Native Son

Relationships can be built and reinforced with time. In “Wordsmith” the father is trying to build his relationship by fixing his daughter’s broken house. In the story “The Gold Mountain Coat", the boys are struggling and facing the challenges while trying to earn their father's permission to spend hard-worked money.The relationships between the fathers and children within the stories could be stronger; it needs repair. The story by Judy Fong-Bates, the struggle between the father and his…

In the story Poster card, the author uses the technique of personification, writes the journey of “I”, which is a poster card. “I” travel along the street to meet with “you” with love. “I” am not disturbed by the outside factors, “myself” is the illusion of happiness and surprise. When I read the story, I am attracted by the scene that “I” run across roads and corners, that I feel like an animated movie is playing in front of me. And the article is very colorful and comfortable to read,…

The concept of the absent father is a notion that has endured through years of American history, one which has been thoroughly imbedded in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. The absent father has been a familiar and definitive characteristic in many stories, compelling a tremendous impact on a character’s decisions as an individual. In a comprehensive and full analysis, Charlene Fix’s article, “The Lost Father in Death of a Salesman”, delivers an accurate understanding of the concept of the…

happiness comes from within a person, no material object can buy it. As the king’s son the boy should be happy, he has a good life but for some unknown reason is always unhappy. Out of desperation, his father finally asked what is that makes him so sad all the time, with which the boy replied; “I don’t even know myself, Father,” (The Happy Man’s Shirt 1). However, in order for anybody else to know what is wrong with the son, he must first know what is wrong with himself. Without knowing what…

The relationship between the father and son in “My papas waltz” is one that some people in the world can relate to. The son in the poem goes to state, “the whiskey on your breath”, which is referring to the overwhelming smell of alcohol coming off his father. He is intoxicated; furthermore, the father seems quite abusive to the son, especially when he is under the influence (Roethke, 687). However, to the son, it is quite a normal act. Even though what the son is going through is a horrible…

As it is with any good text, Gloria Anzaldua’s “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” employs several rhetorical modes, sometimes simultaneously. Each excerpt can be broken down to reveal the rhetorical modes in each one. Her first excerpt opens with a personal tale from her childhood. This is an example of narrative writing. The characters, plot, theme, and conflict are clearly laid out, as well as the point Anzaldua is trying to make. The second excerpt in the essay uses the definition mode. Anzaldua…

Essay over Okay For Now Okay For Now is written by Gary D. Schmidt and it is a story about a kid whose dad made him and his family move to Marysville. The main character of the story is Doug Swieteck and he doesn't want to move to Marysville but they have to. His dad named Mr. Swieteck is not a nice dad and he is very abusive just like his brother named Christopher. Also, Doug has a brother who is currently serving in Vietnam. The book has many dynamic characters like Doug, Mr. Swieteck, and…

Socrates who speaks with two fathers and sons about learning the arts of military fighting, and what courage really is about. Socrates asks many questions in Plato’s writings and he never gives straight opinions or advice of if the fathers should send their boys off to learn how to fight properly. These fathers want to do the best for their sons, and they want to give their children a proper education where they also do not disgrace their ancestors since both sons are named after their…

is about a family going through difficult times while trying to accomplish something. In Mississippi, a women, Addie Bundren, who is on her deathbed as Cash, her oldest son, builds his mother's coffin. Anse, Addie's’ husband, and Addie's’ other sons, Jewel and Darl, left town to make a delivery for their neighbor, but once the sons leave, Addie passes away. Vardaman is feeling troubled while Dewey Dell, Addie’s daughter gets pregnant. Dewey Dell tires to abort the child but that does not happen,…

Falling Hard (Three messages from Son, Sale, and Mash) To begin with these three stories, Devoted Son, No Witchcraft for Sale, and Mashed, they all have one important lesson that is being pushed on to the readers without them actually knowing. In No witchcraft for sale it talks about not taking advantage of what you have and it has thoroughly explained it. “Her works display a broad range of interests and concerns, including racism, communism, feminism, psychology, and mysticism. The major…