Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on Belonging and Not Belonging. Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
This 4 page paper uses books and films to illustrate the idea of belonging and not belonging. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Page Count:
4 pages (~225 words per page)
File: KV32_HVblging.rtf
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
not belonging are illustrated in books and film. Discussion The first source is George Pelecanos book The Way Home, which details the fragile and often contentious relationship between the Flynns,
teenager Chris and his father Thomas. The book opens in the Pine Ridge juvenile facility in Anne Arundel county, Maryland, where Chris is doing time for doing drugs (Pelecanos, 2009).
Upon his release, Chris goes home and goes to work for his father, a carpet installer (Pelecanos, 2009). The relationship is fraught with difficulties: Chris is resentful because his father
doesnt see him for who he is, and Thomas is unhappy with Chris for not living up to his potential, as well as his lack of ambition (Pelecanos, 2009). The
two finally find common ground but the journey is a difficult one for both. The ideas that Pelecanos weaves into his book deal with possibly the most difficult relations
of all, that of close relatives. The father/son dynamic is very touchy, and neither of these characters feels that he is part of the other persons world. Yet they have
to reach some sort of common ground because they are so closely related. There are two different concepts working side by side here: the idea that as father and son
they belong together and belong to the same family group, but at the same time, as individuals, they each have created their own world in which the other is not
particularly welcome; i.e., is in a state of not belonging. Since this is a book aimed at young people, the two finally work past their differences, but the questions it
raises speak to the expectations parents have of their children, and how those same children react to this kind of pressure. Fathers and sons are also at the heart of
...