He did not stop the things that stressed his mom out right away but did eventually. Malo knowing what is going with his mom will help him know and understand the different outcomes on situations his mom go through that he may not known about. The information in the journal help Malo know what to focus on because it was always something new she had written about in her journal. When Amina got out the Philadelphia Psychiatric Center,she and Malo spoke a little more than they did before which uplifted her a little more. Malo and she went to see Uzi together in jail they were hurt, but held it together for Uzi. Malo paying attention to her troubles throughout her journal will help him know what to do to avert some of the things from occurring and will relieve some stress off her.
Mental illness is a serious matter spoken on not too often but it does exist. I know many people who have mental illness and it is not easy living with these kinds of illnesses. There is not enough mental illness awareness because there are many people who do not know about most of the common mental illnesses. Mental illness affects one 's education, employments and relationships. Some cultures do not take mental illness as serious as others do because they have a lack of concern for the ones who have these …show more content…
Amina does not speak on her thoughts and feelings of her mental illness and what make these feeling occur. Amina writes all her troubles she has in a journal. Mental illness is not easy to deal with because these illnesses have complications with education, employment, and relationships. To add stress on top of the complications make things worse. The awareness of mental illness is very low in society many people do not know what are some of the most common illnesses are because they are not spoken on. The best thing for someone with mental illness is to have a open mind and speak on their feelings so that there will be no misconceptions. Malo is ratified in reading Amina journal so that he can see what is being said, he can prevent some things from occurring, which will avert stress and harm from