Beautiful Boy David Sheff

Jaycee was free and that’s all that mattered she began living live as well as I did, my dad disowned me and we don’t talk much anymore but I now know how she feels; she had a sulky past with a man that would just abuse her and stole her from her family, in a way just like my dad. He kept verbally abusing me and yelling at me until one day I was just not good enough at all and I got disowned and when he did I felt all the weight being drug off my shoulders and I felt like I could breath again. This book was very sad but yet very inspirational and I would recommend any age group or gender to read it.

Clinton, T., & Scalise, E. (2013). Addiction and reovery counseling. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books.

I read The Lockdown, by Walter Dean Myers. Mr. Vanduyn made us read a book of our own choice and I had read the book within six hours. This book is not that catchy but it makes a lot more sense if I continue to read it more. It is a beautiful and a sad story of a fourteen-year-old boy. His name is Reese and he’s African American. His father is not always there for him and his mother is a drug addict.

When David Bligh joined Dexter Southfield last September he brought the love of art, teaching, and experimentation with him. Bligh teaches upper school art with a focus on printmaking. He has shown work in numerous exhibitions, including UNC's Crossover and Composites: Hybrid Forms, Techniques & Media, The Color of Thin Air at Sculpture Fix Gallery -Two by Two: Small Scale Ceramic Sculpture Biennial at Eastern Washington State and The Future at Scuola Internationale di Grafica in Venice, Italy.

The novel Hope Was Here is a perfect representation of mine and many other peoples lives. I have lost someone important in my life, had to meet new people once or twice and especially had to work hard for the things that I want. The main characters especially Braverman and Addie, have struggles in their life that are very difficult to overcome.

Beautiful Boy was a powerful story that used different aspects of rhetoric to help establish connections with the audience. Sheff used pathos effectively to the point that his audience cannot help, but constantly relate to his situation. Like many parents, Sheff blamed himself for Nic’s mistakes. He cannot help but question his upbringing and decisions. He says, “Did I spoil me? Was I too lenient? If only his mother and I stayed together” (145). He also says, “If only I had never used drugs” (145). Not only does Sheff battle against his son, he also fought against remorse. It is in parenthood where he sees repercussions for his previous actions. If he had not experimented with drugs, he could at least be a decent example for Nic.

The book A Child Called It by Dave Pelzer is an exquisite book. It is Mr. Pelzers’ way of dealing with the dark night of his soul. He tells his journey through extreme child abuse, and how he overcame his past and now uses it for good. When I was younger and going through a rough time I picked up this book and read it in one day, I was overwhelmed with the fact that someone made it out of all that ,this great man did and he still continued to have a positive attitude. Seeing that he could face his past, now as an adult I know I can face mine. As I read his story tears poured down my face

The novel that I have decided to make a report on is the book Ashfall by Mike Mullin. My reaction to the book Ashfall was "Wow, Alex is really brave". If I was in his situation , I don't think I would have reacted the way he reacted. Alex took control and focused on one thing and that was finding his family.

17. “Black Boy” by Richard Wright is a very interesting novel about the authors struggling childhood and how he survived all the things he went through. Richard Wright suffered so much throughout his life but mostly during his childhood. His father left when he was very young so his mother had to work all day to support them. Even though his mother worked two jobs she still did not have enough money to support Richard and his brother so they would starve when she was out working. When Richard got older his mother got ill and he had to take on more responsibilities around the house and find a way to make money. He got plenty of jobs but he could never maintain them because of

In the memoir Beautiful Boy, by David Sheff, we get a glimpse of his son’s addiction to crystal meth. Sheff wrote an amazing story that illustrates how hard it is for a parent to struggle with co-dependency and the natural feelings of wanting to protect your child. This book emphasizes how difficult it is for a parent to stand back and let their children’s life fall apart because of their addictions. Beautiful Boy, shows us many situations that co-dependents struggle with everyday with their loved ones. Some of the themes a co-dependent struggles with are the obsession of the mind, enabling, and feelings of hopelessness.

It is amazing, ridiculous, and sometimes scary how the brain deals with trauma. It is also ludicrous to believe that your environment and how you are treated are not always believed to strongly affect children. The first story in this book is a very moving one. I thought it interesting and appropriate that that was his first child patient.

A DOLL HOUSE EXAMINATION The Christmas tree in A Doll House puts on a different appearance and can be interpreted as a way for it to represent different types of roles, characters and relationships throughout the play. The tree in itself is a deception because of the different appearance it puts on, but it also represents Nora’s phycological state at different times as well as Nora and Torvalds marriage and the ugly truth behind it’s ornaments. Throughout the play, the Christmas tree appears a couple of times but not without meaning, it’s first appearance is on page 43 when the tree is delivered.

Inside my family structure, my mother’s parents struggled with addiction. My grandmother, Ellen Sweeney, who has since deceased, was addicted to opiates, and my grandfather, Wayne Smith, who has also passed away, was an alcoholic. My mom was one of five children, her siblings included, Margaret “Markie”, the eldest, , Catherine “Kerrie”, the second eldest, my mother, Marian, the middle child, Amy, the second youngest, and lastly, Matt, the youngest. Moreover, my mother and my aunt Margaret “Markie” Smith have also battled alcoholism and my aunt Amy has since been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder. Due to my mother’s family struggle with alcoholism, addiction, and mental disorder, my mother’s childhood was particularly difficult. Not only was she undoubtedly influenced by her parent’s substance abuse when she was a child, but it has continues to affect her as an adult raising her own children.

This book is basically about a young man who got addicted to drugs and alcohol and eventually recovered in the end after so many failures. William Cope Moyers had everything. This kid had a better childhood than others and family. He was raised in a very “proper” family where they would say grace during dinner and believed in God. Anyways, he had so many advantages and he tuned into a drug/alcohol addict which i couldn’t understand why at first. He began smoking marijuana, using alcohol, moved onto cocaine. He even left his wife and kids. That’s how obsessed he was. In the end, when he recovered and all became well he actually started helping other people who were addicts just like him.

Today the challenges for those who aspire to be leaders are high due to the current environments in business organizations. “The concept of 21st century community transformation recognizes that there will be times when traditional leadership ideas are appropriate and times when an emerging, new type of leadership is appropriate. This new leadership is called “transformational leadership” (Johns Hopkins University, 2010). Society is more diverse, demanding more with a lot of pressure relate with the pass. To keep up with globalization and convergence new strategies must be developed and designed to compete in international markets. More competitive practices from leaders also are needed to accommodate the development and