The author was not writing about her father when she wrote this story, but it was something that hit very close to home for Tayari. This story takes place in Atlanta, Georgia. When a James Weatherspoon, chooses to be unfaithful and break his vowels to God, and to Laverne, who he said he would love for the rest of his life, to death do them part, is considered to an adulteress. To be and adulteress a person can be identified with many titles. James Weatherspoon, started getting Laverne, a young 14-year-old girl drunk, who he gets pregnant. Now James must marry Laverne. James later meets Gwen, who pushes to get married, because she is pregnant, so James marry Gwen; James have step up his game, James is now a bigamist. The term secrets, another
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Like Dana, these children always end up playing second fiddle in their father’s life, or getting whatever is left over. Most men who are unfaithful to their wives do not want to chance losing their family, so the lies and secrets begin. James falls into the typical category of a lot of men today, they want to run their household and control everything going on in the house of their baby mommas. Although, these second families are based upon lies, men feel that their baby mommas and children should treat them with respect and be loyal. A lot of men today, refuses to put their name on the child birth certificate even when they know they are the father. In this day and age, it is highly unlikely that James could talk anyone into signing a birth certificate for a child they didn’t father. Relationship built on lies destroys’ the life of everyone involved. The problem with telling lies, is that you have to tell one lie to cover the next lie. The world has changed, now men and women done want to marry at all, they like their …show more content…
James never wanted his two daughters Dana and Chaurisse to come in contact with each other, because his secret would be revealed. James telling Dana her life was a secret, Dana felt, “When you already had one secret life, what bother was it to have another secret within that secret”? (Tayari Jones 63). This lead to Dana dating and older boy Marcus McCready. James showed up at Gwen apartment as Dana was headed out with her friend Marcus. James,” Where did you b-b buy that top? Y-y-y-y about to bust out of it.” (87) James was upset about Dana going out with the older Marcus, he is 18. Chaurisse and Dana become friends at meeting on a couple different occasion, but you know Dana can keep a secret, Dana knowingly hide their relation. Now, Chaurisse and Dana was going out of town to Marcus party, when they had a blowout. Chaurisse called her dad, but that was something that Dana did not want. “No, Dana said. “Why did you call him? I told you I was getting help. (275) Chaurisse did not want James to know his two daughters were friends. “James and Raleigh asked, what is her name? What does she look like?” “Brown skinned, long hair. She locked in the bathroom, she won’t come out.” (279) Throughout Dana and Chaurisse life, James did everything he could to keep his daughters from meeting each other. The lies James had been living for 15 years had come face-to-face with him. The secrets that James held, caused him to make a decision between
Like Dana, these children always end up playing second fiddle in their father’s life, or getting whatever is left over. Most men who are unfaithful to their wives do not want to chance losing their family, so the lies and secrets begin. James falls into the typical category of a lot of men today, they want to run their household and control everything going on in the house of their baby mommas. Although, these second families are based upon lies, men feel that their baby mommas and children should treat them with respect and be loyal. A lot of men today, refuses to put their name on the child birth certificate even when they know they are the father. In this day and age, it is highly unlikely that James could talk anyone into signing a birth certificate for a child they didn’t father. Relationship built on lies destroys’ the life of everyone involved. The problem with telling lies, is that you have to tell one lie to cover the next lie. The world has changed, now men and women done want to marry at all, they like their …show more content…
James never wanted his two daughters Dana and Chaurisse to come in contact with each other, because his secret would be revealed. James telling Dana her life was a secret, Dana felt, “When you already had one secret life, what bother was it to have another secret within that secret”? (Tayari Jones 63). This lead to Dana dating and older boy Marcus McCready. James showed up at Gwen apartment as Dana was headed out with her friend Marcus. James,” Where did you b-b buy that top? Y-y-y-y about to bust out of it.” (87) James was upset about Dana going out with the older Marcus, he is 18. Chaurisse and Dana become friends at meeting on a couple different occasion, but you know Dana can keep a secret, Dana knowingly hide their relation. Now, Chaurisse and Dana was going out of town to Marcus party, when they had a blowout. Chaurisse called her dad, but that was something that Dana did not want. “No, Dana said. “Why did you call him? I told you I was getting help. (275) Chaurisse did not want James to know his two daughters were friends. “James and Raleigh asked, what is her name? What does she look like?” “Brown skinned, long hair. She locked in the bathroom, she won’t come out.” (279) Throughout Dana and Chaurisse life, James did everything he could to keep his daughters from meeting each other. The lies James had been living for 15 years had come face-to-face with him. The secrets that James held, caused him to make a decision between