Example Of Family Interaction

“Marcellino! For the last time, PLEASE PASS THE SALAD DRESSING!,” my mother shouts to my dad jokingly. My oldest brother Marc, who has already finished his bowl of pasta, is signaling for his first refill of the night. Both my sisters are laughing hysterically at my dog, who has snatched my other brother 's chicken leg right out of his hand, and is now being chased around the kitchen while licking her chops and trying to scarf the bone down before being caught. This family dinner scene depicted was a normal part of my daily routine growing up. My family of seven made an effort to sit down once a day and eat a meal together. This provided a daily opportunity for meaningful conversations and the nurturing of close-knit relationships between my

Well, of course, there are many examples of good family interaction, but normally verbal conversation an essential ingredient. In "Looking for Work," the young boy wants his family to become more like the families he sees on television, but why? Although we only see a few glimpses of what his family life looks like, it seems to me that the boy has a loving family where there is genuine concern for one another and actual conversation. For example: "That evening at dinner we all sat down in our bathing suits to eat our beans, laughing and chewing loudly... Our own talk at dinner was loud with belly laughs and marked by our pointing forks at one another, (Soto 26). This glimpse into the boy 's

We see this in the scene where he and little John decide they are going to go to the pool: "when my sister found out that we were going swimming, she started to cry because she didn’t have the fifteen cents but only an empty Coke bottle. I waved for her to come and three of us mounted the bike – Debra on the cross bar, Little John on the handle bars and holding the Coke bottle which we would cash for a nickel and make up the difference that would allow all of us to get in" (Soto 25). The young boy demonstrates his empathy and care for his sister by covering her admission with his own hard-earned money. Again, like my previous example, this type of relationship cannot be found in "Quality Work