A Houseful Of Love And Laughter Analysis

barely giving his brother a dime when he was asked to pitch in money for his dad’s birthday gift because he wanted to buy cards at the shop so he could try and get Ken Maynard, a rare card, and when his brother asks “Who’s more important—him or your father?” Jerry doesn’t exactly know how to answer the question correctly.

In the article “what shamu taught me about a happy marriage” by Amy Sutherland (2003), she clarifies that how she changed her husband to make a happy marriage. She supports her claim by first describing the problem in her life was they didn’t have a lovely relaxed atmosphere in her family. He didn’t do any housework and always got angry easily. Then, she tried to solve the problem. After she got inspiration from animal trainers, she decided to try it on her husband. She also changed her habits to make her training works better. Finally, they have a happy life by tolerating each other.

1. In "We have no 'Right to Happiness'" CS. Lewis claims that the right to happiness" is "chiefly claimed for the sexual impulse." Because Nora in Ibsen's A Doll's House does not leave Torvald for another man, the principles upon which C.L. Lewis bases his essay are moot and do not apply. Lewis exhibits a disturbing amount of gender bias, sexism, and stereotyped assumption in his essay, but he might indeed understand that Torvald has emotionally and psychologically abused his wife throughout their marriage.

In T. Coraghessan Boyle’s story “The Love of My Life,” it centers around the teenage relationship of Jeremy and China who claim to be in love with one another and nothing else matters to them.  Their relationship; however, is centered around what a relationship is like in movies and based of the physical attraction to each other as well as being naive to what real love is as this is their first real relationship with a significant other.  The relationship between the two is great until they encounter their first real obstacle in the relationship when China becomes pregnant.  The egocentric nature of both characters takes over and there begins to be cracks within the relationship. Now they face the reality of becoming parents and they blame

ntroduction: Family is an integral part of many American’s lives it shapes how we grew up, how we interconnect with society, and how we choose to live our lives. “The American Family” by Stephanie Coontz is an essay comparing the way of the family from several points in time to show what changes have come about for better or worse. Her points may be biased and in order to seek confirmation of her points, the memories of individuals who have lived through the longer span of time will provide incite as to whether others agree with her. I have conducted such an interview with my grandparents Linda Jolliffe, being 70, and Earl Jolliffe, being 73. By reading Coontz’s essay aloud I was able to record and analyze their thoughts and opinions from their perspective, and compare theirs with mine while taking a look into why bias has such an effect when writing.

Immigrant families were not a solidified unit with a common purpose and goal. There was a division between the older generations emigrating from their home country to the United States and their children who were not as fond of where they came from. Addams recalled how families attempted to be together, but the children who were capable of speaking English had other priorities and in this, families rarely left together into the city (Addams, 11). Addams realized the need to bring the family together into a complete unit by providing more in Hull House. She worked in providing musical instruments for the families, so that parents and children together can unite over music and impose their culture and arts upon the younger generation. Although the older generations depended on the children to learn new things and ways of culture, they wanted to teach their children first so that they knew “something of the old ways” (Addams, 11). Similarly, Addams learned of the need to connect immigrant’s previous experiences in Europe with the new experiences of the United States. To do this, Addams

“You always think ahead. I was a boy who kept his clothes on numbered hangers… bothered my teachers for homework assignments far ahead their due dates...I thought ahead.” This shows that the father’s son always thinks ahead and was organized, responsible, and mature. “...my mother was still angry with him for sneaking me into a nightclub during his last visit, to see Thelonious Monk… Don’t ever try this yourself.” This shows that the father is the opposite of the son and is more rebellious and fun. “He promised, hand on heart, to take good care of me and have me home on Christmas Eve.” This shows that the father really does love his son and will protect him and bring him home in time. Going home was difficult in the snow but the father managed to drive through it and make it

He reveals the emotional side of a language that the speaker feels with Spanish through his playful inside jokes and heart-warming words. When the speaker contrasts between what an American and he can say: “You say tomato,/I say tu madre,” he relays that refreshing feeling when one can insult another without the other knowing -- “tu madre” is an abbreviation for a very profane phrase in Spanish (11-12). The speaker not only reveals this cheeky side of Spanish but also the comforting and welcoming sense that it embodies. He shows how a simple word “casa” can represent more than its literal meaning “home.” The lines “consider yourself en casa,/ consider yourself part of the family” demonstrate how “casa” can mean more than just “home”; it can also bring meanings of “family,” “belonging,” and “acceptance”

In her graphic novel, Fun Home, Alison Bechdel relives her life’s most haunting tragedies in order to find truth and meaning in her father’s death. Bechdel looks back, through her adult perspective, into her childhood and formative college years to revisit events of her past, now with a clearer understanding of what was really happening. Throughout the novel, as we glimpse into the memories Alison has, she gives way to her present self to comment and analyze these events as she works her way through them. It is my belief that Bechdel needed to share Fun Home to therapeutically look back at her life and that of her father’s to make sense of his death, to cope with it, and to lose the feelings of guilt she had because of it.

In It’s a Wonderful Life, the main character, George Bailey, is a good, giving man who faces a rough patch in his life. I think that this story teaches us a great lesson on being thankful. I liked the part when, at the end, Clarence finishes his job and earns his wings. The part I didn’t like was when George said that he wishes that he was never born. The lesson that It’s a Wonderful Life teaches us about thankfulness is that you need to appreciate how blessed you really are and not to take it for granted. To apply this message to our daily lives, you can focus more on the little things and not so much on the big things. You can do this by focusing more on the house you have and the food that is being provided, rather than focusing on if it’s what you like or not or wanting to own more. George Bailey never got the opportunity to travel the world and build skyscrapers liked he hoped because he feels tied down to the family company he never wanted to own and work for. As George Bailey got older, he began to see everyone grow up to be what they wanted, and he sees all of his youth and opportunities go right past him. George decides to end his life because he believes he is worth more dead than alive. When Clarence, his guardian angel, sees this, he decides to show George what life would be like if he had never existed.

In the late 1800’s through early 1900’s women and men were did not “tie the knot” like the women and men do in today’s day. In today’s world, women and men get married because they have many things in common, they are in love with each other, and they choose to get married to one another. In many stories written back then, readers can expect to read about how marriages were arranged and how many people were not having the wedded bliss marriage proclaims today.

In every home, there is a different definition of family and how family should treat each other. Two short stories were read by an author named Flannery O’Connor. “A Good Man is Hard to Find”. It was about a dysfunctional family who encounters a criminal named “The Misfit”. The grandmother which is the main character is very judgmental towards others and sometimes her own family at times. This story starts off with a disagreement on where to go for a family trip, but they decide on going to Florida for the family trip after a while of arguing. On this trip, it showed what type of family they are. They talk about everything with one another as well as bicker and fight but at the end of the day, they are still family and love each other. They come together the most in panicking situations such as the accident and waiting for a car to help them. The point of this paper is the theme of family. Specifically, family is a theme in this short story because it depicts a dysfunctional family; the family you see on a crazy television show and can’t get enough of because they’re funny but also they have serious moments. There 's the two troublesome and annoying kids, the hot-headed dad who tries to maintain control of a situation and fails, the wife busy attending to the baby, and the grandmother, who 's a case all to herself (and also the main character). Though the story starts out seeming like a comedy, it takes a serious turn when the family encounters a criminal, who kills them

Frank Capra’s 1946 movie, It’s a Wonderful Life, has turned into one of the most beloved holiday films and has become ingrained into American culture, which is quite remarkable since it was originally not intended to be considered a Christmas movie. It’s a Wonderful Life keeps coming back each and every year on DVD, commercials, and on television. It is even routinely broadcasted twice on NBC, and almost everyone can recite little Zuzu Bailey’s famous words from the very end of the movie, “every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings.”

Phil’s constancy and lack of variation are embodied in rigid words such as “always,” “of course,” and “Type A.” Extreme diction such as “overweight,” “nervous,” and “workaholic” convey Phil as a worrywart with no fun at all in his life. These words mock Phil as a man sincerely obsessed with work that had lost track of his priorities. Goodman deepens her point when she introduces Phil’s family, using diction in relation to business to further emphasize the importance of work to Phil. To Phil’s wife Helen, “A company friend said ‘I know how much you will miss him.’ And she answered, ‘I already have.’” His eldest son tells the reader of how he went around the neighborhood gathering research on his father. His daughter recalls how whenever she was alone with him they had nothing to say to each other. When Phil’s youngest son reminisces on how he tried to mean enough to his father to keep him at home. Goodman informs the reader that the youngest child was Phil’s favorite. Goodman’s sentence structure of long, short, long, helps the shorter sentence stick out more to the reader. But she ends the paragraph with a sad ironic sentence, “My father and I only board here.” implying that he never really was successful.

Based on the real life story of Chris Gardner, the Pursuit of Happyness looks at the crests and troughs in Chris' life on his way to becoming a stock broker, and eventually as everyone knows, a multi-millionaire. Will Smith played the role of Chris Gardner while Smith's son, Jaden Smith played Gardner's 7 or 8-year-old son.