Family’s comes in all shapes and sizes. Some have three members and then some have ten or fifteen. The number of members may be different but we all have similar issues. "All happy families are alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way"? (Tolstoy) That is a true statement if you ask me it means so much. It means to me that it does not matter what type of family you are, you will and am going to have issues. No family is perfect, there is always a flaw. Some families are just good at hiding it, and then some are not. There are many plays, stories and poems’ that can relate to the line that Leo Tolstoy wrote and I chose three from each; A Raisin in the Sun (376), "Everyday Use" (268) and "Those Winter Sundays" (338) In "Everyday
In the early eighteenth-century, a letter from Peter the Great’s court was sent to Russian publishers declaring that all material must be printed with the intention to maintain “The glory of the great sovereign and his tsardom and for the general usefulness and profit of the nation” (The Cambridge History of Russia). The effects of this proclamation reverberated throughout Russia for centuries and laid the foundation on which future rulers such as Catherine the Great and later Alexander III fortified the position of the censor. The strengthening of the Russian censor, consequently, manipulated and stifled the country’s most influential wordsmiths. No Russian writer was safe from the censor, not even a master like Leo Tolstoy. Specifically,
A family can be classified as one of many things. It can be a group of people living under one roof; a group of people of common ancestry; or even a unit of a crime syndicate like the Mafia (Merriam Webster). But to Holden Caulfield, the main character of J.D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher In The Rye, his family was what we as a society normally think of when that word is spoken. There are always variations on a theme, but a typical family consists of two parents and at least one child. During the 1950’s when the novel is set, adoption was virtually unheard of and divorce could be considered a sin where as today these are common practices. But one thing about family that has prevailed through the decades is the family’s affect on a person’s existence. The way a person interacts with their family can affect them for the rest of their lives. And the way a family interacts with a specific person can affect that person for the rest of their life. It is a two way relationship which is often complicated and confusing, especially to Holden.
Who can people trust in dire times. Many people don’t believe they have someone to fall back on. Family has this position covered. for example “Chee’s daughter”, “Catch the moon”, and “Two kinds”, family takes the stage. Particularly all of these stories show that people need to believe in what they have for support. Family will always be there. In fact, in “Chee’s daughter” there is a prime example of his daughter never giving up on him. Another key point is when people have no family to fall back on, their life falls apart. For this example, “Catch the moon” is a perfect story. A point often overlooked is that family can be to hard on some people. As a matter of fact, “Two kinds” is the epitome of this saying. As shown above these stories clearly link to the idea of family.
When everyone is influenced by different people, they will all have different mindsets and personalities, which results in individualism. Mustapha Mond proclaimed, ”The greatest care is taken to prevent you from loving any one too much,” (pg. 161). The strong emotional tie associated with family disrupts the productivity of an individual which threatens the stability of society. Family issues such as divorce or death of a loved one negatively impacts the quality of work one produces because instead of focusing on the assignment, the person is focusing on their family. On the other hand, modern society views “the family was the most important unit of society…It played an essential role in fulfilling the emotional and physical needs of individuals, which was necessary for the achievement of economic and social development,” (www.un.org). Modern society believes that families are essential to support one another in a difficult situation. When
“individuals cannot be understood in isolation from one another, but rather as a part of their family, as the family is an emotional unit. Families
Almost everyone is born into a family. In “Of Mice and Men”, the characters George Milton and Lennie Small have a relationship that could be described as a family relationship. In “The Gilded Six-Bits”, Joe Banks and Missie May are a husband and wife. These people interact with others but there is a different type of interaction between the people who they consider to be family. When people interact with family members, they are usually more free with their actions and words than they are with strangers or mere acquaintances. Sometimes these carefree words and actions lead to disruptions within their relationships. Regardless of the trials and tribulations, everyone desires to have someone that they can care for and call their family.
No family is perfect. Some appear perfect on the outside, but behind closed doors, life is not always as good as it seems. Some families struggle with sexual abuse, divorce, and substance abuse . Even trust issues and differences of opinion can drive family members apart. In Shakespeare's play, Hamlet, the main character experiences many conflicts in his relationships.
Tolstoy notes the link between the destruction of the social foundations of modern aristocratic society, built on the traditions of inheritance and succession, and the breakdown of family structures using the example of Karenin’s family. Karenin is struggling to find a way to save Anna while avoiding the embarrassing blow to his status. Given his position and societal norms he has very few options. With his free will and out of his christian heart, Karenin decides to forgive Anna,
Although the article was written more than 20 years ago, Skolnick views projects a future representation of society and how their portrayal of the “ideal family” has not change. The essay covers an array of periods; a historical view to give a background to the essay, a present view to elaborate her thoughts and a future outlook to tie it all together. Through this process, the reader is able to follow and understand the author’s views, which are refurbished by historical evidence. Skolnick stated in the beginning of her essay, “Can the family be at once a cherished “value” and a trouble institution,” (paragraph 4) as a way to establish her agreement. The statement basically means that what was once thought as the ideal family is now the main reason for typical families’ downfall.
The idea of family is different from person to person. Regardless of the differences, everyone’s family is unique and special in their own way. No one can judge or discriminate against people for their meaning and interpretation of what a family looks like. For example, family may have two parents; one parent; or no parents (since these are brief phrases, semi-colons shouldn't be used). The variation and differences between families makes culture and society so diverse. Family does not have limitations or boundaries (true). As long as the definition of family contains the qualities of unconditional love, and endless support, help, and guidance; all different families (awk) will be able to succeed and achieve a greater feeling of happiness and a sense of belonging and acceptance.
Akhil Sharma 's novel Family Life follows Ajay, a young Indian boy, and his family as they immigrate to America and navigate the hardships of living together in a new country. When senseless tragedy strikes, his brother, Birju, is left with irreparable brain damage and requires constant care. This new strain weighs on the family and young Ajay, who does his best to cope with the struggles of adolescence and his tense home life. As the title would imply, family is a huge theme within Family Life. All other themes and aspects pushed aside, the novel presents the portrait of a family- an imperfect one, but a family all the same. In the story 's depiction of Ajay and his family, there are many universal statements about what living as a family
Guccione begins by discussing the uninteresting perception people have with the lives of happy families. Using a quote from Tolstoy, Guccione shares past data of how people are taught to believe that all happy families are alike, while happy families share a uniqueness through their melange of misery.
Another new family - a union of Natasha and Pierre Bezukhov . Each of them is a special person , but to make concessions to each other , as a result , they form a harmonious family . In the epilogue to the example of the family relationship of history can be traced to the relationship between individuals . After the war of 1812 in Russia arose a different level of communication between people , erased many estates border that led to the creation of new , more complex families.
...ty. They took a miscalculated risk in believing they could separate from an elite group that they depended on and were the product of. They acted on their passion for each other. However, passion dies. Vronsky was unable to reassure Anna that his love for her was steadfast, “Assurances of love seemed so banal to him…” , and Anna was not secure enough to trust in his love. Tolstoy’s happy family is the conventional mold. The woman is wife, mother and domesticity; the husband is worker, provider and authority. “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” If we take this statement to be true what then is Tolstoy saying about society, feminism and relationships? What then is a life worth living?
“Of all the institutions that have come down to us from the past, none is so disorganized and derailed as the family.”