Michael Ondaatje's Relationship with his Father in his Work, Running in the Family

Kinship ties also give the responsibility of passing knowledge of the Dreaming from Elders to other generations. The Dreaming is communicated at different degrees depending on a person’s age and their position within the community. Learning about and sharing the Dreaming is a life long journey.

After reading “the Innocent Man” by Pamela Colloff’s who write a long journalism about Michael Morton, who was found guilty for murdering his wife Christine was sentenced for fifteen years in prison. Later founding that Michael was Innocent after reinvestigating his case, capturing DNA testing and finding new evidence was able to help prove his innocence. The theme of this essay a widow husband who seek to fight for his freedom in prison and staying connected with his son. Michal son Eric gave him a reason to have hope that they would one day reunite and his son would know for himself that he did murder his wife. The point of view of this essay although a man is falsely accuse for a crime he did not commit he is self-determined to fight.

“Atonement” by Bret Lott is an essay based on a father struggling with his children. Bret clashes with his children all morning long about dishes and combing of the hair. The last straw was when Zeb didn’t put his shoes on for karate practice. Once Zeb got into the car Bret was anything but solicitous. Due to a morning full of chaos, Bret was easy to snap at Zeb for a tiny disagreement. After sitting in silence, Bret realized what he did was boorish. Before Zeb went in for karate practice, Bret apologized for yelling. Jacob chimed in from the backseat asking for Wendy’s. That day Bret learned what atonement meant. Bret Lott was able to reach out and relate to everyone including: children, parents, and society.

Going Native by Abigail Solomon-Godeau deals primarily with Paul Gauguin, a late nineteenth century artist generally known for pioneering the expressionist movement, and the extent to which his works, both conceptually and literally, fetishize the indigenous peoples of Tahiti. One excerpt in particular that clearly expresses this notion would be Solomon-Godeau’s reference to La Jeune Nee by Helene Cixous, in which she [Cixous] states “the body of strangeness must not disappear, but its strength must be tamed, it must be returned to the master”; through this line, the parallel that Solomon-Godeau establishes becomes quite apparent, that there exists a commonality between Gauguin's perception as well as the characteristic form in which women and natives were depicted during the time period. Solomon-Godeau goes on to explain

Through the mother, we see that dreaming may lead to a painful disappointment. The mother has an unrealistic image of her and her future husband as an idyllic, respectable and happy couple, which is not true in reality. “… avoiding the riotous amusements being beneath the dignity of so dignified couple”. She is trying to make an image of herself as an intelligent, domestic and interesting woman, which shows

In the father’s dream an animalistic creature is scared off by the man and the boy, symbolizing how humanity after the end of the world is something to be afraid of. Also in this dream the father and the son are holding a light, “Their light playing over the wet flowstone walls,” which could be

When looking into the meanings of dreams, a variation of things can be found. Most people believe that dreams are a reflection of people’s inner thoughts and feelings. Most of these feelings are too private to be expressed in the real world and that is why they are expressed in a fantasy type way through dreams.

what he perceived to be his father’s moral shortcomings, the hypocrisy of his parents’ lifestyle,

Jackie French’s novel ‘Walking the boundaries’, depicts the story of a young boy named Martin, who in exchange for his great grandfather’s farm, has to walk the boundaries of his property. French uses many explicit language techniques throughout the novel, to keep the reader engaged in the story she is trying to convey. Some of these techniques she uses are descriptive language, figurative language, characterisation and an obvious plot. Her goal is to portray that Martin has not only gone on a physical journey, but a spiritual journey as well. She is painting a picture in the reader’s mind by using these techniques. One of her main techniques is an obvious plot, which shows that Martin was originally a mediocre city boy who wanted to sell the farm once he took possession of it, but by the time he had walked the boundaries, he realised that the land had more potential that he had given it credit for.

Guilt can play a major part in your life. When you feel guilty about something you did, you can’t just try to get the thought out of your head because no matter how hard you try the thought of it will still be there. If you did something wrong to a person every time you face them the feeling of guilt will return. In the book Reverend Dimmesdale commits a sin and he feels guilty about it. From keeping the sin a secret the guilt starts to affect his well-being.

In the photograph,” Bud Fields and his family, Hale County Alabama, Summer 1936”, Walker Evans depicts life during this time and shows in this photograph that even through extreme poverty this family is standing united. A photograph hanging on the cracked wall in the background of the portrait is stating that this family stays together no matter what, through every obstacle they will be there for one another . As you can see, in this photograph there are three generations. The grandmother is the only one wearing shoes, this symbolizes, the family’s tremendous respect for their elders. The realization of poverty is shown by the fact that the family is wearing very filthy clothing if any at all. In the portrait, one child is sitting on his father's

Dream on by Aerosmith connects to Santiago and his recurring dream in the beginning of the story starting on Page 6. Santiago deals with a recurring dream and he does not understand why he is having it. This dream occurs every time Santiago sleeps under a sycamore tree that grows out of the ruins of a church. In this dream a child tells Santiago to go after a treasure located by the Egyptian pyramids. Santiago is confused by the message of the dream and goes to a gypsy woman to try and understand the dream. She says that he should go to Egypt in pursuit of the treasure. This leads to Santiago meeting a magical man who turns out to be the King of Salem. He says that going to Egypt is Santiago’s personal legend and he should set off for his journey tomorrow. This journey leads to Santiago arriving in Tangier and a robber taking all of the money Santiago brought in his journey towards the Egyptian pyramids. This leaves Santiago by himself as he now has to find a way to push through adversity and get to his destination. Dream on is about following your dreams and aspirations in life by following your journey. “Dream until your dreams come true” is a line highlighted in the song that captures the purpose of following your dreams. It is about your want to be someone and to accomplish what you are supposed to in life. Santiago’s purpose is to follow his personal legend by following the good omens throughout the story and find his way to the Egyptian Pyramids. Santiago has to

his father’s death, eventually the true measure of his character comes forth (Book I: 11).

The man recognizes how easy it is to surrender to the mirage of good dreams, where the richness of color and variety of detail provides a dangerous contrast to the grey monotony of both his and his son’s reality. Often, he awakens “in the black and freezing waste out of softly colored worlds of human love, the songs of birds, the sun,” (272). Those dreams are an invitation to rest in some nonexistent land. The man recognizes this as a dangerous temptation so he forces himself to wake up and face the cruel world rather than deteriorate in a world that no longer exists. His philosophy is that “the right dreams for a man in peril were dreams of peril and all else was the call of languor and of death.” (18). Only bad dreams belong in his mind because all good dreams are a reminder of valuable days that cannot be lived

his father from which he has not freed himself” (“Writer”). He has not been able to do so since