Adversity is a factor in every person’s life, but not everyone is lucky enough to possess resilience. Resilience is the ability to prevail when faced obstacles in life. There are many methods people use to gain resilience, and there are many reasons why people cannot, but one reason why people never become resilient is because they live a life with unsupportive or detrimental parents. Elizabeth from the short story “Jericho” by Margaret Price and the boy from “Untitled” by Anonymous are key examples of this idea. This principle is also supported through the opposite scenario: When parents are supportive towards their children, the children tend to be resilient. Key examples of this idea are Jerry from the short story “Through the Tunnel” by
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Elizabeth is one example of a person without resilience who has a dysfunctional father. Her father is an alcoholic with serious issues that are exceeding obvious. Instead of confronting and solving the problems within her family, she abandons them and leaves them alone to deal with it. “It was only the warped, early dark of two a.m. that made things seem unforgivable” for her, and as long “he would be there” and “she would be there,” her sister, she felt as if there is no problem that needed solving, even though she is basically acknowledging that there is one (Price). Based on the story, the reader can deduce that the father has been alcoholic for quite a while. The fact that she is raised by weak father is what most likely lead her to become a feeble individual. Another feeble individual is the boy from the poem “Untitled.” Similar to Elizabeth, the boy has a parent who is holding them back, his mother. The boy’s “mother bought him a tie… [and] he was like everyone else” (Anonymous). Though the reader does not know much of the relationship between the boy and the mother, based on this act, the reader can see that the mother is depriving the boy of what he truly wants to be, himself. The boy strives to be different than “all the other boys,” to express himself, but he could not handle the adversity coming from his peers which is reinforced by his mother. Based …show more content…
For example, the girl from “The Centaur” shows her resilience in the form of rebellion. She is expected by her mother to act as how a lady should act. This tomboy who likes to play with her “brother’s jack-knife” and plays in the grass is least interested to “go tie [her] hair back” like her mother demands (Swenson). She chooses to partake in activities not so lady like despite her mother’s opposition. Another character who supports Marano is Arthur Jarvis from Cry, The Beloved Country. Although Jarvis’s family is not seen much a troubled one, to a small extent, some opposition can be sensed towards Jarvis from his family. Jarvis dedicates his life in the embetterment of South Africa. His family makes this more difficult for him to do because as they raised him, they taught him many lessons, but of South Africa and the problems it faced, he “learned nothing at all” (Paton 207). He still manages, however, to educate himself and fight against what he saw as unjust. Both the girl and Jarvis gains resilience without the full support of their parents, but regardless, a parent not supporting their child will always
Elizabeth is one example of a person without resilience who has a dysfunctional father. Her father is an alcoholic with serious issues that are exceeding obvious. Instead of confronting and solving the problems within her family, she abandons them and leaves them alone to deal with it. “It was only the warped, early dark of two a.m. that made things seem unforgivable” for her, and as long “he would be there” and “she would be there,” her sister, she felt as if there is no problem that needed solving, even though she is basically acknowledging that there is one (Price). Based on the story, the reader can deduce that the father has been alcoholic for quite a while. The fact that she is raised by weak father is what most likely lead her to become a feeble individual. Another feeble individual is the boy from the poem “Untitled.” Similar to Elizabeth, the boy has a parent who is holding them back, his mother. The boy’s “mother bought him a tie… [and] he was like everyone else” (Anonymous). Though the reader does not know much of the relationship between the boy and the mother, based on this act, the reader can see that the mother is depriving the boy of what he truly wants to be, himself. The boy strives to be different than “all the other boys,” to express himself, but he could not handle the adversity coming from his peers which is reinforced by his mother. Based …show more content…
For example, the girl from “The Centaur” shows her resilience in the form of rebellion. She is expected by her mother to act as how a lady should act. This tomboy who likes to play with her “brother’s jack-knife” and plays in the grass is least interested to “go tie [her] hair back” like her mother demands (Swenson). She chooses to partake in activities not so lady like despite her mother’s opposition. Another character who supports Marano is Arthur Jarvis from Cry, The Beloved Country. Although Jarvis’s family is not seen much a troubled one, to a small extent, some opposition can be sensed towards Jarvis from his family. Jarvis dedicates his life in the embetterment of South Africa. His family makes this more difficult for him to do because as they raised him, they taught him many lessons, but of South Africa and the problems it faced, he “learned nothing at all” (Paton 207). He still manages, however, to educate himself and fight against what he saw as unjust. Both the girl and Jarvis gains resilience without the full support of their parents, but regardless, a parent not supporting their child will always