Lost Son

is about a son and a fathers relationship. While they are on a camping trip the sons desire is to be united with his dad again, so they have a good relationship again. In this analytical essay, I want to focus on the most important symbols, do a characterization of the father, look at the relationship between the son and the father and interpret the short story. The horses are an important but not so clear symbol. The horse signifies the lack of love that it tries to show but the son and the…

Emotional Intelligence is defined as effectively managing our emotions in support of our goals and dreams. Chris went through some very emotional times throughout the movie. I thought he really prided himself on being a good father to his son. He was always encouraging his son to learn and to stay positive no matter what hard times were present. When his wife said she was leaving him, Chris could have freaked and done some really stupid things, but he didn’t. His nerves were very tasted when he…

In 1984 Rembrandt’s, Return of the Prodigal Son, caught the eye of author Henri Nouwen. Since discovering the painting in a friends room that fall, Nouwen has gone on this life long spiritual journey of discovering parts himself he had never paid close attention to before. During this process Nouwen was able to define the three stages in which he believes are all apart of the spiritual journey of one’s life. Although Nouwen makes it clear he hasn’t completely gone through the full process, he…

and that paying on Larry debt would push him back a couple of years, but he didn’t mind because that was his son. In the end Larry said he had received a call about platinum in Chile as a new business and was going to try that at first. He asks the father for money to start this new business even though he owe money to bookers and the father still gives him money. Larry also leaves his son with Cool and the father just tells him don’t worry about it. Frank allows Larry to do what every he wants…

In the poem “My Father Thought it”, Armitage talks about his struggle between father and son as the son grows up and their relationship which tried to declare his own identity. The end rhyme makes the poem easier to remember as it “sticks” in reader’s mind. Both the poem “Do not go gentle into that good night” and “My father Thought it…” are talking about the relationship between the father and the son and remembering their father’s actions and words as a memory. The opening line of…

isn’t able to do himself: be good at sports, take advantage of being good looking, get far in life, get rich quick, and enjoy the American Dream. Willy pushes his sons away by only focusing on the good his sons did when they were young, which gives his children no space to talk to him. The problem with Willy is that he’s made his sons into a project, so that he can live through them after he’s…

The play focuses on familial relationships and the conflict between father and son. “It examines the father-son relationship in which the father wants his son to follow his footprints and the son refusing to toe the line” (Das 50). In the words of Dattani, HASMUKH. Should God permit me, I intent to stay right here. But everyone has to go sooner or later. I will retire one day, either from the company or from this world. What will become of you then? I have to season you now. You need…

that he failed to establish a legacy for his sons and that a man nowadays “is worth more than alive” he takes his life. At this point in the play, Willy realized that he had nothing to leave to his sons and that he not accomplished anything resembling his American Dream. When Willy states that “nothing’s planted, I don’t have a thing in the ground” (Miller,12) the seeds symbolize Willy’s failure as a salesman to create a legacy for himself and his sons. The futile nature in which he comes to…

the end. He has been cheated, lost, and paid an enormous amount of money just for his freedom. Here, Smith is a little hesitant if he made the right decision of continuing his goal to freedom because he is thirty-six years old and finally earning his freedom. However, Smith was an ambitious man who was able to gain his freedom despite this controversial situation. Venture Smith continued to experience loss and grief even after he gained his freedom of slavery. He lost great amounts of money…

Taiwan after losing the Mainland to the Communist Party in 1949. Throughout the movie, despair is depicted through the collapse of the Lin family, where one after another, members (the sons) of the family are lost as they struggle against the power of new government implemented by the Mainlanders. Yet, not all hope is lost. The scene where the Grandfather has dinner with the rest of Lin family with all the lights brightly lit still shows a glimpse of hope for the future of the people and the…