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“Montana 1948” by Larry Watson displays family loyalty. Throughout the story the conflict of doing the right thing versus loyalty was bestowed upon the characters. David and Wesley and Gail had a real big problem on their hands, it was allegations that his uncle, Frank was molesting his female patients but Wesley tried his best not to believe it and gave his brother the benefit of the doubt but in the back of his mind he knew he was doing it. Wesley was the town’s sheriff so it was his duty to get to the bottom of what was going on.

In the first chapter, the point of view continues to switch between characters. Each time it changes, it gives you a glimpse into the character’s thoughts when they’re on their way to Indian Island. Each character has been told they’re going to the island for different reasons. It’s seen they are being conned into some sort of situation to go to Indian Island. Each of them don’t understand what they’re about to walk into. In the second chapter, when they arrive at the mansion, each guest goes to their rooms. One of the guest, Vera Claythorne, sees there is a nursery rhyme that she knows of from her childhood called, “Ten Little Indians”. It seems each of the guest have the poem hung on their wall. I find it interesting that the nursery rhyme

The two tug back and forth for the baby, and in the end the two both yank at the baby closing the story with, “In this manner, the issue was decided,” (Carver 2). This leaves the reader up in the air on what happened, the reader is

“No more maybe” by Gish Jen tells the story of an immigrant Chinese family getting accustomed to American culture and facing some other new challenges. It is narrated by a woman whose husband’s parents have recently arrived to the United States from China. She is pregnant, and her parents-in-law have come to visit them mainly for that reason. The story begins with a discussion between both parents-in-law about the safety of taking free English classes in America. Since then, the narrator starts to point out the differences between her husband’s parents in behavior and habits. She first indicates her relationship with her mother-in-law and the way she is getting used to some American costumes. They seem to enjoy a positive relationship. The narrator says how her mother-in-law cooks for her special food for the pregnancy and they both cooperate with

I learned several things I did not know before this video, for instance the different stages things form in a baby. The first thing that stood out to me was at twenty five days the heart chamber assembles. Another interesting fact about the embryo’s heart is it beats twice as fast as the mothers. However, at thirty two days the embryo grows arms and legs. Additionally, another interesting piece of information was at fifty two days the baby starts developing their retina, nose, and fingers. In all reality the embryo looks like a tiny human at the age of nine weeks inside of the mother’s stomach.

“Whether you think you can or think you can 't, you are right” - Henry Ford. Perspective can change an entire reality for an individual. This is also prevalent in John Edgar Wideman’s “Newborn Thrown In Trash and Dies” as he uses a unique first person perspective to reveal his story. Many thoughts and ideas come to mind when this title is recited, however, this is precisely what transpires in John Edgar Wideman’s short story. In “A Newborn Thrown In Trash and Dies” a new born baby discusses the different phases of a life that could have been. Widman presents his story in the first-person point of view. Wideman expresses events as he is the narrator -a female infant, who is plummeting to her death through a garbage chute. Wideman’s use of the first person point of view enables him to describe the events in the story through his eyes, gaining the trust of the reader, to depict the social issue of child abuse and abandonment.

a newborn child's release. "He killed it! My father killed it!" ( Page 150) Jonas is devastated

The ideal family is always portrayed as the two parents and the children, but both “An Indian Story” by Roger Jack and “ Looking for Work” by Gary Soto, surpass that stereotype by showing families that are not ideal. One is a Native American family that doesn’t live together, the other is a working class Mexican American family . As mentioned in, “The Color of Family Ties” , “...commentators often emphasize the disorganization and dysfunction of black and Latino/a family life”, (pg. 54) because they are minorities they are looked upon on, and the way their family is structure is linked to their ethnicity or race, although those two don’t necessarily correlate. “An Indian Story” and “Looking for Work” illustrate nontraditional families, both show love and care within their family regardless of the situation, but “An Indian Story” shows a stronger family tie because they manage to lookout for each other and they continuously show their support to one another in order to be united.

She walks into the living room where all her family was sitting, and they all look at her and ask “what’s the news?”. She was very disappointed in herself she thought how could she let it happen? she was too young at 16, she didn’t have a job, and she didn’t even know if the father was going to be there for her. The family looked concerned as she was about to burst into tears, her eyes filled with sadness, and then she said “I'm pregnant”. They all looked at her in disappointment, they thought she was going to be the one to pursue her dreams of becoming a nurse, to actually have a degree, but even though they were disappointed in her they knew that they had to help her raise the baby. She felt upset she didn’t know how she was going to do it while still going to school, she still had two more years ahead, and she was due late May. Even though she had her family who was supporting her she still had to take responsibility for her actions, she had decided that she would have to drop out of school, and start working to take care of her upcoming baby.

Mitchell was an average baby. Average sized, average shaped, and acted like a normal baby. Something strange was happening with him as he started to get older though. Every single toy he got was breaking when he played with it. Mitchell also was growing at an alarming rate, his parents couldn’t keep him in a crib for even a week. They started to get nervous, “Why is he growing so quickly” they were saying. One day his parents rented a truck for the day and they drove Mitchell to a park, just so they

In “Shiloh” by Bobbie Ann Mason, the author talks about a married couple that has experienced some life changes. The husband Leroy was in a bad accident that would injure his leg from a highway accident while driving his tractor-trailer. And a wife name Norma Jean that is attending a body-building class and works at a drugstore, and would soon have to see her husband every day. The couple not only endures new changes in their lifestyle considering the husband it temporarily not working but will soon engage in marriage obstacles.

The scream made him realise that this trick was not funny, that a baby isn’t some object that you can push or throw, and that was when he realised he had done something terribly wrong.

The first part of this story establishes the setting, introduces us to our main characters, and provides the inciting incident that will lead into the rest of the story. The initial description of Tom Walker focuses heavily on his miserly tendencies, which indicates right off the bat that these are what will cause trouble for him. The negative relationship between he and his wife is an important factor of their characterization as well, as it shows that Tom is not satisfied with his current life situation and, naturally, will seek something greater when the opportunity arises.

In every home, there is a different definition of family and how family should treat each other. Two short stories were read by an author named Flannery O’Connor. “A Good Man is Hard to Find”. It was about a dysfunctional family who encounters a criminal named “The Misfit”. The grandmother which is the main character is very judgmental towards others and sometimes her own family at times. This story starts off with a disagreement on where to go for a family trip, but they decide on going to Florida for the family trip after a while of arguing. On this trip, it showed what type of family they are. They talk about everything with one another as well as bicker and fight but at the end of the day, they are still family and love each other. They come together the most in panicking situations such as the accident and waiting for a car to help them. The point of this paper is the theme of family. Specifically, family is a theme in this short story because it depicts a dysfunctional family; the family you see on a crazy television show and can’t get enough of because they’re funny but also they have serious moments. There 's the two troublesome and annoying kids, the hot-headed dad who tries to maintain control of a situation and fails, the wife busy attending to the baby, and the grandmother, who 's a case all to herself (and also the main character). Though the story starts out seeming like a comedy, it takes a serious turn when the family encounters a criminal, who kills them

The child started to move again. He lied backwards again, repeating the same dangerous movement. When the mother didn't get any positive reaction, she shouted at him. Then she walked over to him and pinched him on his arm. He quickly got up and sat quietly. He didn't cry but his eyes started to tear. He then looked around; I think he wanted to see if any one had seen what happened. He tried not to cry, and did not want to be seen by others. He stayed again in his chair for about fifteen minutes and he then continued to do other dangerous behaviors. He jumped out of his chair. There was a concrete column near the chair, he walked over to it and started to spin around. His mother told him to go back to his chair and he did so. His father then came, as soon as the boy saw him he ran to him, and clung to his legs. The father picked him up and they left.