Go Daddy

We meet our first main character named Brick Pollitt, played by Paul Newman. A former high school football star, he spends a night at his football field, trying to relive his glory days while getting completely wasted. Yeah, when you are depressed, go to the sight of your depression with tons of beer. He falls and breaks his leg while running, so he returns home and drinks some more. His wife Maggie, played by Elizabeth Taylor, talks to him about their relationship. But, Maggie is most likely…

“Where’s Daddy?” I ask her while holding my teddy as close and as tight as I could. “Daddy isn’t here anymore.” She tells me, “Don’t worry about Daddy.” My father shows up at the door of my grandma’s house telling her that he had been looking everywhere for us and that he was glad that we were safe. Grandma looks at him sternly,…

Letter to Pornographic Companies Greetings, I am writing to object to the word daddy used in the bedroom, which has been spoken by women speaking to their lovers during intercourse because of films you have made public. Because of your involvement in the porn industry, women are told it is okay to call their lovers daddy. I do not appreciate hearing the word used so inappropriately. It should not be used in this context. In response to the disgusting videos your company has released, you have…

In “Daddy” Plath begins saying “You do not do, you do not do anymore,” to represent the person whom she speaks about, which is understood as her father, Otto Plath, is dead but she feels like a foot which has been trapped in a shoe for thirty years. Unable to “breathe or Achoo” because of the fear she will upset her father, but at the same time Plath states, “Daddy, I have had to kill you. You died before I had the time-,” which shows…

and bacon.) but I just told her that I wasn’t all that hungry for some reason that morning, but I would save the leftovers for Step Daddy Cade whenever he got up. My mama, then gave me a worried look, but then left the kitchen to grab her purse and car keys wanting to take a trip into the village to pick up some sweet tea, Cokes, and cigarettes for Step Daddy Cade. I continued gathering the dishes and as I did so I heard a meow that sounded like it had come from the other side of the…

had never fully grasped the true meaning until one night when my father told me one of the most memorable Little Rocky stories that I have ever heard. That night was the very moment when I finally understood what value really meant. Growing up, my daddy used to tell me all kinds of stories. Sometimes they would be a rhyme that he just came up with off the top of his mind, or just a simple collaboration of made up characters that would come to life in my little head. Although he always told…

it takes to find him. But along the way, Abby encounters situations that slow her down from finding him. But luckily for Abby, her family and friends help her along the way. The main characters are Abby, Tam, Abby’s Mama (Holly Whistler), Abby’s Daddy (Ian Whistler), Mrs. Ivy Calhoun, Olivia McButtars, Cheyenne Rivers, and Abby’s Meemaw (Agnes Whistler). Abby and Tam are loyal friends, stuck together like glue, and are each other's north star.…

I grew up in Arabi, Louisiana. I was nine years when we moved there. I was born in New Orleans, and Arabi was a good place to bring kids up because it was a new area. The reason why we went to Arabi was because my daddy was working for box company in the city, and he got a job at Kaiser Aluminum. Kaiser Aluminum is what built Arabi to what it is today. It built Arabi. It built Saint Bernard into what it is today. It was really a good place to grow up. Almost everyone there knew each other. You…

from society and are a valued standard on how someone should act. Breaking or deviating from social standards are often looked down upon by society (Bobel, et al. 5). The norm I am breaking is treating a baby doll (Alegra) like she is real. My baby’s daddy (my brother) and I are taking Alegra out to eat.. Normally, adults do not pretend that babydolls are real. According to White, life like dolls trouble humans because they are sometimes confused as real babies (6). My hypothesis is that people…

temporarily filled that fatherly role I was lacking. He helped my mom get a good job, a car and was always took care of us. He even helped us relocate to a little one bedroom apartment. Every morning she would wake up, take me to daycare, go to work, pick me up, go…