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“ ‘All right, then, I’ll go to hell’—and tore it up. It was awful thoughts and awful words, but they was said. And I let them stay said; and never thought no more about reforming. I shoved the whole thing out of my head, and said I would take up wickedness again, which was in my line, being brung up to it, and the other warn’t. And for a starter I would go to work and steal Jim out of slavery again; and if I could think up anything worse, I would do that, too; because as long as I was in, and in for good, I might as well go the whole hog.” (223)

In Mark Twain’s 1884 “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” Huck Finn and one of the escaped slaves, Jim, form an unbreakable friendship. Both Huck and Jim are willing to sacrifice their life for each other.

Though at first Huck did not understand that Jim was a human being, towards the end, he realizes how much they need each other. We are a country full of diversity, but we will not let this affect the people we call family.

Sometimes we let our differences separate us, but in a family, everyone feels safe and loved. Huck and Jim will not let society deprive them of their bond, no matter what consequences they face, as long as they face it together.

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By: Arthur Miller
“Cause I get so lonely—especially when business is bad and there’s nobody to talk to. I get the feeling that I’ll never sell anything again, that I won’t make a living for you, or a business, a business for the boys. He talks through The Woman’s subsiding laughter; The Woman primps at the mirror. There’s so much I want to make for—“

In this quote Arthur Miller depicts the main character, Willy Loman, as disloyal. Although it is subtle, the “woman” in this quote is the woman Willy is having an affair with. The woman is laughing because Willy is promising his wife he will be loyal to his family and try to work harder for his boys where he is doing the opposite.

The promises that will bind people’s friendships or relationships don’t usally pan out the way they should especially promises to do better ans work harder. Willy has to get in the right path and stay loyal and trustful to his family or his family will break apart and that’s the last thing anyone wants.
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By: Jayne Anne
“Kate always sent her mother a card on Valentine’s Day. She timed the mails from wherever she was so that the cards arrived in February 14th... At first she made cards herself: collage and pressed grass on construction paper sewn in fabric. Now she settled for art reproductions, flossy cards with blank insides... This time she forgot... It was too late to send anything in the mail. She called her mother long distance at night when the rates were low.” (452)

Jayne Anne Phillips’s short story “Souvenir” written in 1979 the two main characters relationships and investment in it become less prevalent and both of these characters experiments regret from forming this wall between them. This boundry us formed from both the fathers death, distance, people changing, and the mothers state of wellbeing.

In th beginning of the the daughters life away from home she was devoted to sending her mom all her love in a hand crafted Valentine’s Day card but as time carried on the cards became less loving and meaningful like a dollar card you buy from a convenient store.

Distant relationships ships and personal problems can cause unchangable problems in the future which result in a non existent relationship. The best thing these chacrters should do is connect more often and send more cards to keep in touch and show affection.

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“True, and I don’t want You to lift it from me either. And if one of my sons had come to me that night, I would have phoned the police and told them to meet us with an ambulance at the top of the hill.
Why? Do you love them less?
I tell Him no, it is not that I love them less, but that I could bear the pain of watching and knowing my sons’ pain, could bear it with pride as they took the whip and nails. But You never had a daughter and, if You had, You could not have borne her passion.
So, He says, you love her more than you love Me.
I love her more than I love truth.
Then you love in weakness, He says.” (180)

In Andre Dubus’ 1983 A Father’s Story, Luke Ripley who is the protagonist let’s go of his moral values to protect his daughter. Although Ripley’s love and forgiveness for his daughter is no excuse for the crime she committed, he is unwilling to face the truth.

Luke Ripley is a perfect representation of what a loving and protective loving father looks like. In America, Fathers will go to great extents to save their children.

This short story makes me think about how much a father needs a daughter. There is nothing more wholesome than a father and daughter relationship. In America, no other love in the world is like the love of a father has for his daughter.

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“He found himself kneeling. He was waiting for her on his knees. He was worried she would not let him love her with the stain. He had already decided, long ago, twenty or thirty minutes ago, that the stain was fine. He had only seen it for a moment but he was already used to it. It was good. It somehow allowed them to have more. They could have a child now, he thought. There was a loose feeling in the air”

In Miranda July’s 2003 “Birthmark,” the protagonist faces the battle of beauty. She has a port-wine birthmark printed on her cheek. The protagonist feared that her husband would not be attracted to her if he had met her with the port-wined stain. However, her husband  loved the girl even more with her birthmark.

People are insecure about their imperfections. But in reality the people who love us the most look past these “imperfections.”

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By: J.D Vance
“Family is the only thing that means a goddamn. You’ll learn that.” - Mawmaw

The 2020 film Hillbilly elegy is about the struggle of family, getting out the the hillbilly culture and trying to fit in. Mawmaw, the main characters grandmother is the only one that puts him in the right track. His family is put in many difficulties, despite the challenges they have to face family always comes first and if all fails you will as well, you will feel regret and remorse for what you could have done.

Even though it is tempting to go down a wrong path or disregard how much you are needed at home, family is the most important thing people have and JD Vance, the main chacacter, learned this through trial and error and patience.