Growing up is something we go through from the time we are born to the time we die. We start off being helpless, alone and wondering what our next move will be. We rely so much on our parents to give us guidance, knowing right from wrong and learning how to survive on our own. As time goes on, we grow up into a teenager where we think we know everything about the world and that we are entitled to everything. After we grow out of the teenager stage we begin into adulthood where we make our choices, decisions, and plan out our career path. Throughout life we may encounter family arguments, change, and have to adapt to decisions made by family members that we don’t necessary agree with. Harper Lee once said “You can choose your friends but you
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At home, she acts like a child because that’s how her family treats her. Connie and her mother disagree on most everything they talk about; they don’t seem to compromise and cannot find common interests. Connie’s mother likes to compare her to June, her older sister that’s twenty-four years old, still lives at home and works as a secretary at her high school. Her mother also criticizes her by saying, “Stop gawking at yourself. Who are you? You think you’re so pretty?” (Oats 1) when she glances in the mirror. Connie feels like there is no way for her to make her mother proud or satisfy her. In reality, Connie’s mother is envious of Connie’s beauty that she once had. Being a young teenager can be hard because you are transitioning from a child to an adult. At that age, personal appearance and what people think of you are very important aspects for a child’s self esteem, confidence level, and image that they have of themselves. Connie, like many teenagers, lives a double life- meaning she has two different personalities; “Everything about her had two sides to it, one for home and one for anywhere that was not home” (1). At home she would act in a childish manner but when she would be in public with friends she would act more maturely. Even her laugh was slightly different “which was cynical and drawling at home- “Ha, ha, very funny,” –but high pitched and nervous anywhere else, like the jingling of the charms on her bracelet” (1). Connie’s duel personas are completely opposite of each other when she’s in the presence of her family versus people in public. This is seen when a friend’s parents drives Connie and her friends three miles to town to enjoy spending time at the shopping plaza or going to the movies. Sometimes they would sneak off across the road
At home, she acts like a child because that’s how her family treats her. Connie and her mother disagree on most everything they talk about; they don’t seem to compromise and cannot find common interests. Connie’s mother likes to compare her to June, her older sister that’s twenty-four years old, still lives at home and works as a secretary at her high school. Her mother also criticizes her by saying, “Stop gawking at yourself. Who are you? You think you’re so pretty?” (Oats 1) when she glances in the mirror. Connie feels like there is no way for her to make her mother proud or satisfy her. In reality, Connie’s mother is envious of Connie’s beauty that she once had. Being a young teenager can be hard because you are transitioning from a child to an adult. At that age, personal appearance and what people think of you are very important aspects for a child’s self esteem, confidence level, and image that they have of themselves. Connie, like many teenagers, lives a double life- meaning she has two different personalities; “Everything about her had two sides to it, one for home and one for anywhere that was not home” (1). At home she would act in a childish manner but when she would be in public with friends she would act more maturely. Even her laugh was slightly different “which was cynical and drawling at home- “Ha, ha, very funny,” –but high pitched and nervous anywhere else, like the jingling of the charms on her bracelet” (1). Connie’s duel personas are completely opposite of each other when she’s in the presence of her family versus people in public. This is seen when a friend’s parents drives Connie and her friends three miles to town to enjoy spending time at the shopping plaza or going to the movies. Sometimes they would sneak off across the road