Family Essays

My most treasured possession is my mother’s wedding ring, which I received as a gift on my eighth birthday. I don’t remember my mother, as she and my father were killed in a car accident just before I turned three. Yet I grew up surrounded by love, hearing wonderful stories …

A Love between a mother and her child can be so strong that sometimes it is hard for one to express how they feel. A mothers love for her child is unconditional and so is the childs love for their mother. However, everybody expresses their love in different ways and …

Marriages can be very tough to maintain. They require a variety of skills. Looking at marriages in different cultures, we can see very different points of view towards marriage. We all know the American culture and how we view marriage. The article “Why Marriages Fail” by Anne Roiphe presents the …

Women in today’s society have a much louder voice; meaning they have more respect, and are greatly appreciated for what they do, compared to Yackel’s 1975 essay. Bonnie Smith-Yackel’s essay makes a statement about how society values, and appreciates women and the way they work dating back to the 1920’s. …

Coldness is a prominent theme in both Edith Wharton’s Ethan Frome and Wallace Stevens’ “The Snow Man.” When one thinks of coldness, the misery, the emptiness, and the lack of life associated with it also come to mind. Ethan Frome and “The Snowman” show that the coldness of one’s surroundings …

The Poems “Suburban” and “Walking the Dog” both have titles that don’t quite give an accurate depiction of the poems subject. Which is an unexpected humor that involves dog shit and the dog owners involvement in it. The poems have many commonalities between them because of their similar topic, as …

Write approximately 250 words stating what significant idea(s) are explored through this text, and how. Use quotes to support your points. The poem, “Solstice Poem,” by Margaret Atwood is about a mother sharing her thoughts and asking herself how to raise her daughter well so that she will be able …

How is a parent supposed to become a good parent opposed to being a bad one? Many different people have different opinions on what makes a “good” parent. Many can agree that there are some general qualities that a “good” parent must have. A good parent is one who has …

Marriage is defined as a relationship that is legally recognized and established by a civil or religious ceremony, joining together in wedlock two people who intend to live together as sexual and domestic partners “until death do them part.” It is also defined as a blend of two or more …

In Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Black Cat” the reader is told that the narrator appears to be a happily married man, who has always been exceedingly kind and gentle. He attributes his downfall to “the spirit of perverseness.” This downfall is depicted in several heinous acts, such as when he …