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In addition, the author helps the reader understand the selfishness of the mother when the reader finds out she have stole the Persian Carpet “several months before” (230) the divorce and puts the blame on Ilya, the poor blind man. Furthermore, the visit of the children is supposed to signal a fresh start for the family. The mother even emphasizes she wants the girls to come “live with [them]” (229). Yet again, even if they meet in order to reunite, characterized by a situational irony, they see themselves separated because of her mother selfish decisions.

Unwind presents a controversial topic in their dystopian society-storking. In the simplest terms storking allows the mother of a child to leave it on a porch in hopes of that family providing it with a better life. While, Safe Haven Laws have the same aspect yet the child is left at a safe institute, such as a police station.

The government is coming to take you away! Government control is a common dystopian theme, as it is feared greatly by many people on this planet. Some people, such as the residents of North Korea, already are in complete government control and brainwashing. A recurring idea in government control is the government wiping out a certain percentage of people to keep the population down, which is usually the people with less intelligence than average. In Neal Shusterman’s “Unwind” the parents get to choose if they want to get rid of their child between the ages of 13 and 18, but there’s a catch. The “unwind” doesn’t necessarily die, rather his/her body parts are put up for sale, and a bit of the unwind’s consciousness gets put into each part. In Henry Slesar’s “Examination Day” children at the age of twelve

The relationship between the two fathers and the two sons is a very important theme in this book. Because of their different backgrounds, Reb Saunders and David Malters approached raising a child from two totally different perspectives.

The nature of division versus unity in the story is manifested in many basic as well as complex ways. The central tension of the story comes from the position of the unborn child that Sheri Fisher is carrying. The tension comes from the fact that Lane Dean and Fisher must decide whether Fisher and the child should remain physically united or be permanently divided; to have the child would represent a permanent unity of family at least between Fisher and the child, while an abortion would be a permanent division.

the reader to interpret what may have happened to the mother, and how it affects the relationship

* The author gives the story from two different perspectives one from the mother’s perspective, Ruth, and the other from the son’s perspective, James.

The dystopian novel Unwholly, the second book in the Unwind series by Neal Shusterman, is a twisted story of a futuristic world where life is not valued in the same way as it is today. When government advertises and pays citizens to make bad choices, it makes the society corrupt and inhumane. One corrupt thing about this society is that parents can choose to ‘Unwind’ their children. Unwinding is when parents can turn their kids over to the government and the government takes the children apart and uses their body parts for different purposes. A possible theme for Unwholly is that by following a corrupt society, people begin to develop selfish behavior.

Childhood is a crucial time in a person’s life and it needs to be kept innocent and pure for the child’s well-being later in life. The most important recurring theme in the novel Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O’Neill is the loss of innocence at a young age and the profound complications later in life. The complete loss of innocence is built-up with multiple different experiences over time. For Baby, these experiences are: when she is first exposed to drug use, when she spends time in foster care and when she becomes engaged in prostitution.

The mother begins to rebel against tradition by taking an active role in educating and freeing herself. Through her radio, telephone and trips out with her sons she develops her own opinions about the world, the war, and the domination and seclusion of woman. She loses her innocence as a result to her new knowledge and experience.

The relationship between mother and daughter is very evident in this novel. It is implied by the priest that Maria has duties in the household and duties as a woman. François Paradis also knew that Maria would make a good housewife, one that would give wholly, love of the body and the soul that she would be a devoted spirit that would not waver.[6] These similarities are apparent when the daughter’s first love is represented by a symbolic abduction, (winter storm) that is followed by a return to her mother’s way of life. She generously accepts Gagnon as her husband, thus guaranteeing the continued existence of family,

In The Bad Seed, by William March, Rhoda Penmark is an eight year old girl, who is charming, polite, and intelligent beyond her years. Yet, by the way she portrays herself, making her come a crossed as a sociopath who harms anyone that disturbs her the wrong way. On the other hand, Christine Penmark is quite the opposite she is a beautiful, young, empathetic, well-groomed mother of Rhoda. Throughout William March’s book the relationship between Rhoda Penmark and her mother Christine Penmark is a complicated one. At the beginning, Christine loved her daughter unconditionally as any mother would love their own. Rhoda is seen to be from outsiders looking in, every mother’s dream daughter. She was well-groomed, obedient, compliant, and did well in school. Even her own mother feels this way at first, in this section of the book Christine states “I never deserved

However, at the end of the story this stereotype is completely contrasted following the passing of the mother. When the boy, who is now a grown man and father, returns home to his newborn daughter it is he who displays a nurturing and affectionate relationship between a father and his daughter. This role reversal developed by Munsch effectively casts aside the stereotype that women are better suited to raise a child, and demonstrates that affection and the ability to nurture are not qualities that are able to be defined by a persons gender. Munsch instead shows how these qualities are learned by a person and are displayed as they mature with age. Munsch effectively represents this progression though maturity when showing, the love the boy has for his mother is not absent during his childhood, but simply something he does not display as well as he does when he becomes an adult.

Unwinding also gets rid of teens with bright futures and amazing accomplishments. At the ages between 13 and 18, a person has not reached their full potential. This is too young for them to achieve it as they should have their whole life ahead of them. However, some people want teens with amazing talents to get unwound because they believe that they are not good at something anymore and have reached their full potential. An example of this in the story is Risa. The reason that she was sent to be unwound was because of budget cuts and her performance. While in a room with headmasters, the novel states, “Risa says nothing, only listens. ‘You’re a good musician, but…’ ‘As I said, you’ve reached your potential.’ ‘As far as you can go.’ ‘Perhaps if you had chosen a less competitive course of study.’” (Shusterman, 23). She only made a few mistakes in a performance which made others think there was no way that she could improve. This is completely unfair as she is not given a chance in life to show what she could really do with her talent. Her talents are also treated as if they were nothing when they were turned in to the cops by Roland. She stated, “Whether the Admiral lives or dies, it won't change things for her or for Connor now. They are going to be unwound. All her hopes of a future have been torn away from her again—and having those hopes, even briefly, makes this far more painful than not having had them at all.” (Shusterman, 258). It hurt her knowing that she would be unwound because she had had hopes of becoming a medic after her job in the graveyard, but because unwinding exists, she would not be able to achieve her new goals. Unwinding allows adults to get rid of teens who have amazing talents and could benefit society in the

The author entered the conflict about the value of motherhood in which American feminists were then, as they are now, engaged. Motherhood is also seen as a moral transformation, as a woman comes to terms with being different in that she ceases to be an independent individual because she is one way or the other attached to another her baby (FPS). Barbara Christian writes that Walker combines the forces of traditional and feminist perspectives on motherhood, attempting a compromise that would allow the protagonist to survive: