Trauma begins when Maria hears everything from the hole and the torturing and screaming of her mother. Maria being 14 wants to go and help her mother but doesn’t cause of the safety of Alberto. Maria makes sure that Alberto does not hear anything and covers his ears. After all the screaming from Maria’s mother she hears gun shots and then silence. Knowing the horror she was going to find when she came out of the hole she tears a piece of her dress that her mother made for her and blindfolds
Finally the day came for grandma to see the new house; this happened to be one of her good days. She loved the new place, and so did we everything was perfect. The next day I had to work a day shift so my husband and his grandma dropped me off at work like any other day. About 7 O‘clock come it was time for me to get off my husband called me telling me grandma did not want to go, but he did not want to leave her at the house. We had already told the neighbors everything and given them our number just in case she was still herself to a point though and this day she was normal so I told my husband tell the new neighbor she will be there and call us in case of an emergency.
As Delia is in the kitchen sorting clothes, Sykes scares her using a whip to imitate a snake knowing Delia is terrified of snakes. While Sykes is out seeing another woman Delia works around the house and yard, leaving it spotless. Sometimes Delia stands up to Sykes and how
Elena carries out motherly duties despite the incredibly difficult circumstances of surviving in Altai labour camp. The family had been in the labour camp for months, they were all weak and hungry. It was Lina’s birthday and Lina thought that her mother had forgotten because of their horrific situation. But really Elena had organized a surprise ‘party’ in the bald man’s hut. Even though their situation seemed bleak, Elena felt that she should still carry out simple motherly duties, like celebrating her daughter’s birthday, to make Lina feel more secure.
When dinner was ready I tried to sit and talk to her but she stood up with her plate and gone she went to her room. I could not believe this atrocity was happening to me. Eventually, we had to go together to family reunions but this didn’t stop her from not talking to me. Sometimes my mother would not wait for me to come out of school and she would leave me home alone to go eat lunch with her sisters. This looked like revenge to me against what I had said before when I was sixteen.
Maybe she could survive, obtain another wooden leg, and continue living her life. She then realizes that she is stuck on the frame, unable to back out of the window frame. She begins to cry again, wishing that she hadn’t climbed into the window, knowing she only has one choice now, to go forward with her original plan. She misses her home, her bed, wishing that she could be there once again. She looked down at the axe, which seemed for last for hours.
This begins to frighten her so bad that her knees get weak; she does not know where to begin to look for the snake. Walking to her clothes, she hears the snake in her basket. Immediately she takes the lamp with the last match in it and runs to the kitchen in straight fear of the snake. After running, she finds out that the match blue out and she got frustrated because Sykes took the rest of the matches. Now the whole house is dark.
Finally Bella is not going to be alone anymore; she will be with the friends she loves. It is time for breakfast and Bella is late to too get downstairs. ‘’The ugly duckling is finally awake.’’, her step sister says. ‘’SHUT UP YOU FAT COW!’’, Isabellaexclaims. ‘’STOP IT RIGHT NOW’’ , Isabella’s father bawled, ‘’YOU TWO ARE GOING TO GET ALONG IF YOU LIKE IT OR NOT NOW SIT DOWN AND EAT YOU BREAKFAST NOW!’’.
We all ran down the stairs and looked into the kitchen, where we saw our mother laying on the ground, clutching her arm with our father glaring down at her. Liliana quickly ran over to where our mother was and began begging our father to stop hurting her while Nina grabbed Alex and took him to his room to get him to stop crying. My father glanced at me and Liliana before walking out of the kitchen. That night, we went to the hospital and our mother ended up having to where a cast because she broke her wrist when she fell. The very next day, we went to a dinner party where we had to pretend to be a big, happy family.
You are assisting an older woman to have a shower in her own home, when you notice that she has quite severe fresh bruising on her back and upper arms. The woman is initially reluctant to speak about the cause but eventually tells you that her middle aged son who lives with her inflicted the bruises. The woman pleads with you not to tell anyone as she is embarrassed and doesn’t want any shame to fall on her son. What do you do? You have a clear conflict here.