Fannie does not struggle financially, Fannie is simply exhausted. The opening sentence tells it all: “When the alarm went off at 6 a.m., no one moved” (Gestwicki, 5). Fannie has a busy schedule and she feels like she is running out of energy. Fannie’s source of stress is that she seems to be always in a hurry, because she might be always behind the schedule. She has children to take care of and get them to school on time, they have extra curriculum activities she has to take them to as well. To me it seems like she has depression or just has the personality that looks at things in a glass half empty way. Fannie is overwhelmed and has a hard time looking at the positive things in her life.
Sylvia has different struggles and issues than Fannie. …show more content…
In the morning before school, while they are preparing lunch, Fannie snapped at Kim, she also got mad at Otis right in front of the kids. All of these things contribute to the children’s stress as well, they see and feel that panicky mood and energy around them that they notice and it very much involves them into it. Sylvia seems to know more about how not to show her children her stressed self too much. From the story, it seems like she always puts on a brave face and tries not to show her children how stressed she is. I think the source of stress in their lives are the other children that question why they wear the same clothing every day, why they missed the field trip today. I think it would be the opinions of their peers that would cause stress in the children’s lives more than anything else. And when the children are stressed, feel like they are under pressure or need their parent’s attention they act out, which adds even more stress on the parents. Because the parent’s main job is to make sure their child is happy, taken care of, and is treated well by other. So it is only natural for parents to get worried, stressed and wonder what is going on in their children’s …show more content…
On page 9 of the book it says that Sylvia is worried about her wages and if that will be enough to support her family. She is worried that when she is no longer getting the help that she will not have the funds to cover her children’s medical expenses, or can they maybe get a place in a safer neighborhood. All those things go through her head and add more things for her to worry about. For Fannie I think the other stressor is that her husband is gone a lot. She needs that extra help at night, but he doesn’t get home early enough for her to be able to take a breather when she gets home. The second to the last paragraph, it says: “Fannie wished again that Otis cold be home more at night so they could feel like a real family…” (Gesticki, 8). And no doubt that Fannie feels like she is doing everything alone, when she should have the help from the one person that should be helping her the
Sylvia has different struggles and issues than Fannie. …show more content…
In the morning before school, while they are preparing lunch, Fannie snapped at Kim, she also got mad at Otis right in front of the kids. All of these things contribute to the children’s stress as well, they see and feel that panicky mood and energy around them that they notice and it very much involves them into it. Sylvia seems to know more about how not to show her children her stressed self too much. From the story, it seems like she always puts on a brave face and tries not to show her children how stressed she is. I think the source of stress in their lives are the other children that question why they wear the same clothing every day, why they missed the field trip today. I think it would be the opinions of their peers that would cause stress in the children’s lives more than anything else. And when the children are stressed, feel like they are under pressure or need their parent’s attention they act out, which adds even more stress on the parents. Because the parent’s main job is to make sure their child is happy, taken care of, and is treated well by other. So it is only natural for parents to get worried, stressed and wonder what is going on in their children’s …show more content…
On page 9 of the book it says that Sylvia is worried about her wages and if that will be enough to support her family. She is worried that when she is no longer getting the help that she will not have the funds to cover her children’s medical expenses, or can they maybe get a place in a safer neighborhood. All those things go through her head and add more things for her to worry about. For Fannie I think the other stressor is that her husband is gone a lot. She needs that extra help at night, but he doesn’t get home early enough for her to be able to take a breather when she gets home. The second to the last paragraph, it says: “Fannie wished again that Otis cold be home more at night so they could feel like a real family…” (Gesticki, 8). And no doubt that Fannie feels like she is doing everything alone, when she should have the help from the one person that should be helping her the