Essay on Grandfather

I remember very little about my grandfather compared to what my family remembers, and the things I do remember are not his smile nor his laugh, but what we would do together. In the evenings I sat next to him on our couch, the both of us freshly showered and in our pajamas. He would wrap his arm around me and I would nestle into his side and fall asleep listening to his games shows. This was a common occurrence, almost every night, but my grandfather was not only my grandparent. He was my father…

Technology is incorporated in a lot of people’s lives. As my grandfather mentions, most teenagers who sit down to have a family meal will have their phones by them. Since technology is extremely incorporated in our lives, it is completely normal for people to be holding two conversations at the same time. One of those conversations can be through texting and another conversation can be in person. Another important topic my grandfather and I discussed was equality. Although equality has gotten…

When I was in the sixth grade my maternal grandfather was diagnosed Multiple Myeloma. I didn’t know much about what it was but I knew it was bad. It was cancer and as I sixth grader I knew that cancer was a scary word typically used to describe some sort of disease that would later turn fatal. My grandfather wasn’t given a sentence, none of us were sat down by the doctor and told we sound be preparing our goodbyes, we were told that the cancer wouldn’t kill him and to go on living a normal life.…

Interview of a family member I have selected to interview my grandfather. The main reason for that is because I have learned many things from the stories and experiences that he has shared with me about his life. I will be comparing my grandpa’s life as a teen in the 1960’s to the life of a teenager now days using the knowledge that we both have to offer ,even though he was not living in Canada during his teen years. In general being a teenager in the 1960’s was different compared to being a…

and Old Grandfather taught me about choices and consequences through theme, characterization and tone. The theme in each text choices have consequences. Morris makes a choice to introduces the paw to the white family. Morris says; ‘It’s just a bit of what you might call magic ‘’’ ‘Jacob 2’’ By calling the paw magic Morris choices to entice the whites to wish on the paw. Morris Choose to introduce the paw even knowing how severe the consequences could be. The theme in the ‘’Old Grandfather”…

When my grandfather came to United States it was originally just to work and make some money to take back to his family, but that changed when he got married. Magdaleno Rubalcava, my grandfather, was born on a little ranch in Los Zapotes, Cuquío, Mexico. He was the youngest of over 10 children. Los Zapotes when my grandfather was born was just a bunch of ranches and till this day they aren’t as modernized as other parts of Mexico but they do have more houses and are using more modern technology.…

about it. In the folktale “The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson” retold by Leo TolStoy, it talks about how we could love them even after hurting them. In Sandra Cisneros Poem “Abuelito Who” she shows love to her grandfather that is gone. So these two stories have the same universal theme. Grandchildren should always love and respect their grandparents. The story “The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson” is a russian folktale. In the folktale the grandfather is so old he can barely eat…

Set in small town Englewood, Florida, 16-year-old Jacob Portman finds himself grieving over the shocking and mysterious death of his grandfather, Abe, who while dying in Jacob’s arms, unveils a “secret” from his past. Jacob must decide whether to use the clues left by his grandfather to see if the stories and photographs from his childhood are real Although there is no mention of his birth, Jacob believes himself to live an ordinary life. He works at the local grocery store in a job he despises,…

In Italy, my great great grandfather, Guiseppi DeMart, who was called Joe, wanted to marry my great great grandmother Mary. Her father did not approve of Joe and did not give his blessing to their marriage because he felt Joe was not good enough for his daughter. Joe told her father, “I’m going to marry her, and I’m going to take her to America and you will never see her again,” and that is what he did. He married her and when she was pregnant with my great grandfather they traveled on a boat…

My grandmother's biological father, my great grandfather, was born in the United States. His parents, Elida and Kristian Jorstad, were immigrants from Norway to America. This was not uncommon, being that from 1825 to 1925, more than 750,000 Norwegians settled into homes in Canada and the United States (lonelyplanet.com). They established a home in Iowa. Because of that, the transition was a major one. They were a poor family, so finding a job was urgent. His mother became a housekeeper for a…