Dave's stereotypical father disapproves of his son's desire to become one of the leading cyclists, and reacts angrily to his son's bizarre behaviour, threatening to throw him out of the house. ... How will Dave reconcile his relationship with his father? This enigma is eventually resolved when Dave's father comforts his son, following the race with the Cinzano cycling team. ... Dave's father thinks his son is crazy: Mom: He was very sickly until he started riding around on that bicycle. ... Whereas Dave's mother seems interested, almost as if she wants to ...

• Word Count: 1720
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Hamlet at this point in his life is going through great difficulty trying to cope with his father's murder and his mother's quick marriage to his uncle. ... With Ophelia he changes from the lover to the cruel abuser, "Get thee to a nunnery" With Gertrude he is the loving son, "I shall in all my best obey you, madam." and with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern he is the joker. ... Hamlets age is open to interpretation; however he is often known to be in young adulthood, since he returns from university studies to come home after his father's death. ... For Hamlet this is not helped by...

• Word Count: 1574
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As Guest stated in her biography, she had become deeply rooted in her characters, seeing them fail in this novel would be like seeing her three sons fail in their lives. ... The other focus is that of Calvin, Conrad's father, who has succumb to grief after losing his first son and almost losing his second ("Judith Guest" 63). ... Unlike his wife, he places all his attention on his broken son which drives their marriage closer to its death. ... Calvin and Conrad continually blame themselves for all that goes wrong in life and cannot open up about the death of their brother or so...

• Word Count: 2059
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Goldman fabricates a failing marriage, a troubled son, and legal issues in "William Goldman's- life. ... Goldman idealizes "William Goldman's- Florenise father as well as Florenise authors (p.8) who come from the mystical and mythical land in which the story takes place. ... The author even ends "William Goldman's- story on a somewhat happy note with the change for the better in his relationship with his son. ...

• Word Count: 1401
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Armand's evil was deep as he forsakes his loving wife, infant son, and God. ... The blacks were cheerful while his father was alive but was not during Armand's strict management of the L'Abri. Armand had changed to a kinder man after his marriage and the birth of his son and it may have been the only time in his life he was truly happy. ...

• Word Count: 1926
• Approx Pages: 8

With utter disappointment in his son, he throws the girl into the prison and later orders for her to be buried alive. ... Some writers use this recipe in a family scenarios, where is there is a father who has abandoned a mother whose poor and scrapping through life and a band of six children ranging from the age of twelve to three. ...

• Word Count: 1579
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School