Essay on Nuclear Family

I will be discussing this statement in the following assignment, by studying some of the key issues and concepts it is associated with. Throughout the assignment I will be showing contrasting views for and against this statement. Firstly, I will discuss what the nuclear family is and what different theorists interpret the ‘perfect’ family to […]

Modern Family Nowadays, it seems that the traditional family structure is disappearing and the modern family is replacing it. The family used to be formed by the grandparents, the parents, their brothers and sisters and their kids, living together in the same house, but now the nuclear family formed by the father, the mother and […]

“Why? Are you telling me this because I’m Frank’s brother? Because I’m your husband? Because I’m Marie’s employer… or because I’m the sheriff? ” So many titles, so many morals and so many boundaries’ that could be crossed at anytime. What is Wes to do when confronted by his conscious and his fathers pressing opinions? […]

What’s Eating Gilbert Grape is a film of many themes and symbols that are significant to the events that occur. The title is used as a statement because while it covers the life of Gilbert Grape after the death of his father and his older brother leaves, it is also telling the audience the actual […]

I was so glad that my mother didn’t give up. The past is immutable. It is always there. We carry it around with us. Some people refer to it as a baggage. The past is the sum total of one’s self. It has made me who I am. Sitting here, alone, in the graveyard always […]

Ellen Foster Ellen Foster’s story is one of movement, from alienation and loneliness to acceptance and belonging. Ellen herself effects this major change by force of her own will. Realizing her own family “is and always has been crumbly old brick,” not meant to stick together, she targets a “foster” family that looks nice and […]

In the book Funny in Farsi by Firoozeh Dumas, there are five concepts from our textbook, Lives Across Cultures: Cross-Cultural Human Development by Harry W. Gardiner and Corrine Kosmitzki. Three of the concepts are components of Firoozeh Dumas’ developmental niche such as the psychology of her caretakers, the customs of her child care, and the […]