Family stories

in America. So, when they grew older, Arlene and her sister attended college, became professionals, and had English-speaking, American children of their own. Arlene’s family story is a nostalgic one – one that evokes sepia-toned images of hopeful European immigrants stepping off, onto Ellis Island. However, Arlene’s family story has a twist: her last name is Garcia and she is a not a child of European immigrants but one of Latino parents. Today, Arlene works at a private school for low-income girls

now 36 and has two daughters (ages 2 and 6). I chose to interview him because he is a family friend with an interesting story. Kaiden first migrated from Da Nang to Ho Chi Minh city by train. After that, he went to Thailand, Singapore, Los Angeles, then Minneapolis by plane, where he stayed for 16 years before coming to Atlanta. Kaiden came here because his grandfather sponsored a trip for the rest of his family. His grandfather participated in the military during the Vietnam war, and he was imprisoned

One example of family dysfunction is the story of Cain and Abel. The social and historical dynamics that created this dysfunctional family is the different offerings Cain and Abel brought to God, Cain’s being the fruit of the soil and Abel’s being the firstling of his flock. It is debatable why the Lord paid heed to Abel and his offering and not to Cain but it may be because Cain’s offering was not the best from the land while Abel’s offering was the firstling of its flock. This means it had the

Steinbeck’s book “The Grapes of Wrath”, he tells the story of the Joad family and shows the difficulties facing the workers and farmers during The Great Depression. In the novel Steinbeck shows that when working together and being persistent you can live through anything. In the dusty and dry state of Oklahoma, Tom Joad, freshly paroled goes to his family's house only to find that it is abandoned and empty. After learning that his family is staying at his uncle’s, he goes and visits them

During the great depression many families had to move off their land forcefully because of foreclosure and due to this many families had to find work to support their families. The work primarily was in California and people going to California were mainly from the southwestern states. The people coming from these states were called Okies by the residents of the midwest because most of the people were from Oklahoma. The journey that these families would go through would take place on highway 66.

A Family History Time flies, and pieces of stories from a family vanishes in time. The best way to record those disappearing valuable history is to record them in writing. There are too many stories to tell and want I am going to write about is the key part of my family history, which makes my family a family. The story is about my great-grandfather Zhiyun, my grandfather Liangai. Three Generations Before Us My great-grandfather Zhiyun was born in 1901 in Guangzhou, China. He received education

My family story is not about someone blood related but rather a family friend of my great grandmother. Her name is Eva Mozes Kor, a twin of her sister Miriam, born in nineteen thirty four. They were born into a family of three other children. They resided a tiny town in Transylvania, Romania. In May of nineteen forty four, Eva and her family arrived by cattle car at the concentration camp, Auschwitz. They got down from the cattle car, where people were chosen to live or die. People were crying, pushing

Disney portrays family to be a big part of the productions that are produced. When I think of family relating back to Disney creations, I perceive family as something that is respected and adored. As I think of Disney and my childhood, I think of the movie Toy Story. Most people see Toy Story as a movie about toys that come to life when noone is around, but the meaning is further than just talking toys. When I hear the name Toy Story I think of the connection the story created between my brother

Preface My mother had mentioned to me that her family‘s story is longer than a book, however, it is so hard for me to ask the details of what had happened to her because all the stories in her life strike a chord in her heart. For example, almost all of my father’s friends in Hong Kong were the people who escaped from communist China. Their stories were soul stirring. Many of them left their families in China. Their vicissitudes of life contained joy, sorrows, partings and reunions. My father

would attend the Longhorns' game against Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl a little more than a fortnight later with one leg and crutches, an image that appears on the cover of an incipient sanctioned biography of Steinmark. "Freddie Steinmark: Faith, Family, Football" is indited by Steinmark's close friend