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  • Dominant Member Of The Joad Family
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    Survival of the Passionate Raymond Chandler, author of The Big Sleep, and John Steinbeck, author of The Grapes of Wrath, focus their novels on astounding women, the backbone of support necessary for their family to overcome obstacles and survive. In many ways, women are used to gathering information, inspiring, encouraging the hero, while hiding the negative with an absolute and optimistic, though often false, attitude. The women in these two novels are parallel in many ways. They all achieve an...
  • Members Of Your Family
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    The word family is often looked as a relationship between biological parents and their children. It typically consists of a mother, a father, and one or more kids. But in this day and age, things are changing and the word family now has many variations. Families now can consist of single parents, same-sex parents, and step-parents as well. There is no longer such a thing as a standard family, but the purpose of a family should remain consistent with time. A family is an incredible asset in one's...
  • Father Of The Rabbitte Family
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    Families Portrayed In Roddy Doyle's Books Why do we hear so much about family these days? Perhaps it is because relationships between family members are assumed to be the prototype for all other social relations. In the novels, The Commitments, The Snapper and The Van, Roddy Doyle shows his support of the family as an institution. Each character demonstrates strength and direction within the family unit. However, when the stability of the family is threatened, each character breaks down along wi...
  • Minuchin Looks At Family Interaction Patterns
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    General systems theories emerged in the biological and social sciences following World War II. This led to the conceptualization of the individual as an interdependent part of larger social systems. Systemic therapy does not focus on how problems start, but rather on how the dynamics of relationships influence the problem. The therapist's goal is to alter the dynamics of the relationships rather than to focus only on the behavior or internal dynamics of individuals. For example, if a child is ha...
  • Healthy Families And Dysfunctional Families
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    Table of Contents What is a dysfunctional family. 2 What are the stressors of healthy vs. dysfunctional families 3 Economic, social and cultural factors. 3 What are the long-term effects... 4 Bibliography 5 Primary Research: Survey 6 Analysis of Results... 9 Family / household structures and strategies are very diverse worldwide and their response to processes of economic and political change is equally diverse. In other words, if there is a crisis in the family, it can only be a multiple set of...
  • Gambino Family Members
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    ... afterwards. Now Gotti needed someone of the older generation, a traditional capo in the family. Joseph Armone fit the bill. By getting Armone to join the Fist, they reduced the possibility of a civil war within the family. Gotti and his co-conspirators knew that they had to lay the groundwork for their plan well beyond the Gambino family. In Jerry Capeci and Gene Mustain's book Gotti: Rise and Fall the strategy is described: Members of the Fist contacted influential men in three other Cosa N...
  • Nature Of Families Through His Novel Cloudstreet
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    NB: THis Essay is ON Tim Winton's Cloudstreet - a highly regarded Australian novel that is gaining appreciation worldwide What does Winton tell us about the nature of families Through his novel Cloudstreet, Tim Winton shares with his readers some of his thoughts about families. Through the two families in the novel, the Pickles and the Lambs, as well as insight into the characters past families, Winton reveals his feelings on what a families are and what they are here for, turning the tables on ...
  • Ny Seiu Staff Members
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    Submitted by Ken Cooper Location Unknown Please accept our small contribution to the Sept. 11 fund. The other $5 is from my-6-year-old twins, Dalton and Nora. Our hearts go out to all of you and your families. Submitted by Jamil Khan Location Unknown Your members are the best of America -- hardworking, tolerant, progressive. I only wish I could afford to give more during your hour of need. Submitted by Louis DiamondChicagoI hope that this small amount is helpful in this difficult time. As a heal...
  • Family Of Her Mother's Side
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    Family Description & Structure Even though the Agbayani family is of Filipino descent, they can be seen as similar as any other working class nuclear family living in the United States. Reynelyn's household and immediate family consist of her father (Rodrigo), mother (Lorna), older sister (Heidi), younger brother (Leo), and herself. Her extended family on her father's side live in Seattle and her extended family on her mother's side live in Ilocos Sur, a provincial state in the Philippines. Both...
  • Helpful Structures
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    Civilian Conservation Corps During the 1930's the economic situation of the untied states was very bad. The nation was in severe debt and there was no really plan on getting out of it. Unemployment was running rampant and in the inner cities most people had no means of supporting their families. There was another huge problem that was plaguing the country, soil erosion and lack of timber was a big environmental issue. In 1932 Franklin Delano Roosevelt was voted in as president of the United Stat...
  • Joy Luck Club By Amy Tan
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    In both pieces of literature; "Barrio Boy", by Ernesto Gala rza and "The Joy Luck Club", by Amy Tan; the authors portray five families and their friends struggle with language barriers, even within their own families, adapting to the customs and routines of the North American society, and how the younger family members succeeded in school, work, and relationships. In Amy Tans book "The Joy Luck Club", the theme of the "American Dream", which is the belief that America is a guaranteed land of opp...
  • Los Dias De Los Muertos
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    Los Dias De Los Muertos The night air taints the haunted sky and the disturbance of children lasts until the following morning. Halloween is a simple holiday that started many hundreds of years ago, but it was not known as Halloween but "Los Dias De Los Muertos". Every autumn Monarch Butterflies return to Mexico for the winter protection of the trees. The local town folk welcome back the returning butterflies, which they believe bear the spirits of their dead relatives. The spirits are honored d...
  • Family Members And Patient
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    I. Health History The subject of my case study is W.K.W.K. is a 95 year old white male who was admitted to Moses Cone Hospital on November 23, 2002. Prior to being admitted to the hospital, W.K. had been in excellent health. His troubles apparently began three weeks prior to being admitted. On November 23, W.K.'s son found him lying on the floor confused, and soaked in urine. Mr. K. was diagnosed as having an acute cerebral vascular accident. This disorder can also be described as a "stroke". It...
  • Different From The Family Life In Switzerland
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    Family life is the basic unit of our society. For example, how the distribution of roles are spread between the different family members. Apparently there are some similarities between family life in Australia and Switzerland. For example, in Switzerland, as in Australia, the family forms a strong union in which every member has to make their contribution. So, a comparison of family life in Australia and Switzerland reveals a lot of similarities but only a few differences. Firstly t, the role of...
  • Younger Members Of An Australian Family
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    At first sight, Japanese families may look little different from that of a contemporary Australian family, in that, the majority of families live in cities, the house contains, generally, only members of the nuclear group, parents and child, who use it for sleeping, eating and bathing. However, closer inspections show the differences in values and social norms. To understand where these values come, the ideas of the traditional Japanese family must be briefly explained. In a traditional japanese...
  • Members Of The Younger Family
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    Some critics of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun have said, "The members of the Younger family have unrealistic and unattainable dreams. ' This is quite an accurate statement about these characters. Hansberry's views shown in this play were radical at the time it was produced; therefore, the characters had dreams that were unattainable during that time. A Raisin in the Sun is set in the 1950's, which is essential to the argument that the main characters of this play have hopes and dreams...
  • Family Members And The Victims
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    Acquired Immune Deficiency better knows, as AIDS is a virus that is affecting families all over the Unites States today. In a statistical study done by the United States Department of Health and Human Services they reported that "633,000 people were diagnosed with AIDS in 1997 and 393,416 deaths from the virus were reported' (United States). Although AIDS is not a very highly contagious disease like chicken pox, measles, or the pink eye it affects a great number of people and their families in t...
  • Damaged Call The Water Company
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    Check for dangers in the home: ? store breakable objects such as glass and china in low, and closed cabinets.? repair any cracks in ceilings or foundations? check electrical wiring and gas connections? keep pesticides, weed killers, and other flammable in closed cabinets on the bottom shelves Know where the safe spots are in every room: ? should be away from windows, mirrors, pictures, anywhere where glass could shatter, heavy bookcases, and heavy furniture Make sure family members know what to ...

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