Abel In Momaday's The House Made Of Dawn

East of Eden, written by John Steinbeck, is a profound, complicated retelling of the biblical story of Cain and Abel, focused around the overall struggle between good and evil . John Steinbeck wrote this for his own sons, John and Tom, to show them not only the history of their family in the Hamiltons, but also the concept of sibling rivalry emerging from the competition over paternal love and acceptance (Shillinglaw). This was first evident in Adam and Charles Trask, and then in Adam’s sons, Aron and Cal Trask. The absence of a true mother figure in these two instances of brotherly contention enhances the need for acknowledgment and love from their parental figures. And yet, both mother figures in East of Eden choose to abandon their

Imagine what it would be like to live with a disease in which there’s no diagnosis and nobody can even allude to a possible conclusion? John Elder wrote Look Me In The Eye to tell the reader stories of his life, whether it be family struggles or hardships he felt on his own. Through writing, he had hoped to give a reader insight to his life; he wanted to give all people and people with Asperger’s information on a topic to see what it’s like. Elder uses pathos, ethos and logos, along with the use of detail and diction to tie his rhetorical strategies together and to create a story which a reader will remember and learn something valuable from.

It is evident in Blueback, that Abel is very loyal to his family and friends. You can see how Abel is kind and caring to his mother, Dora and how he is loving to his wife, Stella, when he is older. Through the novel you can also see that he has a very large friendship with Blueback. When Abel’s mother could not walk “He cradled her in his arms laid her back and let her float against him in the clear, blue water.” This is how Abel was loyal to his mother. Abel is loyal to his friend Blueback, when Winton says, “Abel swam with Blueback every chance he had.” Abel is loyal to Blueback by how he is so very excited to swim with it and feed it, When his mother is frail, he is ever so caring to move her places because she can’t get up. It is found in the novel, Blueback that Abel is very loyal to his friends and family.

The style of eliciting non-memory and memory emphasises the lost of innocence of childhood and of life lived in contrast with life wasted, and the disillusionment that followed leading to his insensitivity and ultimate self-destruction. This information is expository, but it flashes back to Anders' past. The author uses effectively the flashback to provide another viewpoint of the central character because Anders was pictured as unsympathetic in the beginning of the story. The memory itself, fittingly, is narrated in present tense in contrast with most of the story

For his sin he was expelled from Eden. From that day on he led the life of an exile, doomed to be "a fugitive and wanderer in the earth" (Gen. 4:12) and denied the rights of a normal man, only to bare the mark of a sinner and warning to others. With this Cain walked into the land of Nod (unknown, evil, dark), only to leave a legacy felt by the generations of his offspring.

Are you able to comprehend the confrontations faced by an autistic child? In the book “the curious incident of the dog in the night time” by Mark Haddon, You are able to understand the challenges faced by the main protagonist Christopher Boone. In order to gain a sense of maturity an individual must overcome difficult challenges. This will be demonstrated by examining Christopher Boone’s ability to learn to become independent and understand social interaction and emotions.

At the beginning of the book, Adam was a shy, diffident, and insecure type of boy. As the book progressed, and how much the conflict progressed, we see that he molds into a more confident, and positive young man.

Case 5.1 involves the Miller family. Harold is a 4-year-old White and Jewish pre-school student. Harold’s father is an engineering professor and his mother is a stay-at-home. A recent evaluations show that Harold has Asperger’s Syndrome (Amatea, 2013).

In the mid 1900s, psychiatrist Leo Kanner and a pediatrician Hans Asperger used the same word “autism” for a condition where children had deficits in socializing and forming contact. Stemming off the greek word “autos” meaning self, Kanner stated that autistic children had good cognitive potential yet they had islets of ability meaning their intelligence was focused in silos. There was an assumption that autistics were incapable of intelligence and were mentally disabled. Later, Laurent Mottron discredited the theories that autism is caused parents or “refrigerator mothers” and shed light on the fact that neurotypicals lack the abilities of autistic savants. The view of individuals with autism is skewed and as Amanda Baggs shows in her vivid video describing her behaviour, it

Thesis: Interestingly, Chris puts the practice into action when he embarks on an adventure in spite of his Asperger's.

The god Judah perceives quickly changes into a very present and wrathful god when the woman involved with Judah in an affair, Dolores, is murdered as Judah arranged through his mobster brother. Suddenly god becomes very present for Judah in the form of him having to bear his conscious and he becomes fearful of god. Judah now sees god as he was taught by his very religious father to see god—watching, judging and unforgiving. This becomes too much for Judah and his life becomes burdened by his thoughts and he awaits the day of his judgment when his life is ruined and he is discovered. This judgment that Judah awaits is something that he realizes is a construct of his own mind as time goes on and nothing happens to him and the murder is never linked to him.

The mind of an autistic person is fascinating and frightening because usually their actions can’t accurately express what their brain is thinking. It is frustrating to try and determine what a child with autism is trying to say, and often results in them being misunderstood. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon, tells the story from the perspective of Christopher Boone, a fifteen year old boy with autism. Chris is brilliant at math and science, but is unable to understand or express emotion. His difficult home life further contributes to his illness; he doesn’t have anyone at home who supports him and tries to help him. His teacher, Siobhan, is his only friend and the only person who tries to help him learn to

The DSM-IV states that to be diagnosed with and Autistic disorder a person must have six of twelve listed traits coming from certain groups in the DSM. Raymond doesn't respond to social and emotional interaction and he can't use body language and such to help communicate in social situations. These two things fill the requirement for group one on page 136. Raymond also has an inability to start or hold conversations with meaningful content, he constantly uses repetitive phrases, he has an abnormal intense focus on reading and memorizing facts, an inflexibility to change his daily routine, repetitive body movements and a failure to develop relationships with those around him. The last six behaviors satisfy all of the requirements for the last two groups. The causation given is a birth condition, which is consistent with what the book says. The outcome is that Raymond will live with Autism the rest of his life, this is realistic because there is no cure for Autism and it is a lifelong condition. I don't think that any other character could be diagnosable, they seem to be normal. I do believe

Christopher Boone articulates The Curious Incident, however, this novel isn’t told by an average fifteen-year-old boy; Christopher has Asperger’s syndrome—this isn’t stated in the novel, but we can acquire this knowledge simply by reading Christopher’s words. People with Asperger’s tend to have difficulty with social interactions, and Christopher clearly displays this inability when trying to figure out the emotions on the paper that Siobhan draws for him (1), also when he states, “ I find people confusing” (17). Another aspect of Asperger’s syndrome is a fascination with letters and numbers, this aspect is clear in the labeling of the chapters with prime numbers, his tactic to calm him self down by doing math in his head and finally by his adamant need to take A-level math and eventually physics. Nevertheless, this uniqueness about Christopher creates an unexpected narrative twist on this murder mystery novel.

Moreover, Christopher’s first perspective informs the readers of the many privileges he has, despite his most obvious lack of ability privilege while on the autism spectrum. To start off, Christopher is an extremely structured character who plans things in great detail to a point where he can visualize it. This is exemplified in the novel when