1: While taking a vacation trip to Bulgaria this past summer, my whole family stayed at a town called Dobrinishte for a couple of days to swim in the mineral water pool there. However, one day, inclement, cloudy weather compelled us to alter our pool plans for that day and find another activity to do instead. Being new to the place, we had to ask the hotel owners if they knew of any interesting historical places around the area, and they informed us of a monastery up in the mountains about two hours walking distance away from the town. Nevertheless, the hotel owners assured us that once we passed a couple turns on the main highway and turned off onto the main, dirt-road trail leading up through the mountains to the monastery, the path would
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In his essay, Bruni states that: “Perhaps because the four of us belong to the same generation-just over eight years separate Mark and Adelle-each understood the others better than our mother, now gone, could ever understand us, or than our father ever will.” Then, to illustrate this idea even further, Bruni tells a story about his childhood. When he could not talk well and was upset because his mom could not figure out what he wanted, his oldest brother named Mark would instantly identify what he needed and bring it to him (01). Because of their ability to understand each other accurately due to their closeness and mutual comprehension of the other, all Bruni’s siblings could understand one another better than anyone else in their lives ever could. Also, having many siblings with differing personalities and characteristics, Bruni felt that each helped him in different areas of his life. Whenever he was upset, he could turn to one of them. He explains it best when he wrote: “If you’re let down by one, you can let off steam with another,” and again by saying that: “It’s like a treasure chest: You have access to a lot of different personalities.” (02). Since each person had different qualities, each one motivated the other to …show more content…
One of these changes occurred due to changes in perspectives and views concerning marriage, family structures, and the parts played by each family member. In “For Better, For Worse”, Stephanie Coontz describes how, during the 1790s, women still depended on men for their material needs and economic stability. Bearing children out of wedlock was highly discouraged at the time by society standards and regulations (02). However, by the 1970s, American women started working and providing for themselves and that sparked changes in society. Cohabitation and having children outside of marriage became more common as more women became independent of a man’s support (Coontz 04). Also, in recent years, there has been a growing concern for the rights of gay couples as the number of couples in this group increases. Now, there are many families, over five million in the United States alone, where the children are being raised by gay couples certifies Coontz in “For Better, For Worse” (05). In addition, divorce rates have increased dramatically in just the past couple of decades. In “For Better, For Worse”, the author again remarks that: “Divorce rates had long been rising in Western Europe and the United States, and although they had leveled off following World War II, they climbed at unprecedented rate in the 1970s, leading some to believe
In his essay, Bruni states that: “Perhaps because the four of us belong to the same generation-just over eight years separate Mark and Adelle-each understood the others better than our mother, now gone, could ever understand us, or than our father ever will.” Then, to illustrate this idea even further, Bruni tells a story about his childhood. When he could not talk well and was upset because his mom could not figure out what he wanted, his oldest brother named Mark would instantly identify what he needed and bring it to him (01). Because of their ability to understand each other accurately due to their closeness and mutual comprehension of the other, all Bruni’s siblings could understand one another better than anyone else in their lives ever could. Also, having many siblings with differing personalities and characteristics, Bruni felt that each helped him in different areas of his life. Whenever he was upset, he could turn to one of them. He explains it best when he wrote: “If you’re let down by one, you can let off steam with another,” and again by saying that: “It’s like a treasure chest: You have access to a lot of different personalities.” (02). Since each person had different qualities, each one motivated the other to …show more content…
One of these changes occurred due to changes in perspectives and views concerning marriage, family structures, and the parts played by each family member. In “For Better, For Worse”, Stephanie Coontz describes how, during the 1790s, women still depended on men for their material needs and economic stability. Bearing children out of wedlock was highly discouraged at the time by society standards and regulations (02). However, by the 1970s, American women started working and providing for themselves and that sparked changes in society. Cohabitation and having children outside of marriage became more common as more women became independent of a man’s support (Coontz 04). Also, in recent years, there has been a growing concern for the rights of gay couples as the number of couples in this group increases. Now, there are many families, over five million in the United States alone, where the children are being raised by gay couples certifies Coontz in “For Better, For Worse” (05). In addition, divorce rates have increased dramatically in just the past couple of decades. In “For Better, For Worse”, the author again remarks that: “Divorce rates had long been rising in Western Europe and the United States, and although they had leveled off following World War II, they climbed at unprecedented rate in the 1970s, leading some to believe