Tongtong Fu (20664426)
ENGL 109
Group 10 Personal Narrative Essay —— A fight against pneumonia My mother diagnosed with pneumonia when I was at the age of eight. She was weak and coughing all the time. My father went to Spain to work, so I was the only one who can take care of my mother. Illness makes people anxious, and I found my mother was easy to get angry during that time. There was a bitter flavoured herb soup she had to eat everyday, and I can observe her painful facial expression while she was eating that soup. She was so uncomfortable, and I guess that was why she often lost her temper. “Why you are wearing a white hair tie? Are you cursing me to ill and die? How could you do that to me?” One day my mother yelled out to me because she found I was wearing a white colour hair tie. My mother threw the water glass on the floor. She was furious and I was frightened. In China, there are lots of taboos in our culture. Most of them belong to the old society, and I never paid attention on knowing those taboos. My mother believed in some of them, so she was blaming me on bringing her disease. …show more content…
I was confused and upset because I thought my mother was blaming me unreasonably, “I did not know what is wrong with the white hair tie.” “Take them off and never let me see that again.” My mother did not forgive me, “Go get a cloth and clean the
ENGL 109
Group 10 Personal Narrative Essay —— A fight against pneumonia My mother diagnosed with pneumonia when I was at the age of eight. She was weak and coughing all the time. My father went to Spain to work, so I was the only one who can take care of my mother. Illness makes people anxious, and I found my mother was easy to get angry during that time. There was a bitter flavoured herb soup she had to eat everyday, and I can observe her painful facial expression while she was eating that soup. She was so uncomfortable, and I guess that was why she often lost her temper. “Why you are wearing a white hair tie? Are you cursing me to ill and die? How could you do that to me?” One day my mother yelled out to me because she found I was wearing a white colour hair tie. My mother threw the water glass on the floor. She was furious and I was frightened. In China, there are lots of taboos in our culture. Most of them belong to the old society, and I never paid attention on knowing those taboos. My mother believed in some of them, so she was blaming me on bringing her disease. …show more content…
I was confused and upset because I thought my mother was blaming me unreasonably, “I did not know what is wrong with the white hair tie.” “Take them off and never let me see that again.” My mother did not forgive me, “Go get a cloth and clean the