The author Lawrence Nyman found that subjects ranked their own birth position similar to ways other s ranked that position. ... The middle birth position identified with social able characteristics, thoughtfulness, responsibility, ambition, and independence. ... Independence, ambition, socialablity, dominance, responsibility, thoughtfulness, and intelligence were all associated with the only-child position. ... The relationship with the mothers is developed form the history of her own mother. One conclusion from this is that the only child is at risk if her or she reached adolescence if the...

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In the other hand if you have a high paying job in the corporate world; meaning a white collar job, and although you might or might not own a house but you earn more than enough for your living expenses then that is consider to be the business success dream. ... Willy Loman had accomplished the historical American Dream but because of his ambition he did not realize it. ... He devoted his life into a career as a salesman knowing that he was good with his hands, but he possessed too much snobbery to admit that his own destiny was in a simple career as a carpenter ("Death of a Salesman&qu...

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It has been and still is a main problem faced by young girls in our own country. ... The girl herself is never treated like an actual human being, with hopes and dreams and ambitions, but an object, not allowed to live her life and stuck with a distorted, traumatized childhood, especially if her husband happens to be a forty something year old. ... They each deserve a shot at a life of their own choosing, at their own future, their right is happiness and joy and health, all of which are swiped and stolen from them at early ages. ...

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He sells typewriters to make a living while he halfheartedly pursues his ambition to be a writer. ... Her action conveys a complete dismissal of the wishes of the child's mother and emphasizes her own satisfaction; in essence, promoting the inferiority of the wishes of Carver's mother. ... Once, however, Julian realizes that his mother has suffered more than just a blow to her body and ego he realizes the mistake that he has made with his own condescending attitude towards her and the folly in his own way of thinking. ...

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In Stamps, Momma owned properties that she rented to poor whites and owned and operated the Wm. ... When Maya was graduated from the eighth grade, a white speaker made it clear that the graduates had no realistic intellectual ambitions. ...

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Consequently, Gibbons cleverly emphasises that through family values and social attitudes, individuals can gain knowledge upon how distant larger families struggle to convey sanction and responsibility for their own, unless for their own social gain. ... Although only young, Ellen is far from naive and Gibbons cleverly portrays her to be an independent girl who can see anyone's undisclosed ambitions whether it be for power or wealth, "Aunt Nadine was only laughing at the smiley man because he looked nice and talked proper like". ...

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An appraisal of Peter Skrzynecki's poetry and other relevant texts illustrates that Changing Perspective is a dynamic and evolutionary process, culminating in the transformation or modification of one's own outlook. ... With the transformation of growing admiration for his father, the persona also recognizes his own unhappiness and lack of direction in life, forcing him to readdress his own ambitions and define his priorities. ... What she has to say about the paradoxes of French society - rigidly conventional attitudes mixed with deep suspicion of authority; the insecurity often l...

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This does prove my hypothesis- and so ultimately, makes Karoly's and Gonzalez's research developing in my own research on barriers to achievement in immigrants. ... Second, a child precare centre is an institution with its own set of rules, norms, and practices. ... "ECE programs that engage parents in their children's development are able to leverage those ambitions to teach parents how to participate in their children's learning". ... Though informative and accurate research, only a fraction of this report will be useful in my own research. ...

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In their own way, both Biff and Happy are experiencing their own form of breakdown. ... Happy's ambitions have manifested differently to Willy's, he has a distorted view of competition and sleeps with his bosses wives as a way of "getting ahead", but y the end of the play it seems it will destroy him just as it did his father. ...

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From reading the poem, it's clear that the narrator left his family to pursue an identity of his own, and the first line of the poem suggests that he isn't happy about having to return home out of obligation as the oldest child. ... Now, it seems that she has the ambition to do those things again and cannot, because of health reasons or the fear of breaking social norms. ... Likewise, one would assume that the man's son would be expected to become a farmer in his own adulthood. ... The father in this piece appears to want a different path for his son, one in which he has the abi...

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