Family Essays

1. Satire is a literary technique of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject, often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. 2. The text I have chosen for this speech is and episode of “Family Guy”. “Family guy”, much like “The Simpsons”, is a satire on …

“The Lamp at Noon” is a short story that focuses on the reality of the desiccated, secluded, and expansive prairies. Set on the haunting Canadian prairies, weather emulates the emotions of Ellen, a housewife desperate for freedom of the dustbowl lifestyle. The authority of wind and dust seem to taunt …

The lifestyle and some health issues of this century have led to a steady, sizable increase in the number of single-parent adoptions. Why would a successful, independent single man or woman want to give up his or her freedom and assume the responsibilities of raising a child? The trend is …

In present society if you ask a woman what her career is, and she is known as a stay-at-home mom, people have the tendency to look down on her. However, if she is a working mom, they might ask, “how does she manage it all?” This problem with many women …

For this assignment I am supposed to debate the issue of same sex marriages. I assume my paper should pick one side of the issue and debate it from that opinion. However on the issue of gay marriages, I don’t have an opinion. I consider myself an open-minded individual who …

My past history books and social studies classes provided the basis to my knowledge on America’s past events, like the Revolutionary War. These books, classes, and even historians that I was accustomed to, only told about the men’s part in wars like this, while women were extremely overlooked. In my …

The short story I am wrinting this response for is “The Kitten” by Alexander Reid . It is set on a farm a long time ago . That it is evident because the roof of the farm house is thatched, also butter churns are used a lot less often now …

I was sixteen years old when we found out that my mother had Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. I am an only child and to hear this about my best friend, my mom, was devastating. Plus, to look at her she looked so normal and healthy, it was hard to imagine that she …

Julia Alvarez’s novel “In the Name of Salome” weaves together the life and spirit of Salome Urena, and her daughter, Salome Camila, through a journey of political turbulence in the Dominican Republic. Throughout her life, Salome describes the chaotic days of rebellions and the calmness of transitory peace between political …

I often accompanied my mother to work when my after-school babysitter called in sick or was otherwise unavailable. Encouraged to be quiet, I sat under her office desk, unnoticed by the steady stream of clients who came and left. Her specialty was family law and she worked three days a …