Lost Son

Perseverance means to never give up, and these stories show it. “The Lost Boys” and “Mother to Son”, show that giving up is not the way to go, it shows that life is hard but you have to stand up and keep going. Everyone has to have perseverance to get where they want to be. “It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” “ The Lost Boys”, are boys from Sudan who fled their homes due to war where they lived. There were over 20,000 boy in the journey from Sudan to Ethiopia back to Sudan and than to Kenya. They crossed River and some got eaten by crocodile some eaten by lion and some starved or even gave up. Those who keep going and knew the struggle that they had to go through and the terrible things they saw. They…

Have you ever lost something and found it later on? In Luke 15: 11-32 scripture tells of a Parable of a Prodigal son which tells a story of how a father gave his youngest son his inheritance and left home and then came back. The story introduces the term Prodigal which means something very wasteful. In biblical days, telling a story often leads to the term parable which often came with a moral or spiritual lesson. In the Parable of a Prodigal Son, a man had two sons. The younger son obtains…

father and the son lived in dark and dreary world, filled with violent people. In the book The Road, the father looked at his son for hope and mercy. The son carries the fire within him throughout the book showing that he has the light and hope to stay positive and survive through the rough and ashed world. The motif of this novel is light versus dark because they live in a dark place that they are trying to escape by making fires and the son carrying the fire. The way they lived was hard…

feel that Sonny can make a living as a musician. He tells Sonny, “Be Serious”. Sonny later makes the wrong choice and becomes involve with drugs and crimes (Delbanco and Cheuse 240-247). Tackach, is the author of The Biblical Foundation of James Baldwin’s “Sonny Blues. His critical analysis of “Sonny Blues” is done in a religious perspective. The theme could simply be “Grace”. Tackach compared “Sonny Blues” to the parable of “Prodigal Son”. The parable is about two brothers. The older son stayed…

seems it does, in the flashbacks, before everything falls apart because of his choices and his son’s general unhappiness with his life. Willy’s whole, long life is devoted to earning money and being concerned about appearances and his own happiness, yet it is never really enough for his own delusion, much less his life and his family. The American Dream throughout the entire play, when put on every living member of that specific family, is just a setup for disaster. The wife is disrespected…

(Tension Between Father and Son) Have you ever gotten into a fight with your parents? Did it ever seem like your parent was favoring your sibling or leaving you out? In the story “The Prodigal Son,” by King James the eldest brother felt like his father was treating him unfairly. In the story a father of two sons, gives his youngest son ten million dollars for him to go blow in Vegas, while the eldest son stayed home and worked in the fields. When the youngest son comes home broke and homeless,…

The plot ‘All My Sons” is set in August 1947 in a mid-eastern American town. The time of the play is between Sunday morning and a little after two o’clock of the following morning. Arthur Miller describe Joe Keller as a heavy man of stolid mind, a businessman for many years who sacrificed everything including his honor, in his struggles to make the family prosper. However, he has totally different actions with different characters in his family. Joe Keller is sixty-one years old. He is the main…

due the death of Mama’s husband, however, misfortune strikes the family when Walter, the son, loses the money when he foolishly invest it into opening a liquor store. Although Walter lost Mama’s money, instead acting predictably such as in a fit of rage, she forgives Walter. Compared to the play and the 1961 film, Mama’s portrayal in the 2008 film version of A Raisin in the Sun is the most compelling because it clearly depicts her as forgiving and loving, which contributes to the growth of the…

The structure of placing another flashback after the second section is intentional of showing another traumatic experience, but also symbolizing dealing with the past. The third section goes through a moment after Ana experiences her parent’s death. During this time, Ana ends up in another town of people and she meets a new family. While staying with this new family at first, she stays hesitant to open up to them of the events that preceded her arrival. Ana chooses not to speak, but a bond does…

Louis and the family immigrated to Alberta, Canada in 1904. He works in his farm to grow food for his family and sells some to close by friends. Louis is a minding and cherishing father, and doesn 't disappoint his family. During his time off he enjoys playing games with his two sons and drinking champagne with his wife. The eldest son of the Smith family is Léo Smith who was born on March 11, 1894. He is an athletic and intelligent young kid with an loving personality. He communicates with his…