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…there my mother’s brother sponsored my mother, my older brothers and me to the United States. After having left my father and my younger brother in the Philippines for three years, my mother was finally able to establish herself in the U. S. so that she could…

…, the narrator runs to escape lest the police come after him. Running over rooftops, he is followed by a short man who later approaches him on the street. The man introduces himself as Brother Jack and praises the narrator…

…The novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, by George Orwell, is presented as a warning about a possible, but not inevitable fate for humanity. The society we live in can become the totalitarian state of Big Brother and the Party if we allow it. The abuse of power…

…within them. When Adam's brother, Charles, meets Cathy for the first time, it makes him perceive the evil that dwells inside him. Before their encounter, Charles feels no remorse about almost killing his brother, Adam. Corresponding to the story of Cain…

…in Europe. She had one fault, her unfathomable love for her brother, Armand whom she raised from childhood. She was a woman of deep emotions and unrelenting pride. This caused her much grief and anguish and despite the extent of her intelligence, she was unable…

…Max Skladanowsky presented his so-called "Lebendige Bilder" in Berlin and the French Lumière brothers presented the so-called "Cinématographe" in Paris to a wider audience. At that time films were made for science; and of course - entertainment! It took…

…family were just one of the millions of families torn apart in their work camps. Only Loung her three brothers and one of her sisters made it to the overthrow of the Khmer Rouge. (Encyclopedia Cambodia) Loung Ung is one of the seven children in the Ung family…

…to his mother and her favoritism toward his weaker brother, drives emotional out-bursts and seemingly irrational behaviors. His introspective self-discovery seems to dismantle all that he is and bare a soul who ultimately will discover not only his true roots…

…in the end. This book depicts the black male as a bum, or better yet a hoodlum. In the beginning of the novel, Bailey Jr. was the loving big brother who provided a sense of stability and continuity for Maya. Nevertheless, as the plot progressed he became…

…and experience but without the catharsis enjoyed by Mamie. Innocence surrounded by experience, but unable to survive there, is the dominant theme of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets. After her little brother's death near the beginning of the story, Maggie exists…