Tender Mercies

The lawyer feels shame and regret because he learns that practical compassion is

Atonement, by Ian McEwan, explores the theme of love through a variety of techniques such as symbolism, metaphors and repetition delve into various aspects of love, such as misspent, newfound and unavailable love. Uniquely, McEwan intertwines these techniques with foreshadowing and imagery to convey complex emotions such as love, guilt and jealousy. Additionally, the theme of reality and the imagination is established through repetition and Cecilia’s characterisation.

In these chapter we are introduced to a new character Ellander McCourry who is revealed to be john walker's mother. She meets a songcatcher about which the book is named. When she says she was afraid of being punished for going above herself it show how times where different. She displays a love for the Appalachian Mountains that is still common today. Ellander is a victim of the same curse “No McCourry from this day forth shall ever love best their first born child” as all the McCourry’s are. This is extremely relevant in John Walker’s relationship with his mother. Who seems not to care in the slightest for John. This is made even worse when his brother Malcolm dies. This would infuriate me. I feel that I would be very angry with my mother if she showed so as much favoritism as Ellander does. Even though i am not a parent, I don’t understand how a parent could love one of their children more than the other child.I find that the lack of love from one of the parents have given the oldest child in the McCourry family a determination to do more with their life. They strive to make their parent proud, but they never do

Rose tries to find support in many people such as her mother, but her mother too “busy” with other things like work and won’t even visit Ivy. She also looks towards Jimmy Wilson, the boy who has had a crush on Rose since the second grade, but finds only a shy boy who needs to focus on his own emotions before someone elses. Rose turned toward William T., the boy who has been driving her to the hospital everyday and her loving neighbor. He was always there for Rose and would do anything to help her being the considerate friend he is. Rose, though gratefully to have William T. by her side, did not find what she need within her friendship with the sweet boy.

The fundamental tragedy in A Mercy is Florens’s misreading of signs. When Florens begins her version of the story, she prefaces it by saying, “Let me start with what I know for certain” (Mercy, 4). This lets the readers know her first memory is important because she remembers it vividly. She recalls how her mother felt about her wearing shoes as a young girl. To her mother, wearing shoes would sexualize her and put her in danger. Florens’ “broken shoes” are a physical representation of her emotional strength and while she is with her mother in these shoes, she is protected and reliant upon her mother without a need for progression. The condition of the shoes, demonstrates her ability to grow. While she wears the broken shoes, she is dependent

The conclusion of any book proposes an outstanding question, the Scarlet Letter questions the condition of forgiveness regarding the characters. Hester, Pearl, and Dimmesdale inhabit forgiveness, however, it does not envelope Roger Chillingworth. Foremost, in order to attain forgiveness, you must take responsibility for what you’ve done. Perceiving this, Pearl and her parents, kick-started their trek to genuine, authentic forgiveness.

Tender Mercies is about Mac Sledge who a country singer with a troubled life. He is suffering from alcoholism and has given up on relationships. Horton Foote wrote the screenplay 1983 with the themes of love, relationships, and religion. Mac Sledge has a daughter from a previous marriage to country singer, Dixie. The daughter, Sue Anne shows up to rekindle the father-daughter relationship.

Some of the themes in the story are 1. Eye of the Beholder 2 Awe and Compassion. Elaborate on both themes. Give Examples.

She went downstairs to get the lamb she was still going to prepare for dinner despite the horrible news she just received from Patrick. Her anger and frustration were building up inside of her as she went back upstairs. Her thoughts quickly turned into actions as she “swung” the lamb she was holding as hard as she can and hit him in the back of his neck killing him instantly. After realizing what she had done could land her in jail she didn’t want to take any “chances”. Her tranquility to killing her husband shows how she didn’t regret killing him, but now only cares for the concern of herself and her unborn

When Sebastian succumbs to his addiction of alcohol and Charles realizes his wife has been cheating on him, he starts a relationship with Sebastian’s sister, Julia, who likewise is not happy with her marriage. While Charles wants to stay in the relationship with Julia, she later wants out. This is realised when Julia’s father renounced his Catholic faith. Julia’s father however becomes ill and is on his deathbed and insists that he have last rights, meaning, confessing his sins before God and asking for His forgiveness before he will be judged by Him. Julia, after seeing her father change his ways and regrets the life he lived, takes a step back and realises how much she needs God’s mercy and breaks up with Charles, saying “the worse I am, the more I need God. I can 't shut myself out from his mercy” (Waugh 392). Inspired

Dade is confused by his parents way of life and feelings and decides to let the woman go. “Mom believed [Dade] had a worldly curiosity and has her own way for him to meet certain expectations.” Mom’s expectations are too high for Dade to meet as it conflicts between the morals of his dad and his romantic mothers spiritual feelings. Dad “believed [Dade] wanted to avoid stock work” and is faced with a higher standard than expected.

She herself was a happy character, and would always run into her father's arms after her day at kindergarten. She always came home with elaborate yet messy crayon drawings for him to hang of the fridge, and they always came with a smile and a hug. Her father was a caring man. Receiving his daughter’s often unneat and confusing artwork was always the highlight of the day. He would walk down the dusty road, hands in pockets and hazel eyes straight ahead to the school bus stop. His daughter would exit the bus and she would run into his arms, her auburn hair flying behind her. That was before he left, and she would always walk home

“Tender Offer” is a short play written by Wendy Wasserstein. This play is about a busy father and his nine-year old daughter having a quality talk and also using that time to spend some quality time with each other. The settings of the play was in dance studio where the father, Paul, picked up his daughter, Lisa. Also it is where Lisa takes ballet lessons. In this play, Wasserstein showed an example of a father trying to balance his work and doing his duties as a father, but failed and eventually changes.

She is nasty and impacent with him and she ends up pushing him away. Dispite Clare’s efforts in seeking amnisty from her son, the only thing Clare achives is distance and more resentment. The only thing that occupies Clares mind is her past and her guilt but she cant move forward without forgivness from her son. Clare attempts to seek forgivness from Mark once againe when she tells him about he rrole in Lauras death or disaprecance. Although this story can not be taken as truth, Clare tells Mark because she is trying to connect emotinally with him and she wants to unburden her guilty concience in the hopes that she will be granted

The film, Atonement, is about a dramatic romance during the 1930’s in England. This film has 3 parts to it. First part tells the story of the Tallis Family in 1935. The two main characters, Cecilia and Robbie, are in love but Cecilia’s younger sister, Briony, does not like the idea of them two being together. They had cousins living with them at the time. One evening the twin cousins went missing and everybody was out searching for them. Briony stumbles across a man who has apparently raped Lola. She was unable to identify the man clearly but gave Lola the idea that it was Robbie. Lola accuses Robbie of doing this sexual action under pressure from Briony and the lack of remembering the rapists face. Robbie was then sent to prison. The second part takes place