Son of Sam

Matt Fowlers character is alone with his wife due to the death pf his son. He is left reeling, lost and uncomfortable in the life that he has set up for himself and his wife. He has performed an atrocious act. The outcome may Land him in prison is it is ever discovered.. In the story Fences Troy is last written as dead from…

In the play, Lincoln, as the older brother, is the provider of their two-person family. He is proud of his job as an Abraham Lincoln impersonator and of the little it can provide for himself and his brother. Meanwhile, Booth gets what he can through dishonest means such as robbing and attempting to pull con jobs. At the start of the play, Booth is trying to learn how to play three-card monte, a street con that has the potential to be lucrative. Booth wants to find enough economic means to be…

Both fathers try to give their son’s a good childhood. The author of “The Gift” had a better childhood. The author of The gift didn’t have to listen to his parents argue. For example one detail would be he only seen kindness. Which means he never heard his parents argue or anything like that. Another detail is he wa always in an uplifting mood. Which most people wouldn’t always be in an uplifting mood if their parents argued all the time. The second reason I think the author of “The Gift” had…

In my diary entry, I chose to write a letter from Biff to Willy. These are the characters of the Death of a Salesman by the author, Arthur Miller. I did this to show how Biff felt about his’s and his father’s belief. From what I have read in the play, it seems to me that Biff was living in an unhappy and unsuitable life in New York. As the author states in the book, Biff had tried to do whatever he can to please his dad, not because he was interested in the job. It seemed possible to me to put…

careful with the things we say and learn how to listen. Speaking and listening goes along together because having those in parallel, we can gain understanding among each other. For example Jack McCall uses his words wisely to convince his wife and his son to come with him to the new house. I have learned that we shouldn’t be selfish in any kind of situation as like Jack McCall. As we know that everyone is bound to be selfish from time to time. A selfish person also ends up losing friends or…

to given up his citizenship, rightful place within his own family, and his cultural values because of his current situation. Famines occur on several occasions throughout the Bible. It is a time where there is scarce food throughout the region. This son found himself in such a destitute position that he had become a citizen of a foreign county and became a servant considering eating swine. Jews were prohibited from interacting with swine because they were deemed unclean. According to Leviticus…

of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace. He is without father or mother or genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God he continues a priest forever.” (Hebrews 7:1-3). Here we see that Melchizedek could not be Jesus, the Son of God, because he is said to resemble him. Hebrews chapter seven then goes on to talk even further about Melchizedek. “See how great this man was to whom Abraham the patriarch gave a…

Every father has advice to pass down to his son. The poems "Any Man's Advice to His Son" by Kenneth Fearling, "A Father Sees a Son Nearning Manhood" by Carl Sandburg, "If" by Rudyard Kipling, and Book of Proverbs written by King Solomon, all feature poems in which fathers explain to their sons advice that is vital in real life. The advice I would give to my son would be to avoid trusting every man, not letting life take you down, obeying parents, fearing the Lord, shunning evil and to keep your…

A double-bladed axe, a pair of broken glasses, and a father and a son, this is a story about the dangers of conflicts. In the story "Scars" written by Don Aker, is where a son will learn the love of his father that is expressed in a completely different way. The father’s love for his son Daniel was one that the son cannot understand. However, the father’s optimism about whatever happens, his hardworking actions, and the love of his family proves that he is a father who cares about the family…

“Nuh-uh, Mrs. Welly, she’s lying. Don’t believe her, she’s always blaming me for things I didn’t do.” She crossed her arms and slumped into her chair. “She’s a B-word.” I gasped. I didn’t know what to say. I am not the B-word. She’s right, I’m not very nice to her, but only because my Unckie always said treat people the way you want to be treated and if she’s mean to everyone, she must want people to be mean to her! “I’m not a brat! You are, Ugly Emily!” “Girls! Knock it off, this instant or…