Many people either know someone who is self-sufficient or maybe you are that person. In The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff Hobbs, there are many characters who have high standards of being self-sufficient. Most everyone has a similar definition of what being self-sufficient is. Most commonly, people think of it as doing and achieving goals by yourself. Also, a self-sufficient person is usually independent and too prideful to ask for any outside help. A self-sufficient person shows the drive and perseverance to accomplish goals and make daily living manageable. Throughout the book Jackie, Robert Peace's mother, is a strong and independent woman. Also, Skeet, Rob’s father; is a self-sufficient man. Between these two people, his parents, is …show more content…
She was this way even before Rob was born. She never needed a man to take care of her. Jackie even felt this way after she met Skeet, Rob’s father. She was around thirty years old before she had Rob. Even after having him, Jackie wanted to do it on her own. She wanted Skeet there for Rob as a father, but she did not need a man to take care of them. Jackie worked at the hospital in the kitchen and later on at a nursing home, also in the kitchen. She did honest, hard work to take care of her and Rob. "The money was important, but not as important as the ownership of her life apart from the other lives with which hers was entangled. Fundamental to that ownership was not becoming dependent on a man who dealt drugs, even if she loved that man" (Hobbs, 15). Jackie never asked for a hand out or for help. Skeet even offered Jackie and Rob to move into his house and he would get an apartment. Skeet made his money drug dealing and Jackie didn’t take the offer. Skeet would take Rob around the neighborhood and Rob saw how free-spirited his father was and how many people knew him. From a young age, Rob saw how both of his parents were self-sufficient and earning their own
Ruth Fowler is Matt’s wife of many years and the mother of their three children: Steve, Cathleen and the now murdered Frank. Ruth cannot come to terms with Frank’s death and is haunted at all times of the day, whether at home or out in the town running errands, “She was at Sunnyhurst today getting cigarettes and aspirin, and there he was. She can’t even go out for cigarettes and aspirin. It’s killing her” (108). This quote is a symbolism of her mental state. The anguish of just seeing her son’s killer on the streets with freedom is more than Ruth can mentally comprehend. Ruth continually applies emotional pressure to her husband with comments and allusions to why the killer is still able to roam freely while their son cannot, “And at nights in bed she would hold Matt and cry, or sometimes she was silent and Matt would touch her tightening arm, her clinched fist” (112).
To the 20, to the 10, to the 5, touchdown! Charlie Gaines is a football phanatic. He knows all there is to know about football. From his favorite team the Los Angeles Bulldogs to the New England Patriots Charlie knows it all. Above all this Charlie truly wishes he were a better football player like his bosom buddy Kevin Fallon. All in all he is still a decent middle linebacker for the Culver City Cardinals. A kid known as the “Brain” because of his freakishly good ability at fantasy football, Charlie Gaines is a very interesting character.
John Knowles wrote a fantastic novel entitled A Separate Peace. Some important character in the novel were Gene, Finny, Leper, and Brinker. Gene and Finny were best friends; Leper was the outcast; Brinker was the “hub of the class” This was a novel about friendship, betrayal, war, peace, and jealousy. Although Gene and Finny were similar in many ways, they also had numerous differences.
Throughout Timothy Findley’s The Wars novel, Robert Ross has a special connection to nature and wildlife. He is happiest when connected to the animal world, especially horses. By the end of the novel, Robert realizes he has no regard for human life, instead he feels peace and belonging when he is with animals and will do anything to protect them even if it costs him his life. The animals Robert has a special connection to the most and contribute to his ties to nature getting stronger are the coyote, the horses, and the dog.
She knows she will never truly experience poverty because this is nothing more than a project but she leaves behind her old life and becomes known as a divorced homemaker reentering the workforce after many years. Her main goal is to get enough income to be able to pay for all her expenses and have enough money to pay next months rent.
The American Library Association defines a challenge to a book as, “an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based on the objections of a person or group” (“About Banned). A Separate Peace by John Knowles was one of the many challenged books of its time; it was ranked sixty-seventh on the American Literature Association’s list of most challenged classic novels The book continues to be challenged all over the country and in 2013 it is ranked thirty-fifth on the summer of banned books list .(ALA). A Separate Peace chronicles the life of a boy named Gene Forrester, a student of the prestigious Devon School in New Hampshire. In Gene’s first year at Devon. He becomes close friends with his daredevil of a roommate Finny. Secretly Gene somewhat
“[Suddenly there was a tremendous explosion, Doc and Roberts clutch at the desk] ‘Roberts: Oh, my God! Doc: He wasn’t kidding’”!(400) They turn around to find Ensign Frank Pulver wearing a tattered uniform and a blackened face. This just one of Frank Pulver’s many childish and naive stunts in the play Mister Roberts by Joshua Logan. Throughout the play, Frank Pulver is indirectly characterized as being immature and foolish through his actions, humor, and dialogue.
However, she never really experienced the actual life of living in poverty as the majority of people living in poverty experience. Barbara, an educated white women had just that on other people living in poverty, because of the color of her skin and education level that is more often than not restricted from people living in poverty. She was able and more qualified for jobs than other people living amongst the status she was playing. She also was able to more readily seek better benefits than people living in poverty. When she first start her journey in Florida she had a car, a car that in most cases people living in poverty do not have. She was also able to use the internet to find local jobs and available housing in the area that many people living in poverty are restricted from. Another great benefit she had was the luxury of affording a drug detox cleansing her of drugs deemed bad. Many people living in poverty do not have much extra cash laying around much less fifty dollars to afford a detox for prescription drugs. She also had the luxury to afford her prescription drugs, another option that many people living in poverty do not have. Another element that made Barbara’s experience not that genuine was the fact that she was not providing for anybody other than herself. Twenty-two percent of kids under the age of 18 are living below the poverty line (http://npc.umich.edu/poverty/#5) , Barbara did not have to provide for pets or kids which would of changed her experience altogether of living in poverty. Not to belittle Barbara’s experience, but many factors of what life is like living in poverty were not taken into consideration during her
Jackie came home and married Rachel. A girl that he’d had his eye on for a long time, and knew that he would one day marry. A couple months later, they had a beautiful son. Jackie promised himself and his son that he would not be like his own father. He was always going to be there for him.
Jackson lives in the southside of Chicago, which can prove to be a very rough neighborhood. They do not view mental illness well, and have likely never encountered a person with a psychological disorder as severe as Mrs. Jackson’s. Despite this, she does have some resources around her to assist her in recovery. The Gallagher family is a major resource for her. They support and love Mrs. Jackson and wants what is best for her, and state multiple times that they will do what they need to do to help her. This also applies to her daughter Karen, another resource who is willing to help Mrs. Jackson get better. She also some internal strengths that will prove to be helpful. Her kindness towards others drives her to seek help because she cannot be there for her friends and family like she should be. Along with this, her willingness to get better will prove to be an
They loved them so much even though the parents didn’t deserve it most of the time. That is unconditional love. They grew up very poor and were often forgotten about. There dad was an alcoholic who disappeared for days at a time, and bouncing from job to job. When he was home and drinking he “turned into an angry-eyed stranger who threw around furniture and threatened to beat up [their] mom or anyone who got in his way”(23). Most of her memories of her dad are him being drunk, which turns him abusive and rude. They don’t have much money so she looks at is as good opportunity for her father to stop drinking. Jeannette never only sees her dad as an alcoholic like she should, she still cherishes his love. Along with her father’s drinking problem, her mother’s lack of rules and parental skills are out of the norm. She believes "people worry.... “people worry too much about their children. Suffering when they are young is good for them”(28). Her mother believes that they can learn on their own, showing that she does not care about the hardships her children are constantly dealing with in their environment. With this negligence the children are often forgotten about as well. Jeannette was put in many situations where she thought her parents “might not come back for her or they might not notice she was missing”(30). That is not how a child is suppose to feel about her parents yet she constantly
At the beginning of the Civil War, leaders in the North and South were tasked with selecting the best men possible to lead their troops. Both sides needed to find men of outstanding character in order to succeed in their war efforts. Robert E. Lee showed himself as exactly such a man. President Abraham Lincoln agreed and sought out Lee, an accomplished U.S. military veteran with 32 years of service, to lead the Union troops. Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, knew Lee lived in Virginia, a state that had succeeded from the Union. Davis wanted Lee to command the Confederate Army. Ultimately, Robert E. Lee, a man of great character who valued relationships as the crucial element in leadership, honored those around him and displayed
Sandy and her grandmother were victims of physical abuse at the hands of Sandy’s grandfather. He often went out and came home drunk, what Sandy’s mother called “the sickness (Wilson, 2000, p.1).” The second time “the sickness” was introduced in the book, it nearly ended in Papa killing both Sandy and Mama (Wilson, 2010, p. 10-11). This could have been attributed to the fact that Sandy’s father was coming back to live with them after his release from. al coming back to love with their family could have been attributed to the loyalty bond (Thompson, 2009, pp. 532) that Mama shares with Al. This means tha...
self sufficient. It is a story with great detail and is a very good book to read
August Wilsons play, Fences, tells us the story of a man named Troy Maxson and his family. Troy Maxson did not live an easy life. He was raised in a time where African Americans were not welcome. The city where he was raised was flourishing and people were profiting. Wanting to take part of the city’s wealth, the African Americans were hopeful and packed their bags to move to the city. Wilson, says that “they came from places called the Carolinas and the Virginias, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee.” They came to take part of the growing economy. They were described coming to the city well prepared for their new journey. Wilson says, “they came strong, eager searching.” However because of their color they were