https://padlet.com/mel_rule76/bt9pt0g4365x Made with a bold sensibility en-us 2017-05-17 02:37:40 UTC 2025-11-06 10:19:02 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/mel_rule76/bt9pt0g4365x/wish/172479659 Ruby 's story represents a broken family and the desperation of a mother trying support a family by herself.

]]> 2017-05-18 03:19:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mel_rule76/bt9pt0g4365x/wish/172479659 https://padlet.com/mel_rule76/bt9pt0g4365x/wish/172479712 Tom and his brother being sent to Australia without being aware of it symbolises the vulnerability of children. Likewise, the children's exposure to an emotionally impacting event such as being sent away to Australia can be attributed to the absence of a father. This is because a father figure is typically protective, and when also considering that Tom's father was killed in the war, this reinforces this notion.

]]> 2017-05-18 03:20:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mel_rule76/bt9pt0g4365x/wish/172479712 https://padlet.com/mel_rule76/bt9pt0g4365x/wish/172480015 The Black Skirt getting raped also symbolises the vulnerability of children without the protective figure of their father.]]> 2017-05-18 03:25:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mel_rule76/bt9pt0g4365x/wish/172480015 https://padlet.com/mel_rule76/bt9pt0g4365x/wish/172480246 Fathers are there to play with their children and help them develop their motor skills and exercise. Without these fathers, children are not getting the attention and development that they need.

Fathers hold the family together. Looking at Maggie and her mother, the father is the one that tells them to stop grieving about their dead son, kept them together.]]> 2017-05-18 03:28:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mel_rule76/bt9pt0g4365x/wish/172480246 https://padlet.com/mel_rule76/bt9pt0g4365x/wish/172480602 Specifically, the letters express the innocence of the children and how they are coping with quite emotionally impacting situations. ]]> 2017-05-18 03:34:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mel_rule76/bt9pt0g4365x/wish/172480602 https://padlet.com/mel_rule76/bt9pt0g4365x/wish/172481434 The author's purpose in having a father absent in most of the stories is to show their importance in binding a family. That is, that the father acts a protective figure. Specifically, this notion is evident in the story of Maggie, who has a father who is not accepting of her. ]]> 2017-05-18 03:48:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mel_rule76/bt9pt0g4365x/wish/172481434 https://padlet.com/mel_rule76/bt9pt0g4365x/wish/172481945 Links to the following themes:
Abandonment
Power and Control
Abuse
Poverty]]> 2017-05-18 03:55:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mel_rule76/bt9pt0g4365x/wish/172481945