Then she was the victim again. Laura had no one. She tried to talk to Rachel but she ignored her. This had been the biggest mistake she had ever made. Now years later Laura is a single mom with a 15 year old daughter. Octavia was identical to her mother. Her father left when she was six years old, but they are good. Laura is writing in the newspaper and is still writing poems. She lives in the same neighourhood, just a few houses away from her childhood home. Rachel on the other hand is a…
apparent. However, Olds has a simpler goal behind her choice to end her poem with a detached memory, however the memory is even more disconnected from the topic of the story, and more symbolic than the memory Levis uses. After Olds describes the mother waiting and envisioning her daughter’s return from college, the poem concludes with the lines: …As a child, I caught bees, by the wings, and held them, some seconds, looked into their wild faces, listened to them sing, then tossed them…
Independence Is a very important value in life and sometimes isn 't appreciated as much as it should be. Most people don 't realize that one day in your life you are going to be forced to be independent and on your own. Many people you rely on aren 't going to always be there for you and parents unfortunately don 't live forever. It is the ideal dream to one day branch off and be on your own, instead of being dependent on someone else. Growing and going to college or starting your own family is…
parents had separated, but remained under the same roof until late March of 2011. The reason they had made the decision to stop their marriage was because my father had many issues that he refused to fix. My mother told me that after my second sister was born he started helping my mother less with everything. She…
She has told my family about instances where they were stopped by the police in Vietnam and they were asked for money to get out of the trouble. She even feared calling tax authorities about her taxes and asked my mother to go with her to meet them. She was scared which my mother could not understand because she had all of the proper…
The year I got my driver 's license began auspiciously, with the sheikh 's home on Sunset Boulevard burning to the ground on New Year 's Day. It was about a decade after Manson and before Menendez, and the sheikh 's lewdly-embellished statues lining the property reinforced the certainty that all threats came from outside the city limits. I was at my best friend Allegra 's house a half block away when we heard the sirens and went to watch the spectacle. Wearing the Benetton sweaters they 'd…
This was going to be our new home now until my parents could figure everything out. Well for 3 of it was. My mother was going to live elsewhere. A little apartment in another part of the city. As the summer went on I learned why. It was the beginning of the end of our happy family. As the summer went on I spent most of the time away from this place I was supposed…
following the young life of Tre Styles, an African American boy living in Watts, California with his single mother, Reva. Tre, at…
Adolescent motherhood is a major difficulty that can pose significant effects on an individual’s life. Teenage mothers may have greater risks of developing complications in major areas of their life, such as education failure, deficiency, and psychological problems. Adolescent motherhood is associated with limited chances of acquiring full education. Additionally, they may face considerable social stigma and hostility during the pregnancy. Stigma may cause adolescents not to seek the required…
considered the head of the household, usually the breadwinners while the women stayed home and tended to the family. A time when hard work was expected, respect was demanded and traditional values were strong. Both my parents grew up poor. My mother was the…