Raising a teenager can be tough. All the hormones flowing through their bodies and occasional mood swings are just a couple of the variables that makes it a task for parents raising adolescent teens in today’s society. The author and novelist Rachel Cusk covers her own view of this experience in the article “Mothers and teenagers: a modern tragedy” that initially appeared in The Times on April 5th, 2015. Rachel takes us through the struggle of having to raise her two teenage girls in their adolescent teens and she concurrently writes about the ancient tragedy Medea, which makes for an interesting comparison.
Rachel Cusk’s overall intention is to inform other parents and especially mothers on how to be a good parent to teenagers and the article …show more content…
But might not all these players be somehow liberated through this violence – cast off their familial identities and be reborn as individuals, as their true selves?.” P. 5. LLL. 310-318. This is a fine example of how well-educated the mother sounds when she talks. The whole text, in general, is filled with formal words, “Ambivalence, Palpably, liberated, etc.” and an example of a simile is when the following is said: “I’m forcing myself on her, like an insistent hostess” P. 1. L 34-35. The quote is also a strong indication from the mother towards her daughter. An indication that she understands, Rachel says that she is able to sacrifice her image among other people knowing the end goal of giving her little girl the privilege to be her actual self. She couldn't care less of what stories are told about her, or what she is called by her daughter etc. Rachel is genuinely accepting that her daughter is the way she is in her teens. This is Cusk setting an example of how the reader could deal with a precarious situation with their teen, she shows that opening more up to their teen can create a closer relationship between them and this is also advice from Cusk to the reader. This even results in her daughter opening up to Rachel, which only happens on rare occasions, which is Rachel showing that it results in something good. At last, the daughter asks, “So, will she do it? Will she actually kill them?.” P. 5. LLL. 327-328. The mother then for an instant sees the childlike in her
Rachel Cusk’s overall intention is to inform other parents and especially mothers on how to be a good parent to teenagers and the article …show more content…
But might not all these players be somehow liberated through this violence – cast off their familial identities and be reborn as individuals, as their true selves?.” P. 5. LLL. 310-318. This is a fine example of how well-educated the mother sounds when she talks. The whole text, in general, is filled with formal words, “Ambivalence, Palpably, liberated, etc.” and an example of a simile is when the following is said: “I’m forcing myself on her, like an insistent hostess” P. 1. L 34-35. The quote is also a strong indication from the mother towards her daughter. An indication that she understands, Rachel says that she is able to sacrifice her image among other people knowing the end goal of giving her little girl the privilege to be her actual self. She couldn't care less of what stories are told about her, or what she is called by her daughter etc. Rachel is genuinely accepting that her daughter is the way she is in her teens. This is Cusk setting an example of how the reader could deal with a precarious situation with their teen, she shows that opening more up to their teen can create a closer relationship between them and this is also advice from Cusk to the reader. This even results in her daughter opening up to Rachel, which only happens on rare occasions, which is Rachel showing that it results in something good. At last, the daughter asks, “So, will she do it? Will she actually kill them?.” P. 5. LLL. 327-328. The mother then for an instant sees the childlike in her