Analysis Of Our Secret By Susan Griffin

Susan Griffin speaks about a girl, Laura. The way Griffin talks about her is a way of despair and sadness. Griffin talks about her as if she was close off by the world. As if she trained not to ask or wonder what is happening outside those four walls. Instead, she should go about her childhood and act like nothing is happening. Nobody is actually telling her the truth, it is affecting her without showing. This quote fits with the title Our Secret. As the answer to her questions would hurt her childhood experience.

“She is speaking of another life, another way of living. I give her the name Laura here. She speaks of the time after the war when the cold war was just beginning. The way we are talking now, Laura tells me, was not possible in

It can be a crucial moment in parents effort to improve their child’s life. The effect of a parent can shape a child 's mind to benefit them or cause massive chaos. “We time as moving forward and hope that by our efforts this motion is toward improvement”(Our Secret 234). Neither Laura’s and Heinrich parents did that. Instead of that, they have done the opposite. Even though Laura did not suffer from the same problems as Heinrich. She had to deal with all the secret from her parents, cause some identity problems for her at that young of an age. It said that children start actually learning at a young age. They start to learn from their

She could have to use a simpler method to explain the metaphor. She could have used a family of a type of animal or could have gone straight to the point about parents being the protectors of their family. This would have been easier to understand the metaphor. She could have to use a family of bears to describe protection. She could have explained in a way of a mother bear and father bear would protect their cubs from any intruders. This could a representative of the nucleus. “The nucleus of the cell derives its name from the Latin nux, meaning nut. Like the stone in a cherry, it is found in the center of the cell, and like this stone keeps its precious kernel past” (Our Secret 233). The nucleus to protect the cell from any virus or bacteria from coming