Everybody has a challenge in life; it just depends on the individual person. During this topic; “the challenge of growing up,” we read many short stories including; “The Kiss”, “The first Kiss” and “Metaphor”. I will be focusing on the “Metaphor” by Budge Wilson.
In the story “The Metaphor” by Budge Wilson, Charlotte experiences the love and care from her teacher; Ms. Hancock. Ms. Hancock and Charlotte have a very special bond in which charlotte adores very much. Ms. Hancock; Charlottes primary teacher loves her metaphors. “Charlotte,” “your metaphors were unusually goad today, unusually interesting.” Ms. Hancock praises Charlotte’s metaphors and always helps her with them. Through this bond you can see how well a teacher and a student could …show more content…
When Charlotte enters high school she is surprised and relises how different it is; no acknowledging teachers, no being nice, groups of friends, the ‘popular’. When Charlotte finds out that Ms. Hancock is going to be her teacher, she was not prepared, as much as Charlotte loved her teacher, she did not want to embarrass herself with acknowledging her in front of her peers. Charlotte starts to reject Ms. Hancock and treat her like she is a nobody. Ms. Hancock starts to feel like a no one, her class doesn’t listen, Charlotte doesn’t talk to her anymore, barely even gets eye contact with each other. After a few weeks of this Ms. Hancock steps out on the road and gets hit by an oncoming bus. This is a very big deal for Charlotte.
Charlotte felt as though her teachers death was her fault, she abandoned her, she ignored her and just left her. Charlotte tells her mum what happened and her mum doesn’t care about the teacher, she just thinks she is a ‘brassy creature”, and is just another teacher at the school. Charlotte finds it very difficult having a mother so abrupt, rude, selfish and non-caring. Issues at school make charlottes life a lot harder than is necessary.
In the end the challenge is that Charlotte has to overcome her teacher’s death and out up with her mother’s attitude. Even though charlotte may miss her teacher, Ms. Hancock was down and depressed. Charlotte could have spoken up and said something and this might not have happened in the end. By
In the story “The Metaphor” by Budge Wilson, Charlotte experiences the love and care from her teacher; Ms. Hancock. Ms. Hancock and Charlotte have a very special bond in which charlotte adores very much. Ms. Hancock; Charlottes primary teacher loves her metaphors. “Charlotte,” “your metaphors were unusually goad today, unusually interesting.” Ms. Hancock praises Charlotte’s metaphors and always helps her with them. Through this bond you can see how well a teacher and a student could …show more content…
When Charlotte enters high school she is surprised and relises how different it is; no acknowledging teachers, no being nice, groups of friends, the ‘popular’. When Charlotte finds out that Ms. Hancock is going to be her teacher, she was not prepared, as much as Charlotte loved her teacher, she did not want to embarrass herself with acknowledging her in front of her peers. Charlotte starts to reject Ms. Hancock and treat her like she is a nobody. Ms. Hancock starts to feel like a no one, her class doesn’t listen, Charlotte doesn’t talk to her anymore, barely even gets eye contact with each other. After a few weeks of this Ms. Hancock steps out on the road and gets hit by an oncoming bus. This is a very big deal for Charlotte.
Charlotte felt as though her teachers death was her fault, she abandoned her, she ignored her and just left her. Charlotte tells her mum what happened and her mum doesn’t care about the teacher, she just thinks she is a ‘brassy creature”, and is just another teacher at the school. Charlotte finds it very difficult having a mother so abrupt, rude, selfish and non-caring. Issues at school make charlottes life a lot harder than is necessary.
In the end the challenge is that Charlotte has to overcome her teacher’s death and out up with her mother’s attitude. Even though charlotte may miss her teacher, Ms. Hancock was down and depressed. Charlotte could have spoken up and said something and this might not have happened in the end. By