“No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness” – Aristotle. I generally like to start off an essay with a quote that seems to encapsulate the whole feeling or energy of the novel or in this case a biography that seemed to resonate with myself the most. This was quite a different book to read in that I had never read a book about someone written completely by someone else. I found some bits of this book to be quite engaging, but yet other parts seem to fall short, because I am not musically inclined whatsoever and found it to be quite difficult to follow, but the parts that discussed the peculiar parts and bits of Glenn’s life were quite riveting to read. Glenn’s upbringing seemed to be different from the “typical” Canadian kid’s life. His parent’s did not seem to work as a team that is needed in raising a child. In this essay I will be discussing about how both Glenn’s mother and father played a very large part, but in very different ways. Both parents had polar opposite parenting styles and Glenn responded very differently to them and he also formed unique attachment styles to each of his parents. “Family Stages of Development” also is something that I think can be discussed in this essay and seems to go hand and hand with attachment styles and parenting styles. Glenn’s upbringing is something I think is very unique and very unlike any other kids his own age. A lot of parents especially in that day and age expected their sons to play sports especially hockey and their daughters would maybe be the musically inclined ones. This is a bit like nature vs. nurture and in Glenn’s situation it seemed to be very much dominated by the nurture side of things. I think that a person’s upbringing is very much dominated... ... middle of paper ... ...confirmed exactly what she had been hoping for.” (Ostwald, 1997, p. 48) I think this shows Florence’s elation, but it does not say anything about if Glenn was happy with his results. In closing I feel as though these three concepts were Glenn’s downfall in the end. If Glenn’s parents had tried to parent a bit differently and worked as a team instead of opposites then maybe their son could have suffered a little bit less. I found that the quotes in this novel are endless that put Glenn at a disadvantage because of his parent’s way of brining him up. Kids need a balance in their life and Glenn just happened to get too much of one thing and not of the other. I can think of countless people I grew up with who had a similar upbringing that Glenn had and they too ended up being like Glenn, very much introverted, anxious, and unable to take criticism from their peers.
Guillermo - (Memo): Enrique Castiliio he was very studious, he was always studying and you get the feeling that he knew it was his only way out.
In the beginning of Angela’s Ashes, Frank (McCourt) opens up to the idea about how his parents meet, and the many people that felt the relationship between his parents shouldn’t linger beyond the point of marriage, but they refused to listen and married anyway. This information provided me to begin with a similar idea to start off my memoir, from moment of inception between my parents, to others point of view (in an judgmental way), and avoid the heinous criticism so you can live the life without an adhesive burden.
The encounters various people come across in their life define the characters and personalities they develop. Family structure, an experience element frequently ignored, plays a significant role in the development of an individual’s personality. Outstandingly, the family is a sanctified union that greatly cultivates the character of an individual. The traits that a person develops from the family as they grow up in highly contribute to the type of parents they become in future. From the past to date, authors have always created awareness on how everyday family activities can influence the character of those involved. Events that negatively affect an individual could lead to dysfunctional families in future. O’Connor and Hemmingway are not
Anthony Burgess’s A Clockwork Orange has been placed under much scrutiny by literary critics and readers everywhere. Furthermore, this highly criticized novel contains a myriad of ways to engage with the work, whether it is from the psychological or ethical perspective. Through College Literature Journal’s article “O My Brothers”, the unnamed author draws interesting connections between the main character’s development and how pseudo-families and pseudo- self plays a part on this said development. The author of this article generates an association between Alex’s pseudo-families who have not accomplished what families are expected to accomplish in one’s life, and the way that Alex behaves because of it. Interestingly enough, the author states that because of Alex’s families lacking in the required support and life changing opportunities that families must have, his behavior in the novel is wholly justified and typical. Ultimately, the author is attempting to state that because of his negative interactions with the pseudo-family in the work, he is “…unable to effect the process of morphogenesis that might provide him with the means for finally glimpsing a mature…self” (O My Brothers 23). So, because of Alex’s destructive relations with this pseudo-family, he cannot help but act the way he does, due to the pseudo-family preventing him from developing and growing as an individual. However, as stimulating as these associations are for readers to delve into and endeavor to understand, the article has major flaws in its development. These flaws not only make it difficult for readers to understand the fundamentals of the argument and its structure, but they also leave the argument severely lacking in the support that it requires to mak...
There is a special bond between parents and children, but there is always uncertainty, whether it’s with the parents having to let go or the children, now adults, reminiscing on the times they had with their parents. The poem “To a Daughter Leaving Home” by Linda Pastan is a very emotional poem about what you can assume: a daughter leaving home. Then the poem “Alzheimer 's" by Kelly Cherry is about the poet’s father, a former professional musician who develops the disease. These are only two examples that show the ambivalence between the parents and the children.
3. Consider the author’s point of view and discuss whether you think the author grew up
I chose to write about Only Daughter by Sandra Cisneros because I am the only daughter of three children. Therefore, I can relate to this essay because I constantly strive to make my father proud in everything that I do, along with feeling as though I am alone and not understood by my family. My father is constantly in the back of my mind so whatever I do revolves around how I know he would feel about it. Due to this I am more studious when it comes to my education because I know that he will be more supportive the better that I do. Without my dad I would not have come this far in what I have accomplished because I would not have had to prove myself to anyone. Being the first born and the only girl, my parents and family many times do not know how to handle how I feel or what I enjoy because I am more studious out of my entire family. Because of this I
Former Griswold football coach Glenn LaBossiere has worked with Phil for over twenty-five years and knows him as well as anyone. He describes him as, “One of those people you meet in your life that truly amazes you. They make you reflect on life and leave you questioning how anyone could ever overcome a tragedy like this.”
As I reflect on this autobiography project, I feel that I found some reasons for my thoughts and behaviors. I do not follow many of the strict values like religion; I seem to follow the path of the males in the family. My adjustment to blindness was both helped and hindered from both my parents. My father encouraged me to explore and not to be discouraged by failure or defeat, while my mother kept strongly encouraging me to improve my life. As I eventually get married and start my own family, I will understand the importance of expressed emotions and how my upbringing influenced my roles in the present and future families.
Every person reaches a point in their lives when they must define themselves in relation to their parents. We all come through this experience differently, depending on our parents and the situation that we are in. For some people the experience comes very early in their lives, and can be a significant life changing experience. In William Faulkner’s “Barn Burning” Colonel Sartoris Snopes must decide either to stand with his father and compromise his integrity, or embrace honesty and morality and condemn his family. This is a difficult decision to make, especially for a ten year old boy that has nothing outside of what his father provides. Sarty’s decision to ultimately betray his father is dependent on his observation of Abner’s character and the conflict he feels concerning Abner.
In his story¡¨Boys,¡¨ Rick Moody narrates the process of growing up of boys. The author mentions every single outcome that most of the boys are likely to encounter in their lives. Boys grow up by experiencing some major incidents. In this case, the writer uses the death of their father as an example of that major incident. In another story¡¨Orientation,¡¨ Daniel Orozco describes the scenario in the office. Orozco brings out the typical office affairs to reflect social structure and human relationship.
This book discusses the life of Glenn Gould who was a profound pianist known for his classical music, Peter Ostwald a late violinist who wrote “The Ecstasy and Tragedy of Genius of Glenn Gould” believed that Gould was extraordinary gifted and that his music gained much appreciation among the people in the community. He not only saw Gould as a genius but also as a companion who struggled to find peace in his life through the sound of music. Gould didn’t act like a normal child he isolated himself from others because he felt that others around him did not share the same passion for music. His father noticed when he was born that instead of crying, “Glenn always hum” (Ostwald, 1997). This showed that Glenn was born with a passion towards music from the very early stages of life. Gould formed behaviors of an ambivalent attachment style towards his mother and behaviors of a secure attachment towards his father this impacted his ability to form long lasting relationships with people during his childhood progressing into his adult years. (My thesis)
Cory Mackenson portrays the yearning to be free a second time in the except, Boy’s Life. The reader can see this clearly when McCammon writes, “I ran out along the corridor, my arms unencumbered by books, my mind unencumbered by facts and figures, quotations and dates.” This supports Cory’s longing to be free from the confines of school by demonstrating how he is away from all the books, tests, and knowledge he learned that year.
Every parent has different methods in raising a child. The way a child is raised has a tremendous influence on his or her whole life. Some parents believe in having a more lenient and friendly relationship while others believe in being more severe and oppressive. As shown in Dead Poet’s Society, overbearing parenting results in open defiance and can have deleterious results. In Dead Poet’s Society, the character Neil Perry’s father’s austere, uncommunicative and dictatorial relationship with Neil led to Neil’s demise.
Throughout the story of this amazing family, and how the author did in fact come from planning and what she heard when she was little. Things come together and form an author to come by and write a fantastic story. Clearly, a authors personal experiences affect that of how and what the story tries to come across, like how things aren’t always what they seem, how people react to get people’s attention, and how she tried to change things back to his original culture.