Essays on Father Figure

How absentee fathers affect teen pregnancy in daughters

Introduction The family is the basic unit of society. From this structure, individuals learn the tenets of how to integrate into society and cope with other members. Most mammal species live in the family unit, be it nuclear or extended. Within the family, members learn to bond, share and assist each other with difficulties. The human species shows the most sophisticated form of human organization. When children get born, they only get taught how to survive as adults, but there are certain values that parents must pass on to their children. Each family and society have different values and ...

Undefeated is an inspiring movie about the football team of Manassas High School in North Memphis, Tennessee and how a special coach was able to turn their poor performance around through his transformational leadership. As a volunteer coach, Bill Courtney gave so much of himself to the team because he believed they could do much better. Not only did he build up their skills and changed their attitude for the better, but more importantly, he built their self-esteem, discipline, commitment, and character. The film takes the viewers to a journey of change in the characters from nonchalant boys who ...

In “Uncle Rock,” Dagoberto Gilb produces a piece of prose fiction, which is succinct and concise. The narrative is written from a third person perspective and concentrate on Erick, the protagonist. He is eleven and being brought up by a single mother in Los Angeles. The mother is a beautiful immigrant from Mexico, though Erick has no sense of his original homeland, Mexico. Erick is confronted by dilemmas as the mother tries to create a new identity by finding a rich man as a husband. For the most of the story, the protagonist is mum and never engages in ...

Homer Jay Simpson is one of the most famous cartoon characters and very much liked by children and adults throughout the world. Children of every age are fans of Mr. Simpson and they can’t wait to see him on television. Homer Simpson is not a real life character, but a fictional cartoon character who appears in the series The Simpsons. On the television show, Homer and his wife Marge have three children: Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. As the family's provider, he works at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. Homer embodies several American working class stereotypes: he is crude, ...

Everybody has memories of their childhood, both good and bad, but it is the good ones that many people remember. But that does not rule out the possibility of remembering bad memories because they also bring into a person sad memories they would wish to forget. In the poem, My Papa’s Waltz that is written by Theodore Roethke, a picture of a boy waltzing with his father is created. By the look of things, the story is told by a grown man who has gone back into time to pick an incident from his childhood. The title of ...

The Karate Kid, a quintessential film portraying the journey of an adolescent through the odds of life and the final triumph of life, serves to cinematically describe the stages of development of an adolescent individual. It would be extremely interesting to apply the theories of Erik Erikson in deciphering the cinematic essence of the film and having a comprehensive view of the matter.

Erikson describes the stage to be one when the adolescent is concerned about how others perceive of him or her. The superego of the adolescent grows as does the confidence of oneself. The child finally develops a sense of ...

Introduction

Parenting is an aspect of supporting a person to develop socially, emotionally, education wise and physically from a child to an adult. Parenting usually exists in an individual biologically related to the infant in question, but in some instances, biological relationship is not a big deal in child bearing. Raising a child to be a responsible adult in the society involves the whole society as other family members, neighbors and the governments besides the biological parents take part. Parental skills are vital because they shape the behavioral appearance of the child in the society, and parental skills could be good or bad depending on ...

Abstract

Modernity and Post modernity are the two social, political, economic and cultural phases in respectively 20th and 21st centuries. The initial phase of cinema was much influenced by phase of modernity and the later was influenced by the aspects of post modernity. The paper tries to analyse these modernity and post-modernity in cinematic context. For this comparative analysis the researcher has taken two cinematic works. The initial focus of the paper is the study of the term modernity with its elements. These elements have been analyzed in the context of Charlie Chaplin’s cinematic work. The paper then discusses ...

Since time immemorial, philosophers, scientists, theologians, and laypeople have inquired about the nature of "God" and the possibilities of a transcendent realm from both a scientific perspective as well as a religious perspective. Their answers are nebulous, as the lack of evidence of an Omniscient being, or a loving "Creator" can be construed as the absence of the ability to know this realm. Any knowledge of such a realm must be taken on faith alone, as it is not scientifically provable, which either proves that science has its limits, or that the knowledge of God operates beyond the realm of scientific empiricism -- and ...

Everybody Loves Raymond is one of the American television sitcoms starring Patricia Heaton, Ray Romano, Brad Garrett, as well as Peter Boyle. For many years, the TV series was among the most watched television shows. The marriage between Debra Barone and Ray Romano portray various behaviors, characters and roles of husbands and wives in the family. It is worth noting that American viewers have various expectations of spouses, especially in relation to the TV series Everybody Loves Raymond (“Everybody Loves Raymond (TV Series 1996–2005)). The television series is constituted of a nuclear family, whereby the entire family is centered ...

Jim and Huck Relationship

In the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the character Jim who was a slave of Miss Watson played a vital role in the life of Huck as he accompanies Huck in all his adventures. As story of the novel moves, the relationship between the two became stronger. They had similarities in the situation that made them to exile from the country. Jim escaped from Miss Watson, as he did not want to be sold to the plantation where he might have to meet cruel treatment, while Huck escaped from his father who tortured him like a slave. In the beginning, their relationship started ...

There are people in a positive or negative way both in one’s personal and professional life. For me working in retail has been an eye opener in view of the challenges that the job brings and its influence in daily life. My Supervisor Steve had been a great positive influence in terms of work ethics which has helped a great deal in doing chores at work and also at home in an effective and efficient manner. Steve taught me the importance of being planned in the retail work environment in view of the dynamic environment of retail. As a part of ...

In such scenarios where families seem like collections of individuals, in this case the mother and grandmother, the elder and young sisters, family therapy can be tricky because all of them are ultimately affecting the 7-year-old child in unpredictable ways. A structural family therapist would view the child’s school phobia rooted in the dysfunctional structure of the family. Based on the unique features of the structural family therapy, the therapist’s main goal would be to focus on restructuring the structure of the family and offering a framework that restores order and meaning to system of transactional rules of ...

- Society’s thoughts. Opposing the thoughts about divorce some decades ago, today’s society faces the idea of divorce in a much lighter and one can say even natural way. This happens because of an increased focus on the ideals of one being autonomous, working on their personal growth; marriage ceased to be so imperative to maintain as it was before, it “is no longer a social obligation” (Introduction to Divorce, 1). Instead of this, inside the society’s self-fulfillment perspective is merely one of the many possible ways to achieve such goal. Society also changed the ...

Effect of an Absentee Father on an Adolescent's Self Concept

The emphasis on family-centered practices has never been greater than today as society veers away from the notion of a mother-and-child-centered practice. Instead, all members of the family are held accountable when it comes to child-rearing and development practices in order to ensure that children grow up to be well-rounded individuals, with lesser angst and hang-ups in life. Thus, the responsibilities of the father in the family as well as his role is now given due recognition, appreciation, and understanding when it comes to an individual's growth and self-concept. Because of this, having an absentee father figure in the family ...

Christianity and Islam: are they more similar than they are different, or vice versa? Both believe in one God, right? Both religions believe in rewards for the good and punishments for the bad. Also, both religions believe in a life after death. Do the two religions of Christianity and Islam have many more similarities, however? When you are trying to make comparisons, it helps to first establish a clear definition of the two positions that you are trying to compare. In comparing Christianity and Islam, it will also be helpful to see what a prominent Christian theologian has to say about Islam. ...

Introduction

Research undertaken for this paper looked at a number of views on this topic. The objective was to determine if the American family unit is at risk, and if it is – why that is happening.

The Research

1. “Family Decline: The Findings of Social Science” Vitz (1999) published this paper based on research which he claims highlights “the serious family decline of the last few decades.” Although his paper examines a number of factors contributing to that perceived decline, his opening remarks place the largest portion of blame on the shoulders of fathers – men who have “abandoned their role in the family.” ...

Introduction:

Sylvia Plath was definitely a personage of great tragedy yet she was also a person who imbued the feminism of her age and who could not cope with the depression which tormented her life which ended at the young age of 30. She was a poet with a fierce sense of independence and originality but intrinsically very proud of her sexuality and prowess in that area. In fact her poetry can be rather lurid and direct at times showing the way forward for female sexual liberation accordingly. However the situation which really affected her life and eventual suicide was the lack of a father ...

Introduction

Boyz n the Hood is a film which was produced in 1991 depicting the American hood. It was directed by John Singleton and its main characters were Cuba Gooding Jr., Laurence Fishburne, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut, Regina King and Angela Basset. The movie reveals the way of life in the urban and poor South Central Los Angeles. Boyz n the Hood was declared ‘culturally significant’ in 2002 by the United States Library of Congress and preserved it in the National Film Registry (Singleton, 1991).

The Plot

The story begins in 1984 with four youths on their way to school. One of them ...