THE TELEVISION SHOW WEEDS Name Instructor Introduction For some time now, different faculties on human psychology, sociology and cultural studies have been investigating the effect of media artifacts in influencing and dictating ideologies and perceptions in the societies that consume them. Contemporary findings indicate that media artifacts such as television shows, movies, and books, directly influence the behavior of individuals within their different social groups and determine the type of interpersonal relationships one forges with other people, relative to their role in their lives. In addition, media affect the expressions of social class and socio-economic stature through the encouragement of the consumer culture and individualism. This paper analyses the television series Weeds, seeking to highlight how the portrayal of a single-mother family mirrors the literature on single-parent families in terms of perceived structures, financial challenges, academic achievement of children and the emotional and psychological health as well as the challenges specifically affecting single mothers. Weeds is an eight-season television show depicting the character of Nancy, a recently widowed woman who struggles to a means of mitigating the growing financial problem she faces following the death of Judah, her husband. She eventually opts to expand small her marijuana retailing enterprise to make ends...
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...make bad choices and think that it’s ok whether it have to deal with sex, alcohol or drugs. By raising girls on the Disney princess movies, it gives girls a role model that is in a sense “perfect”. The princesses have been the same for 30 years and will stay the same for 30 more years. They are a role model that doesn’t change; there is no worry about them getting into abusing drugs or alcohol The Disney princesses teach girls the importance of family, friendship, acceptance and so much more. So why wouldn’t you want them to be a role model for your daughter? You have a guarantee that they won’t mess up like someone else could. A Disney princess shows the importance of family. In Beauty and the Beast we see Belle who trades her freedom to free her father and takes his place as the Beasts’ prisoner. By having Belle trade places with her father it shows that “Disney animated films contain strong messages about the importance of family relationships. Family members were often shown making sacrifices for one another, and putting their families’ well being before their own.” (Tanner 367) Even after Belle falls in love with the Beast, she leaves to go help her sick father. In Sleeping Beauty, Aurora’s mother and father give her up to the 3 fairies in order to protect her from Maleficents’ curse. For 16 years the fairies gave up magic so that they would be able to raise her in secret. In The Little Mermaid King Triton gives up his freedom for Ariel so that she wouldn’t become one of Ursula’s...
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...portion of it is hearsay; however, Ulrich did write two other books on tops similar to this one so she has a reputation for being very knowledgeable on this subject. The one and only positive way men (husbands) used women (wives) were as Deputy Husbands. A Deputy Husband would stand in the place of her husband in his absence or if he were unable to perform his duties. “Some wives were servile, some were shrews, others were respected companions who shared the authority of their spouses in the management of family affairs” (p. 38). In performing her husband’s duties, a wife not only gained the respect of her husband, but she also gained his trust as well. As a consort (“a consort tuned her life to her mate’s” (p. 9)), a wife who harmonized with her husband had spirituality and sexuality but one who did not brought unrest and sometimes wound up in the courts due to their actions. Husbands respected their wives’ domain as the center or the heart of the farm and the family, whereas, the wives were expected to respect the husband’s authority and manly duties. Another negative way men used women was for the purposes of procreation. But if...
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...Single parent families Single parenting has become a more popular style in the last couple decades. Single parenting has become one of the most common nontraditional families. According to George, “Although there are exceptions, this state usually occurs for one the three reasons: the parent was never married, the parent had separated or divorced from the spouse, or the spouse has died” (George, 2009). Single parents usually experience higher level of stress due to financial situations, high and low relationships with their children in addition to parenting styles, and sometimes the lack of rest (George, 2009). Around 43% of children live within a single parent home that is at or below the national poverty level (George, 2009). Due to not being financially stable, some single parents are forced to live in low-income neighborhoods which result into poor schooling systems. More children are likely to drop out of school and to be raised in poverty. Consequently there are more like to be teen pregnancies. Around 60% of are raised by young single parents who are less likely to get married (Feldman, 2011). In addition to teenagers are more likely to raised their child without the help and support of the father, as a result most teenagers abandon their education and have to rely on minimum wage jobs for a source of income (Feldman, 2011). According to Feldman, “ The consequences of living in a single parent families depends on the financial condition of the family and, if there...
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...Analysis interpretation of ’Me and my Family’ “Me and my Family” is a short story from 1997. The narrator is a third-person limited narrator and is subjective because it conveys the thoughts, feelings, opinions of the father, Stew. So when the narrator is subjective, we only see the story from one side and therefore we cannot verify if the narrating is true. Beside Stew, we have Masha who is the wife of Stew and mother of Kitty. Kitty plays an important and great role in this short story. Apart from the family, we hear a bit from Norm (an acquaintance of the father) and other irrelevant people. Kitty has been living in South Carolina and is described as quiet, untactful and aggressive (p. 2, l. 25) by the narrator. When Kitty became a teenager, it has just gone downhill. She came out as lesbian when she was 16 (p. 2, l. 37) and that did not exactly help her relationship with her father. With downhill, the narrator describes; “He did not remember precisely when it had happened, but Kitty, his beautiful, happy little girl, turned into a glum, weird teenager that other kids picked on. She got skinny and ugly. ” (p. 2, l. 40). The quote illustrates one of the themes of the story that is the poor relationship between father and daughter and their quarrels, as can be seen on page 3, line 86: “He grabbed her and shook her, but he could not shake the conviction off her face.” However, this is from the father’s perspective. As mentioned before, we never get to hear Kitty’s side of...
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...innovative products have plunged the modern consumer into decisions about products that were unavailable eighty years ago. Polartec jackets, snow boards, programmable VCRs, and antidepressants are among the many new and improved goods made possible by technical progress. Modern stores are filled with products previously unknown or unobtainable. Supermarkets stock kiwis from New Zealand, coffee from Guatemala, four types of tomatoes, endless breakfast cereals, and a vast array of packaged goods. Products offer the promise of personal choice, of tailoring activities to individual desires, and of expressing and creating personal identity. Our purchases are also how we take our place in society. Going to work, establishing a home, engaging in family and neighborhood activities, and enjoying leisure -- all the activities which secure membership in the modern world and its institutions -- require products for which we must pay. In traditional cultures,...
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...boy with him. He looked to be about three or four years old. The guy was holding up a sign saying “Food Please!!!! God forgive me for my sin!!” When my grandmother saw this she began to cry! She pulled her car over into the Churches Chicken parking lot. She told me to stay in the car then she opened her door and got out and begun walking over to the man. I couldn’t quite make out what they were saying to each other but I saw my grandmother smile and hand him something then walked back to the car. I asked what she said to him and she said she asked if she had somewhere to stay and he said yes but it wasn’t a very nice place. She gave him 50 dollars and her card and told him that if he called her she would work something out for him and his family to stay in...
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...kind of Teratogens. Having worked in the medical field, she was well aware of their negative effects and strived to avoid them. She was average height and weight for a woman, and having already given birth to both myself and my sister, Larissa, she was ready for her third. She had no previous mental or physical health problems worthy of note, either. She did, however, continue working until her third trimester during the pregnancy, where she took a leave of absence from working at the hospital to finish her pregnancy. Her job offered no real difficulties because she worked in the health field, so it was hardly an issue and in fact, was a boon to her pregnancy because of the excellent health benefits. She also exercised daily on the family treadmill to keep herself in shape before, during, and after her pregnancy. Daryl Johnson was also heavily involved during the pregnancy...
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...Throughout Song of Solomon, readers are treated to a vast array of experiences, which reflect Toni Morrison’s themes of bearing witness to the disturbed past of black people, exploring divisions within a family that has lived through that past, and chronicling personal quests to reconstruct splintered identity at the personal, family and community levels. To create the conscious experience that brings so much of Morrison’s work to life, she imbues Song of Solomon not only with vibrant, directly encountered realism, but also magical themes and experiences. Magical Realism—in essence—is a way of telling a story with two sides. One based on a so-called rational view of reality and the other on the acceptance of the supernatural as everyday reality. Song of Solomon features many instances of the image of flight as it plays a major role in the narrative. Flight signifies true life and the living of it, as well as a sense of freedom and release for the main characters in the book. Of all the characters in the novel, one seems the most affected and that persona is Milkman—someone whom embarks on a journey of self-discovery and discovers the true meaning of flight. Milkman experiences flight in many different ways—through song, imagery and literal experiences. The onus is on us, the reader, to distinguish what is “real” and what is pure mysticism. The first instance of Morrison's use of the image of flight is at the very beginning of the book. "At 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday the 18th...
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...Family Health Assessment A health assessment is used by many individuals in understanding about their health status or lack of, as well as assisting them in making health-related decisions. Each family is very unique with different ways of life and perceptions about their health. Getting to know the family, structurally as well as functionally helps to identify health behaviors along with risk factors that may be helpful or harmful to the family. This is an extended family; consisting of grandma and grandpa, their oldest daughter who moved in two years ago, and her four children. LZA, grandma is 55, RAA, grandpa is 57, KMG, mother is 30, her daughters; KAG-8, MMG-6, RAG-3, and baby ZLG-1. This family had a very religious upbringing and is still very active in the Catholic Church, attending mass every Sunday. They strongly believe in the importance of family and religion. They value sentiments like compassion, respect and consideration of others. The family is at stage IV of the Duvall’s developmental stages of the family: (the oldest child in the household is eight) families with school-age children; children develop peer relations, and parents adjust to peer and school influences. This family’s home is situated in a nice quiet neighborhood, close to a park where the girls can play. KMG states that “very nice people live here, and we are going to live here forever.” Grandma rolled her eyes after hearing this. This is a four-bedroom...
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...by saying that killing is no real pleasure in life. How lit illustrates and challenges gender roles: At the beginning of the play "A Doll's House," Nora is clearly shown as the silly housewife whose only concern is clothes, housekeeping, and caring for her 3 children while her husband Trovald is shown as the strong in-control husband who is the "man of the house." These are the gender roles we continuously see in societies as well as much of old literature since a woman's worth was equal to almost nothing back then. But throughout the play, we see that slowly, Nora's real stand in her house unravels. She is not the silly girl that is first portrayed to be. It is revealed to us that Nora's father did not give her the money for their family trip, but that she borrowed money as a loan from the man who was also Travold's classmate. Nora had to hide...
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...Under the demographic segmentation, Perodua Alza can be segmented to customer income, family size, and age. Perodua Alza is mainly for average income potential buyer who needs an MPV to fit a big family members with low budget and monthly payment. Besides that, Perodua Alza also suitable for the customer with social lifestyle, such as, going out or in vacation with family members which is 5 until 7 person. No more regret or offense because have to stay while the others be on a holidays. Perodua Alza mainly bought by a customer in the middle age between 30 to 50 years old and married due to family size. Young people not very interested with Alza because they tend to choose a car which suit their wild, young and free personality such as ferrari Using a psycographic segmentation, Perodua targeting Alza to customer based on their attitudes, values and lifestyle. Potential customer who’s always hang out with friend also can be a target customer because their active lifestyle such as camping, tend to make them choose the convenient and more ample space car to fit all the members and stuff. . Family values also one of the main characteristic for customer to buy Perodua Alza especially for potential customer with big family and always spend their holiday at village mainly on big festival such as, Chinese New Year, Hari Raya, Christmas, Deepavali and so on. The purpose is perodua Alza can fit all the family members with comfortable and safety...
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...and broke the kola nut. Then threw one of the lobes on the ground for the ancestors. Okonkwo’s final feast is noted for its copious amounts of food – it’s almost like a wedding celebration. Though the feast is a show of gratitude, Okonkwo also emphasizes that the gathering is justified merely because “it is good for kinsmen to meet. At the feast, one man expresses surprise that Okonkwo has been so generous with his food and another praises Okonkwo’s devotion to the kinship bond. At the end of the feast, one of the elders speaks up and gives a warning to the younger generation. He fears for them because he feels the bonds of kinship are breaking, which allows Christianity to pollute their land and steal their men from their gods and their families. With that ominous note, he thanks Okonkwo for his generosity....
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...My Story Hi! My name is LOIS S. BALIONG. Today, I’m going to tell you my vacation in the month March to April. I think everything changes. I thought that, when school is over (or its vacation) things will be fun. All we’re going to do is to follow schedules and chores, what our mother tell us to do. Here what happened the past few days? CHORES: What a boring thing to do. This is the part were I don’t like especially mother’s around. I know we must clean, because living in a messy place in uncomfortable! But in our house, chores never stop!!! I mean, my mother always work! You know no break! Sometimes I don’t like when my mother’s around, while we are working. If we make mistakes, she will shout at us. Sometimes she shouts at me in front of the carpenters who work in our little house. “Lois! Use your common sense! You must know how to work, for there will be the day that your father and I, will be gone in this world, and you don’t know how to work, what will become of you!” Uh!!! How many times did I hear that word, ‘work’, that is so embarrassing! I always murmur in working. I know its bad, but I can’t take it anymore. Can she please take a break? I hope that my mother will stop murmuring in one day! Just one day? You know what; I really feel it, truly, inside my heart that they don’t love me. Just like on April 13, 2009, my bigger sister told my mother to buy a NARNIA book, my mom nod. Then when I say to buy a Nancy Drew Book, she just ignores it. Well I...
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