Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Links
http://ub-counseling.buffalo.edu/coping.shtml - An informational website on the stages of grief and how to get help. Vera struggles with Charlie's death throughout the novel. Her pain ranges from guilt, to anger, to sadness.
http://www.avhotline.org/ - A website hotline for victims of abuse. Charlie's mother suffers serious abuse at the hands of his father, and no one has the courage to speak up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycle_of_abuse - A wikipedia page on the cycle of abuse. Charlie fears that he will become like his father and fall into a similar pattern. At one point in the book, he hits Vera.
http://www.aa.org/?Media=PlayFlash - The official website for Alcohlics Anoynmous. Vera's father was an alcohlic and Vera fears she may also become one, as she has turned to drinking at a young age already to cope with the loss of Charlie.
http://www.wikihow.com/Speak-Up - A how to page on speaking up. Vera can't bring herself to clear Charlie's name of the terrible things he's assumed to have done and is consumed by guilt. She even sees his ghost and she knows that if she speaks up, he won't be around anymore.
http://www.empoweringparents.com/Is-Your-Child-or-Teen-Hanging-Out-With-the-Wrong-Crowd.php - An article on how to stop your kids from hanging with the wrong crowd. When Charlie ditches Vera for a group of people who have a bad influence on him, she is unsure of how to handle the situation.
http://www.avhotline.org/ - A website hotline for victims of abuse. Charlie's mother suffers serious abuse at the hands of his father, and no one has the courage to speak up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycle_of_abuse - A wikipedia page on the cycle of abuse. Charlie fears that he will become like his father and fall into a similar pattern. At one point in the book, he hits Vera.
http://www.aa.org/?Media=PlayFlash - The official website for Alcohlics Anoynmous. Vera's father was an alcohlic and Vera fears she may also become one, as she has turned to drinking at a young age already to cope with the loss of Charlie.
http://www.wikihow.com/Speak-Up - A how to page on speaking up. Vera can't bring herself to clear Charlie's name of the terrible things he's assumed to have done and is consumed by guilt. She even sees his ghost and she knows that if she speaks up, he won't be around anymore.
http://www.empoweringparents.com/Is-Your-Child-or-Teen-Hanging-Out-With-the-Wrong-Crowd.php - An article on how to stop your kids from hanging with the wrong crowd. When Charlie ditches Vera for a group of people who have a bad influence on him, she is unsure of how to handle the situation.
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