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The ancient play Antigone by author Sophocles explores the depths of family ties and loyalty, delving into how family bonds can influence characters to either obey or disobey the state. The state, in other words, is known as the composite whole of a city, but can be commonly associated with the unyielding power or even corruption of its leader. Specifically, the relationship between Antigone and sister Ismene as well as between Creon and son Haimon demonstrate the clash between familial dedication and personal interests of the state. Loyalty, however, means different things to the characters: for Antigone, it means unending devotion to her family, whereas to Creon it means being devoted his family in the interest of maintained power. In essence, family acts as a pillar of loyalty in both relationships, but motivates them to either defy the state, or to maintain control of the state. These ideas collectively suggest that the law– be it “divine” or “regal”–ultimately takes precedence over family. To begin, family acts as a source of loyalty within Antigone and Ismene’s relationship which, in turn, acts as a driving motive for Antigone to defy the state.
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Antigone’s enduring bond with her family is so strong that she expects her sister Ismene to mirror the extent of her familial loyalty. After hearing about Creon’s decree to deny burial to their brother Polyneices (and to punish any who breaks his edict), Antigone confronts Ismene with a radical statement and testament of her dedication. After explaining the situation to Ismene, she proclaims, “There it is, and now you can prove what you are: A true sister, or a traitor to your family” (Prologue, 27-28). Here, Antigone’s loyalty to her family is so extreme that she would consider her sister a “traitor to [her] family” if she does not risk her life for her brother. Looking deeper, Antigone confronts her sister using a demanding tone, as revealed by phrases like “there it is” and “prove what you are”, which comes off as stringent and harsh. Sophocles’ use of a colon (followed by said two options) add a rigidness to the pace of the play, focusing the reader’s attention on Antigone’s stark confrontation. This makes it seems as though Ismene’s only choices are either a near-certain death or becoming a traitor to her own family.
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This pattern continues when Ismene fearfully replies, “I must yield to those in authority”, only to have Antigone quickly snap, “I will bury [Polyneices]; and if I must die, I say that this crime is holy: I shall lie down with him in death, and I shall be as dear to him as he to me…you may do as you like, since apparently the laws of the gods mean nothing to you” (Prologue, 51-65). Notably, Antigone appeals to the notion of guilt in order to make her argument more compelling when claiming that “the laws of the gods mean nothing” to Ismene. This demonstrates the clash between the two, as Antigone’s dedication to her family reaches far beyond the constructs of the state while Ismene’s halts when “those in authority” stand in the way. In this way, Ismene’s commitment to the state tests Antigone’s loyalty to her brother, but is ultimately not enough to stop her from defying Creon’s edict in what she considers a “crime [that] is holy”. Clearly, family plays the role of a pillar of loyalty that fuels Antigone to defy the state in the sake of her late brother; in the end, even her sister’s fear of dissent cannot stop it. Next, when considering the relationship between Creon and Haimon, familial loyalty motivates Creon to maintain power over the state.
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To Creon, his idea of being a father and a leader have merged into one identity; in the same way, Haimon’s idea of being a son and a subject of the state have also merged together. This is most prominent when Haimon says to Creon, “I am your son, father. You are my guide. You make things clear for me, and I obey you”, and Creon responds, “Good. That is the way to behave: subordinate everything else, my son, to your father’s will” (Scene 3, 9-13). The interaction here seems quite rigid and forced, especially when hearing such spelled out phrases like “I am your son”, “you are my guide”, “I obey you”, and “my son”. One might argue that it almost sounds more like a talk between a leader and subject, rather than a conversation between father and son. Further, this relationship– bordered on the line between formal and familial– translates into Creon’s drive to keep control over the state. After catching Antigone breaking the law, Creon believes that going back on his edict and lessening Antigone’s sentence will not only make him appear to be favoring a family member, but also threaten his respect and authority as a newer king.
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The pressure of this decision and the presence of his family (specifically Haimon’s) acts as a constant reminder to Creon of why he cannot lose power to the throne. He inherently fears that he will be “show[n] weak before the people” and his direct family; besides that, he might appear incapable to remain steadfast during conflict (Scene 3, 28). Creon even acknowledges that he “supposes [Antigone]’ll plead family ties. Well, let her. If I permit my own family to rebel, how shall I earn the world’s obedience?” (Scene 3, 31-34). Some might argue that this passage shows that Creon is not loyal to his family, meaning his niece Antigone, because he still sentences her to death despite “family ties”. However, just because Creon might not extend his loyalty to his nieces and nephew, this doesn’t necessarily mean that he does not act out of loyalty for his immediate family. Take Haimon, for example: The very fact that Creon confides in him about “earn[ing] the world’s obedience” by killing his niece emphasizes how he sees his son as a political confidant and worthy of his trust.
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That is why family acts as a pillar of loyalty, prompting Creon to keep control over the state; the political presence of his family is such a constant pressure, it has even changed how he interacts with his own son. To analyze further, the relationship between Antigone and Ismene compared to that of Creon and Haimon share some similarities and differences. Antigone confides in Ismene by using a demanding tone, just as Creon confides in Haimon. Also, Antigone’s headstrong and forward attitude mirrors Creon’s; interestingly enough, both have an unyielding nature that derives from their loyalty to their family. Despite these similarities, in the end, Ismene actually supports Antigone’s case and remains loyal to her sister. She says, “I am here to join you, to take my share of the punishment… I want to die with you: I too have a duty that I must discharge to the dead” (Scene 2, 150-154). The mere fact that Ismene considers it her “duty” to join Antigone demonstrates that she now sees familial loyalty as an obligation, not a choice. On the other hand, Haimon turns his back on his father by committing suicide, rather than considering it his responsibility to stand by his father’s side (which, notably, contradicts his former declaration of “I obey you”).
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Sophocles includes this moment of defiance when writing, “And now he lies dead with the dead, and [Antigone] is his at last, his bride in the houses of the dead” (Exodus, 83-84). All in all, family may act as source of loyalty, but both relationships differ in how that motivates them. Given these points, it appears that no matter how important family loyalty is, the law ultimately takes precedence. Within the context of the play, Antigone’s defiance is mostly fueled by her dedication to the divine law, rather than solely her loyalty to her brother. She even uses this as her justification to Ismene for breaking the state’s law when she said “apparently the laws of the gods mean nothing to you” (Prologue, 65). This idea continues after Ismene later changes her mind, only to have Antigone turn a cold shoulder: “The dead man and the gods who rule the dead know whose act this was” (Scene 2, 153-154).
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In other words, Antigone cares more about being valued in the eyes of the divine law more than her sister showing loyalty to her family. As for Creon, the law of the state takes precedence over Antigone which is apparent when he tells Haimon, “We keep the laws then, and the lawmakers, and no woman shall seduce us” (Scene 3, 49-50). Essentially, he would rather allow his niece to die than to change the “laws” and “lawmakers” of the state, as this would ultimately preserve his position as king. In reality, the politics that comes along with laws have the power to break apart families. Opposing political views within families can easily cause the pillar of loyalty to crumble because for most people, one’s view of the law does take precedence over family ties, especially when considering the modern political world we live in.
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Often authors write with symbolism to communicate a deeper idea then what they what is presented. Symbolism opens doors for readers to have the freedom of going in to find meaning. Most of the time they use objects, actions and characters to offer the readers more meaning for the story. Symbolism helps each reader to connect in their on personal way. Clarice Lispector, author of Family Ties, has a very unique path for usage of symbolism and imagery. It can be proven that Lispector uses animals to show her emotion, however she indirectly places it for the readers to open the door and search for the meaning. In the some of the short stories it can be concluded that the use of animals are to show her emotion but also play the role of presenting the everyday life struggle lesson being taught. Symbols are used almost everyday, even when it is not known to all.
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They can be used in to give readers a more enjoyable experience. Lispector takes her time to describe the setting and the animal presented, to create a visual picture in the readers mind. In the story The Chicken, it was simply only a chicken, without hopes or dreams, unaware of it’s destiny or capability and Sunday’s lunch main dish. In a rare instinctive spasm, it decides to escape flying over the fence. Now lunch-less the family starts to chase the direction-less bird. When the chicken gets caught there is still hope that it will live due do it laying an egg in the kitchen. Lispector takes such an simple story and turns it into a story with s significant symbol such as the chicken, to carry the emotion and keep it orignal. “Alone in the world, without father or mother, she ran, out of breath, concentrated, mute. Sometimes in her flight she would stand at bay on the edge of a roof, gasping; while the young man leaped over others with difficulty, she had a moment in which to collect herself. The she looked so free.” (Lispector, 50)
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In the above quotation it proves to readers that the chicken is in a life of loneliness and sadness. “Alone in the world” phrase catches the readers attention to feel sympathic but quickly changes to “free” where they feel happy and joy for the chicken. Lispector does this to keep it interesting and effective for the reader to follow along. In the last sentence of The chicken, Lispector says; “ Until one day they killed her and ate her, and the years rolled on.” (52). The readers are then defeated in making an effort to solve a myth, because Lispector suggests that there is, after all, no meaning to this chicken’s life, and hence no meaning to our own.
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The buffalo is appreiated for its main character and her complex feelings, an undistinguished women who is regretting her past because of a preivous break up. Lispector choses a springtime afternoon in a zoo to settle her resentment. Nowhere in the search at the zoo of life among the lions, giraffe, hippopotamus, monkeys, ape, elephant, camel, and coati could she find hatred or anger. In fact, she finds it easier to love and to be compassionate than to hate. This roller coster of emotions in the story starts with a women who has a struggle but overcomes it with the happy emotion of each animal. “I love you, she said, out of hatred then for the men whose great and unpunishable rime was not loving, “I hate you, she said imploring love from the buffalo.” (156) Lispector in this quotation shows the overcoming of hatred of men as she see’s that men can be innocent. The women soon becomes eye locked with the buffalo as she learns to love again. She has felt a lot of sentiments but never hatred of man until she meets the huge, black, hairy buffalo, whose eyes reflect back “mutual assassination.” How she responds to this recognition is quite interesting. The buffalo has the effect on the reader that emotions can be changed based on trust and that being jugdemental and grouping something together isnt going to help anything. Once again she proves a lesson with the use of animals and emotion.
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The rise of fragile families—families that begin when a child is born outside of marriage—is one of the nation’s most vexing social problems. In the first place, these families suffer high poverty rates and poor child outcomes. Even more problematic, the very groups of Americans who traditionally experience poverty, impaired child development, and poor school achievement have the highest rates of non-marital parenthood—thus intensifying the disadvantages faced by these families and extending them into the next generation.
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The study presents that “Doing better” than one’s parents has long been a key element of the American Dream. Not only can people earn more, but they can move up the ladder compared to others. The story, embedded in our history and our literature, suggests any person can start from humble beginnings and achieves great wealth, or at least reach the middle class. But how are Americans doing today? Are they better off than their own parents were and how much does their eventual success depend on their family background? These questions are answered in this study.
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When people choose to get married they are making a commitment to be together for better or for worth for richer or for poorer and until death do them part. However, that is not always the case; some persons break up or get a divorce for many reasons. According to (Mao & Raguram, 2009, p.302) infidelity could be defined as a violation of the marital agreement, a betrayal of one’s trust, and a threat to the marital bond”. When the commitment is not being honored it can cause an eruption of uncertainty as well as it can stir up a myriad of feelings for both individuals which include guilt, betrayal, shame, and disappointment.
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Firstly, after a child has been exposed to their parent’s infidelity, the fight that might occur between parents may cause a dilemma because Instead of confronting the anger, confusion and sad feelings directly, some children may have changed in their behavior. This would then lead to the children showing animosity towards others. They can start to misbehave in classes and become insubordinate to those in authority, which may result in their grades dropping. Frequently youngsters experience issues figuring out how to adapt to their feelings as they often have countless different emotions.
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Therefore might try to cover their emotions by engaging themselves in wrongful doing such, joining gangs, developing smoking and drinking habits, sexual acting out during adolescence, and intimacy problems or sexual addiction during adult years. Secondly, when a child encounters a situation where one or both of their parents are being disloyal it can also cause a child to develop trust issues. Learning that the ones they trust the most have been lying to them, their ability to trust will be affected. Seeing the breakdown of trust in their own family can cause an impulsive response if the child experiences any similar situations in the future. There’s a great possibility that they will find it very difficult to trust that someone they love will not hurt them with lies. Often times they learn not to put faith in love as they believe that they are not good enough to have someone loving them. Furthermore, if the affair persists and parents while parent stays bonded to each other the child becomes confused not knowing the true meaning of love and marriage. Consequently, because of the lack of trust, it makes it difficult to form a strong connection with their partner as they may have similar problems of their own such as affair’s hampering their ability to form a lasting relationship.
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Thirdly, some children develop anger and hatred towards the parent that’s committing the adulterous act. They often feel that the cheating parent is responsible for the negative changes in themselves and for putting them on an emotional rollercoaster. This causes the child to isolate the erring parent even harboring resentment toward their parent for disrupting the family structure. The erring parent may feel the loyalty of the child has shifted but in reality, their actions have not only affected the innocent spouse but their child as well. Some children have even used the guilt of the erring parent as a way to gain material possessions from that one. Others have placed the blame squarely on the innocent parent trying to convince that one that because of some shortcomings they were the cause for the unfaithful mate’s actions.
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Neither route benefits anyone involved. In conclusion, I am able to deduce that problems in marriage can be hard on children. They often experience a negative change in their behavior demonstrating aggression towards others and developing insecurities and loss of trust. The change in behavior does not only occur in a child’s early stages of life but it also affects the different areas throughout the rest of their lives. Every future relationship that a child has can be hampered by the indiscretions of one selfish parent. Therefore everyone in the family should take special care not to allow the satisfaction of their own personal feelings to damage this construct that is so important to a child’s development.
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When looking at divorce and its implications of children during the early years of life, there can be several implications as suggested in the theory of Psychosocial behavior, written by Erik Erickson that divorce can have profound implications in a child’s motivation, tendencies towards delinquency, and overall prospects into adulthood. When first looking at the topic of divorce it is best to look at the significance of having a child grow up in a household with both parents present and the importance of the impact that makes on a child.
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When looking at how divorce may increase the likelihood of a child being hindered in the pursuit of accomplishing what Erkson sets as the goal of human development throughout childhood. Things of this nature have been touched upon by, such as the long lasting impact it can have on a child’s ability for social adjustment. Erikson, argues that a child in the first stage of life, loosely the first three years of life, must begin to develop self confidence, and divorce may diepte this “Around the time your child starts walking, it must start to build self confidence and a feeling or autonomy”. This atomy is disrupted by the divorce.
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If a divorce occurs it is important to keep the child away from any possible ager, frustration or disruptions the divorce may bring as it may impact the child’s self confidence later in life. Unlike Erikson, Seligman believed that divorce could potentially work against motivation development within children saying that, “…this theory emphasizes the goal of reaching well-being. After all, people are motivated to do many things in life that do not necessarily increase happiness at the present moment”. Saying that children with detach from both parents will lack the emotional attachment to their activities after a divorce, simply will spawn a disinterest in the activities to begin with over time.
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Every single human has to face different phases of his life. Being a tiny fetus in the mother’s womb, our life starts and ends up dying being an old aged man. During this life cycle, we grew from fetus to little kid, then into a teenager to mature men and finally entering into the category of grandparents. It is observed the same for both males and females. Childhood is considered from the age of 2 to 17 for girls, and for the boys, it’s 2 to 20 years.
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But, when one becomes an adult, he totally gets separated from his family member for rest of his remaining life. Now, he will be totally dependent on his own-self for his shelter, education, food and raiment. He will be now surrounded by new people. So, he is going to take care of his own self. He has already learned how to feed his own-self and also learned the ways to get food by earning money by doing hard work and job.
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Then, the second instance of life, it all came about responsibilities. When he was a child he did not have any responsibility on his shoulders. He didn’t have the responsibility to earn money. He just used to buy things that he wanted (by the permission from parents), and have no worries about who is going pay for it. He was not accountable for taking any decisions in the family and personally. But, after growing into an adult, he has all his responsibilities and becomes accountable to take a decision for the rest of his life. He has to make decisions regarding his family and his own carrier. He has to take decisions linked to financial needs. He has to make decisions for the educational life of his children, and many more.
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These lines have the whole meaning in itself. During the childhood parents, teachers, elders are the source of social knowledge and moral values for a child. When a child commits a mistake, the whole blaming goes to his parents and they tend to teach him something from that mistake. Parents or guardians take full responsibility of that mistake. But, when that child grew into a mature adult, he has to take all the blaming of his mistakes onto his own-self. Now he will be responsible for the mistakes that he had committed and also for that which he will commit. So he learns how to implement moral values that he had learned during his childhood from his parents and teachers. And also he will teach his sprouts and this tradition will pass on further.
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To screw it up, it can be said that as the past and the future are the reflections of each other, so the childhood and adulthood is. It means that whatever that is learned from childhood is always useful in life when we grew into mature adults to move ahead in life. The physical appearance gets totally changed and the positions get changed from nothing to everything in adulthood. From no responsibilities to each responsibility come upon the shoulders. In short, it can be said that the “Child” from the past is now a fully grown “Man”.
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Firstly, the impression I get from Elizabeth is that she is not feeling good with her husband John Proctor, she is annoyed with him, however, she knows something is going to happen if this happens there will be friction between them and she doesn’t want friction with her husband. Helplessly she can’t do anything about it even the stage directions in the book show “she doesn’t want friction and yet she must” right before she speaks. That shows she doesn’t want to talk about anything that is going to bring up friction for example like Salem and she talks about it on the same line thereby creating them tension and friction will happen between them.
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The relationship between John proctor and Elizabeth is very complicated or very frustrating. You can tell inside they do love each other very much but things have changed and went on two directions for both of them. There have been lots of hurdles going on between them. In a way such as a john proctor’s relationship with Abigail is one of the main reason that made the relationship goes up and down because Abigail keeps comes back to find John and lured in between John and Elizabeth.
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What is she like as a mother or a wife? To me, she is very different from all the other wives and mothers sometimes but she is doing a good job. She has the similarity to a normal time but there are different. In that time she is similar to a wife, she listens to his husband and she is very biddable to her husband as she follows the commands that john gives to her like cooking, cleaning after him, and another basic day to day life staff just like a normal wife and john is very happy about this. The difference from her to other wives is that she is braver than the other wives from one part of the passage [ with her courage now]: “you can not keep it John” that shows that she is not scared of telling what she is thinking. In those days no one will have enough courage to talk to their husband like this but she did, they will be frightened to be kicked out of the house our even worse they could be executed from being a witch and hung up. As a mother, she makes a lot more effort than the other mothers and takes much more care to her son and daughter from little things like she sings her son and daughter to sleep that totally shows how much she loves her family. Nevertheless, she is fairly honest with her husband but an open relationship with his husband John.
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How has she been so integral? She has been very integral to john, although other women told her that John had an affair with another woman she still listens to john and follows his rules, and been doing what he says. But most people will walk away as soon as afire comes along but she didn’t. She can stand here for her belief is because she sticks to her husband. In the passage it shows she fights back to what John has done to her at the end of the passage john Elizabeth and Abigail in the same room and then she says[ quietly she lost all her faith] do as you wish then.
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The Other Wes Moore is a book about two children with similar lifestyles when they were growing up, and the same names, but ending up in different places in their lives. The story is about the Other Wes Moore, who got charged with first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. Wes Moore, them, faces poverty and has a dream and goal of receiving a proper education. Wes Moore grew up in very poor conditions, where he and his small family barely made ends.
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But is it true that two men with alike personality traits and backgrounds can grow up to be different? In “The Other Wes Moore” the story shows how the Author Wes Moore and the Other Wes Moore are both similar, but also exceptionally different when it comes to their lives in regard to family, fate, and choices. For a bit of insight here’s a quote to give you a general idea of what I mean. “Your father wasn’t there because he couldn’t be, my father wasn’t there because he chose not to be.
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We’re going to mourn their absence in different ways” (Moore, 2010). What this quote is saying is, just because Wes Moore’s father was absent, does not mean Wes Moore’s father was absent so the Other Wes Moore’s father was. How life goes, and the life events you can’t control can determine your fate. Not only, this but it is also very important to know the absence or presence of a parent can make or break a person in time and in this novel, that statement is proven to be true.
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Although Wes and the other Wes Moore both grew up in the same city around the same time, both were set in diverse environments, which put them through different life situations. The main difference between their characteristics and lives is the foundation of their families, is their mothers. She Wes’s mother was a strong, independent, educated woman that served her family relentlessly. Later, she realized she was losing her grip and needed the help only her parents could provide, and they did. The similarities with the Other Wes’s mother was that she too was never home. The mistake the Other Wes Moore’s mother had made was leaving Tony as the only “parent” to take care of the Other Wes Moore. A quote to prove this statement is “Wes, now eight years old, was free from any adult supervision till then. His brother, six years older, was the closest thing Wes had to a caretaker during the daylight hours and was fiercely protective of the little brother who idolized him. But lately even Tony hadn’t been around much (Moore 2010).” The Other Wes Moore grew up with no parent/guardian to look after or protect Tony’s innocence being of the youth in such a negative environment.
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Although he attempted to turn it around on his own, later, the pressures of finances and children took a hefty toll, which pushed him back into the reliable business of dealing drugs. There are many aspects of society that help shape who we become; such as, race, ethnicity, and status. Although, in the end, it is ultimately the choices we make that define us. As individuals, we make certain choices, and as a society, we label those individuals by their choices. One boy decided his achieved status would be of respect, while the other conceded to the fact that he could not do any better, with his life, than dealing. Someone once said “We are a product of our environment…” and to a certain extent, this is completely agreeable. However, it can also be said that our environment is a product of society.
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When it comes the two Wes Moore’s lives in regards to family, they are both set in very difficult situations. The factors that surround us when we are young create the people we become in the future. Usually, the people and areas that surround us influence the people we become in the future. If we grow up in an area with lots of poverty crime and with parents that rarely give care what we are doing with our lives. We are expected to probably lead a life of crime and violence. Unlike a person who is born in a well-adjusted place with parents who concerned for their future are expected to lead better lives.
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“The choices we make about the lives we live determine the kinds of legacies we leave.” What this quote is saying, is that anything we decide to do, determines what you’re future will be like and what type of legacy will left behind. Tragedies also have to do with how the Wes Moore’s lives and contribute to their legacies individually. The tragedy that had the most impact was the other Wes Moore growing up with a very negative and violent environment. Surrounding him were nothing but negative influences. Wes was given another chance when looking at the small sentence that he got for shooting Ray. But he was naive in his thinking and “couldn’t let the sale go” which made him break into his temptation of being in the drug game. When doing this he chose to throw away his second chance at redemption and a normal life. His sense of belonging is nonexistent because he did not have any sense of belonging growing up.
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While on the other hand, The other Wes Moore is very in depth into finding his own sense of identity in military school where he has grown as an individual. Was it luck/fate that led to Wes’s change of heart while being at school or was he deliberately working on shifting his prefacing opinion? The way that he made a choice to accept his mother’s order to go to military school was one of the first ways that he impacted himself to be better. Being aware of his actions up to this point and realizing that life is made up of choices and luck was something that he probably thought about while waking up the next day after his last failed attempt to leave. “The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his.” This is Wes Moore explaining how the Other Wes Moore’s life could have also been his relating to the life he lived and the legacy he left.
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In conclusion, both Wes Moore’s had critical moments and different standpoints throughout the entirety of their lives. At the end of the day, these men were similar and different in many ways. You come across several moments where things truly could have gone either way. They both could have ended up in each other’s shoes. Different things across their paths led them to different places, but their mothers and their own choices for themselves were a huge factor in what happened to them. However, their circumstances are only the half their battles. Though they both had individual accountabilities it was the choices that they individually made that ultimately determined their fates. “Wes and I stared at each other for a moment, surrounded by the evidence that some kids were forced to become adults prematurely.”
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It doesn’t matter what kind of school it is, being told that they must wear a uniform can help or harm a student in learning and affect their social skills. Uniforms should not be enforced in schools, because it may take the uniqueness out of the student, which may lead them to hate going to school. Without having a say in what they wear, it takes away their right to be themselves. Students may think they don’t have to compete with other students or schools when they’re not wearing uniforms and bring more school spirit to the school.
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When students wear uniforms, they have more school spirit, which in return brings pride to the school. By having more pride, their attendance and discipline may improve. It is said that if the students wear uniforms then it may save the parents money because they don’t have to try and be like the other students. Usually, parents must purchase enough uniforms to last a week and they can do laundry on the weekend, so the students have fresh clean uniforms for the following week.
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With any subject, there are also bad points to them. All children are taught at an early age to be their own person. When the students are dressed like everyone else, they are not allowed to express themselves. When students are told what to wear, their attitude may retaliate against the school or even the parents. Sometimes with uniforms, there are extra costs to the family’s budget; especially if the family has more than one student going to that school. They will need at least two or three sets per child, this means that it will add some stress for the parents. They must add this extra cost into their budget. If the student is fidgeting all the time it could be due to them being forced to wear something they don’t like, and this may affect their learning for the day. Some cultures don’t believe in everyone wearing the same outfit, so this may become confusing for some of the students. Some students don’t like being told what to wear, so this may cause resentment towards the school and their parents. Some students from rival schools may bully kids that wear uniforms, because they may think they are different.
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Schools that have a policy that all students wear a uniform may have some students resent them and start adding accessories, which in return, may cause disruption with the school policy. The students may start to think that they can’t become their own person, that they are being told what to do and what to wear. Children show their personality by what kind of clothes they wear and how they act. By putting them in the position to look like everyone else, they may start causing trouble in school. Students may think that they can’t be themselves when they look like the rest of the students. Parents usually want their children to express themselves and develop their own personalities. So, it doesn’t matter if it’s a private or public school, most of them are turning to the students having a uniform policy. If there isn’t a uniform policy, then they probably have a dress code the students have to follow or they get sent home and told to come back when they are dressed in the appropriate clothing.
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In this novel Lewis Carroll shows his imagination and day dreaming through the protagonist Alice. Freud begins by tracing the subject matter to its roots in childhood. The children love is mostly on games and fantasy. The creative writing does the same as the child at play and lives in their own imaginary world. They create a world of fantasy and lives with adventurous thoughts like that Lewis Carroll also shows in his novel Alice adventure in wonderland. Here the protagonist Alice go to some imaginary world by following the rabbit and had an adventurous experience there and she believe that there is a fantasy world hidden in that park. This paper focus on the adventure and the creativeness of Lewis Carroll in his novel Alice adventures in wonderland. This novel fully focused about the creativeness and the dreaming world of Alice in wonderland.
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Dodgson, author of the children’s classics “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking-Glass.” Carroll wastes no time in introducing the first character in this strange, yet satirically familiar world.  In the second paragraph of the book, as the youthful Alice passes the time lazily in a world of seemingly perpetual springtime, she sees the White Rabbit, a hurried and nervous figure who consults his pocket-watch and determines aloud that he is late.  Clearly, the characters of Alice, the child, and White Rabbit, the adult, lie in stark contrast to one another. One has nothing to do but laze about and daydream, the other in a frenzied rush to be somewhere.  The fact that Alice follows the rabbit is a simple ode to childish curiosity.  The fact that she falls down a dark and deep hole could be symbolic of how children often get in over their heads when they give in to curiosity.  However, once Alice realizes that she is not falling quickly, rather floating in a slow descent, she takes the time to closely examine and consider her new surroundings with impressive presence of mind.  So, here we have a young girl, in the midst of complete chaos, using her reason, remaining calm and displaying a more mature sense than the supposedly elder rabbit.  Alice’s trip down the rabbit hole, though it only encompasses four pages, is a telling introduction to the novel’s heroine and the beginning of a wild ride.
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The novel is composed of twelve brief chapters; it can be read in an afternoon. Each of the brief chapters, furthermore, is divided into small, individual, almost isolated episodes. And the story begins with Alice and her sister sitting on the bank of a river reading a book which has no pictures or dialogue in it. ” . . . and what is the use of a book,” thought Alice, “without pictures or conversations?” Thus, we find many pictures and read much dialogue in this novel.
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Slowly losing interest in her sister’s book, Alice catches sight of a white rabbit. However, he is not merely a rabbit; he will be the “White Rabbit,” a major character in the novel. In this first paragraph, then, we learn about the protagonist, Alice, her age, her temperament, and the setting and the mood of the story. In a dream, Alice has escaped from the dull and boring and prosaic world of adulthood a world of dull prose and picture less experiences; she has entered what seems to be a confusing, but perpetual springtime of physical, if often terrifying, immediacy. The White Rabbit wears a waistcoat, walks upright, speaks English, and is worrying over the time on his pocket watch. Alice follows him simply because she is very curious about him. And very soon she finds herself falling down a deep tunnel. For a few minutes, she is frightened; the experience of falling disorients her. Soon, however, she realizes that she is not falling fast; instead, she is falling in a slow, almost floating descent.
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As she falls, she notices that the tunnel walls are lined with cupboards, bookshelves, maps, and paintings. She takes a jar of orange marmalade off a shelf. But finding the jar empty, she replaces it on a lower shelf, as though she were trying to maintain a sense of some propriety especially in this situation of absolute uncertainty. As she reflects on the marmalade jar, she says that had she dropped the jar, she might have killed someone below. Alice is clearly a self-reflective young girl and she’s also relatively calm; her thinking reveals a curiously mature mind at times. But like an ordinary little girl, she feels homesick for her cat, Dinah. In that respect, she is in sharp contrast with conventional child heroines of the time. Although Alice may be curious and sometimes bewildered, she is never too nice or too naughty. But she is always aware of her class-status as a “lady.” At one point, she even fears that some of Wonderland’s creatures have confused her for a servant, as when the White Rabbit thinks that she is his housekeeper, Mary Ann, and orders Alice to fetch his gloves and fan.
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Alice was the work of a mathematician and logician who wrote as both a humorist and as a limerist. The story was in no sense intended to be didactic; its only purpose was to entertain. One may look for Freudian or Jungian interpretations if one chooses to do so, but in the final analysis, the story functions as comedy, with dialogue used largely for Carroll to play on words, mixing fantasy with burlesque actions. The success of Alice (1865) enabled Carroll to forego his activities as a deacon. After the death of his deeply religious father in 1868, Carroll was able to propose a one-third cut in his salary as a mathematical lecturer. His most famous mathematical work,
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and His Modern Rivals, had been published the year before, and in 1881, he proposed to resign his academic post so that he could give full time to writing and pursuing mathematical studies. But in 1882, he was made Curator of the Common Room and was persuaded to remain there until 1892. He continued to write on mathematical topics and completed the first volume of his Symbolic Logic. By then, he was independently wealthy as a result of his many successful publications: Phantasmagoria appeared in 1869; in 1871, Through the Looking Glass came out; in 1876, The Hunting of the Snark appeared; and in 1883, Rhyme and Reason was published. Carroll’s university responsibilities broadened in those years and from time to time he even accepted a request for a sermon. Though his authorship of the Alice books was well known, he absolutely shunned all publicity and refused to acknowledge any connection to “Lewis Carroll.”
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After leaving Oxford, Carroll settled into his sister’s house in Guildford. And there he died in the afternoon of January 14, 1898. His memory is preserved in a perpetual endowment of a cot in the Children’s Hospital, Great Ormond Street, London. In the long run, his books for children, especially the Alice books, have taken their place as books worthy of serious study of English literature. Thus, almost ironically, the so-called nonsense writer’s achievements are timeless and unchallengeable, and the fame of Alice endures. To fully appreciate Alice, one must keep in mind that the whole is simpler than its parts, and that although it was written originally for children, Alice has become a favorite adult piece of literature, a critical and philosophical work, and rich in multiple meanings. More scholars (particularly economists and mathematicians) seem to allude to the Alice books with each passing day. The broad appeal of Alice, then, certainly lends substance to the notion that Alice and the novel are, ultimately, what you make of them. But there is some question as to whether children enjoy the puzzlement found in the story’s episodes more than the story itself. In any case, children do not need critical information to appreciate Alice. The philosophical allusions and psychological implications are for adult tastes.
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As a work of fiction, Alice lacks the conventional story line that we normally associate with a coherent, unified tale. Yet reading Alice does not leave us with a sense of incompleteness; Alice is far more than merely a series of disconnected episodes. In fact, Alice is told in the form of a dream; it is the story of Alice’s dream, told in the third person point-of-view. Because Carroll chose a dream as the structure for his story, he was free to make fun of and satirize the multitudes of standard Victorian didactic maxims in children’s literature. Alice lacks a “morally good” heroine and meaning; instead of Carroll’s making an ethical point about each of her adventures (and showing how “good little girls” should behave in a situation just described), Alice parodies the instructive, solemn verse which filled Victorian children’s books, verses which children were made to memorize and recite. Alice, however, is not intended to instruct children in points of religion, morality, etiquette, and growing up to be mature, reasonable adults. In this novel, conventional “rationality” is replaced by the bizarre, fantastic irrationalities of a dream world. From episode to episode, Alice never progresses to any rational understanding or mental or psychological growth. Her adventures are not ordered; they are disordered. They are shifting and unpredictable, and there is always the menace of Gothic horror laced with the fantasies of Carroll’s fairy tale. Indeed, Alice’s dream sometimes has the aspects of a nightmare.
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Wonderland is a world of wonders, a world where fairy or elf-like creatures and humans meet and talk with one another. Wonderland is a world where a baby is transformed into a pig; it is a place where a Cheshire-Cat keeps disappearing and reappearing, until only his grin remains and even that suddenly disappears! Wonderland is a kingdom in which the Queen and King of Hearts have subjects who are a deck of cards, and where all the animals (except the pig/baby) have the nagging, whining, complaining, and peevish attitudes of adults. It is as though Carroll were trying to frustrate logical communication and trying to turn extraordinary events into what would seem like very ordinary events in Wonderland. The only laws in Alice seem to be the laws of chaos; all is nonsensical. Yet, one of the novel’s key focuses is on the relationship between the development of a child’s language and the physical growth of the child. In Wonderland, illogical and irrational Wonderland, sudden size change has a distorting psychological effect on Alice, and this is made even more mysterious by the verbal nonsense that accompanies it. This dream magic mesmerizes children, and it makes them laugh. Most adults do not. To break a law of logic is serious business to adults; children, however, love the wildly improbable.
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In any case, most of the humor in Alice is due to the fact that the reader has the privileged knowledge that Alice is dreaming; thus, she should not assume that anything in Wonderland should function as it does in the real world. Wonderland is a sort of reverse utopia, a decadent, corrupted one. Many years ago, Swiss child psychologist Jean Piaget demonstrated that children learn in stages and that before a certain mental age, a child will not be able to comprehend certain abstract relationships. Carroll seems to have already grasped this principle and is playing with the notion in this novel. Alice changes in size, but she never matures. The solemn adult creatures whom she meets speak to her, but what they say to her seems like absolute nonsense — that is, Carroll was satirizing the pseudo-intellectuality of adults in the Victorian world he saw all around him. And part of Alice’s problem is that none of the nonsense ever makes sense; she never learns anything, even when she physically grows, or wanders through Wonderland’s garden meeting people and creatures. She grows nine feet tall after eating a cake in the opening chapter, yet she remains a child. Presumably, Alice would have continued to be baffled forever, so long as she remained in Wonderland. She is trapped in the midst of a vacuous condition, without beginning or end, without resolution.
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Metacommunication can be defined as communication which specifies how verbal knowledge should be interpreted; oral communication signals that also have meaning, which may or may not be compatible with or endorse verbal speaking. It may endorse or oppose verbal communication; an implied communication that is not articulated in words. In other words, “What I said isn’t what I meant”. Behaviors that can affect the meta-message to name a few are proximity and eye contact. A person can tell if you’re interested in the conversation based on eye contact.