Marcus Observation

They rough house together, even though his dad is drunk. He doesn’t care as long as his dad is playing with him. The alcoholism doesn’t get in the boy’s way, but it does bother Jeannette. For Jeannette’s tenth birthday, she asked for her dad to stop drinking, but he failed at his attempt.

• The mother and son have very limited communication. They express feeling through playing around instead of verbally. Their communication is very shallow. There rarely discuss anything of much value. The son tends to talk about issues more with his father.

Because the father was so involved with himself, he did not make the time or put the effort to develop a proper relationship with his son.

A family heirloom, I guess.’” (Gyasi 293) Knowing that they have similar ancestral roots and heritage throughout their pasts gave them comfort and brought them closer than most people they surrounded themselves with. In a world where they have to face so much hate and racism because of their skin or where they come from, it was never easy to cope with, but having someone to relate to and go through it alongside made Marcus feel safer. It made him feel a sense of hope. Any good feeling was a win for Marcus, so knowing Marjorie helped him get by.

His real parents didn't take responsibility to him and his siblings. He is expressing his thoughts. In court, Noel read a statement to the judge from a system he won't forget. Noel's siblings moved into different foster cares. Gray hands, Noel describes this in his statement. Growing up and be like a man was tough. His goal is to finish college. Providing evidences and claims that Noel wouldn't belong in that foster care, such as being an adult after court.

As a result, the narrator views Carlton as more of a guardian than either of his parents. It becomes clear that the isolation of the parents is responsible for the unruly lives of their sons. Robert

The relationship between Josie and her father is complex. When Josie meets her father Michael for the first time, she is angry at him because of what he has done to Christina and family. Although Michael tries to fix the relationship with Josie, she refuses to change attitude at first. It was not until the event which Josie breaks Ivy’s nose and calls Michael to the school

In contrast, the other Wes Moore grew up in the same city of Baltimore but he did not have any support or discipline in his life. He lived with his mother Mary and older brother Tony. This Wes Moore did not have any father figure in his life. His father chose not to be in their lives. Mary did not give Wes much attention. She knew he was struggling but often brushed off

The son felt estranged

At this moment, he started to give himself high standard as his father. In his mind, family’s benefit was his first priority. As the pressure increased, he became grim and isolated. Comparing to Travis, Little Arliss had a fun childhood, which he did not have to bare any pressure. When his father left, he cried because he blamed his father did not go with him.

At the beginning Rufus and his father, Jay are out seeing a film in which his mother did not approve him to watch, but his father and him seemed to still do what they wanted to do. Rufus is amassed with leisure with Jay and even seemed to want to produce proudness from his father. There was not a sudden switch in Rufus’ feelings a behavior once he found out his father was in an accident as a kid, he is incapable of understanding what had happened to his father that the only thing Rufus could do was ask questions as to where his father had gone to and has not returned. Rufus soon became befuddled with the whole situation that as time went on the wanted to figure out was his father’s death meant for

Marcus’ reasonings for why is father should not be concerned is heavily disconnected from what he believes gives rise to those concerns. Marcus accuses his father of being crazy and calls the constant surveillance insufferable (8-9). He essentially runs away from home to Winesburg college in Ohio to escape his father.

that his father died in 1955 and he explains the situation of how Jonathan’s aunts on his dad’s

Jeannette asks her father to stay sober for her 10th birthday even though she is scared of what Rex will answer, “Do you think you (Rex) could maybe stop drinking… It’s just I think Mom would be a lot happier. Plus, we’d (Walls family) have the extra money” (Walls 116-117). At a young age Jeannette witnesses the affects of alcohol and she confronts Rex.

On Thursday, January 26, I was at the water table with a couple of the boys. The boys were Brody, Jonah, and Jax who were all playing together quite well. Jax was playing with the water, Brody was playing with a boat, and Jonah was playing with the floating tub toys. Then, suddenly, Brody, playing with the boat, wanted to have the little water pitcher that Jonah had. So, Brody grabbed it from Jonah. Next, Jonah, with the floating tub toys, grabbed the Brody and Jax’s toys. Before I knew it, they all were fight over the toys and not sharing and being fair with each other, and pouring water on their t-shirt sleeves. During this time, I was trying to tell them not to pour water on themselves and that the water needs to stay in the water table. I also told the boys that if they could not play nicely with each other and share, that they could go and try playing with something else instead.