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This paper examines the similar theme of the absent father in Brian Doyle's "Uncle Ronald" and E. Nesbit's "The Treasure Seekers." The paper notes that these two works seem to have little in common, yet despite this, the theme of the missing father unites them. The differences between the two works are also highlighted.

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"Superficially, Brian Doyle's 'Uncle Ronald' and E. Nesbit's 'The Treasure Seekers' seem to have little in common. The former was written by a man, the latter by a woman. They were published almost a century apart, in different countries (Canada and England, respectively). The former is a no-holds-barred, hard-hitting, realistic tale that most parents would have to think long and hard about, before reading it to their children. The latter is a delightful tale where the unpleasant realities of life are merely hinted at. The hints are very clear to the mature reader, but would likely be missed by those too young to deal with them. Thus, the books are..."

Tags:fathers, absent, plot

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This paper compares and contrasts E. Nesbit's "The Story of the Treasure Seekers" and Brian Doyle's "Uncle Ronald", particularly with regards to the theme of the absent father. The paper points out that, on the surface, the books seem to have little in common. The paper adds that the former is a hard-hitting, realistic tale that most parents would have to think long and hard about, before reading it to their children, while the latter is a delightful tale where the unpleasant realities of life are merely hinted at. However, the paper asserts that the stories are similar in that they both deal at length with the issue of the absent father and that these largely absent fathers are crucial to the development of the protagonists of the books. The paper concludes that the main difference between the stories lies in the resolution of the problem of the absent father.

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"We thus come to the first clear commonality of the books. Young Mickey lacks a father because even though he is in the house, he does not play the role of a father. He is not a father to be loved and respected, but a pathetic tyrant to be feared and hated. Thus, although Mickey appears to have a father, to all intents and purposes he does not. His father is present in the sense of being physically there, but has no useful communication with his son, and plays no positive role in his life. Exactly the same could be said about Mr. Bastable. Although he is physically there, he has no useful communication with his children, and plays no positive role in their lives."

Tags:abandoned, family, broken, home

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Paper discusses Frances Hodgson Burnett's "The Secret Garden" in relation to Mary Lennox whose disagreeable character is shaped by an ignoring mother who like Mary's Indian ayah dies; her cousin has lost his mother when a child & both show the effects; the second novel implies the strength of an Afghan 13 year old girl having known normal family life till the Taliban regime, her mother disappearing as a refugee, then her father's death. Some material on childhood separation; absent mothers and the ways of thinking/coping of children.

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The Absent Mother, Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden, & Ellis's Parvana's Journey. Introduction This paper discusses two children's novels to present variations in children to experience what is known as the absent mother in psychoanalytic theory. Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) in her well known story, The Secret Garden, refers to Victorian and Edwardian ideas of the family, motherhood, and child-raising in contrast with the experience of Mary Lennox who never knows a normal experience of mothering. The same is true of her cousin, Colin, whose mother died when he was small and

Tags:f hodgson burnett, deborah ellis, absent mother

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"The Comfort Woman" by Nora Okja Keller is the moving tale of a daughter struggling to understand her mother while coming to grips with her own emotionally unsatisfying life. This paper analyzes major theories of mother-daughter relationships and an absent father throughout the book. The book explores many sides of several feminist theories, including the all-important mother-daughter relationship, which can insinuate itself into every facet of our adult lives. The paper shows how the character, Beccah, must deal with the death of her mother, the absence of a father, and the knowledge that she never really knew her mother at all, which may be the most difficult part of her life to deal with.

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"Another compelling theme in the novel that binds the two women together is their life in Hawaii. They live in "the shacks," the side of Hawaii the tourists do not see, and it is a place reeking of poverty and sadness. Beccah grows up between the white world of her absent father, and the Korean world of her mother, but she is even more torn because she has so little of her father and his culture to bind her to him. Her life is difficult, and she really becomes the "mother" in the relationship early, because her mother is so often off in a trance and unable to take care of herself. Beccah sees the world through two cultures, she does not exactly fit in either one of them, and this is another source of her restlessness and isolation after she leaves home."

Tags:Akiko, Korea, Hawaii

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The paper looks at how "Fathers and Sons" imparts a sense of nihilism being a short trend in the 1860s, as Turgenev has Arkady marry Anna's sister. The paper explains that this marks the end of the nihilist tradition in which men like Bazarov would not be absolutist in their desire to relinquish all ties with old traditions in Russian society. The paper discusses how although Bazarov thinks Arkady 'soft', there is a steady realization that Turgenev sought to bring humanistic love to his characters, even though a majority of them are caught within the throws of the intellectual climate of nihilism in 1860s Russia.

Tags:turgenev, fathers, sons

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This essay discusses the impact that John Locke's second treatise had on our founding fathers of government. His emphasis on private property, liberty and the checks and balances of different branches of government were fundamental in shaping the views of the founding fathers.

Tags:locke's, impact, fathers

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This paper analyzes two Canadian novels built on the lives of their respective main characters and further examining the way people make decisions and shape their lives. These novels are Margaret Laurence's "The Stone Angel" and Sinclair Ross's "As For Me and My House." Both novels by Canadian writers and have had a long history, with the Laurence novel published in 1964 and the Ross novel in 1941. Both books feature central characters who might be deemed failures in their personal lives, though they are very human and their problems are fully understandable to the reader. The novels also have their symbolic aspects and both develop as a narrative told by the main character.

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"Two novels built on the lives of their respective main characters in an uncompromising look at the way people make decisions and shape their lives for good or ill can be found in Margaret Laurence's The Stone Angel and Sinclair Ross's As For Me and My House. Both novels by Canadian writers and have had a long history, with the Laurence novel published in 1964 and the Ross novel in 1941. Both books feature central characters who might be deemed failures in their personal lives, though they are very human and their problems are fully understandable to the reader. The novels also have their symbolic aspects, most explicitly in the case of The Stone Angel, and both develop as a narrative told by the main character, as the..."

Tags:two, canadian, novels

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This paper introduces several Chinese novels in English translation, noting what they tell of culture and society in the late Ming and Qing periods. The paper addresses the rise of Taoism as compared with an older Confucian and Buddhist heritage, ideas on women and what was really happening in the educated classes. The paper refers to novels and theoretical works.

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"This paper introduces several Chinese novels in English translation, noting what they tell of culture and society in the late Ming and Qing periods. The reader finds dark themes to do with women but also satirical approaches to the hated Manchu dynasty and people who do not quite live up to what is expected of them. There are many signs of creative or observing authors much distanced from the Qing official culture. English-speaking readers may find a good deal that is not expected, including a sense of humour in those criticizing what could seem a respectable culture."

Tags:ming, qing, novels, analysis

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In this article, the writer studies three separate works and looks at the subject of of sex and maturing as a human being. The three novels examined are 'Howl's Moving Castle' by Diana Wynne Jones, 'The Secret Life of Owen Skye' by Alan Cumyn, and 'Permanent Rose' by Hilary McKay.

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"Three novels are to be analyzed for what they say about learning about sex and maturing as a human being, three being Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones, The Secret Life of Owen Skye by Alan Cumyn, and Permanent Rose by Hilary McKay. A frequent subject in fiction can be characterized as the mysteries of sex, especially in coming-of-age novels in which young people are exploring these matters for the first time and rediscovering what generations before have discovered. In the three novels discussed here, the road to maturity includes a period of anxiety about potential sexual partners and about becoming an adult. This issue is approached in different ways in each of the novels, though each can be seen as ..."

Tags:three, novels, youth

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This paper looks at how both Charles Dickens, in his novel "Hard Times" and Abdullah Hussein, in his novel "Emigre Journeys", deal with the subject of fathers. It looks at how the family as a place of anguish as it is to be a place of refuge during hard times and how the two authors explore this dynamic in different contexts.

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"Both Charles Dickens in his novel Hard Times and Abdullah Hussein in his novel "Emigre Journeys" remind us of something that most of us already know but would like to forget which is the fact that during hard times the family is as likely to be a place of .."

Tags:father, labor, immigrant, industrialization