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- 1521: Silas Marner 3
- ... cares only for his cache of gold. He is ultimately redeemed through his love for Eppie, an abandoned golden-haired baby girl, whom he discovers shortly after he is robbed and rears as his own child. Through symbolism, the speaker conveys the message that with life's hardships come its treasures. Eliot uses the character Eppie to represent happiness, love, and new beginnings; whereas gold to symbolize sadness and loneliness. Silas ... should not replace a human presence as a friend. With the arrival of Eppie after Silas's gold is stolen, his life becomes meaningful, joyous, and new emotions are evoked from him. "Silas pressed [the child] to him, and almost unconsciously uttered sounds of hushing tenderness " (167) Eppie becomes Silas's treasure in life. Silas rears up Eppie as his own child and his life never becomes bleak again. Life just comes with hardships and treasures. You can't have one without the other. In Charles Dickens's Nicholas Nickleby, the title character is subjected to ...
- 1522: The Merchant Of Venice
- ... He is also mentally blind because a father should recognize his own son s voice. Launcelot briefly jokes with his father before confessing [he is] Launcelot [his] boy that was, [his] son that is, [his] child that shall be, (Pg. 22, lines 78-79) but Old Gobbo still cannot think [he is his] son (Pg. 22, line 80). Launcelot convinces himself that if [his father] had [his] eyes, [he] might fail of knowing [him] because it is a wise father that knows his own child (Pg. 22, lines 70-71). It is a shame that a father cannot recognize his own flesh and blood. This blindness concerns the relationship of a father and their child. Another blindness that concerns the relationship between a father and the child would have been between Portia and her dead father. Portia, the heroine of The Merchant of Venice, is forced to marry the ...
- 1523: Human Growth and Development
- ... the education level high among our children. But for some children, this doesn't happen. Underprivileged children sometimes become very insolated in themselves and others as well. Many things may be delayed among an underprivileged child, such as, physical development within the early years. I have just received money from the government to open a day-care center for underprivileged children (Friendship Learning Center). I will be focusing on the ages ... of development to be the most important. During infancy, children discover feelings of self-worth, confidence, independence and fear (both healthy and unhealthy). Habituation will be very important, because this provides a window into the child's memory. The ratio for the 8-12 month class is 1 to 5. Therefore resulting in a better communication level and a higher quality of education. Friendship Learning Center puts great emphasis on the individuality of each child to ensure that this period of bonding is rooted in a positive environment. In the 18-24 month program, they will be focusing on how to communicate as well as self-help skills- feeding ...
- 1524: A Prayer For Owen Meany
- ... a noble name as well and symbolizes good. He also is a humble boy and a student at the start of the novel. What is most interesting about John, however, is his uncertainty as a child. He loses his mother to an unfortunate accident as child and is very upset by that. More importantly, he is uncertain of his place in the whole scheme of things. His mother makes him change churches frequently, as he never feels connection with God as a child. It is through his best friend, that he comes to what he is on the earth for. Therefore, it is evident that the protagonists of each novel are similar in nature as a result ...
- 1525: A Price Above Rubies
- ... of the woman who broke free of the Jewish community. The woman’s father wanted her to marry a great scholar and lead a good spiritual life. After leaving, she wanders back years later, with child. The community shuns the child, and when she dies, heaven rejects her, so she goes to hell, but the devil cannot bear to see her suffer anymore because he recognizes her as his niece, so she wanders the earth for ... accept a fraud, something in place of the real thing, even at that young age. The film goes forward a number of years, to when Sonia and her husband Mendel have just had their first child. Mendel is the perfect example of the devout Hasidic Jew. He is a scholar, and respected by everyone in the community. The Hasidic Jews believe that wisdom, not folly, and the studying of God’ ...
- 1526: Brave New World 3
- ... think like the rest of the community. Scientific development in both genetical engineering and cloning, have made the idea of anti-individualism closer to a reality. Genetical engineering enables parents to choose characteristics for their child, creating a poster child which ultimately ends in every child becoming a poster child and all looking the same. Although genetical engineering is currently under ethical scepticism, and the cloning of humans is illegal, it is still possible to eventually end all diversity (except ...
- 1527: Adult Cartoons Whos To Blame
- ... cartoons, defenders of these animated anarchists will point the finger back at the parents. Just because something is on television, does not mean that is should be watched by everyone. The parents should monitor their child s viewing habits, and take the time to help them understand . Even if the content is not appropriate, a child should not be watching if they can not determine the difference between right and wrong. Cedric Veilleuxx says that children should not be allowed to watch television after 11pm. Cartoon violence is not a new ... babysitters, or don t monitor their children s viewing, they are just as much at fault for the behavior caused by it. While it would be so simple to say I won t let my child watch that programming ; rarely do you hear those words, because parents don t monitor their children. What would you prefer, a child running around the house, or sitting quietly in front of a TV? ...
- 1528: Mother/Daughter Relationships in Beloved
- ... Sethe did not realize why her mother slapped her for asking for the mark until she had a mark of her own. Sethe knows something as an adult that she did not realize as a child. The mark was not something that her mother was proud of. It was a symbol of her slave status. Not until Sethe received one of her own did she understand. The fact that her mother ... is a link to Sethe’s past. He is the last of the Sweet Home men and the last chance she has for peace in her home and her life. Paul D banishes the ghost-child from Sethe’s home and “by so doing unlocks her desire....to envision the future and to plan” (Fields 272). With the ghost child tormenting the lives of the family and running her two eldest children off, Sethe had no choice but to live in the present. She could not look forward to the future because she could ...
- 1529: Oedipus 4
- ... sick; children die unborn, and labor is in vain." Why do the gods punish a city for a crime that only they had caused. Had the gods mentioned this fate, or only killed the cursed child, the lives of the people and the power of the kingdom would have remained strong. Oedipus meets with a blind soothsayer to discuss the reasons for the country's drought and suffering. It is ironic ... parents. At hearing this, the man informs Oedipus that he is not the king of Corinth's son, but he was delivered to them by the messenger who spoke. When asked where he received the child, the messenger said that the child was given to him by a man with whom he used to shepherd. This man was called for and would be the ultimate removal of the veil of darkness that covered Oedipus' eyes. The ...
- 1530: Jacqueline Kennedy
- ... mistaken for Clark Gable. They both shared the same dark flowing hair, wide-spaced delicate eyes, and blunt nose. The father and daughter also shared the same large, square face. Even when Jacqueline was a child, she graced the presence of others with her natural social skill. At her second birthday party, Jacqueline played hostess and offered to share her toys and pony rides with all her little guests. At the ... also began reading at an early age. The books she read were far beyond her level and yet she amazed everyone around her again because she understood the meaning of what she read. As a child, she was confident, fearless, and outgoing. Jacqueline adored her father and thought the world of him, but it was her mother whom she modeled herself after. Janet Bouvier, Jackie’s mother, was graceful and was ... she appear to find politics stimulating. Within four years, Jacqueline was to have three Caesarian operations. She suffered a miscarriage in 1955, and the following year her baby girl, a month premature, was dead. This child is now buried beside her father a Arlington Cemetery. In 1956, Jackie gave birth to a stillborn child. It was very difficult for Jackie because of having to be around the large Kennedy clan. ...
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