Melinda Sordino had a very rough summer as she starts school she is in depression mode because of what happened at the party and her relationship with her mom and dad.Having a bad relationship with your parents is not good it can cause kids to run off even commit suicide.The stress on Melinda is bad and it’s not helping the fact that nobody likes her at the school anymore because of what she did at the party.Melinda got taken advantage of and raped at the party,which is the reason why she called the cops.Can we assume that Melinda’s fractured relationship with her parents contributed to her rapidly declining condition? Melinda Sordino has an emotional relationship with her parents being the only child.Her parents have a busy work schedule.Her mom manages a busy department store, called Effert’s, and her dad is an insurance salesman.By the time her parents get home, in the evening, she is already in bed.Melinda and her parents speak through notes, written and posted, on the counter.For example, her mom left a note when she came home from school saying, “here is $20 with the number to the pizza parlor.” Melinda’s communication with her parents makes her feel as if her …show more content…
Nobody knows what happened besides her the one that did it.She is in the depression stage right now thinking it was just a dream and it never happened but it did and the fact that it happened.She thinks her parents does not pay attention to her which puts her in a worse stage of depression because she feels like she aint loved cause she lost all of her good friends when she called the
The author uses different points of view to create tension in the story. The mom acts in a way that neglects the daughters interests. This makes them both feel less connected and leaves the daughter feeling hopeless. In paragraph 9, “‘It’s strange actually. I wasn’t expecting it, but then at the last minute the funding came through.’ She folded her arms across her waist. ‘I’m going to Costa Rica to finish my research.” This made the narrator/daughter angry and flustered with her mom’s actions. She has trouble remaining connected with her parent because they both want different things which leaves on character feeling betrayed. “Opportunity? For me? Or for you?” (34). Both of their actions and responses create tension in this story. Their communication lacks and this results in pressure on both
Ten year old Esther Burr creates a cheerful, reminiscent journal entry describing her day out with her father by using sophisticated word choice and an informal sentence structure. Burr’s purpose is to reveal her adoration for her father with flattering words and to also describe her day with such detail that she won’t forget it. She develops a complimentary tone in order to not only have a good memory of her father later in life, but also to appeal to her mother, who regularly reads her diary.
Imagine if a child you dearly loved stood waiting while people cast their bids on her. What would you do? Amos Fortune, a freed slave, faced this exact situation. Lois Burdoo and her five children lived in great poverty. After the tragic death of her husband, Moses Burdoo, she struggled to provide her children’s daily needs. Eventually, she became unable to care for her oldest two children, Polly and Moses, and sadly put them up to vendue. Amos should have bought Polly because of three essential points: generosity embodied him, love inspired him, and poverty consumed her.
Cal is a character who has to deal with other peoples' problems while having to deal with his own problems. Cal has to deal with his father losing his job and his father doesn't support Cal when it comes to sports. Wanting his dad to go to some of his games, Cal discusses with his mom about his dad coming to the games. "Do you think you and Dad might come?" "No... not tonight, you know your is going through a lot right now." I zipped my gym bag shut. "Yeah, I know, but I wish he'd see me play sometime" (West 16). Helping out Cal, Peggy brings up Cal's last football game at the dinner table, trying to gain her fathers' attention on the subject. "I didn't say anything about the game at dinner that night! like I'd be begging my dad to come, I mean a lot of kids
Could you imagine what your home life would be like if you and your parents didn’t agree on anything? There would be constant fighting and tension would be everywhere. This is the case of two young girls in the stories “Confetti Girl” and “Tortilla Sun”. The narrators in these stories are the young girls, and they don’t agree with their parent on very important topics in these stories. Because the narrator and their parent don’t have the same point of view in these stories, tension builds up. In, “Confetti Girl”, the narrator disagrees with her father and questions how much he cares about her and in “Tortilla Girl”, the narrator questions if her mother was taking her into account of her new plans. Tension is shown to be caused in the
She then shifts to discussing TV shows that bring family members together such as Sally Jesse Raphael or Oprah. As the mother imagines what it will be like when her daughter comes home, she brings out the imagery of tears and wrapped arms, and since we have all seen these shows, the reader can see the stage set up with four chairs and the daughter waiting for the parents to come out on stage. We can see the look of surprise on the daughter's face as they come out onto the stage. She has not seen her daughter, Dee, for a while and imagines b...
Initially Melinda is unable to communicate; however, as she strengthens her social connections with others, she is able to accept her feelings of loneliness. She believes, “It is easier not to say anything [...] Nobody really wants to hear what you have to say” (9). In terms of Melinda’s home life, her parents have a bad relationship with each other, and in return, Melinda goes to her room to isolate herself; she feels more comfortable in her closet. Melinda’s parents try to communicate with her in the worst ways possible; therefore, she is completely disconnected with them. Melinda thinks that she may never grow up because she is so traumatized. She remembers her childhood memories, yet she is unable to see her own future because feels trapped and damaged. However, as she is able to come to terms with what happened to her, she can finally accept that she is beginning to grow again, and can look forward to her future. As Melinda begins to heal, so does her family. For once in the novel, her parents do not fight and they eat dinner with each other. As a developing artist, she has a lack of ambition and believes that she will never be as talented or as successful as Mr. Freeman. Through her artwork, he is aware of the negative emotions she is expressing. He informs her that she can talk to him when she needs to. Mr. Freeman is one of the only teachers who can understand Melinda. In addition,
Susie’s mother opened the door to let Molly, Susie’s babysitter, inside. Ten-month old Susie seemed happy to see Molly. Susie then observed her mother put her jacket on and Susie’s face turned from smiling to sad as she realized that her mother was going out. Molly had sat for Susie many times in the past month, and Susie had never reacted like this before. When Susie’s mother returned home, the sitter told her that Susie had cried until she knew that her mother had left and then they had a nice time playing with toys until she heard her mother’s key in the door. Then Susie began crying once again.
When she and her Ma got home, it was almost dark outside. Frances saw something suspicious, her brother(Mike), shouldn’t be out at this time. Once they got inside, Frances and her mother tucked in all the children and went to bed themselves. Frances was still wondering about Mike, “What was he doing?” She fell asleep falling wiry of her younger brother. When she up, they had breakfast, and headed to their jobs. Frances was still wondering what Mike had done. “Was he stealing? No, their Da(father) had taught them better than that before he fell ill and died. She had never seen her mother cry until then.
She remembers calling and checking on the status of her parents and the piercing dial tone sound when people kept hanging up on her. She also recalls where she was standing when she got the phone call and that it was dark and she refused to turn on any lights. I think that it is amazing that on probably what was the worst day of her life she remembers so many details that people normally would not remember. The fact that she was fourteen at the time and still remembers most of what happened that day surprises me even more. Her descriptive words help me to get in tune with what is happening. I can picture her pacing all around the house waiting for someone to call her with more information. Her sweaty palms were more than likely trembling with the fear of the unknown. I would absolutely hate to be in this situation. Her siblings were not at home this night, so she was at home alone worrying all by
Victoria Guzman is a victim of Direct Violence in her youth, and a perpetrator of Cultural Violence as an adult to make-up for the pain from her past.
During November of the year 1990, inside the Friendly Hills Hospital, she was born. Twenty-two months later her younger sister would be born, and 8 years after that her youngest sister would be born. Naturally this makes her the eldest child, which bears a lot of responsibility in a Hispanic family. Fast forward to May of 2011 when she had her first and currently only daughter Sofia. She is a single-mother, full-time student, and employee.
Patricia Summitt is the narrator and telling her own story. Her parents, Hazel and Richard Head had five children, three boys, Pat and her little sister. During her coaching career she married R.B Summitt and they had a son Tyler Summitt.
One day, Nancy saw her parents crying and she had never seen them cry before. They dropped Linh and her off at one of their friend’s houses. Nancy got mad because she thought they were going shopping and didn’t take her with them. Now, she realizes that they went to make funeral arrangements for her grandmother.
Through out the story the narrator has many moments to show the relationship between her and her parents. The narrator’s mother tries to connect to her by talking about girly stuff and mentions her past to connect, but the narrator prefers to be around her father. As an example, “My father did not talk to me unless it was about the job we were doing… Nevertheless, I worked willingly under his eyes, and with a feeling