Parent´s Decisions in Harry Mark Petrakis´s Song of Rodanthe and Amanda Michalopaulou´s The Firely Hunt

During life, birth, and death, a family is one of the few natures of life that are present throughout. Often times, the value of family is taken for granted, and people tend to disregard the importance it carries. Due to the power present in the nature of a man, often times it is challenging for women to establish a firm independence, in distinction of the common norms inaugurated in society and in family. In both A Thousand Splendid Suns and Pride and Prejudice, men are the dominant figures in all households, as they have control over their financial status, who their children marry, where they live, and create means in which the females of the family must follow. The inferiority that women face leads to an inquiry of an immense pride

In the passages Confetti Girl by Diana López and Tortilla Sun by Jennifer Cervantes, the narrators and the parents have different opinion on what is the right thing to do, and because of their different opinions, tension and distance in their relationship is created. The narrators in both passages feel alone or left out either because of the lack of attention of because they are missing a beloved parent. In both passages the narrators feel uncomfortable with the parent and is not fully opening up to them. In the sections Confetti Girl and Tortilla Sun, the different opinions between the two narrators and parents create distance and tension in their relationship.

The choices and decisions made control our lives and build our future. Regardless of whether individuals see it or not, the choices did influence today, impact our tomorrow. Once a choice made, the actions play out, and the results convey; at that point, must choose the option to live with those outcomes. In the short story "The Father," the author, Hugh Garner utilizes character development of John Purcell to demonstrate that one's irresponsible choices made have the ability to jeopardize an essential relationship in one's life.

In the novel The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls, the uncertain future of the Walls’ children was questionable from the start. From a drunk father, to never having a steady home, the author tells of her idiosyncratic youth to describe the bitterness and longing for an ordinary childhood.

It is inferred that the parents should take care of their children and have their best interest at heart. This however, is not the case in Greek and Roman mythology. The killing of ones own children, or filicide, was not viewed as negative upon in their era. The contemporary times contrast with the ancient Greek and Roman’s because it was justified to use any means necessary to obtain a higher status. The Greeks and Romans valued keeping a high social reputation and having respect for those of great power. The motherly union between their children conflict with the reality that the father strives to retain or gain control. These circumstances cause a tense bond between the members of the family. The strained parent to child relationship in

Based off of the point of views of the children, the reader can tell what the struggles are. In Tortilla Sun, the daughter has issues comprehending that he mother was going away for a whole summer to finish her university. The girl takes this as that her mom is putting herself first because in both stories, one parent is gone. This leaves Izzy, the daughter, hurt and non-content with her mom’s choice. In Confetti Girl, the young girl’s day starts off well until her father brings up conversations about his job. Things having to do with English. The daughter does not enjoy English and believes it should spoken only about at school. The father ignores that and continues on ditching his not well cooked dinner to find books, and dedicates his questions to reading and vocabulary. The daughter feels suffocated in the dad’s job and not her own hobbies. The two stories are different by in Confetti Girl, the parent’s selfish ways is mild compared to the one in Tortilla Sun. The dad in one does not leave the daughter which has it not too horrid to deal with. In the other story, the mother is leaving for a whole summer just to pursue her study. Tortilla Sun has a worse situation than in Confetti Girl. Children learn from their parents and if you show them to ignore what they think they might do that to their own children. Since in both stories, their is one missing

Egalia’s Daughters and “Sultana’s Dream” both portray examples of what it would be like to have gender roles reversed in societies. They both criticize gender roles and show people how gender discrimination leaves the submissive gender in suppressed conditions. Poking fun at gender role reversal was one way these books helped in educating the readers. “Sultana’s Dream” has a time of setting of the early twentieth century.

Throughout the book there has been a tone of curiosity and acceptance. The reader should notice that the girls are curious about each other, how the world works, and why it works this way. The book stated,” Each morning she climbed up on the fence and stared over at our side. Sometimes I stared back…When I asked my mama why, she said,

This is further stressed by the fact that they live in single parent homes, and don’t even have a healthy relationship with the parent that they live with. They have the memories mentioned of the narrator’s mother in Confetti Girl, and the baseball belonging to the narrator’s father in Tortilla Sun, but they physically have the other parent, at least in confetti girl, the dad is there, but mentally somewhere else. In Tortilla Sun, the mom will be leaving soon for another land. In both stories the parents make decisions the narrator’s disagree with, making them feel abandoned or insubstantial, ultimately creating major tension that develops over the course of the

The influential feminine roles in The Odyssey also have important effects upon the whole poem. It is in The Odyssey that such ideas as love, family loyalty, and devotion, and other such important ethical attitudes, are illustrated. It is the presence of these unconscious moral lessons that makes The Odyssey so unique to its genre.

At times, parents make decisions without considering their children. In the story Tortilla Sun, a mother reveals to her daughter that she is going to leave her for the summer. The daughter is negatively affected because she thinks her mother is being selfish and neglecting her. In Confetti Girl, a father attempts to impose his interests of literacy on his daughter, causing the narrator to resent them. Different points of views create tension in both the passages Confetti Girl and Tortilla Sun.

An archetypal element that symbolizes a father-daughter relationship is Dr.Iannis’ father/protector character. Usually, in society father’s guard their children as they grow and teach them the ways of the world. This results in the father figure being stern, demanding obedience and expecting a high standard of achievement. Which is why Dr. Iannis spills his dislike towards Mandras but regardless of his opinion, Mandras proposes to Pelagia. However, on the other hand, Pelagia truly cares for her father's opinion which is why she hesitates to ask, “Don’t you approve of him, Papakis?” in which he responds with, “He’s too young. Everyone is too young when they marry. I was. Also, I have not done you a favour. You read poetry of Cavafy, I have taught

The first sentence of the story blatantly illustrates the message of gender issues through the flat character of Atalanta’s father. “There once was a man from Arcadia, in southern Greece, who hoped for a son, and when his wife gave birth to a daughter, he abandoned the child in the woods.” Atalanta’s father throwing her away, because of her sex is a key demonstration of gender issues in the story. It is understandable for a parent to want to produce an offspring that will achieve greatness. It is also understandable for a parent to want to produce an offspring that is a successful individual who can play a key role in society. Since men in these societies were only capable of achieving greatness and success, Atalanta’s father

1. "I" or the narrator: She is the main character and the narrator of the story. She is now living in Europe, moving by hotels with a man, who seems to be her husband. In her flashbacks, her age is the 20s, and she is an orphan, shy, and poor.

In Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, the matriarchy and patriarchy presented in the play sets a sense of disarray, as each of the characters had fathers who were ultimately either failures, never present in their lives, or were the failed father’s themselves. Although the lack of patriarchy is not a predominant symbol, it is a significant symbol as almost every character is affected. Patriarchy and fatherhood are generally associated with dependence, affection, and trust. However, throughout the play the fathers are proven to be associated with dishonesty, abandonment and overall failure.