The Addams Family

different way of life for not only herself, but her family as well. When Russian oppression became an issue for Polacheck’s family, they decided it was time to move to America, in search for a better life. The voyage to America took longer than anticipated,…

up under Milton’s chin, and from far back to see how small Milton and Lola are in comparison to the adult dead bodies. It is fitting that Milton’s home looks like a haunted house, with its wooden floors, long hallways, and painted portraits of dead family members on the walls. Dead Hearts was accepted into 155 film festivals, and won 45 awards. It qualified for the Oscars when it won Best Live Action Short at the St. Louis International Film Festival, and also won Best Horror Comedy at…

In 1889, the most influential settlement house was Jane Addams’s Hull House residing in Chicago. With the assistance of the Hull House, immigrant women were able to take residence as they were away from their families. Addams’s established the Hull House as a way to bring together its impoverished residents from their class and ethnicity and teach them American values and its culture lead them into the American society. The hull house was also a day nursery for children whose mothers were…

worker can separate work life from home life. Tonnies’s (1963) mentions an important concept to understand when working in a rural community. Tonnies defines “Gemeinschaft as that which focuses on influences of the local or regional community onto the family unit, and Geselleschaft, as that which places greater emphasis on the influences of the broader society” (pg. 121). When working in rural areas it is important to understand ethical considerations and concerns. When dealing with…

known daycare for children in the United States was established as the Infant School Society of Boston in 1828. Child care encompasses various types of care provided to the child, such as care provided by an agency, care provided by relatives or other family members, care provided at their own home through the use of a baby sitter, care provided at someone’s home where other children are also present, and so forth. Although the primary focus of the paper is to discuss child care agencies, the…

Background Information Cabrini-Green, one of the 11 public-housing high-rises in Chicago, was built in 1958 for Italian immigrants who-who were affected by WWII. This did not work out for the immigrants due to poor living conditions, so they moved out. Soon after, the Cabrini high-rises were transformed and were turned into the Cabrini-Green homes after people built the William Green homes as an add-on to the Frances Cabrini homes. Right after that happened, the Cabrini-Green homes became an…

The novel takes place at an army base in the U.S. state of Georgia. Private Ellgee Williams, a solitary man full of secrets and desires, has served for two years and is assigned to stable duty. After doing yard work at the home of Capt. Pender ton, he sees the captain’s wife nude and becomes obsessed with her. Capt. Weldon Pender ton and his wife Leonora, a feeble-minded Army brat, have a fiery relationship and she takes in many lovers. Leonora’s current lover, Major Morris Langdon, lives…

Chapter 3 The 1964 book continued to be the epitome of Ladybird’s Cinderella until the 1970s. Winter’s illustrations and Southgate’s storytelling proved to be such a success within Ladybird that it became one of the most famous Ladybird books in existence. The 1970s saw the publishing house enter a new era of change. Amongst the changes in pricing the books, the company also brought on a new parent company the Pearson Longman Group. In Ladybird By Design, Lawrence Zeegan states “On 3 January…

Echoes Ringing of the phone echoed through the house, jolting me from sleep. Climbing out of bed, groping blindly for the light switch. Shoes in the middle of the floor trip me, and I fall. The phone clangs again. It is down the hall, on a stand. An inner voice screams something has gone terribly wrong. Feeling the wall, I find the switch, and flip it. The phone becomes visible, and I stumble forward. Still not fully roused I pick up the phone. “Hello.” “Hello, this is Pastor Thanatos. Is…

Earlier Life Janie Porter Barrett was an American welfare worker; she was born August 9th, 1865 in Athens, Georgia and died August 27th, 1948 in Hampton, Virginia. Barrett grew up in the cultured Skinner family home, where her mother worked as live-in housekeeper and seamstress. Barrett was educated along with the Skinner’s children, where she learned mathematics and literature. Once Barrett’s mother got married and moved out of the Skinner’s home, Barrett continued living with the Skinners.…