Essays Tagged: "grandchildren"

Black Boy by Richard Wright. Focuses on women which affected Wright throughout his autobiography.

s house. Granny was an extremely religious Seventh Day Adventist and insisted that her children and grandchildren follow her ways. Because of her fanaticism, Richard's mother chose to move her family ...

(3 pages) 109 1 4.0 Mar/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

One hundred Years of solitude- by Gabrial Garcia Marquez- this paper discusses the repitition of life patterns in the Buendia family.

from the past. In the beginning the "village [is] truly happy" (pg. 18), yet as children, and then grandchildren come, patterns become apparent. The Buendia family blindly follows the mistakes of the ...

(4 pages) 111 0 4.3 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

effects alcohoism has on children. the final outcomes and possible social and personal effects it has on the child's life.

at effect on my sisters and I growing up, and alcoholism may also have an effect on my children and grandchildren.Growing up, my most common memory of my father, was the sight of him struggling to kee ...

(5 pages) 266 2 3.9 Apr/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Biography for Paul O'Neal, former chairman of Alcoa and treasury secretary during the Bush administration.

University. Mr. O'Neill and his wife Nancy live in Pittsburgh where they have four children and 12 grandchildren.Mr. O'Neill's greatest achievement for Alcoa was to transform an old and bureaucratic ...

(3 pages) 82 0 4.7 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies

Enron and what went wrong,the accounting, the ceo's, and the retirement plans of thousands

EnronImagine having all your money for your retirement plan gone,your money for vacations and grandchildren all gone. You thought it'd neverhappen, but it did, and how your top executives are ma ...

(3 pages) 317 2 1.5 Mar/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

Once Upon three Homes: Talk American ,boy!

of oppression and inequality. Racial and cultural differences have persisted among the children and grandchildren of immigrants. Due to this there is a very visible distinction between the Hispanic co ...

(6 pages) 91 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Performing Arts

Internet Needs a Dot Kids Domain.

be a welcome solace to parents and educators who care about the best interests of our children and grandchildren, and is a constitutionally viable program for our Government to provide.There are thos ...

(2 pages) 31 0 1.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

"Rollerblading on Juan's Birthday" A creative writing story.

ile, my grandfather was just standing, smiling quietly. He rarely knew what his wife had gotten his grandchildren for their birthday, he was never told, even though he contributed to each and every gi ...

(3 pages) 60 2 3.8 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

A Good Man Is Hard To Find

onist in this piece. We learn more about her from her direct conversation with the son, Bailey, her grandchildren, June Star and John Wesley, and the Misfit killer. Through these conversations, we kno ... trip to Florida, the grandmother talked the entire time. She would tell stories of her youth to the grandchildren and lecture them about being more respectful to their native state, and to their paren ...

(5 pages) 255 0 3.8 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

THe Twelve-Rib Shop.

sie wakes up at 5:30 in the morning. That is except for Sunday when she attends church with her two grandchildren, Alice and Johnny. Their mom gave birth to them when she was young so she left them wi ... ver did like New York City. Grandma Rosie barely had enough money to support herself, let alone two grandchildren. After fifty years of working at the Twelve-Rib Shop, she was not going to quit now. A ...

(3 pages) 15 0 0.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing

"Anne Bradstreet's Philosophy Through Literary Devices"--the philosophy in her three poems about the deaths of her grandchildren explained in terms of literary devices.

The brilliant poet reveals her values and her love for grandchildren through the use of metaphors, repetition, and a persuasive organization. Most of the i ...

(1 pages) 41 0 5.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

German-American "Immigration"

man immigrants to America implemented successfully in the decades before they or their children and grandchildren became fully Americanized.No one knows the number of German-Americans today. For no on ...

(4 pages) 46 0 4.3 Feb/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Planning Retirement

they won't be able to retire until age 59.More than a third of affluent retirees with children and grandchildren are helping to support them financially, as are 29% of all retirees. Also, nearly a qu ...

(3 pages) 168 0 3.3 Feb/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Birthday party in Chinese family

essing all our gratitude to his mother for her hardworking and love on bringing up her children and grandchildren. After that, some of our relatives and friends presented so many gifts to grandmother. ...

(1 pages) 35 0 4.1 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Industrial revolution communism etc.

e these were the skilled workers and inventors who went to Holland and England and eventually their grandchildren became the great inventors of the revolutionDomestic system- old system where everythi ...

(10 pages) 88 0 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Comparison of Three Short Stories from Michael Ondaatje's collection "From Ink Lake".

seem to be merely the story of one young woman's fervor for creating a family of many children and grandchildren. Due to it being extremely short and marginally descriptive one might have a difficult ... rance but in this case the irony is that it is the product of this ignorance, her many children and grandchildren, that help her to survive long after her husband indeed long after she can even rememb ...

(6 pages) 45 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

A Grandfathers Love

to tell you and show you how much I love you? What if I am not here to see your children, my great grandchildren, mature?This poem brought out numerous emotions in me. I can actually picture what the ... m and him being dead. The thought hit me that I might not be here to see my grand children or great grandchildren grow.The poem made me think about my children when they were little and how I used to ...

(3 pages) 60 1 4.8 Jun/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Book report of The Call Of The Wild, by Jack London

l of the fittest in nature. As the judge's loyal companion, working with his sons, and guarding his grandchildren, Buck ruled over all things - humans included. Combining his mother's intelligence wit ...

(4 pages) 41 0 4.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"Celebrating Our Veterans' Service"

ver watch him graduate from college, never see him marry the girl of his dreams, and, never see his grandchildren. As the boy sits there, lost in the "never"s, his baby sister's cry of "I'm home!" sta ...

(3 pages) 25 0 3.7 Oct/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

The Vital Environment

ng our home. Something has to be done to help save the environment for the sake of our children and grandchildren, for their health and our health, and for the natural beauty of earth itself.There are ...

(3 pages) 46 2 3.7 Nov/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science