Household Words

spent with his mother. Fugui explains, “My mother really loved me, so she would work with me in the fields”(48). Hua creates a calming tone through the words “My mother”. A mother often loves her child unconditionally and never turns her back on them. Fugui's mom does her best to keep loving her son even when he made terrible choices. Through the words “work with me” Hua creates a loving tone as Fugui's mother is taking time to help her son support their family. His mother spends time with him…

1. What is the overall challenge of the game? How does the challenge reflect real life? The challenge of the game is to make it through a month with $1000 and a little income through a job. You have to choose what things you are going to spend money on. This reflects real life because people living in poverty have to choose whether they are going to pay for food or bills. 2. What are three financial challenges that individuals may face when they are living in poverty? For each challenge, write…

The United States employment laws consist of: Wages and Hours Worked, Safety and Health Standards, Health Benefits, Retirement, Workers Compensation, Workplace Conditions, Standards and Equal Opportunity. The concepts of work and family balance in the United States are not a realistic concept or practice, as to other countries around the world. As working Americans, it becomes very difficult to manage family life, while having to pursue a career. Americans theoretically work longer hours, with…

There are plenty of differences between the way families structured their lives in the three periods. Starting with hunting and gathering families in before 17th century, they treated every human the same, there was nothing like blood relationship. In colonial families between 17th and 18th centuries, there was dependence and blood relationship way more in depth. They always proffered family first kind of behavior. They stayed in one place for most of their life whereas hunting and gathering…

dealing with situations, and treats everyone as equals, even African Americans. Then there is Bob Ewell, who is a drunken mad man who spends all his money on booze and lets his daughter, Mayelle, take care of the children and all the chores of the household. It leaves her with no time for school or making…

Consumerism and New Found Prosperity altered the American Household With the Cold War in motion, prosperity resurfaced in the United States, and so was a new consumer culture. The war resulted in advancements in technology, more economic production, and the market was flooded with new consumer goods. This brought forth change and altered the dynamic of society during the 1950’s. Technological advancements allowed for larger commercial farming, so fewer people were farm workers, families moved…

Employment and unemployment can both positively and negatively affect the health of families and individuals. Sometimes, people can find work as a sanctuary from stress from other aspects of their lives, such as family. In “The Overextended Family”, by Arlie Russell Hochschild, Vivian Goodman, a divorced woman, has familial issues. Not only has she already divorced, she seldom sees her boyfriend, Emmanuel, because of work. In addition, she takes in children who have been abused by adults into…

This program would keep the Indian culture alive (specifically the symbols of this activity) and address the rampant diabetes and obesity issues. Henceforth, the garden program at this school can “kill two birds with one stone,” for a lack of better words. The social interactions that the people once had allowed for them to have a shared meaning of learning values and morals: gardening. This prompted them to ask the school board of their community to implement a gardening program in that school.…

Author Amy Tan, having grown up with a mother who did not have English as her first language, has experienced a very different set of circumstances than an average English-speaking household when it comes to communicating. In her article, “Mother Tongue,” she dives into her past, sharing the language struggles she saw her mother encounter, along with her own battles with finding her literary voice. What she found in the end was that we all, regardless of native tongue, use many levels to our…

the East Coast. Both of my parents spoke English as their primary language so I naturally spoke English as well. I began to talk at an early age, and my parents say that I loved to communicate with people I knew. I remember when I read my first word at a coffee cart in Denver, and since then I have enjoyed reading books of all sizes. I don’t remember my parents reading novels when I was younger, but I do remember being read to as a young child while I at a snack before bed. Once I was a…