Visiting my Grandparents Essay

In The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, we see a unique view of a family dynamic and how easily it can change. Gregor Samsa was once the jewel of his family and the sole provider. Once Gregor Samsa’s transformation occurred so did his importance in the family. He went from the most important person in his family to the most useless one. This led to an overwhelming feeling of loneliness. Gregor although he was lonely beforehand he did not feel the sting of it because of his family's appreciation…

According to the FDA love is not an ingredient however, emotion still plays a large role in cooking. In the novel Like Water for Chocolate by Esquivel the main protagonist Tita faces many challenges in life. A narration by Esperanza, Tita’s granddaughter starts every chapter with a recipe. The recipes may seem like just a tradition being recorded but, they actually correlate with the emotions and challenges Tita faces in the chapter. Food is also used as a recurring motif with symbolic…

In “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner, Emily lives a life with almost no social interactions growing up. Until her father’s death, which was in her early adulthood, the only developed relationships she has are with her father and their house slave. Living with these very few relationships in her early life will ultimately affect her interactions with other people for the rest of her life. These interactions that Emily has with other people throughout the story can only be described as odd,…

Introduction In 1914, in Muskogee, Oklahoma, Australia Hopson was born to a family of farmers. She grew up being one of three sisters. Australia’s parents were sharecroppers during her childhood, so her primary caregiver during the days was her grandmother (T. Finchum and A. Bishop, personal communication, October 20, 2014). There was a point in Australia’s life where she helped her family on the farm and would pick cotton. She was never able to pick a hundred pounds worth at a time like her…

Giovanni Batista Ramundo is a father, grandfather, uncle, and brother. He was born in 1940 in Calabria, Italy. While living in Italy, he lived in a small farm home. The region was unwealthy at the time, and they were just barely getting by financially. The home was a cozy man-made barn with tiles painted by his mother as flooring. There were 4 crammed bedrooms and a small farm to raise livestock and vegetables. In the bedrooms, the beds and furniture were made out of sturdy plants and wood.…

A few years ago, my family and I went on a trip to Lake Kelly. This would be the first time that I had experienced just being outside for a whole weekend with my family. The time that I would enjoy spending there is a time that I will most likely never forget. The drive up to the lake was about 7 hours. Most of the time I just lied down in our vehicle unbuckled listening to music or falling asleep on top of all our bags of clothes and sleeping bags. If I was not listening to music I was mostly…

Once the siblings were interviewed, I moved onto one of their aunts Kathy Snider. Kathy is a retired, sixty-one year old woman who lives at home with her husband, Larry, their two dogs, Patch and Tiki, and her mother-in-law, Rita. I fist asked Kathy her views on the dying process and she responded with while it is a very sad experience she is hopeful for a “peaceful and good death.” I asked Kathy when she first learned about death and she assumes that it was through church for she too is…

My global villager is a 48 year old female from rural India. She is influenced by the seven key global challenges in many ways. The population in India is approximately 1,251,695,584 as of July 2015. This dense population negatively affects her because there is to many people in the region making it crowded and unsanitary. She falls in the middle 40% of the population being 48 years old with an average life expectancy of 69. The town she lives in India is Rajahmundry and is the fifth most…

ceiling. It almost looked like stars. I ate fish and chips. We went on more roller coasters and a couple of hours before closing time we went to the stores. I bought -too many- stuffed animals, I’m obsessed with stuffed animals. I also bought souvenirs to my family and friends. When we came home we were all exhausted and tired. I went to bed almost right away. This had totally been one of the best days…

Suzanne Collins was born in 1969 in Hartford, Connecticut. She was the daughter of an air force pilot and therefore she spent her childhood moving around the United States. While she was young her father left for a year in order to fight in Vietnam, a fact that marked her life. When her father returned, he spent a lot of time talking about his military experience and he taught Collins and her siblings about war and its consequences. Collins herself visited battlefields and war monuments (Anon,…