He never locked the door before this very night so I knew immediately that something terrible must have happened to my master. I beat on the door repetitively and begin to call him “Dr. Jekyll,” I cried, “Dr. Jekyll are you in there sir?” After a good length of time had pasted I began to think I may have to resort to more desperate measures. The door swings open with a great force and Dr. Jekyll is standing before me drenched in sweat, with a puzzled look on his face.
I’m also responsible for playing both mother and father figure in my child’s life. The sheer amount of responsibilities that mothers have to juggle on a daily bases are sometimes overwhelming. In short there are the rough, not so good days when the frustration sets in. During these times, I consistently remind myself of my reason for doing this never ending balancing act. This is to provide a better life for my kids.
Whenever I needed to schedule a doctor’s appointment, my dad always made me do it for myself. It bothered me that my dad would not help me with certain things. I felt as if I had matured way too fast. Looking back at it I realize I am more mature than most people my age, but this is a good thing. Meg goes through a similar situation when they must save Charles Wallace.
Cultural Diversity Charity Tessitore ETH/125 July 19, 2015 Elizabeth Kazsuk Learning that discrimination and prejudice is still a very big issue, even in today’s time, makes me see that no matter what, I must always be nice to others. I realized how important it is to talk to my children about this subject as well. I never discussed it with them because I always thought that if they saw me being nice and not discriminating or being prejudice to others, they would follow suit. But I have realized that the outside world influences my children just as much, if not more than, home life. I have always been one to do research of my own, so I didn’t get to learn anything new about my cultural history.
Having financial problems played a factor also in my returning to school. Being a single parent, with no support, I knew that I had to make some drastic changes. I have to joggle so many tasks each day and it can be hard. My family motivates me not to give up on my academic goals because I know it is something I have to do. Additionally, having a better income to support me and my family would be nice.
But since we are no longer considered as irresponsible children, it is just normal to see a teenager working because we are now responsible adults. Just like a student who works for scholarship, I am also a student working, not for scholarship, but for a greater cause, for my parent’s sake. My mom asked me I could help her out during the weekends. And because she has power over me, I have been influence to work and to assist her. At first, it was hard for me to work because for me, Saturday should be my rest day, but I still needed to wake up early and do the things that my mom asked me to do.
She tells her son, "We have to do all that we can to build ourselves up. In these trying times we live in, all that we have to cling to is-each other..." (1389). Most families live by this today. However, families will always have arguments, and the younger child is usually hurt most by them whether or not they are the ones actually arguing. Every time Tom and his mother argue, Amanda is scared or hurled up on the couch.
The word family means to me a unit working together in love. My dysfunctional family is what it was but we are working on change to break these generational curses. With that being said, my immediate family is working on it because this is not how I was raised. You want to know things about my family. I’ll tell you: How the male and female roles changed or remained constant over the generation.
Mrs. Sommer has sacrificed too much for her family and this is just a little bit that she could enjoy. Apparently Mrs. Sommer doesn’t want to abandon her family neither abandon her personal identity while fulfilling the role of a wife and a mother. The story's ambiguous ending suggests that the struggle is one that continues to be encountered by women. Most of the mother always sacrificed for their family and they barely
Making personal sacrifices for my children happen on a daily basis, but also remind me of the reason I became a parent in the first place. Keeping an open mind which has helped me to survive is important. To illustrate, times are different now opposed to when I was a child. I have to know where my children are coming from, so I can help them make hard decisions. In addition, I have had to organize my life around my children, so that I could always be there to help them with their homework, attend all of their extracurricular activities, or just have a willingness to listen.