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In reality, Willy was a below average and unknown salesman. His son makes this known to the readers when he says “You were never anything but a hard-working drummer who landed in the ash can like all the rest of them” (Miller 98). Willy worked his entire life to provide for his family. In fact, the greatest sale he made was when he “sold” his life so that his family would receive twenty thousand dollars through his life insurance policy. Walter and Willy both had aspirations of providing for their

Imagine the feeling of being alone, where no one can see or hear your cries for help, where no one can begin to understand your pain, and where your once perfect and marvelous life is suddenly crumb down. Welcome to Brian’s world, a thirteen year old boy who’s parents are going through a bad divorce that ultimately causes him to resent his mother for being deceitful to his own father. The story “Hatchet” by Gary Paulsen is about a young teenage boy that is always feeling the pressure and hurt from his parents divorce. Brian’s mother sends Brian to his dads house for the summer by a small plane. The plane crashes on the way to the airport in a dense forest.

Who was the first owner of Ruby Pier. A lesson for him to forgive his father. It was also difficult for me to forgive such father, a father who’s been cruel to him since childhood. Even after his knee was injured because of the war. A father who never talk to him since then.

herman Alexie began to break down the walls of Native American Reservation life ever since he picked up his first book; or in his case a Superman comic when he was only three years old. Alexie had not yet learned to read, but assumed that the comic read, “ Superman is breaking down the door,” and that Superman says, “I am breaking down the door.”. Growing up on a Spokane Reservation, his creativity; like the brown door in the comic, is blocked. His fellow classmates and his white teachers continuously told him that because of his heritage, because he was “Indian”, he was not supposed to be smart. He was ridiculed by the people around him for answering questions in class and reading books.

Moon Shadow’s is a boy that lives in China and his father is working overseas. Moon Shadow grandfather was lynched 30 years ago. Moon Shadow has never ever met his father. Moon Shadow and his mother can not live in the Land of The Golden Mountain because of political reasons. Moon Shadow really wants to meet his father and his mother told him one thing that got him really happy.

The "Kite Runner" is a moviethat have a very big emotional impact on the hearts of the viewers. It portrays the life of two Afghanistan boys who are brothers that don 't know yet. Before the younger one, Hassan dies he does not find out the thrush about his "best friend." The older one, Amir finds out that Hassan was his brother after he died. Before Amir knew about any of this he was living in California with his wife and dad.

My grandpa Beto! My grandpa Beto, I called him Papanino or Pa, has profoundly affected my life by the unremarkable way to overcome his trails in life with an immense smile even though his father got kill during the revolution war in Mexico, consequently all they owned was taking away, his mother widower had no rights to the land, horses, and other animals they once owned, since back then the women’s had no civil rights once the husband was decease ,therefore, my great-grandmother suffer deeply seeing his 9 children homeless therefore, my grandfather Beto started to work to support his mother, as a result of this big act of love for his siblings was not able to go to school, despite the fact that he did not learned how to write or read he was the smartest human being in the world.

John Kenyon is a 51-year-old man; at the age of 20 he lost his vision in a chemical explosion. He was not able to watch his kids grow, watch his wife age, or even watch himself age. Everything became dark to him; he felt more like a child to his wife Anita than a husband and father considering all the care he required. On October 11, 2011 John received a cornea transplant, after 31 years of darkness he was able to see again. The cornea transplant changed John’s life and his families forever.

His boss, Howard just inherited the company from his father and became the boss of the company without making much effort. This is a contradiction to the American dream. Willy had been left behind by his father who died when he was young. Then he was abandoned by his brother who went to South Africa. He fears to be abandoned once again, this time by his boys.

“I know everything happens for a reason. But sometimes I wish I knew what that reason was.” This is a quote that a poor boy named Jack tells himself every day. Jack is a 16 year old boy that lives in a very small home with his mother, Jackie, and his sister, Jenny. His father had a very bad gambling problem and wasted all the money they have ever earned, which is why he does not live with them anymore. Now Jack, his mother, and his sister all work at a diner that is near there home.

Jackson Pollock, known for his abstract art influence, was born in Cody, Wyoming in January of 1912, the same birthplace of Buffalo Bill. Pollock was given the nickname “Cowboy Artist”, which was a myth, but the nickname was helpful. He was the youngest of five brothers and was a needy child always searching for attention and trying to live up to his older brothers. Pollock was insecure and very uncomfortable in social situations, people made him nervous and he was a recluse. A quote from an early letter confirms his insecurity: “…people have always frightened and bored me; consequently I have been within my own shell…” (Bio.com) Leroy Pollock, his father, was a farmer and later a land surveyor for the government.

In the story “What it means to Say Phoenix, Arizona,” by Sherman Alexie, two young Native American men living on the Coeur D 'Alene Indian Reservation in Plummer, Idaho, named Victor Joseph and Thomas Builds-the-Fire travel to Arizona to retrieve Victor’s absent father’s ashes. Victor’s father, Arnold, saved Thomas from a house fire when he was a baby, where both of Thomas’s parents died. This tragic event caused Arnold’s alcoholism to spiral into an extreme state, making him an abusive drunk. He abandons Victor and his mother when Victor is a young boy, and leaves the reservation for good.

Elie Wiesel goes through 2 years of inhumane treatment, but always looks forward, because he has his father. When the Holocaust starts to come to an end, his father dies from Dysentery, leaving Elie lifeless. Although, through all that hardship, he recovers and that family bond can preserve sanity, and never to give up on life. When Elie endured all of this, usually people lose their sanity, but not Elie, for he had his father through most of it. This quote shows that without his father, the only family he had left, he was just an empty shell.

Rutherford Birchard Hayes, the nineteenth president of the United States of America had many profound accomplishments before setting out on the campaign trail in 1876. Rutherford was born on October 4, 1822 in Delaware, Ohio, by his mother Sophia who had lost her husband, Rutherford’s father ten weeks earlier. Rutherford grew up in a house full of love and faith, which helped to smooth the rough times of growing up without a father, as well as losing two siblings. Rutherford earned the nickname “Rud” as he was growing up in Delaware, unable to play and socialize with other kids his age until he was seven years old due to his frail and unstable health in early years. With Rud couped up around the Hayes household for many of his early years,

Cyanne Hall Mrs. Quassy English 4P 22 February, 2016 Into the Wild Essay One day in July of 1990, Chris McCandless severed all contact with his family and set out West and started his two year long journey that would ultimately end with his untimely death in the frozen, unforgiving landscape of Alaska. McCandless was like us, the only difference, he went for his dreams. Although criticizers of Krakauer and McCandless believe Chris was mentally ill, McCandless suffered through emotional damage from family problems and was easily influenced in his vulnerable state through literature. How can someone throw away so much and want nothing in return except the wild? The more I read into McCandless the more I saw why the wild interested him