There was family Essays and Term Papers
233 Essays on There was family. Documents 151 - 175
-
Families Torn Apart
Eric Knudsen English 101 Anne Knol Families Torn Apart Family ties have been a sour topic in my life since as long as I can remember. Through the years I have managed to cope with the reality of being on my own. Though it was not easy, I have been through more than most people my age. One of the hardest things I had to cope with was moving around as much as we did.
Rating:Essay Length: 963 Words / 4 PagesSubmitted: March 4, 2010 -
The Malfunctions of the Black Family
The Malfunctions of the Black Family When people think of the word “family”, the most demonstrative definition is members satisfying ones emotional and financial needs. The denotative definition of family is a social unit living together whose function is to socialize individuals. African American families are known to socialize individuals differently as opposed to individuals of the dominant race. The 1960’s film A Raisin in the Sun illustrates the struggles of an African American family
Rating:Essay Length: 1,080 Words / 5 PagesSubmitted: March 6, 2010 -
A Comparison of Stocks’ and Gelles’ Family Violence Surveys
A Comparison of Stocks’ and Gelles’ Family Violence Surveys Straus and Gelles (1986) compared results of 19 and 1985 surveys that attempted to measure intrafamily violence. They reported declines in the rates of child and wife abuse during this period. They attributed their findings to “a combination of changed attitudes and norms along with changes in overt behavior” with respect to intrafamily violence toward wives and children. Stocks (1988) reanalyzed the data and found the
Rating:Essay Length: 341 Words / 2 PagesSubmitted: March 6, 2010 -
Social Awkwardness and Inappropriate Self Disclosure Within ones Family
For many Americans, getting together with your family at Thanksgiving is a great opportunity to catch up with relatives you may not see often and relax. However, if you’ve ever wanted to run away from the Thanksgiving dinner table while covering your ears and screaming, you’re familiar with how social awkwardness can effect family situations. Whether it’s about your parent’s ‘personal’ lives or how your grandparents accidentally discovered a nude beach and joined in on
Rating:Essay Length: 1,270 Words / 6 PagesSubmitted: March 7, 2010 -
Personal Essay on Family
My parents always tell me how proud they are of me and all i’ve accomplished in my life at such a young age. I’ve always been known as the “responsible one”, or the “smart one” out of all my friends. I’ve always been the one to remind my friends about tests or reports that are due, and they always ask what they would do without me. I’ve been in choir ever sense I was
Rating:Essay Length: 446 Words / 2 PagesSubmitted: March 7, 2010 -
Philippine Family Law
PHILIPPINE LAW ON PERSONS AND FAMILY RELATIONS: WHAT IT SAYS, WHAT IT MEANS, AND WHY IT IS LIKE THAT By Gilbert S. Coronel I. THE BARANGAY The Philippines is an archipelago. It has more than 7,100 islands and the islands form three main groups: Luzon up north, Mindanao down south, and Visayas in the middle. Early historians claim that the original inhabitants of the archipelago were Negritos, who were short, dark, kinky-haired and snub nosed.
Rating:Essay Length: 1,346 Words / 6 PagesSubmitted: March 8, 2010 -
Family Vs. Morality
Young Sarty Snopes, the main character in William Faulkner’s “Barn Burning,” exemplifies qualities that show he is both like and unlike his mother and father. Sarty’s adolescent mind often recognizes that what his father is doing and mother is forced to witness is wrong, but another side of him realizes that family is important and that it would be both dangerous and difficult to turn his back on his own flesh and blood. He is
Rating:Essay Length: 1,205 Words / 5 PagesSubmitted: March 8, 2010 -
Family Relationships
There are many different family traditions and relationships based on our culture and how it was developed. We are trained to act and behave in such a manner that is “appropriate” from the time that we are born. Many of these actions are actually based on the cultures of ancient times. Some of our everyday traditions come from these cultures, along with our actions and behavior within our families. A few of these countries are
Rating:Essay Length: 905 Words / 4 PagesSubmitted: March 9, 2010 -
Myths of the Balck Family
Throughout history women have struggled against race, social class, education, financial status and societal definitions that have altered the scale of equality in the home and the work force. Ironically it is these same issues and other social and cultural variables that continued to divide us from one another. In pre-industrial times, the United States was an agricultural society and the home was the center of production for all of the families needs. White Women
Rating:Essay Length: 1,929 Words / 8 PagesSubmitted: March 9, 2010 -
Effects of Slavery on the African American Family
The effects of slavery on the African American family were tremendous. From slave mother's and father's having their children taken away and sold, to brother's and sister's being split apart, to having the actual slave-owner being the one to father children with slaves, to even say that African American families even existed might sound ridiculous. But they did exist; it just depends on what you might define as a "family". Slavery did not weaken or
Rating:Essay Length: 364 Words / 2 PagesSubmitted: March 9, 2010 -
Family Values
True Family Values Maintaining and preserving family values and cultural values has become an extremely difficult task for modern day families. A true family values could be to protect and preserve the family’s legacy and good name. Another true family value could be to being close to one’s family, supporting each other. The present and future generations may slowly loose their cultural identity since they have started to ignore true family values and in the
Rating:Essay Length: 613 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: March 9, 2010 -
Bread Givers and Family Limitation
In the great story of a young girls triumph over poverty, rejection and innumerable failures as a child, she will unfortunately never truly prosper as an adult in the world in which she lives. Our protagonist, Sara Smolinsky who is the youngest of the four Smolinsky girls, has the most motivation in life to be independent, and fend for herself. However to achieve this goal she would need to break loose of the family chain
Rating:Essay Length: 588 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: March 10, 2010 -
Universe of Loss and Recovery for 9/11 Families
In the article “Universe of Loss and Recovery for 9/11 Families, Survey Shows,” the effects of the devastating attacks to the United States continue to haunt Amricans. The aftermath is especially sensitive for the people who are survivors and for those who lost a loved one in the attacks. The article discusses how people handle the grief and loss endured that day in different ways. Since 9-11, those who lost loved ones have been expressing
Rating:Essay Length: 587 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: March 11, 2010 -
A Family’s Old and New Heritage
2 September 25, 2006 A Family’s Old and New Heritage “Everyday Use” begins with Mama and her youngest daughter, Maggie, awaiting the arrival of Mama’s eldest daughter, Dee, at their family home. Within the second paragraph of the story, the reader is given a harsh perspective of Maggie’s personality and perception of her older sister; Maggie is “homely and ashamed of the burn scars... eyeing her sister with a mixture of envy and awe. She
Rating:Essay Length: 1,570 Words / 7 PagesSubmitted: March 12, 2010 -
The Stranger Vs. a Family on Their Lawn one Sunday in Westchester, N.Y.
The Stranger vs. A Family on their lawn one Sunday in Westchester, N.Y. Alienation comes in many different shapes and sizes. It can be caused by one’s self or it can be caused by a community. Both individuals and communities can be alienated and for all we know there may be a community of alienated people somewhere in the world. Although it can be hard to recognize at times, it is clearly evident in both
Rating:Essay Length: 458 Words / 2 PagesSubmitted: March 12, 2010 -
Manson Family
"Jails, courtrooms and prisons had been my life since I was twelve years old." (Emmons and Manson, 21) These are the words of Charles Milles Manson, a convicted serial killer who has never actually murdered a single person in his life. Manson was born "no name Maddox" on November 12, 1934, and has in fact been in prison for more than half of his life. (28) It was 1967, after Manson had just been released
Rating:Essay Length: 1,619 Words / 7 PagesSubmitted: March 13, 2010 -
Family Matters
Family Matters The definitions of a family today and a family in the past are far from similar. The definitions may have some similarities but they have changed dramatically in many more ways. 50 years ago, families had rules that were stricter and families were closer in the sense of a relationship. Although some families today are more distant from each other and have fewer rules to maintain order, there are still some that maintain
Rating:Essay Length: 664 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: March 14, 2010 -
The Importance of Family
The importance of family A person who is called successful in life is a person who has a happy family. Family is important to everyone in the world. “Family isn’t whose blood you have. It’s about who you care about”, my dad once told me. Each person has a different and unique family in their heart. Deep inside me, family holds an unchangeable place. The strong role which family plays, family’s communication, and its support
Rating:Essay Length: 1,011 Words / 5 PagesSubmitted: March 18, 2010 -
South Park Vs. Family Guy
Cartoon Wars South Park is an American animated television comedy series about four third grade schoolboys who live in the small, backward mountain town of South Park. The series was created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and has been aired by Comedy Central since 1997. The show is well known for its pop-culture parody, outrageous humor, and sardonic handling of current events. Family Guy is an American animated television series about a family in
Rating:Essay Length: 888 Words / 4 PagesSubmitted: March 19, 2010 -
The American Family
What is the American Family? Well, when I think about the American Family I think about my 10th grade health class and the “atomic family”. A perfect couple, husband works at the bank and wife is home vacuuming and doing laundry; and they have the two most perfect children. Of course, one is a boy and the other is a girl. The funny thing about this mental image is that it is so out dated.
Rating:Essay Length: 696 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: March 19, 2010 -
The Idea of Family
Every one desires to have a warm family. But what is the true definition of family we usually talk about? In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, we are able to discover the idea of family. Family means putting your arms around each other and always being there. Members in a family don’t have to have kin to form a good family, as long as they care about each other. In the novel, Calpurnia is
Rating:Essay Length: 529 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: March 21, 2010 -
The Slave Family by John W. Blassingame
The Slave Family by John W. Blassingame John Blassingame's essay entitled "The Slave Family" analyzes the composition of the nineteenth century slave family in America. The essay offers a perspective into the lives of slaves including their hardships, trials, and their plight for a sense of commonality. The essay begins with a sex ratio comparison between American slaves and slaves in other areas, such as Latin America, Brazil, and Cuba. It states that the male
Rating:Essay Length: 989 Words / 4 PagesSubmitted: March 23, 2010 -
Family #5
Family #5 I am a 26 year old mother who has made some very questionable decisions in my life. I had my first son at the age of 17 and not being very knowledgeable of protection and all the risks of unprotected sex I proceeded to have four more children within a 9 year span. The father of my children has disappeared, leaving me in financial disarray. I never graduated high school but was fortunate
Rating:Essay Length: 1,239 Words / 5 PagesSubmitted: March 25, 2010 -
Family
In Pa Chin’s Family, he portrays a traditional Confucian family battling to keep their traditions and their way of life in tact, amidst the deep upheaval and civil disorder gripping China. Pa Chin clearly portrays a family of which the Venerable Master Kao rules supreme at the expense of his family. The Kao family runs into several set backs such as suicide, death, depression, unhappy marriages, family conflict, and lack of respect for elders
Rating:Essay Length: 1,479 Words / 6 PagesSubmitted: March 26, 2010 -
Women, Work and Family
Women in Work Place Within the past decades there has been a dramatic increase of women participating in the work force from countries all over the World. In the 1950s, one American worker in five was a woman. By the 1980s this percentage had doubled, and soon women are expected to make up more than 44 percent of the labor force by the end of this century. The increase in female participation started occurring during
Rating:Essay Length: 1,023 Words / 5 PagesSubmitted: March 28, 2010