The Whole Family

Ali Hediyat, born in Herat Afghanistan in September 24th, 1984. Ali immigrated to Vancouver, British Columbia in the year 2000 when he was 16 years old, where he later on sponsored the rest of his family. Although Ali was only 16 years old he was old enough to know more than the average person around his age group. Ali came to Canada with very limited money, with only $10 to his name he still managed to somehow survive. After spending his first 5 years as a welfare refugee he was working…

Freedom, Family, and Courage Exodus incorporates several themes throughout it such as courage, freedom, and the role of family. This book is based on the struggles of the Jewish freedom movement during the 1940s. The themes are used in the novel to set the story up and develop it. These themes helped make Exodus a Best-Seller. Courage is seen throughout the characters who risk everything to help the Jewish movement. The characters and the country of Israel finally being formed establishes…

becoming a wife then a mother. I wanted to be married to the same man and become life partners. As of today, I can say I have already become a happy wife to the man of my dreams and the mother to his son and we are enjoying out path through life as a family. Over the last year of our six year relationship we had a wonderful experience that changed us to Mr. and Mrs. Hartig; parents to Mr. Koby Hartig. Toby and I started planning our wedding after a wonderful date night where Toby proposed. It…

In late 2013, my grandmother was diagnosed with pulmonary fibroses, a terminal disease that slowly hardens and deteriorates the lungs. She was given about a year to live and the entire family was crushed. This was a very trying time for my family and me, but luckily it didn’t end in tragedy. This situation helped me appreciate the value of the ones you love and made me grateful to be alive. On my 14th birthday, in late April, I was worried it was the last one I’d have my grandma to celebrate…

This banter back and forth has become a daily phenomena, and my father, siblings, and I are quite annoyed with it. Later that day, as the Chex mix and cooking baking continued, we tragically needed to know where the butter went. So we go through the whole process of getting her attention, and once we ask she tells us that she does not know. As she begins to reach for her iPad once more I role my eyes and begin to mumble nonsense about the hedonic treadmill and how Netflix can not truly bring one…

cultures.Hoel also stated that Dee is a little confused because she doesn’t have enough knowledge to change her name(36). Hoel also says that Alice Walker does know that she has made Dee misinterpret the pieces of the culture(37). I thought this was the whole point of the story after I first read it. Walker wanted the reader to think about what was really going on and why was Dee acting the way she was. Hoel also says that Dee fails to realize that her name was originally given to her because it…

all the trials and challenges with the help of her mom. She also talks about how her mom been there for her from the start and how she do not want anything to mess up her relationship with her. She mentions the separation between the father and the family, and she never knew the reason why he left them, when she was young but when she became older and mature she finally understood the reason. He left and the reason why he never came back was that he…

and the culture in Egypt in the 1940’s the understanding of Midaq Alley was increased. The understanding was increased through learning about how family, as a whole, was viewed. For example, on page 106 of Midaq Alley, Umm Hamida had said “... My daughter shall be his and it will be as though she had never left me,” as stated in the interactive oral family was close knit, even after marriage. Also stated was how homosexuality was punished; examples being beatings, humility, and ultimately death.…

This is my first time I took some literature class and it was a wonderful experience to read all these literature and thematic chapters. I enjoy going through all stories, plays, dramas, essays and poems. I am still planning to go through some more literatures in the book even after the end of this semester. It is really hard to tell which part of the literature I like the most but if I had to chose one, I would choose the poems. It is because the poems are like liquid, which can be shaped in…

Colorado a place where there are beautiful snowy mountains and a bunch of scenery. A girl from Los Angeles, California that would be the weirdest thing to imagine for someone who grew up around beaches and warm weather all the time. That girl was me, I just learned that I was moving from sunny California to bi-polar weather Colorado. Learning that I was moving to a completely different state was one of the hardest and weirdest things for me. During the months of September and October my…