The reason to Conrad’s suicide attempt is his mom's acute coldness towards him shows her ultimate despise of Conrad because she blames him for not dying instead of her favorite first born son. After his suicide, Conrad is asked to see a psychiatrist by his father. Cal tries to bring the family back together, Beth, Conrad and himself, but fails to do so. Beth never once visited Conrad in the hospital and barely checks up on him to see if he was asleep. She began to shut herself from her husband and most importantly, her son.
And so Okonkwo was ruled by one passion – to hate everything that his father Unoka had loved. One of those things was gentleness and another was idleness (Chapter 2 Pg 3).” This quote shows the truth of how Oknonkwo was not really this cruel, tyrannical man. He lives his life in constant fear of being a failure the same as his dad. Who was very weak and considered lazy by his tribe. Even his father’s death has brought shame to Okonkwo.
Gregory was at a game twenty miles away, Patricia was serving detention, Mrs. Callahan was in a school meeting and Mr. Callahan was at home worried about everyone. Mr. Callahan got terribly worried about his family when the dog and cats started acting strangely so he went to look for them. While on his way out, a big tree fell in the Callahan’s house, Santa Paw and his cat friend Abigail got out. Everywhere was dark and they were no electricity in the town. They went looking for there family but on there way to look for them, Santa Paw had to rescue a lot of injured people on
“Hansel and Gretel” proves it clearly, during famine people will do everything for food, even abandon own flesh and blood. Usually in classic stories about abandoned brother and sister there are poor father, usually a woodcutter and his wife, Hansel and Gretel’s wily stepmother. They are so poor, and when famine comes, there is nothing left to eat. Cold-hearted woman, who never had warm feelings for others children, suggests to take them to dark forest, tell a lie and leave poor girl and boy alone. Their father, of course refuses to do it, but he can’t take long wife’s complains and takes his children to their death.
When Laertes speaks to Ophelia, warning her to stay away from Hamlet, he does so because he knows that the relationship between them can only end in heartbreak. He doesn’t want his sister to be hurt in any way. His turn to be lectured comes soon after that chat, and he listens like the dutiful, respectful son that he is as his father drones on and on to finally make his point. He returns to school in France after the funeral and wedding, so he is not there when his family needs him the most. In a cruel twist of fate, his whole family is taken from him, and his mind plunges him straight into anger; he places sole blame on Hamlet, and wants nothing more than to look him in the eyes and make him realize that it is his entire fault.
He was left alone in a dark room because Lester didn't want his child to be a "sissy", he then finds Denny dead on his back. Since then Lester remembers all the short stories which were told by his mother when he was little and develops fear within himself. When his second child dies that is when he fears the place he lives in and the closet. Lester didn't want another child because he was afraid it can happen to his third child but of course, Lester ended up having another child. When Andy was born, he moved places because there were too many bad memories and he added "And too many closets."
Macbeth can be seen as a tragic figure, but he shouldn’t t be treated as a complete tragic figure. Although Macbeth does have our sympathy, he also has our bitterness. He killed King Duncan, Banquo and Macduff s family not only because of the circumstances, but also for the sake of his greed for honour and nobility. His greed caused his own country to be filled with fear, grief and unhappiness, which is personified in one of Malcolm s speeches that makes us feel the pain Scotland, is feeling: Malcolm: I think our country sinks beneath the yoke; It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash Is added to her wounds. We feel sad for Macbeth s death, but we also feel happy that he was executed.
Grendel only does so because he has tried to become friends with the people of Herot and never gets accepted. Grendel says in the story He only wants friends and to be loved. He is always alone and he can’t even speak to his mother. These feelings of Grendel show the readers what he goes through and how he feels he needs to respond. This gets the readers to feel remorseful towards Grendel even though, yes, he does devour the people of Herot.
Tom’s Journey to Becoming Alive In The Deep by Anthony Doerr, Tom is a character with a heart condition that makes him pass out when he gets overly excited, so his mother, in fear of losing her baby boy, restricts him to the house, cutting off his freedom and the outside world. Tom is forced to live within a small closet away from light, noise, and anything that could remotely put Tom in danger. Tom is pulled out of school and has his childhood ripped away from him because of his mother’s fear for his heart. Tom learns to be afraid of really living because of his mother’s extreme caution, but when Tom meets Ruby with her flaming red hair, she gives him a reason to believe he won’t just live to have a “Lifespan of sixteen. Eighteen if he’s lucky.
The family system is shown through this movie by the dysfunctions of each member. In the beginning, the system is messed up. Richard and Sheryl constantly bicker and argue, leading to Dwayne’s silence in which they don’t confined in and let him be mute. Richard’s constant thrive for winning and being perfect is delivered to Olive’s head. Olive cries to her grandfather because she fears losing in the Little Miss Sunshine pageant; she said, “Dad hates losers.” Edwin, the grandpa, always nags about stuff such as the ride or having chicken for dinner, again.