In the memoir, The Polygamist’s Daughter, the author Anna LeBaron describes the horrifying events of her past. The book seems to be a kind of coping device for LeBaron as often she inserts her current thoughts on the many situations she talks about. This essay will prove that Anna Lebaron looks back at her past with bitterness as she recalls, realizing she wasn’t really blessed, older men approaching her, the harsh circumstances in Denver, running away from the cult, and, when she finally started seeing the light, when she goes into counseling.
People always told Anna and her siblings that they were blessed because they were Ervil’s children, yet Anna’s opinion begins to differ when her father uses her for slave labor. Young Anna asks herself, “Was I really blessed?” and then continues by stating that “[she] lived in a strange country without [her] mother, and with a father who acknowledged [her] existence only when he asked [her] to do his bidding” (LeBaron 33). She is beginning to realize that she lived a restrained life and that it was not …show more content…
The first account of these uncomfortable events is when Rafael a forty so year old man approached her. She describes the event with fear and disgust. She explains that he leaned in close to her as if to kiss her and told her that her father had promised her as his wife. Till this point “[she] had never imagined becoming anyone’s wife” especially not anyone so much older (LeBaron 45). She states that after this event more and more men began approaching her in such a way. These events made her already terrible circumstances even worse since now she had to work to avoid being alone with anyone. She states at the end of the chapter in which this event occurred that “the women in [their] family were never allowed to make up their own minds… [they] were commodities” (LeBaron 46). These events helped young Anna realize this family, was no
People always told Anna and her siblings that they were blessed because they were Ervil’s children, yet Anna’s opinion begins to differ when her father uses her for slave labor. Young Anna asks herself, “Was I really blessed?” and then continues by stating that “[she] lived in a strange country without [her] mother, and with a father who acknowledged [her] existence only when he asked [her] to do his bidding” (LeBaron 33). She is beginning to realize that she lived a restrained life and that it was not …show more content…
The first account of these uncomfortable events is when Rafael a forty so year old man approached her. She describes the event with fear and disgust. She explains that he leaned in close to her as if to kiss her and told her that her father had promised her as his wife. Till this point “[she] had never imagined becoming anyone’s wife” especially not anyone so much older (LeBaron 45). She states that after this event more and more men began approaching her in such a way. These events made her already terrible circumstances even worse since now she had to work to avoid being alone with anyone. She states at the end of the chapter in which this event occurred that “the women in [their] family were never allowed to make up their own minds… [they] were commodities” (LeBaron 46). These events helped young Anna realize this family, was no