Reflection On Rose's Story

In the book Rose’s Story, I learned how endurance, ignorance and lack of communication have resulted to a public stigma. Rose is a strong woman who had faith in all her trial that she faced as a child and adult. She knew what she went through and did not want her children to go the through the same process. She worked hard even in her critical condition of her illness. Her motherly love for her children was so passionate that she wanted to have a good background of an upbringing for them.
This story reminds me of how a true African woman deals with situation like Roses. However, social workers, aids and other organizations did not exist in my country if I was to relate it back to the 50s-70s of this rose’s crisis. I felt the determination and wish I was in the picture of helping her because Rose did not have anyone that had a full support in all order to survive. I loved her cooperation even when she knew that no one was listening to her and trying to hear her opinion. Although she had a life when people had to decide what was good for her or not.
This story also put me on the edge how …show more content…
I felt that Rose had a bit opportunity when she met a family who were willing to have her as a child and even when her father opposed they tried. However, she had a father who did not care but had a say so in her life. I have learned that parent have all the right of opinion in our lives if he or she is not available because they were the one who gave birth to the person. I feel that is wrong and it is not fair. We children want to be loved and pamper by the people who we call our own and this is normal everywhere. I wonder why a couple will bring a child to the world and would not want to care of the child if they are not ready rather than suffering a child. Children are blessing and I feel everyone should respect that. Although in some cases it is not their