Problematic Decisions In The Novel Crabbe, By William Bell

A man and his son travelling alone amidst the ruins of a previously prosperous nation; a young man venturing into a treacherous land to tie up the loose ends in his life; a broken ranch hand that suspects he had a conversation with death: in the most desolate and uncertain environments, the surrounding world can lend a bleak and lifeless perspective to one’s struggle to survive. In lands without accompaniment from other humans, the will to live can be as difficult to muster as shelter for the night or the first meal in days. Cormac McCarthy explores the difficulties of survival under the tension of barren landscapes and youthful inexperience and their effects on the loss of innocence. Gained maturity enables humans to persist and stay hopeful, even in the least hopeful situations. These environments and mindsets play an important role in the messages of three novels by Cormac McCarthy: The Road, The Crossing, and Cities of the Plain.

Mr. Parrish want to raise Bob to “be a man”. In addition, he believes that his misbehavior originates from being babied by his mother. He has confessed that he has beaten Bob many times. Although Mr. Parrish is concerned with Bob’s behavior, he has explicitly mentioned

The book puts in question what are the important factors to a child’s development all the way until there teenage years. When growing up there are two main group of people that make us who we are; our parents and the outside world. When we are little, before we start school we do not know anything other than our family, this is called the first stage of development. By only knowing your family members this causes you to only act the way you see. However, a few years later, when

The people an individual surrounds themselves with, shape who they will become. Wes Moore is born into a similar situation as Moore, but surrounds himself with the wrong people. The closest thing, Moore has to a father is his brother Tony. Following in his brother’s footsteps, Wes ends up in the drug business and faces jail time. Moore illustrates, “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink right!” (72). Here, Moore proves family and environment can influence a character's fate . Friends and family can influence the way an individual thinks and makes decisions, however, they cannot ultimately decide or lay out an individual's future, hence the metaphor Moore uses. Additionally, Wes’s relationships outside his family prove to harm his

With a silent yet inescapable list of expectations, the pressure of society, and his damaged parents, one could believe that the adventure he embarked on was a way to remove himself from his destructive environment. However Chris had never experienced independence in his life. He felt separated from everyone with few friends and a well-off family that was tragically broken, and

Feeling alone. Being the only one. Not knowing what to do. All of these feelings are feelings that a person would not want to feel. One might need to turn to a friend, a role model, or a parent for help. But, what if these people were not there? What if the only person one had was themselves, and they were the only one who knew about all the secrets in the world. They knew what they had done, and they drowned themselves in the guilt that was placed in them after their one mistake. In the young adult novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, the dystopian fiction piece The Giver by Lois Lowry, and the realistic fiction book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, the characters overcome hardships, difficult tasks, and social struggles in order to Come of Age.

other people’s judgments whether it is good or bad about his life choices. He learns that

Although Frankie indirectly suffers due to his father’s actions, the two can enjoy their time together. This relationship implores the reader to frame the world as Frankie does because doing so allows one to improve his/her life. The fact that the overarching theme of the passage is love allows one to conclude that the author has achieved the goals of Faulkner’s mission because the reader can endure and prevail by following McCourt’s message.

Besides, the writer captures a transformation of himself in the instance where he fails to connect with his brother by either visiting him in prison or even writing to him. The above shows the manner in which he had a non-accommodative personality

hostile environment his father sought to escape. His mother betrayed him as she never embraced

In one’s life, a person goes through a certain processes to mature into an adult. In the book, Crabbe, by William Bell, a teen boy named Franklin Crabbe runs away from his old life which was preventing him from maturing the way he wanted to. Firstly, Franklin Crabbe experiences personal growth while staying in the wilderness. Secondly, Crabbe learns a various number of new life skills which he can use later in the future. Thirdly, Crabbe while being in the wilderness, he developed his independence. The experiences the main character Franklin Crabbe has while in wilderness contributes to his maturity into adulthood.

is shown as selfish and not trustworthy. Nick Carraway, the narrator, realizes this also. While

Every person reaches a point in their lives when they must define themselves in relation to their parents. We all come through this experience differently, depending on our parents and the situation that we are in. For some people the experience comes very early in their lives, and can be a significant life changing experience. In William Faulkner’s “Barn Burning” Colonel Sartoris Snopes must decide either to stand with his father and compromise his integrity, or embrace honesty and morality and condemn his family. This is a difficult decision to make, especially for a ten year old boy that has nothing outside of what his father provides. Sarty’s decision to ultimately betray his father is dependent on his observation of Abner’s character

In James’ case he knew that if he worked hard at school he could gain his fathers approval. However it seemed that he was in the shadow of his brother, who was also under the same pressure. He had turned to cheating to get better marks to avoid his father’s disapproval. James’ own sense of right and wrong were being clouded by his loyalty to- and competition with his brother, also his need for approval from his father and his sense of duty to protect his frail mother by “not

In Paul Fleischman’s book, Whirligig, Brent the main character undergoes many different difficulties necessary for his transformation. Brent lives in Chicago when all of the sudden one poor decision changes everything. He goes to a party for his new school, where he gets drunk and angry, and then drives into another car killing a teenage girl. Brent, accidentally killing a girl causes him to go on a journey that changes Brent for the better.