The Pigman Quotes

Golding’s descriptions of Piggy’s sharp mind and the boys’ reactions to him, all done because

Throughout our lives we're influenced by many. It can have an effect on the way we view issues within societal boundaries. One of the major influences children have in their lives comes from their parents. The parents of a child can have both a positive and a negative influence on their lives. In the novel "To Kill A Mockingbird", there are two excellent examples of how parents can be a major influence on their children. Atticus Finch, father of Jem and Scout Finch, plays the loving, kind and knowledgeable father. He is an example of how parents can have a positive influence on their children. Bob Ewell, father of Mayella Ewell, plays the drunken, abusive, and neglectful father. He is an example of how a parent can be a negative influence

One example of this is seen when each of the six girls get jobs (at different times and years) at a local restaurant waitressing. The mother was, “angry that my sisters should even conceive of working in such a place, and more angry when my father made no move to prevent it, and she was worried about herself and about her family and about her life” (113). This passage highlights a couple of things; the anger the mother feels that her daughters are not sharing her views on working, as well as her attitude towards her husband not standing up for her. In traditional families, usually the role of disciplinary falls onto the father, however, the mother’s anger at her husband seems to stem from something deeper.

In the story “Hop-Frog”, the main character Hop-Frog is justified in the actions he takes part in when getting revenge on the king. The king’s characteristics were quite strange for a king. He finds laughter in the fear of others and that is why the king loves Hop-Frog’s idea about the eight chained ourang-outangs play. The king is also condescending. He creates nicknames for the people in the kingdom and they are not pleasant. For example, Hop-Frog’s real name is not Hop-Frog, but the king came up with this name for Hop-Frog mocking how he walks. Also, the king acts superior to everyone else at the dinner. The fools of the court are expected to be ready for anything at anytime. Lastly, the king does not look like the great hero that Disney

I wish you and your family is having a wonderful spring break. I realize this break will be very useful for you since you’ve been sick for quite a while. I have a book you might want to check out and read if you haven’t done so already. The book is titled Shooter, written by Caroline Pignat, which is a mystery novel. My reading goal this term is to bypass Sci-fi books, which I typically love to read, and try something new. I explained, to Ms. Verma, the types of books I like prefer to read and my reading goal this term and asked if she has any recommendations. She introduced me to the Reading Riot which has the crowd-pleasing books and all Richmond school libraries have several copies of these titles. She recommended this book and said this is fast paced, which made me want to read it because the books I've read in the past took a while to introduce the characters and the objective. The quote on the

In Lord of the Flies, a major theme that was expressed was leadership. Throughout the whole book someone was always in charge to lead the others. “The others” referring to the followers. A leader is one who possesses the power to lead others whilst the follower just travels behind the leader. A very obvious follower in the novel would have to be Piggy. He never got to express his views on things without the conch yet even with it no one wanted to hear him. No one looked up to him nor looked for him like someone would with a leader. He was always be by Ralph’s side obliging to what he says considering Ralph’s views were like his, yet Ralph was better at convincing others to do so as well.

In A Lesson Before Dying, the word hog is viewed as bad as the “N” word. Hogs are seen as very messy animals with little mental capability. So, being called a hog was like being called a worthless, disgusting, waste of oxygen. When Jefferson is called a hog, he starts to see himself as one. He believes no one cares about him and that he is unworthy. He starts to treat the people that care about him most horribly. He first eats the food that is given to him by Miss Emma, off of the floor because “that’s how a old hog eat.” Every time Grant comes to see him, he is full of hatred. It took him a long time just to finally accept the food that is brought. Being called a hog makes Jefferson feel as if he’s uncivilized.

In the story “Hop Frog” by Edgar Allan Poe, Hop Frog is justified in his act of revenge at the end of the story because the king is cruel and abusive toward him and Trippetta, and the king forcibly takes Hop Frog and Trippetta from their homes against their own will. First of all, Hop Frog is justified for his revenge because the king is cruel and abusive towards him and Trippetta. After Trippetta pleads for the king to spare Hop Frog, “he pushed her violently from him, and threw the contents of the brimming goblet in her face” (Poe 902). This is a very disrespectful and cruel way to treat someone who is a servant. The king knows Hop Frog dislikes wine, but he still makes him drink it anyways.

They make excuses for negative behavior in the family which in return just encourages the negative behavior to continue. The mother plays this role; she buys the wine for dinner every night knowing that one bottle will not be enough even though her husband will be the only one drinking. She chooses to pretend that everything is okay and that her happiness is not as important as her families and as long as she keeps up the acting eventually everything will be good. She takes all of her husband’s joking insults with a grain of salt and goes behind any mess he makes with a broom ready to clean up after him. She knows that their family is not as finically well as her husband likes to boast about but she tries to keep them afloat the only way she knows how. To her hitting rock bottom is not an option and she knows that confronting the problem will just make her life even more of a mess.

Most of the examples show that the parents aren’t very present in their children’s lives or just don’t really care. One example is on Sunday when Mike’s family is supposed to go to church. His parents don’t want to go so they tell him to go alone (with a warning of course). This is shocking because most parents would make their child, especially a nine-year-old, stay home for safety reasons and not wander around a city ruined from war. Though Mike is the most shocking case, it is also important to point out that none of the parents seem to care that they won’t see their children all day, even if they have made up excuses as to why they are gone. Another more indirect example is when Mr. Thomas gives them the chocolate. It says that “The gang were puzzled and perturbed by this action” (12). The boys then come up with a list of reasons why he would be kind, and all of them are spiteful. The lack of attention the boys receive from their parents results in them feeling abandoned, abused, and angry so they don’t trust anyone else to show them love. This feeling motivates them to spend their days in corruption; they don’t choose something fun, they choose something that is somehow destructive towards someone else. They aren’t loved or cared for as they should be and they take out their rejection on others. There simply is a

For instance, within the primary dysfunctional family, many relationships are developed, which include two unbearable children, a power hungry dad, a hectic wife tending to her baby, and an unendurable grandmother. These relationships bring out other dynamics within the characters and the family (Lambert 2009). For instance, although both the father and grandmother are strict in ensuring that the children be respectful, on their part, they do not set an example that can be emulated within the family. First, the grandmother advises her grandchildren to be respectful, and then she goes ahead, making a profane racially prejudiced remark almost immediately (McCann, Jr 2011). At the same time, the head of the family—the father of the children, Bailey, requests the children to conduct themselves accordingly. However, confronted by a tense situation, Bailey loses his temper and threatens the family telling them that if they did not shut up, they would not go anywhere (Katharina 4).

For example, the relationship between Anne and her mother was difficult from her father and her. Anne always gets an attitude with her mother. Her mother treats her like a baby more than anything. Her mother always tells her “You need to act more like Margot.” Her mother put her foot down and tried to treat her like Margot and she just flipped out.

The ways in which the characters dealt with each other showed that they came from a dysfunctional family background.

The subject’s recollections of his childhood suggest that he grew up “rough and poor” as a direct consequence of his father’s inability to maintain employment as a truck-driver for extended periods of time. While his mother was a stereotypical housewife for which he had a good relationship with (Whitacre, 2018), his relationship with his father was marked with physical, emotional, and verbal conflicts (e.g., “severely” punishing the subject for poor grades in school, “slapping him in the back of the head,” breaking or disposing of his toys, forcing him as a boy to kneel on popcorn kernels or stay in the same position for long periods of time, etc.) – although the subject would prefer to excuse his father’s behavior by referring to the man as a “hard-drinking bad ass” whose misconduct only made the subject feel “stronger” (Whitacre, 2018, p. 6). The subject also referred to himself as the “black sheep” of the family and implying that his two younger brothers were both smarter and more “together” than he ever was as evident by DB dropping out of high school, although he did obtain a GED a short time thereafter. Sadly, one of the subject’s brothers passed away at a young age when DB was 12-years old from a hunting accident, but the subject continued to compare himself to his siblings (and others) long after his brother’s death (Whitacre, 2018). The subject also displayed legal and behavioral issues starting in early childhood into adolescence (e.g., starting fires and burning a kitten he found in the woods, etc.) and later in adulthood (e.g., domestic violence, animal abuse, alcohol abuse, arson, etc.) as well (Whitacre,

CE7(The Little Princess) In the book, Sara is placed in Miss Minchin’s Boarding School in London because her father is going to India to develop his business. He brought Sara to aboarding school, which is exclusive for rich/ princesses, it is their training in the future when they will become the inheritor of the treasures. While in the movie, Sara ahas actually grown up in India and is moved to Miss Minchin’s school in America because her father has to fight for Britain in World War