I Stand Here Ironing Analysis

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I am writing you this letter because it explains ten important life lessons that I have learned throughout my life. I wish I knew all of these statements when I began my teenage years because they would have helped me when I was suffering. The most important lesson is to always be yourself. “People is themselves when they are children, and not again till they know they’m dying” (Richardson). It’s tiring to constantly pretend you are someone you are not. You will regret it later in life because you will miss out on a lot of opportunities to meet people who are similar to you and like you for who you really are. This regret will cause you to suffer, but you can easily eliminate this problem by always being who you truly are.
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There are positives and negatives of being a parent. “I Stand Here Ironing” by Tillie Olsen explains how mothers need to think before they act. Their actions will affect their children. I know if you do what is best for your children, you will affect your children in a positive way. Your children will bring you happiness. The reason being, when you are sad you will be able to look at how far your children have come. In addition, you will know that you are the one that raised them to be amazing human beings. Although I realize right now you are still a child yourself, I needed you to know how influential you are now and how influential you will be as an …show more content…

During your teenage years, you will have a lot of teenage angst and unnecessary drama. Do not lose amazing friends over simple disagreements. Holding grudges only affect your life, because the issue will constantly be on your mind. Therefore, you will not be able to focus on anything else. To alleviate stress, try to truly forgive people. William Blake perfectly explains how we must communicate with the person we are angry with in order to forgive them in “A Poison Tree.” When we forgive others we will not hate them. The speaker in “School Prayer” states, “I will not dishonor my soul with hatred” because without hatred everyone can do good for the world (Ackerman). Why hate people when you could be helping the world? I am not expecting you to love everyone. Both e.m. forster and I understand that it is impossible to love everyone. Although, in his essay Tolerance, he explains how it is possible to tolerate everyone and we should attempt to do that. As time grows you may end up making a new friend because you have someone a chance by tolerating them. Friends will help you in your journey of life. As you develop into a teenager, you will experience scary situations such as puberty. The poem “Snake” by D.H. Lawrence explains how these situations are necessary to grow. At first, puberty may seem like an unnecessary pain. However, it isn’t. You will grow both mentally and physically and this growth is necessary to grow up. Mary Oliver’s poem “ Uses

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