Being left alone to do a job that you are about fifteen years too young can be hard for anyone. Especially if you shouldn’t be responsible for any part of it. This is exactly what happened to the main character in the book Make Lemonade By Virginia Euwer Wolff, LaVaughn. LaVaughn takes on a job of babysitting for a sixteen year old, Jolly. She has two kids under the age of three. She takes the job to make money for college but it has serious effects in her life. In the novel the protagonist, LaVaughn, went through many traumatic events that will forever be carved into her. Over time she will recover and heal all with the help of her family shaping her into the person that she will become. In contrast to Jolly, she has no one to rely on causing
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While not having any family support you can see their life flipping upside down. All of these changes came at a much faster rate than ever expected. To explain, Jolly doesn't have any family to lean on and it is affecting her family as a result. LaVaughn exclaims, “No Jolly, I say I hear myself begin. No , you’re not. You’re not doing okay. The kids need their vegetables, you got maybe six squares of toilet paper left, every time the rent is due there's a panic” Wolff 98. With this quote it shows that LaVaughn and Jolly can lean on their family during hard times. When they don’t have anyone to lean on it can be very hard for them to carry on with their daily life. Just how Jolly is having a hard time with her kids. In the same way as Jolly has hard time with family, LaVaughn reminisces the time she had with family. The story points at this topic when LaVaughn is thinking back to the picture where is her family is the prime example of a happy family. When she had a family she was very happy. But now, without her father she is lost and making decisions that are negatively affecting her present and possibly her future. “ In the picture there’s my father and my mom and me and the bag full of picnic food by the fence of a …show more content…
While LaVaughn is wishing she had a different or even a mom that doesn’t care as much, Jolly on the other hand wishes that her mother would pay attention to her and love her the way that LaVaughn’s mother does to her. Jolly learns that she regrets making the decisions that she has made and that she truly wished she had family around. Then having an overbearing family is most beneficial for you to achieve the things you want most in your life. To prove this is a quote directly from the book “ Nobody says AIN’T in this house.” Wolff 48 This shows that her mom is making LaVaughn think about her action and how she has changed since the time she has know Jolly. Although LaVaughn hates her mother for yelling at her she isn’t seeing what her mother is truly trying to achieve while yelling at her child. LaVaguhns mother is yelling at her so that she stays the studious kid that she has became and she doesn't want anything getting in the way of what will make her child succeed in life. LaVaughn doesn’t see all the good her mother is trying to do so she dismisses her to be annoying. Then, when LaVaughn’s mother yells at her and says “Verna LaVaughn” She says to me this time “ that Jolly she's got hold of you. I look at my mom. You being around her all the time, that’s not a good example. You know what I mean, Verna LaVaughn? There’s other jobs. You could look.” Wolff 42 This shows yet another
While not having any family support you can see their life flipping upside down. All of these changes came at a much faster rate than ever expected. To explain, Jolly doesn't have any family to lean on and it is affecting her family as a result. LaVaughn exclaims, “No Jolly, I say I hear myself begin. No , you’re not. You’re not doing okay. The kids need their vegetables, you got maybe six squares of toilet paper left, every time the rent is due there's a panic” Wolff 98. With this quote it shows that LaVaughn and Jolly can lean on their family during hard times. When they don’t have anyone to lean on it can be very hard for them to carry on with their daily life. Just how Jolly is having a hard time with her kids. In the same way as Jolly has hard time with family, LaVaughn reminisces the time she had with family. The story points at this topic when LaVaughn is thinking back to the picture where is her family is the prime example of a happy family. When she had a family she was very happy. But now, without her father she is lost and making decisions that are negatively affecting her present and possibly her future. “ In the picture there’s my father and my mom and me and the bag full of picnic food by the fence of a …show more content…
While LaVaughn is wishing she had a different or even a mom that doesn’t care as much, Jolly on the other hand wishes that her mother would pay attention to her and love her the way that LaVaughn’s mother does to her. Jolly learns that she regrets making the decisions that she has made and that she truly wished she had family around. Then having an overbearing family is most beneficial for you to achieve the things you want most in your life. To prove this is a quote directly from the book “ Nobody says AIN’T in this house.” Wolff 48 This shows that her mom is making LaVaughn think about her action and how she has changed since the time she has know Jolly. Although LaVaughn hates her mother for yelling at her she isn’t seeing what her mother is truly trying to achieve while yelling at her child. LaVaguhns mother is yelling at her so that she stays the studious kid that she has became and she doesn't want anything getting in the way of what will make her child succeed in life. LaVaughn doesn’t see all the good her mother is trying to do so she dismisses her to be annoying. Then, when LaVaughn’s mother yells at her and says “Verna LaVaughn” She says to me this time “ that Jolly she's got hold of you. I look at my mom. You being around her all the time, that’s not a good example. You know what I mean, Verna LaVaughn? There’s other jobs. You could look.” Wolff 42 This shows yet another