Families come in many shapes and sizes, from rich to poor, from Brazil all the way to Hong Kong, meaning that they come from different cultures, races, ethnicity and economic statuses. One particular essay written by Naomi Gerstel and Natalia Sarkisian ha
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Gerson Belmonte
Mr. Garza
English 3
1 February 2011
Success of Families
Families come in many shapes and sizes, from rich to poor, from Brazil all the way to Hong Kong, meaning that they come from different cultures, races, ethnicity and economic statuses. One particular essay written by Naomi Gerstel and Natalia Sarkisian has pointed it out. In their essay they argue that the organization, function and ultimately the success of families is based on the socioeconomic status they may have rather than race or culture thus, calling for social policy aimed directly at rectifying economic disadvantages in order to support family success. But it seems that their argument is actually what families these days need to hear. A family doesn’t need money and class in order to be successful in today’s world and race and culture isn’t going to stop them. Sometimes people blame factors that have nothing to do with their problems in the way to achieve success, making excuses for what they think isn’t reachable, family success. Gerstel’s and Sarkisians’s essay expounds in many other works that shows examples that family ties and their support are the most important thing there is apart from anything else for a family to succeed, for it brings self confidence and support.
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Many times people are portrayed here and there as Americans, for all families have the same opportunities to get some success if they can just find some common ground to support each other, saying, that there is no need for the nuclear-type of family . As in the narrative by Roger Jack, “An Indian Story”, portrays a form of patriarchal family, where the child of the story has lost his mother, when he was younger, and even though his dad remarried and has other children, he decides to live separate, living and getting raised, mostly, by his aunt. He eventually grows up, goes to college and becomes a good member of society and coming from an Indian family, that had no much of a status to begin with, Jack is able to be successful despite his race, culture, etc. Jack isn’t in the typical family America is portrayed with in order to be distinguished in the modern world. Even though he lives separate from his mom and dad and he decides to live with his aunt, he’s on the road “to success.” He grows up to have support from different members of his dad’s family showing that they are there for him always along with his aunt and uncle. This shows that in order to be successful, there is no need for money, specific race type, or socioeconomic class, but rather strong family ties to guide and support different members of a family by bringing self confidence and support, just as Gerstel and Sarkisian state in their essay.
