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Abusive relationships essay introduction
Abusive relationships essay introduction
Abusive relationships essay introduction
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Someone Had To by Janice Galloway Janice Galloway's short story 'Someone Had To' is a truly disturbing insight into the mind of a man engaged in violently abusing his stepdaughter. Through her effective use of narrative stance, structure, imagery and characterisation, we are allowed to see this pessimistic theme in an all too convincing way. The story is told from the point of view of Frank, Kimberly's stepfather. His portrayal . Through the use of first person narrative, we are effectively allowed to see Frank's opinions on Kimberly without much intervention from any other characters. We do see the occasional input from Kimberly's mother, Linda, but her intervention in slight. To begin with, Frank appears to be a decent man whose patience is being tried. We see that he has attempted to include Kimberly in family events: 'I gave her a chance. Took her out with the rest of us, the whole family.' He initially portrays himself as the attentive step father who is faced with an unco-operative step child. Kimberly is represented as an unruly teenager with stereotypical teenage attitudes and reactions. 'Difficult. Withdrawn.' Frank appears to be pushed beyond his patience and to begin with, the reader has some sort of sympathy for Frank. 'That STARING all the time like I'd done something wrong.' It can be the case that teenagers can be unruly or insolent in nature and can push people to levels beyond what is natural. However, as the story progresses, the attitude of the reader is also developed. We see his punishment of Kimberly becoming more extreme and we begin to lose sympathy with him. We can still see that ... ... middle of paper ... ...tes, wondering at how she doesn't cry out, until his final punishment. At the end of the story, we are left with the scene of Frank holding Kimberley over a bath of boiling water. The horrific image is left incomplete - we don't know if he throws her in or not. The final lines of the story tail off down the page: "Those big blue eyes still staring up like butter wouldn't melt" The imagery implies that although butter wouldn't melt, Kimberley certainly could in a bath of hot water. The spacing of the words shows the length of time they spend staring at each other and the lack of a full stop at the end shows that the action continues. We, the reader, are left shocked, devastated and ultimately hoping that someone will intervene, someone would stop the cruelty. The reader knows that 'someone had to'.
loving and kind expressions on their faces, which could very well be symbolic of a
It would hurt me to say this, but if I was Frank, I would of took the money under one condition. But, before I take the money, I would of done everything Frank did by reporting it and going to the Mayor and eventually taking it to court. I believe Frank was right by doing all of that, but sometimes you have to realize that you have done everything you possibly could of. This is where I would of start taking the money if I was in Frank’s position. I would of taken the money and give it all to charity because of one reason, my life. It was very evident that Frank’s life was in danger towards the end of the movie. To stay alive, I would of took every cent that they gave to me, and give it to someone who really needed
Frank has an interesting view on the way man has progressed morally. I think that he says that we don’t really know our morals until we have them truly questioned. In this he implies that the people who have strong morals, not only will stay true to them, but will survive. An example of this is Randy Bragg. Randy, on the day of nuclear fallout, stopped on the side of the road to help a woman. This shows that he has respect for the human race as a whole. The opposite of this was Edgar Quisenbury. Edgar valued nothing but money. In the end, the absence of money caused Edgar to become an example of Darwin’s “Only the strong” theory as he shot himself.
Opinion: Why do you think Frank has confessed at this time? What is his motive? Has he underestimated his brother, or has he estimated correctly?
see the first sign of emotions when "Their face did not move and they did not
about. (Lines 593 - 626) He tries to talk to her, but his words serve no
Frank is constantly doubting himself and life because of the elusiveness of happiness for example, “ Is life itself an illness or a syndrome? Who knows? We’ve all felt that way I’m confident, since there’s no way I could feel what hundreds of millions of other citizens haven’t” (p. 135). Frank finds an opportunity to travel to Florida to find Walter’s daughter as he told him in a letter. After staying there for a couple days, Frank finds peace in Florida and decides to stay there in order to start a new life and forget all the troubles back home. Towards the end of the novel, it shoes how the death of Walter changes the way Frank acts and saves his own life.
The validity was not enough for the whole research. For the questionnaire part, it is valid at that time. Questionnaire items represented the personal visions of two panels of students and faculty about the ideas of love and like. Those questions were chosen under a serious consideration and related to the concept of love and liking. However, some questions are not suitable to use nowadays and this will be discussed below. For the experiment, it was not valid. The author used the eye contact to assess the couples’ visual behavior but it was not a good measurement. Some mature couple would develop into deeper relationship and have closer contact such as hug. Eye contact may not be a way or necessary for them to communicate but this didn’t mean that they were not close.
In conclusion, it appears Person A and Person B were on a date. From the way they were dressed to the way they laughed, it was apparent they were more than friends. The observations made it clear to me that they enjoy their time together and enjoyed their dinner and the company that particular night. Their similar nonverbal cues of holding hands, lack of personal space, posture, and happy facial expression confirmed they were on a date and that they care for each other. I am confident in my conclusion because the nonverbal cues were so clear. I enjoyed observing and serving this couple.
... the officials. The reverend helps Frank, by giving him money as well as shoes, because he was bare foot. Good Samaritans also help Frank by providing him with sumptuous clothing and bus fares to get hi m to his next destination. These smaller resolutions allowed Frank to accomplish is larger resolution to find his sister.
and a brief description of the young woman. Then he tells the reader about the “
Thinking about normal social interactions and normal social behaviors, I think of comfortable. When I sit down with a friend, a usual routine is followed, “Hey, how are you, what’s new?” (e.g. My turn, your turn). These questions between my friend and I include eye contact, attention, and facial expression. Usually, I feel that I give my friend my undivided attention. Other normal characteristics include: remembering what the person has just said so a comment can be made, as well as each comment is appropriate and in relation to the current topic. Moreover, the duration between each question or comment is short.
make eye contact, communicate, and to behave. However, a new, more unlikely method is being
...his lack of communication with loved ones is a different notion of home that these characters are urging to leave behind. Furthermore, another scene in which we see that there is this lack of notion of home is when Frank makes a phone call home. While he calls home, he talks with his daughter and there is no sign from Frank that shows that he desires to return home with his family and loved ones.
An example of this might be going to dinner or the movies with a prospective mate, rather than the casual encounters that someone might have with them in everyday interactions. Intimacy does not only pertain to specific acts, but also to verbal and non-verbal expressions of love. Although verbal expressions of intimate feelings through self-disclosure are important to relationship quality, the nonverbal expression appears to be more important. In general, people rely more on nonverbal than verbal cues to interpret messages. Some examples of these nonverbal cues include touch, gaze, gestures, and time spent together.