Son of Sam

The book Death of a salesman is an oddity compared to other books. The characters in this book are all fictional but they could possibly be real. The first character that we are introduced to is Willy which is a traveling salesman, father and husband. He dreams of achieving an american dream type of lifestyle but due to many different scenarios he cannot achieve it. What makes is worse is that a father would hope that their children succeed because they couldn 't but that is not the case for…

content and so did the son. “Lili got up from the floor and inclined her face towards her husband’s in order to receive her nightly peck on the cheek” (Danticat pg.54). It had seemed that there was a daily routine between the family. Content from both the wife, Lili, and the husband, Guy, was also sensed because there was never once a harsh argument or dispatch. When the family had went to an open field to relax, happiness came from Lili. “Lili lay peacefully on the grass as her son and husband…

mothers try to pass on to their sons to succeed in life. Both of them are pretty strict and straight forward with their words but try to be kind in a way that their sons would understand what they went through. In the poems, “My Mother” by Robert Mezey and “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughs, there is a direct correlation between the relationship of mother and son, the mother’s ethnicity and personality with the morals they instill on their sons. In the poem, “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughs,…

Mother to Son The poem “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes, is about a mother telling her son about her hardships in life, how she is not giving up, and how he should do the same. The poem is told from the perspective of a mother to her son. The mother explains to her child how she strived to do better after the problems she encountered earlier in her life. She wants to help her son and teach him valuable lessons on how to not go down the same road she did. Through syntax, imagery, and diction;…

opinions about something. This is what families experienced during The Civil War. The Civil War was a time when there was a lot of fighting, not only on the battlefield, but within families as well. Lots of families were split up because husbands and sons were drafted into the war. People’s opposing beliefs on the war divided families. During The Civil War, families were impacted because of the absence of family members, the division of families, and the death of family members. Families during…

dysfunctional parenting comes from the differing treatment between daughters and sons .Parents want their little girls to be princesses. Their little girls forever , meanwhile they’ll be more than happy to watch their boys grow up. The little soldiers , often to protect their sisters. Parents have double standards for their children because of the protection they want to provide for daughters and the touch love to teach sons to be strong , daughters are more prone to the dangers of the world…

courtyard after killing crabs in a rainstorm. The couple tells a neighbor who informs them that this man who is an angel was most likely there to take their sick child. The couple decides to put the angel in the chicken coup. Overnight the couple’s son fever breaks and they decide to let him go. When the two return the next day they find the community surrounding the angel in the courtyard declaring that the angel is a fake. Father Gonzaga who I assume is a priest declares that the angel is a…

the warped painting. Although the portrait had some damage from the fire, the face of Jesus remained intact, a sign of endurance. Likewise, in The Road, papa and the boy survived and endured the challenges that were ahead of them. The father and the son traveling South,…

With the use of the word “beat”, this would easily lead to readers’ perception that the father was beating his son on his head heavily. To replace this kind of interpretation, the subject, that is the waltz, should be emphasized. All kinds of dances, not only waltz, require dancers to keep up with the beat. It is then considerably natural that the father would slightly…

the other left his son at a young age. The rolls played between Arnold and Troy are more different then they are alike, although they are both fathers and each son shows the same amount of love. Victor’s…