Reframing Case Studies

It seems the closest that anyone has gotten to catching the Long Island Serial Killer may be a phone call.

Relationships do not just happen. They seem to just form, but they actually follow a natural process that must be worked through. Sam Avers and I became friends in fifth grade. We were introduced through a mutual friend and we have been friends since then. Therefore, we have grown a pretty close relationship. However, when we both decided to room together at University of North Texas, our friendship took a different turn. Since then, our relationship has dealt with different dialectical tensions, but we have overcame them by using the four strategies: selection, separation, neutralization, and reframing.

Family members and close friends impact people’s lives in immeasurable ways. Octavia E. Butler uses this to develope Lauren in Parable of the Sower through interactions with the people around her. Growing up in a bleak area of a now dismal United States, her faithful upbringing contrasts with the necessary survival mentality demanded by the outside world.Two effectual characters in Lauren’s journey are her father, Reverend Olamina, and her younger brother, Keith. These two characters represent extremes of both devotion and destruction as they influence Lauren to choose her own path as an adult. Each character has a separate impact on Lauren as she matures into adulthood.

Everyone has hard times to overcome, and Doug has gone through many. In the story “Okay for Now.” by Gary D. Schmidt, Doug went through abuse, neglect, and a lot of change. Doug’s father abuses him and hits him, everyone in Doug’s family neglects him, and he has to move constantly. Dougs whole family is falling apart and Doug’s in the middle of it all. Doug’s life gets tough and when Doug moves to Marysville, NY everything and everyone changes. These challenges in Doug’s life have helped him overcome hard times.

Perceptions from others can be cruel. Criminals are often thought of negatively by themselves and are also disrespected by others in society. The novel Monster presents the impressions people have about Steve Harmon, an accused criminal on trial for robbery and murder. Furthermore, the text explains Steve’s views of himself during and after time in prison from first person point-of-view. The novel Monster by Walter Dean Myers highlights the various perceptions that exist about an accused criminal.

Most individual’s emotional health directly affects their ability to maintain a high quality of life. Gilbert Grape experienced this rippling effect in the movie, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? The moment the viewer was introduced to Gilbert, it became obvious that his demanding feelings of guilt and shame towards dysfunctional family overwhelmed him with conflict. Instead of searching out for support and solace from his loved ones, he withdrew himself emotionally and proceeded to try to handle his competing demands alone. Gilbert’s reaction to his conflict created a rift between him and his loved ones. With friction building between Gilbert and his family, the lack of support depleted his emotional health. His constant brooding made it hard for him to sleep and making good decisions. Gilbert’s state could not improve until he became venerable with Becky. Not only did this new connection improve Gilbert’s social

People are drawn to others with confidence, people who are confident enough in themselves to do what makes them happy, not what society expects of them. Chris McCandless was no exception to this. This is why people like Jan Burres, a drifter; Ronald Franz, an eighty year-old widower; and Wayne Westerberg, the owner of a mill, were greatly impacted by Chris. Each of these people are merely a few of the many who were impacted by his unique outlook on life and risky behavior. Most of those who has met the young man were intrigued by him, wanting to know more about his philosophies and his drive that had gotten him so far. Chris’ determined and risk-seeking attitude left a strong and positive impact on most of those who had crossed his path. Of

Beneatha Younger struggles to find her real identity throughout the whole play, “A Raisin in the Sun.” She strives to become a doctor despite being a women. Throughout the whole play she tries out a handful of hobbies that she takes up during the play. She tries out horse riding and then she wants to learn to play the guitar. Beneatha talks about how she is experimenting with many hobbies to find her identity. Ruth and her are having a conversation about how she bought a 50 dollar horse-riding club habit that she has yet to use. Beneatha says, “ I experiment with different forms of expression!” (Hansberry 48). Mama and Ruth support her, but she is being held back by money, race, and education. Beneatha doesn’t have to money to go out and try

Jeffrey Magee, a young orphan boy from Bridgeport, Pennsylvania, found himself in East End, after leaving his first home. A few weeks following Maniac Magee’s arrival in the black community, Amanda Beale, a black girl, invited him to live with her family. Soon, however, East Enders were honey badgers as they began harassing both the Beales and Jeffrey in an attempt to rid their town of this little white kid. Feeling as guilty as a bloodied knife for all the torment this sweet family went through, Maniac soon skipped town, while Amanda stayed home. Following many other adventures, the orphan wound up living in the official local zoo’s buffalo pen.

The movie ordinary people is describing a family who is having trouble trying to function with each other normally after losing their son and brother Buck to a boat accident. Buck was the reason that the family was sticking together and were functioning more normally than ever. They would be more connected by talking a lot with each other, doing family activities together, laughing and smiling all the time with each other. Then after that it changed them completely which left them being bitter, depressed, and even having lots of flashbacks of their pasts. Like how Conrad tried to commit suicide because of the lost, which he was lucky enough to survive from that. And also that his parents split up afterwards, because they couldn’t communicate

The novel Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O’Neill is narrated by Baby -- the 12 year old protagonist and daughter of a single father and heroin addict, Jules. Baby never knew her mother and is unaware that she has any other family. They live in various shabby hotels in Montreal’s red light district. This paper is an exploration of the pathway effects caused by lack of familial support and how Jules addiction created a milieu that leads to Baby being ostracised by society. Suggestions are offered to alleviate their struggles.

What makes people grow up? Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor is set during the Great Depression, in the rural areas of Mississippi. The majority of the people in this community are sharecroppers, who are greatly dependent on plantation farming. However, the Logan families own their own land. Cassie tries to understand with her family what racism is. Cassie, the narrator leads us through all the disaster and trouble that her and her family have been through. Cassie's interactions with negative uses of power is directly responsible for Cassie's coming of age.

The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore explores the journey of two men by the same name who grow up in similar neighborhoods, but end up with different endings. The book shares the stories of both men who highlight significant events in their life that led one to be a businessman, while the other a convict in prison for murder without the possibility of parole. When Moore discovers Wes’s story he begins to correspond with him and it is their correspondence that inspired this book.

Discipline is about guiding children and helping them learn what is expected. They gradually learn how to control their own behavior.

This where everything is resolved and the conflict ends. This event is when her relationship with her friend is revived.When her relationship with Rachel was revived she finally has someone to talk to. During the last few week of school, readers of Speak can see that her and Rachel now have more of a positive relationship and now she could talk to someone. ”‘I didn't call the police to break up the party,’ I write, ‘I called... I called them because some guy raped me.” This quote is significant because it shows how Melinda can finally vent someone what happened in the words of what she said to Rachel. One more reason that getting her friendship with Rachel was a good thing is because Melinda gained some confidence back. In the end of the book on page 183 the author writes how Melinda gains confidence by the way she talks to Rachel. The author also shows how Melinda gains confidence back when Melinda and Heather are talking to each other about why she called the cops on the night of the party. This example is significant because it shows all the ways that melinda has gained her confidence back. This example also relates to my thesis in the way that the event or scenario of Melinda gaining some confidence back will have a positive impact on her life. My last example of how gaining her friend back has had a positive impact on her life is it gave Melinda a chance to let out what happened the night of the