Select five sources. Explain how useful these sources have been in informing you in your enquiry into how conditions in the trenches of the Western Front in the First World War impacted upon British soldiers there. (15 marks)…
In what ways is the Holy Land an important site for all three monotheistic faiths?…
Although never explicitly mentioned, Sarah has a clear unliking of her father, which become apparent through her tendency to compare her father to her sister Mashah, who she clearly hates. Despite constant criticism from her father, Sarah soon becomes successful and leads the life she wishes to live, only to be reunited with her father once again at the peak of her career. Sarah is initially resistant to take in her sick father, but soon gives in and fully takes on the responsibility to care for him. It is through her father’s fragile and vulnerable state that she truly discovers him for who he is, and accepts the idea that their family relationship is sacred, despite the past associated with it. Furthermore, it is through Sarah’s brave determination to care for her father and remain by his side that she even discovers more about herself. Sarah becomes more mature through her willingness to forgive and care for the man who was previously responsible for her…
Review the following Web sites to prepare for Discussion Question 2, performing a search using the key words hunger, poverty, and malnutrition for the first three Web sites:…
Life as a Jewish immigrant was very difficult and took a lot of self-motivation to stay positive. The Smolinsky family was on the verge of starvation. The older daughters, Bessie, Mashah, and Fania, could not find work. Their father, Reb Smolinsky, doesn’t work at all, he would spend his days reading holy books and take his daughters’ wages. When the youngest daughter Sara sees Mrs. Smolinsky grieving over the situation, she goes outside to sell herring and makes the family some money. Her strong work ethic developed at a young age and stuck with her for the rest of her life. She overcame many burdens throughout her life as an immigrant. Sara was very independent and wanted to create a life of her own. Even though she admired her father’s dedication to improve the family’s financial situation, she also deeply resented how he denied all of his daughters true love and made them marry men that they were unhappy with for money.…
Sara’s family is extremely poor and if Sara’s sisters don’t find a job, the whole family will be kicked out of the house for not paying rent. Sara has three sisters; Bessie is the oldest, then Mashah and Fania, and none of them has a job. Sara’s mother, Shena, is a traditional housewife who thinks women can only be wife and mom, no women get to learn knowledge and their whole life will rely on a man. Her traditional minds affect her daughters sometimes. Reb, Sara’s father, he studies religion all the time and only care about his bible and beliefs. He does not have a job and does not take the responsibility for his entire family even though he is the only man in the house. The whole family was hanging on Bessie’s neck for her salaries since she is the oldest girl.…
Later Sara goes to Hitch’s house to say she is sorry but he just blows her off. Then in their next meeting they actually work things, they had decided to talk things over about the situation out and all is well.…
Sara started using stronger drugs and left her husband and son at an early age and have not had any contact since.…
Sarah confronts internal conflict over her affair with Lawrence, her role in her husband’s suicide, and her experience with Little Bee on the beach. Andrew hanged himself because he could not live with the guilt he felt after the episode on the beach where he was unable to cut his finger off in order to save the lives of Little Bee and her sister. Sarah realizes, however, that she and her husband would never have been in that position had she not had an affair with Lawrence and suggested that she and Andrew take a vacation to help their relationship recover. Sarah tells Little Bee, “I didn’t lose Andrew, Bee. I destroyed him. I cheated on him with another man” (139). Sarah feels that it was her selfishness that led to the incident on the beach and to Andrew’s ultimate demise. In addition to the affair, Sarah feels guilt about her role in Andrew’s suicide because of her self-centeredness. Sarah recounts the last morning that she saw her husband alive, when “[Andrew] opened his mouth to say something, but [Sarah] was running late and turned away” (30). Sarah also feels unease and guilt at the beginning of the novel because she does not know what happened to Little Bee and her sister after the killers took them away on the beach. As Sarah’s feelings begin to overwhelm her life, Cleave explains the way in which her composed exterior begins to collapse when Sarah tells herself, “the mask was finally cracking…because the biggest thing in your life, the thing that killed Andrew…is something that happened without you” (126). After Little Bee tells Sarah the remainder of what happened to the sisters on that day on the beach, Sarah insists that Little Bee stay with them in London. Even when Little Bee is being deported back to Africa, Sarah follows Little Bee in an attempt to protect her. As…
"Then the mask said, 'I wasn't fair to your father. I shouldn't have married him...Such a ridiculous-waste of years...For us all'" (Carr 142). After constantly avoiding her real feelings, Geneva finally admits the truth of who she loved. She finally lifted a burden that had been haunting and weighing her down for years. Although she had a completely different experience, Saranell endured the exact same feeling. "She gazed up at it, and the aloneness of the dark hills merging with the dark sky began to crush her. Tears ran from the corners of her eyes. The stars swam and dissolved. And in a moment she was sobbing. For her mother. For herself. For the awkward balm-of-Gilead trees...and for the smell of books in her father's library" (Carr 155). All of the experiences and the pain of what she has gone through finally caught up with Saranell. She finally embraced what had happened in her life and accepted what was real. It doesn't matter how long takes, the truth of reality will always shine through.…
Furthermore, it was impossible for Sara to escape poverty under her fathers roof. Sara’s father, Reb Smolinsky, became her main obstacle. While Sara lived with her father she was forced to live under poor conditions. Every penny her father earned would be sent away to charities across the world. Although donating money was for the right reasons, Sara’s father failed to realize that his own family was struggling in poverty. In reality, they barely had enough food to eat each night. On top of that, Sara and her sisters struggled to find jobs. In addition, Sara had to watch as her father wasted his money due to his lack of wisdom in American business. Reb, Sara’s father, purchased a store that did not have supplies nor could help them earn a…
A strong, healthy relationship between a father and son allows for a happy family and lifetime. In The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini illustrates the fragile relationship between Baba and Amir and how easily a third party could affect the relationship. Amir can now transcend his relationship with his father by confronting his past, locating his courage and portraying his redemption.…
Sara’s passages, told at different points over the next fourteen years, focus largely on Kate’s struggles. She describes how scientists help them conceive another daughter, Anna, who is a perfect genetic match for Kate. Over the course of the next few years, Anna undergoes several procedures, including frequent blood withdrawals and a painful bone marrow extraction, to help keep Kate alive. Sara describes in great detail the pain and suffering Kate endures. Chemotherapy and radiation make her violently ill, and an emergency trip to the hospital heralds each new relapse. Sara and Brian’s marriage suffers as a result, to the point where they begin to feel like strangers. In different ways, both Jesse and Anna act out at Sara because of her single-minded focus on Kate.…
The father and son relationship between Baba and Amir is problematic from the start as Amir feels he is blamed in some way for his mother’s death, by his father. Amir believes that the only way to redeem himself and be forgiven by his father is to win the annual kite tournament. This way he would win his father’s forgiveness and love, “the blue kite. My key to Baba’s heart.” The kite is Amir’s “key to Baba’s heart” because with it he hoped to gain Baba’s attention and make him proud.…
Being the protagonist, the narrator becomes the view point character in the story and this is where audience criticisms take place. From the beginning she seems to display a sort of weakness and compliance towards events; watching the waves swoop back into the sea; conforming to her lack of work and loss of identity ; “watching (her husband) vanish”, and watching her daughter “grow away” from herself. The sand image, as the story opens portrays her compliance-The way she did not wish to obstruct nature`s pattern of “one grain of sand” because of her movement. Later as Um Sabir (her “husband`s old nanny”) prevents her from doing any work, her feminine independence also appears to be deplored yet she simply accepts this fact and though seeming solemn, does not take any action. The reader soon becomes critical about such fragility. Notice how the writer mentions -“watch” her husband vanish. Due to her foreignness, she seemed to slowly fade away from her and her husband`s relationship and displays severe grief. However it appears indeed so absurd for the reader, because this narrator does not develop any sort of resistance to her dilemma. Furthermore her despondency grows gradually, and it seems that her daughter is being torn away from her the same way as with her husband. She simply pines her heart and the narrator grows a sort of dissent for the protagonist.…