Comparing John And Lorraine From 'The Telephone Marathon Game'

The author started off with discussing life living with her father in hotels. Then, she went on to tell about how her childhood friend’s parents came in and take care of her as if she was their own. She explains that they cared for her the same way they cared for their blood daughter. Even though the Beaches wasn’t her blood family, she considered them her only family. My story is a little similar to that of Cecile because I have two families, one is blood and the other is non-related. As I had discussed in the earlier paragraph about religion, I have been looking to gain some independence from my dad’s religion. I have a family that isn’t blood related to me at all, I spend more time at their house than my family’s house. They are former members of the church I attend occasionally; I have known them for over a decade. They have been there for me through thick and thin and has been an extra support system for me. When I’m going through things at home, they have been always there for me. They have given me money to help me out with school and go out their way for me, when needed. Without them, I don’t know how my life would be. From reading this text, I found that I related to few authors’ stories that are similar to my

How much in common do you think Lorraine Jenson and John Conlan have? How many differences do you think Lorraine Jenson and John Conlan have? Well you are about to find that out. In the book The Pigman, written by Paul Zindel, there are two characters, Lorraine and John in which i am comparing and contrasting. Even though Lorraine doesn't seem like as though she has alot in common with John they can be alike and different in the littlest things possible, such as in physical appearance, in thier behavior and personality, and in their strengths and weaknesses.Just see for your self.

She is friends with three boys who make prank calls for fun. “I suppose it all started when Lorraine and I and these two amoebae called Dennis Kobin and Norton Kelly were hot on those phone gags last September,” (Zindel 18). Lorraine does not have very good friends, and they influence her to do bad things. Her best friends John is very bad about lying, going far enough to sometimes believe his own fabrications. “I looked at John’s face and began to realize it was he who had started me telling all these prevarications,” (Zindel 25). Sometimes John’s dishonesty rubs off on Lorraine, causing her to fib with him. Because Lorraine does not have Positive Peer Influence, she may pick up bad traits as she becomes an

The school has a community chest where the parents donate money for the charity. Richard also want to donate money to that charity with the money that he earned from mending the shoes and selling papers, but he wanted that money to be more then what Helene’s dad was going to give to the chest. It was that bad day where the teacher has to collect money for the charity by calling out students name, but she did not call Richard’s name from the list and tried to shut him up by telling him in front of the whole class that they were “collecting this money for you and your kind” (Gregory) and then everyone get to know that Richard doesn’t have a father. It got fear and shame to him and he saw Helene crying for him so he felt much shame and began to cry as well. Not only he did not return to school after, but he also began to see shame everywhere from the welfare jacket he wear and rotten fruit he get from the local grocery store and therefore this event took him about more than twenty years to get over the shame he experienced that day in front of

This story represents both physical and emotional alienation as the separation of the younger brother was detrimental to both. In the story it states “For 20 years the little family I left behind wondered if I was alive, where I was and what I was like.” (81) showing that the family was deprived and missed the physical presence of the younger brother. They had no clue on what kind of a person he was and little to no recollection of his existence. The same thing can be said about the younger brother having no recollection of his family as he was taken away from a very young age. It was after twenty years, that the older brother was able to track the younger brother home; however the damage was already done. The older brother became quieter and more refined as he was deprived from a healthy brother relationship as stated by the author “It was hardest on my brother”(81). Also, the younger brother was completely isolated from his true family from an age of four, thus affecting him dearly as the author writes “… we don’t get that much time to visit anymore … brothers who never had the chance to age together” (82). The author also writes “At first it was tentative … we didn’t talk much” (82) showing how the isolation of the younger brother resulted in minimal conversations and alienated

Willy and Amanda are parents who love their children very much. They can't accept the mistakes they've made in the past. This inability to deal with the past leaves them living in it. Their children are seldom given the example of how to work for the future. Amanda and Willy don't set goals for their children,

What are characteristics of two women from different stories have in common. Each lady lived in different geographic area from one another, but both stories had shown the similar reflection of their lives style back to that early century. Miss. Emily from “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner was a single woman who grew up in a wealthy family and was the only child of Griesons. However, Emily was unlucky person. She did not enjoy her life that much as the family’s business was in trouble and the father died too soon. As he left her alone and with nothing, petty Emily was heartbroken and afraid to face with some of her father obligation. At that time, she also found the lover that people thought he could help her

The fundamental factor, that determines the differences in the boy’s lives, is whether their parents constantly agree with one another or not. Warren's parents always act as one unit; “his parents [board] him at school”, “[t]hey blushed” or “the meagre acreage that bore them down”. In every case, they are seen as a singular force, which makes decisions together. On the other hand, the Professor's parents could not act more differently. The mother keeps her house in “immaculate order” while the father leaves his room in ”disruptive chaos”. They are polar opposites, the “mother [is] of the sea” and of the physical world, while the father “[is] of the ... book” and of knowledge and learning. The biggest difference is that of the parents’ tolerance. The mother does not accept her daughters’ husbands as they “[are] not of her people”, while the father allows his children to chose their own paths in life. The father “never [tells his children] to do anything,... only [asks]”. It is this differences of opinions that allows the Professor to follow his dreams. Since Warren's parents always

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