The Struggles of Two Some people might think their life is bad but think of all the other people that go through the same struggle. Marek and Clyde both struggled with their families at a young age and it led the to do other activities that aren’t good. Marek got involved with his parents problems, which caused him to start doing his own stuff. He hung out with his two friends a lot and got involved in their problems. Clyde started his own problems because he didn’t have anybody to tell him what to do. While Marek and Clyde live their lives involved with similar families and robberies, the outcome of their lives ended different. Although Marek and Clyde seemed successful by themselves, their families live a similar life because they both grew up in a lower class family. Marek had to do a lot of illegal tasks the keep himself and family in good health. “Marek grew up in a poorer environment and his mother and step father involved themselves in drug smuggling and it somewhat reflected on Marek a little bit. They pushed Marek into doing tasks for and with them that he didn’t want to do.” Marek managed to help his family and …show more content…
They struggled with their lives trying to keep them where they should be. “Marek and his two friends got involved in robberies and they had been friends for almost their whole lives. They have always been there for each other and never let each other down.” They started these robberies, because they spent so much time around others who did these same crimes. Clyde didn 't have a whole lot in life and didn’t have a lot of people watching out for him. “Clyde started crimes at a young age, and went on a 2 year long crime spree, that spanned several states. His partner Bonnie which he met while at a restaurant, followed through with the crimes.” Although they all dealt with many struggles they managed to get through
Many parents in the community didn’t want their children associating with a “Bootleggers Boy”. Often, in order to go on a date with a girl in the town, Barry would have a friend ask the girl’s parents for him. Switzer’s father was arrested his senior year of high school for his bootlegging antics and sentenced to prison in the Arkansas
Have you ever had trouble making good or bad choices? If you have you can relate to the story, Shiloh, and character Marty. The theme for this story, is making good and bad choices. One character had to make a lot of difficult choices. Marty chose to take care of the dog and his family.
Joe stayed determined and was able to make a living for himself. Although it wasn’t a life of luxury it was his life and he was able to persist. One beacon of light in Joes life was Joyce Simdars. Joyce knew what hardships
Finding Petey Petey, by Ben Mikaelsen, is the story of a man who grew up with cerebral palsy, but was misdiagnosed an idiot. Petey had a very long tough life and most people believed he could not think, but some people saw past his cerebral palsy and helped make his life special. First,there was Esteban, a small 17 year old Mexican boy. Petey was already eight years old and had been living at the infants ward for a long time when Estaban started working there.
Instead of hoping to have his problem fixed, he did something to lessen it. Jamie attempted to help his parents and keep himself happy. It worked temporarily but eventually failed. (Significance) This shows how Nabozny was resilient against his bullies.
Alike the Hallway Hangers they also were not achieving what they had hoped for. Many of the boys dropped out of college with the realization that it was too expensive or too much to work a job and go to school. Learning that they needed money many of the men looked for jobs, but some went to the streets to sell drugs. This caused some of the Brothers to go to jail. Brothers who never turned to the streets got low paying job that did not meet their needs.
June 11, 1941, a new shipment of Jews arrived in Auschwitz today from Minsk Mazowiecki, a ghetto in Poland. Among the people who arrived was 13 year old Jakob Frenkiel and his brother Chaim. All who arrive in Auschwitz have to give the officers everything that was on them at that time. Frenkiel shares with reporters about his valuable possession he had to give away. “I had with me the locket my parents had given me for my birthday with their pictures in it.
Although they were going down the wrong path, they made a contract with each other to succeed. Their story is an example self-determination and having a non-paternal support system (p.
In the midst of all of this he finds a balance by focusing on what really matters. At the same time this keeps him focused on his main goal which is education. Education will be his family's way out of poverty. Through seeing his younger brother that is unemployed and will be having a child soon he looks beyond this and is genuinely proud of where he comes from. He realizes how strong his family is when he seems them fighting through poverty and making things.
Many families suffered from economic hardships as well as emotional distress. Therefore the Braddock family overcame there challenges which are not having much to eat, not having money, and not having a place to live. To start with, one of the problems the Braddock family had was not having enough food to feed the whole family. For example, in
Andy’s story is a great example that demonstrates that nobody can live life being 100% comfortable. In the narrative, “On the Sidewalk Bleeding”, written by Evan Hunter, a true message hides behind the words, explaining the tragic life-ending story of Andy. He was a member of the “ROYAL” gang, living life to the fullest, so he thought, getting a social status in his community and not letting the true Andy take off the silk purple jacket reading ROYAL on
The impoverished conditions in which the residents of this community live are difficult based on the surrounding violence and discrimination they face. Tre, Ricky’s best friend, is able to survive the surrounding violence and discrimination through his father’s sensational leadership; he therefore knows what to do in situations he faces among his friends. However, his friends are not so lucky. For example, Dough doesn’t have great leadership or a father figure, but is raised by a single mother who is determined to get her children to succeed; nevertheless, her main focus is Ricky because he has the most potential; he is an
He doesn’t fit into their society and has no way of knowing how to fit in. He has no companion, except his mom, and was prone to anger and indiscriminate violence.
His constant attempt to find fulfillment through others reveals a bitter truth about him: he will never be fulfilled. Due to his indecisiveness, Nick’s life is constantly at an impasse. Originally from a “well-to-do” (6) family, his life would have been comfortable, a clear path set before
Bonnie and Clyde first started a gang of 5 people to commit bold robberies, these robberies made headlines around the country. After the other three members Blanche, Jones, and Buck were captured from the time of March 1933 through June 1933, Bonnie and Clyde continued on without them.