Mcdonald, Chicago, 1950, And His Father's Life

7)As a child, Sam was curious and was always willing to learn. However, he discovers his mother's secret was that she could not read.

To begin, this story takes place in New Jersey. The author introduces Sam who is dealing with his mother Sandra. His solution to this problem is to persuade his father to sue. The author explains that he wanted to move with his father. The author also introduces us to Phyllis who is Sam’s father wife, which is now sam’s stepmother. The author mostly focuses on Sam and his mother Sandra the relationship between the two. Such as the shouting, smoking, bringing in different boyfriends every week. Also about the letter that Sam wrote his mother regards of his decision. “Everything!The cooking, the cleaning,the shouting . Everything!”[Schwartz pg. 87]. This quote refers back to the article about his mother Sandra. The most important detail provided by the author in the beginning of the story are important because they demonstrate that Sam persuades his father to sue his mother so

Sam escapes her reality and tricks herself into painting this picture of her father to avoid coping with the actuality that he doesn't truly love her.

Their father was away at work most of the time. [...] He didn 't bother talking much to

To reveal Sam's identity the author shows how calm Sam stays throughout the book. Even with a gun pointed at him he remained calm, almost no other people would be able to remain that calm unless they used to be a spy. Roland also reveals Sam’s identity by showing his talents. Sam speaks many languages fluently and is very good at playing the piano. Many spies can speak languages fluently and many average people can not. Lastly the author shows Sam’s identity of a spy by showing how good he was at setting traps. Sam made a punching bag crash on Alonzo. A custodian would never think of an idea of making a punching bag fall on Alonzo and a spy would be one of the few people to think of that. Various actions throughout the story from Sam have revealed his true identity of a

his fathers custody, and in the beginning of the story, he did not want to help his father

He even blamed his wife’s poor health on Sam, stating that “you have made her do too much work” (Marten 90). These letters from children’s fathers affected their behavior and how they would view their roles as children of the Civil

They got into a fight why Sam should not go to war but Sam doesn't agree with his father. Life is correct that Sam shouldn’t go off to war a play soldier boy and go and get himself killed. Life has three major reasons why Sam should not go off to war. First reason, is because war turns men into beast. They go crazy during the war.

Sam didn't want to go into the family business of “hunting”. Sam saw more opportunity in life and did his best to live a life of his own, but he could not escape his fate. Sam is depicted as the weaker, more vulnerable, brother. When Sam was an infant, he was purposefully fed demon’s blood by a demon intruder while his father was away on a job. As part demon, Sam is constantly battling his urges to drink demon’s blood.

Sam never took, always gave. It annoyed her boyfriend but she didn’t care it never changed anything. She still took her time to help at the local homeless shelter, the local pre-school, the church, and where ever she felt she was needed. Growing up no one was there for her in need. Nor did she have all she needed so she grew distant from others. . She still didn’t have a lot but others had it worse so she felt as if she needed to. Swallowing herself in the volunteer hours it all changed when it

He did not want a single thing about what his biological father did to be just common knowledge amongst the other students! Thinking about it was making those unwelcome memories rise up again. Nights of having to stifle his cries when trying to sleep, in fear of more attacks from his father. Everyday at school, having to try to cover up the bruises to make sure no one knew. He couldn’t do it. He couldn’t allow his secret to just be known like that. No one can know.

“Knock it off,” Alex scolds. “C’mon Herc, I didn’t think of you to be the kind of guy to give alcohol to children.” Hercules chuckles in response.

Adam opened the wine bottle and poured two glasses of red wine. “Here you go, this’ll take the edge off. You look like you had tough day.”

After the death of Mary, Dean was raised on two principles: hunting and taking care of Sam. He feels it is his job and duty to do everything in his power to protect Sam. Dean’s family is his world, and after his father dies, all he has left is Sam. In every situation where Sam is hurt or in danger, Dean loses any inhibition or fear in order to save him. As Sam grew, Dean did his best to shield him from the world they knew so that he could be a normal happy kid. Flashbacks throughout many episodes show viewers their lives as they grew up. What Dean wants most is to be able to work and survive without Sam so that he can lead a normal, happy life. He knows it is too late for him. Later in the series, Dean gets involved with an old flame and her son. He constantly struggles to maintain their relationship while at the same time protect them from the hazards of his lifestyle. He eventually gives them up to keep them out of harm. The constant conflict he faces prevents him from becoming close with people. Therefore, occasionally he has to remind Sam that they are all they have.

While his mother laid the groundwork for Alex's dysfunction, his father provided a look at the life he did not want. He saw that