Aphorism: Blood Is Thicker Than Water

Family is supposed to listen to you when you're in need. Family is supposed to have your back. Family is supposed to be loyal. Family is supposed to be dependable. Family is supposed to accept you at your worst and best moments. Family is supposed to make you laugh and smile. Family is the number one unconditional love that everyone has. Whether it be the unconditional love from immediate family members or close friends, everyone has that one person they go to in times of need. It’s funny how those closest to you can hurt you the most.

Family. It is a very fluid yet rigid idea. It has a wealth of definitions, all of which range in degree and magnitude, and vary from person to person; yet the concept of how a family should work and operate is very concrete in most American minds. Family is a bond that is crafted every second of everyday until it is powerful, and this can shape beliefs, outlooks, and confidence. A study found that children with father figures that are highly involved benefit because an immense range of emotions are modelled to them as children, and consequently they will be more adapt at recognizing and expressing their own emotions. In contrast children

There are many different family dynamics in today’s society. But what really makes a family? Every definition found has defined family, in simple terms, as “A father and a mother raising their children together.” However, not every family is like that. Most families are not like that at all. Different aspects come into play in families such as divorce, death, and abandonment that can redefine the family structure, either for the better or for the worse. A family does not have to consist of the traditional sense of the nuclear family, but rather a family can consist of friends, step-siblings, step-parents, half siblings, or family members outside the immediate circle of parents and brothers and sisters. Anyone who can come together is a family;

What does the word family mean to you? In my opinion, family means everything to me. It’s the people I knew since I was born, who I know I can turn to anytime needed. Everyone has their own definition of family, it can be positive, negative, or even both. In the world’s society everyone is born into a family, it can be a traditional, a un-blood related, or an extended family. No matter how well a family relationship can be there is no such thing as a perfect family. In many classic pieces of literature, many writers’ use themes of conflict between the children and their parents. It can be conflicts towards each other or conflicts the family experiences together. In many well know novels, many characters from tragic events of abuse, cruelty, and negligent events kept their courage to survive through terrible events. The story of “Ellen Foster” Kaye Gibbons takes a reader inside a story of young orphaned girl, who is passed down to every family until the she is able to find the perfect one she fit into. In the classic novel “Night” author Elie Wiesel writes a historical piece about a young boy’s experience in a concentration camp. Losing half of his family the young boy Eliezer has to fight with his father through suffering tactics from the Nazis. The classic play “Romeo and Juliet”, William Shakespeare writes a tragic piece about two young lovers being forced to disobey family orders to be with each other. In all three pieces of literature, the characters struggle

Growing up, English speaking, oldest child from California, my definition of family has changed a lot over the years, but no matter the changes my family has always had a strong impact on my life. When I was growing up, I was always around family. Christmas Eve was always spent with my mom’s

James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” is a story about an algebra teacher that discovers that his younger brother, Sonny, has been arrested for selling and using heroin. The narrator is Sonny’s brother. Throughout sonny’s time in jail, him and his brother stay in contact by writing letters, although they hadn’t talked in over a year. When sonny gets out of jail his brother picks him up in a taxi and they take the long way back to his brothers home, so they can drive by where they grew up. Eventually the brother arranges for sonny to live with his wife’s family so he could be in a safe environment until he graduated from college. Sonny spent all his time playing the piano. One day his family got a truancy letter and confronted

One of many interpretations of the word ‘family’

“Family is not always about blood. Sometimes it’s about who is there to hold your hand and support you when you need them.” - Unknown. This is true because in tough situations the people that are there for someone when they need a little push to keep going are the true family members. A Long Walk to Water is about Salva, an 11 year old boy, who’s fleeing Sudan during times of war. His family and friends are what really motivates him to keep walking. Night is about Elie Wiesel’s horrifying time in Nazi concentration camps during WW2. His father is the only person he has to cling to throughout his stay in the torturous camps. Both of the books A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park and Night by Elie Wiesel show that a big factor in surviving tough times is having family or friends to help along the way.

There are many aspects that contribute to the idea of family. Family by definition, is a group of people related by blood (e.g. parents, siblings, cousins, etc). In class we have read and discussed many pieces of work that depict the influences of family and/or home on the individual. One of the two I will discuss is “Charlotte Temple” by Susanna Rowson, as well as “A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson” by Mary Rowlandson, both of which demonstrate the power of familial bonds and its effect over the course of your life. The impact of family, whether it is weak or strong, will define who you are as a person.

Blood families are essential to your life considering its a family you are born into. It is different from a friend related family. “Since Mom and Dad were killed in an auto wreck, the three of us only get to stay together only as long as we behave. So Soda and I stay out of trouble as much as we can […]. ’’

In most cultures, family plays a big role in one’s life. Family helps shapes people into who they become by giving

Known as one of the most misused quotes, “blood is thicker than water”, for one very famous leader, knew the right interpretations of it. The supposed original quote is “the blood of covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.” Meaning the opposite, that family does not have stronger ties. Post-classical emperor,Taizong Tang had two brothers who actually tried to plot and kill him. Though, even still, Taizong had become the most successful Chinese emperors of all time.

Family teaches us the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. If you don’t put enough effort in anything you do, don’t expect the best in return. Not everyone will knows the true meaning of family until the situation is bigger than you can handle and when you need someone there to listen or grade you to do the right thing, also to educate you to make the right choices. Never underestimate a person in your life that’s always there for you, that will go out of their way to make sure you’re alright. People have different stories to how they live their life. Whether it is it going to church every day with your family living a good life or at the bottom where you’re selling weed to make money so your family can have a roof over their heads. The four texts I have

Family means many things to different people, yet the word itself can bring about a host of emotions from anyone who hears the word uttered. As a child growing up in the 60s and 70s the family dynamic was defined by the people we grew up with were related to by blood, and extended to the many family members of the different generations that made up the family unit.

What is a family? What parts make up a family? These two questions are questions that millions of adults and children ask themselves regularly. When people think about a family in their head they think of a nuclear family. Where you have a Mom, Dad, and a few kids running around a home in the middle of a suburban wasteland. That is the nuclear family that I feel most modern families strive to be like. But factors can change within a family and still be a family. I do not believe that a family is strictly based off what people see from the front porch looking in. A family is about the everlasting bond that is formed between a group of people whether they are related by blood or by other means. A family is a group of people who stick together during hard times and good times, they laugh together and they cry together. They eat meals together, party together, are weaved together in life. They are like a strip of palm leaves, and when you weave a bunch of them together it makes a basket, that is a family. The people that someone can call at two in the morning on a Wednesday just because they can’t sleep. The ones who would sacrifice anything to help them. The bond can never be broken because the word “family” holds them together like glue to wallpaper.