John Smith V. Smith: The US Supreme Court Case

What stands out the most me to in We the Animal by Justin Torres is, the cycle of abuse that is going on and how it constantly affects the children. In this book the main character's father constantly beats their mother. One example is in the beginning of the chapter “Big Dick Truck,” the main character's father buys a truck. And the mother starts questions the father on why he would buy a truck when they have kids. She feels as though it wouldn't be safe.

Viewing over the evidence the police said that she walked in, saw her husband vulnerable and drunk hits him over the head kills him and tells a lie to her friends. Then takes the pan washes it for her fingerprints to leave, then puts it on the stove claiming it was on when she walked in. Her friends in a drunken state believed her of course. They panicked the called the police claiming that he fell off the top of the stairs. Just like in all murders there is always a reason to why they suspect is not guilty.

In the first novel The Glass Castle, the father, Rex Walls is the one who creates the drama in his family. He is a negative influence for the children and his actions are unacceptable and because of his action are what creates the drama. For exam-ple at one point in the novel Rex tries to run Rose over with his car while she is pregnant and his kids witness everything, Jeanette states, “We shot forward toward Mom, who screamed and jumped out of the way. Dad turned around and went for her again” (Walls 43). Since Rex is not being sensible with the situation, and is acting poorly it creates a dysfunction in the family be-cause everyone is constantly fighting.

John’s four children started complaining of sudden pains and began “…crying out together in chorus” (Silverman: 56). Mr. Mather came to the assumption the witchery, in particular practiced by a washerwoman who had yelled at her kids was responsible for the children's strange activities. Cotton Mather vowed to "…never use but one grain of patience with any man that shall go to impose upon me a Denial of Devils, or of Witches".

Gail stated "The reason Wesley, the reason Marie didn’t want to be examined by Frank is that he-- has … is that your brother has molested Indian girls." (Watson, 45). There will be times in life where it is a good idea to keep quiet about certain things. In this case, it would have been easy for Gail to just keep quiet and never tell Wesley this. Although, Gail is nothing like Wesley and Frank she does not cause harm to the Indian people and she is a woman.

(Faulkner 170). They all know it can’t possibly be her, but something on her property. Surely no lady would let her property to smell like that, but they dare not accuse her. They then went around the law and

Jem, on the other hand, has a higher tolerance level and is able to resist doing anything uncalled for when someone rudely insults Atticus. This shows that Jem reacts better to the taunting and teasing better than Scout, however, Jem lost his control when Mrs. Dubose called his father rude names in front of him and his sibling. He eventually cuts up and destroys the bushes loitering in her front yard when he passes her house on his way back home. Atticus punishes the two of them and tells his children that it is not necessary to

I felt sorry for her because she told me that one day, she had witnessed her father yelling at her mother for some money to buy alcohol. At that time, her mother was screaming and crying, as she couldn’t tolerate being hit by him. Then her mother took her daughters and ran away to her grandmother’s house. Till one day, the father showed up at the grandmother’s house. That moment she saw him from the window in order not be recognized by the mother.

When there is any mention of Shep Huntleigh, it is always following a conversation or situation in which Blanche feels lonely or realizes the unattainable standards that she set for her potential husband. In Scene 3, Stanley beats Stella because she yelled at him for drunkenly throwing the radio out of the window, in a fit of rage initiated by Blanche. Blanche confronts Stella at the beginning of Scene 4 about Stanley’s drinking problem, his financial instability, and his primitive behavior. Stanley’s imperfection, and the relationship that Blanche observes between he and Stella, lead Blanche to consider the love that she desires. Similarly, after Mitch ends his relationship with Blanche, Blanche tells Stella that she received and invitation from Shep to attend a cruise with him.

Once, Jimmy Taylor came walking by us yelling, “Melissa! Whattaya want with that old, fat, Black lady, any ways?” Before I could retaliate, Miss Johnson said to me, “Now, you musn’t, we must feel sorry for that terrible child. His mother must have done gone and not thought him no manners!” She actually wanted me to bow my head and pray for him.

This causes sadness in Harry, leading him to get in a fight with Craig Randall over the snide comments made about the house, "even though I [Harry] agreed with every word. " This exchange shows how Harry must face the challenge of whether to go along with what everyone else says, or defend his family 's honour. Another example of the challenges faced through growing up from childhood to adolescence is of Harry 's classmate Johnny Barlow. Johnny’s family consists of a drunk father and a brother who has ended in jail many times, leading to the people in the town thinking that Johnny himself is, “Good for nothing.” Due to all the gossiping, Johnny feels that he must leave the town temporarily for he feels alone and disconnected.

Sharpe was a very aggressive boyfriend Mona Hayes has ever had. Sharpe would threaten her and assault Mona Hayes and not caring about what effect this might have on the society. It was getting very rough Hayes did not like the way Sharpe treated her and wanted to get away from him. She was in a taxi that night she shot Sharpe and it was the end of it all.

On 08-22-2016 at 1759 hours I was dispatched to 106 Harper Street in reference to a domestic assault. Upon my arrival I made contact with Donald Pickard, who informed me of the following: - He and his girlfriend Serena Barnes have been arguing because he cheated on her while she was in prison. - Barnes has been drinking and has started to throw things and has also been hitting him and scratching him. - Barnes has broken the television, DVD player, and a jar full of marbles. - He does not want to pursue charges just wants her to calm down and possible go somewhere else for the evening.

“As his sister continued her lamentations, he suddenly swore and struck her. … As she slowly retreated her brother advanced dealing her cuffs” (Crane 8). This attack was only in response to Maggie crying due to the possibility that their mother would become violent toward all of the children in response to Jimmie’s fighting.

Reportedly, the judge dismissed Hill 's defamation lawsuit because he found that the evidence her lawyers provided didn 't support a claim of defamation according to Pennsylvania law. Cosby and his lawyers called the accusations were "innuendos" and that "people should fact-check" before accusing him of anything. Camille Cosby, Bill Cosby 's wife of fifty years, wrote a letter to the Washington Post, claiming that media outlets failed to properly vet Cosby 's accusers before publishing their accusations. Despite their dismissals, Bill Cosby, his wife, and his legal team never outright accused the women of lying or attempting to extort Bill Cosby, so there was no finding of defamation.