Essays on Family Page 288

In 1953, the psychoanalyst John Bowlby wrote Child Care and the Growth of Love. In this book he puts forward a theory that the relationship between a mother and her child during the child’s first year is of vital importance and influences the development of the child in later years. This is the theory of…

Every fortnight I was faced with the taunting experience of retrieving the eggs and every fortnight the task became more and more daring. Each morning at Nonis (grandmother) house a war between the chickens and I emerged from the normally silent yard, a war that separated all good from the world and emphasized death, destruction…

Dressed in a baggy T-shirt, cotton pants and runners with long wavy hair falling around her shoulders, she looks like an ordinary teenager.Yet because of her crime she spent her sweet sixteen birthday locked up in one of British Columbias closed custody units for youth. Janice which is not her real name because the Young…

Crime happens to all of us, we leave our mobile phone unattended for a second while we grab some grub and it’s gone in ajiffy, Crime can range from minor offenses such as stealing office supplies to manslaughter. Crime is also everywhere, following you from the workplace back to the neighborhood. In the United States…

Burnage has small local shops, a library, health centre and a thriving community centre with group activities nearly every day. Local shopping is due for a big improve with Tesco planning a new store on Lane End Road near Burnage station. It’s not too far to Withington village where there are more shops, bars, restaurants…

Worthington’s father, despite being illiterate, had a negative influence on his life. Despite being industrious and supporting his family, he did not find satisfaction in his roles as a husband and father. Instead of allowing Worthington to continue his education beyond first grade, his father withdrew him from school and assigned him farm work. Worthington…

According to Joan Morgan, the presence of video girls as representations of attractiveness in society leads to negative consequences like low self-esteem and eating disorders in young women. When girls do not resemble the physical appearance of these video girls, their self-esteem suffers. One viewer pointed out that the video girls are typically slender and…

Juliet has a complex relationship with her mother, who loves her but remains distant. However, the Nurse has cared for Juliet since she was a baby and still works as a nanny for the Capulets. Consequently, it is not surprising that Juliet sees the Nurse as more of a maternal figure than her own mother….

Wyatt and Surrey, who lived and were close friends during the tumultuous reign Of Henry VIII in England, composed respective translations of some of Petrarch’s most famous works. In their writings, though their words are quite similar to those of Petrarch, it is clear they have their individual interpretations of the texts and the theme…

Set during the sixties and using the Troubles in Northern Ireland as a suitably depressing backdrop, “Cal” by Bernard MacLaverty is the tale of a tragic love affair and the hopelessness of life during the Troubles. Cal’s struggle for normality within the chaos which was life in Northern Ireland, has enabled MacLaverty to create a…