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2. Selena and her brother don 't seem to be as bothered by the difficulties the father describes.  Why do they not share his feelings?

Once the half-term holidays have ended, a new girl, Lauren arrives to the school and all the boys, including Joe, have their eyes on her. Soon Joe and Lauren become best friends. Until Joe comes home one day and finds out that his Dad is holding a massive party. This only upsets him a little, due to his father not spending any time with him. Sapphire then shares that she had seen Lauren on TV before. Soon enough Joe found out that his father had decided to pay Lauren, in order for he to befriend Joe. Joe then decides to run away from home.

     As time went by Lara went through a lot of things from Gladwyn. Pearl also didn't like Lara. The other little children accepted Lara and enjoyed having her as a sisiter, but she was still going through a tough time getting over her mother's death. She also feels so weak without her mother there beside her. 'Lara closed her eyes and clenched her fists. She would block it all out.'; Lara still hasn't dealt properly with her pain, so Lara tries to block her mother's words out of her mind because it hurts too much to think about her without being able to be strong without her. Lara is also expressing anger towards her mother. Lara is not coping with her mother's death. Grieving takes time, but Lara will eventually overcome her mother's death.

She one day decides to pursue her American Dream to come to the United States and help her children back home. Not knowing how this could affect her children emotionally. The article “Attachment in Cultural Context explains “...three principal patterns of attachment in their assessment of infant-mother attachment: anxious avoidance, secure, and anxious resistant” (4). This this an example of what Enrique was or felt when his mother was leaving him and when she left. He felt like a part of him was being ripped apart which is something no one wants to feel especially a young child.

In other words, Estevan used was cultured and enjoys himself by indirectly insulting Mrs. Parsons. Finally, Estevan demonstrates courage as he describes, “Three members had just been killed, including Esperanza’s brother, but seventeen were still alive. She and I knew every one of those seventeen, by name. Can you understand that this made us more useful alive than dead? For us to go after Ismene is what they wanted.”

The family was planning a surprise party for Julissa’s older sister, but their plans never came through. Because the party was called off and of the catastrophic event that occurred the same

Esperanza never got over the incident and ever since then has been depressed but Estevan explains that “what helps {him} the most to know is that her life is going somewhere, with someone. To know she’s growing up.” Gender roles play a part in this, even though Ismene was the child of Estevan, his wife did the feeding and diapering. She became more attached to their daughter which proves the gender roles of women especially in countries like Guatemala. Estevan can now talk about her without breaking down but Esperanza has been torn apart ever since. These stories and hardships once again prove to Taylor how cruel the world is outside of what she’s familiar with. Taylor feels sympathy for the couple and wants to help with anything she can. These world issues causes Taylor to feel as if she’s changing and

When they arrived Mama and Kirst went inside, Annemarie and Ellen went for a walk. They walked down a path where they saw a cat that was eyeing them out. When they reached the ocean Ellen told Annemarie how she and never been to the proper ocean, only the harbour because her mum was afraid of the big sea and that it was to cold. The girls sat on a rock and took their shoes of. When they felt the water they got straight back out again. They then started to talk a they saw Mama waving for them to come back. When they got back Ellen as holding the kitten that was well asleep in her hands. Mama asked if they saw anyone and asked of the girls to make sure that they stayed out of sight from anyone else. They started to make dinner for when Uncle Henrick returned. The girls were getting ready to go to sleep when Ellen asked about her necklace when Annemarie responded by saying that it was in a safe hiding spot. While they were trying to fall asleep they heard the adults talking about why Henrick didn’t have a wife. Annemarie remembered the old times and how things had

This is what happened today: A lot of familiars arrived to see Mia but Adam has still not arrived. Kim a friend of Mia arrive with his mother who never let her to drive long distances, Kim’s mother is very emotional, they are Jewish, at summers Kim goes to a summer camp this summer camp is very boring and she calls that camp as Torah Whore.

Family- She was willing to go against her own family to seek a better, happier life. She had lied about him being her husband, because she felt that Arnaud treated her better. She wanted to be totally feed from her old marriage, and she wanted to be treated better and have a better life with Arnaud and her son.

She is truly upset with her mother with moving away but never says anything to them about it. Her mom moves to California leaving her alone with her father. She angry with her mom for leaving she. Laurel is hurt by her parents splitting up. She believes that the reason her mother left is because she thinks Laurel caused May to die.

She was only 15 years old when she got pregnant with her first daughter. She decided to drop out of high school, because like many of us, we cannot handle the responsibility of a child and school. She tells us that it took her 15 years to get back in school and earn her high school diploma at an adult school in Alhambra in 1971. She mentions that what drove her to get back in school was her 15 year old daughter. Lucero didn't want her daughter to experience school, if Lucero, herself, hadn't experienced it. It is very important to for us, as parents, to always give our children the best education and to be a role model to follow. Even if it means getting back in school 15 years later. The most beautiful thing we all find here is that both, daughter and mother, were working on getting their high school diploma together. Lucero only needed 3 more classes to be able to receive her high school diploma. At the end, her daughter was very proud of her mother for achieving what many mothers

One of the biggest role models in Esperanza's life is Alicia. Alicia goes to the university Alicia is Esperanza's friend. Alicia listens to Esperanza when she tells her about her sadness about not having a home. Alicia understands what Esperanza is feeling because she is from Guadalajara. Alicia’s mother died, so she is pretty much the mother of the family. Alicia wants to do well in school because she wants to have a better life than what her mother did. She wants to be more than a wife, a mother, and the person that cooks for the family. Esperanza says, “Alicia, who inherited her mama’s rolling pin and sleepiness, is young and smart and studies for the first time at the university. Two trains and a bus,

the live that she is living with Albert. As more time passes by Celie finally

Most of us in this world, at one time or another, have felt the need to feel complete. Feeling that something is missing and that whatever it is, will bring us happiness and fulfillment in our own lives. For these characters the thing which they desire to complete them are other characters in the film. For Manuela it is her son after he is hit by a car and killed, Esteban longs to know who his father is, and Huma is chasing her lover Nina who will only give her pain. The journey to find completion or these