She never asked her what was wrong. Joe thought he knew all about Amanda seeing that they grew up together, but he didn’t feel that way anymore. Amanda often went to Joe when she was upset, had a problem or just needed someone to talk to. One night she admitted to Joe that her life was a mess. She said school is shit and home is shit but she didn’t explain why and Joe never asked.
When Evyn first saw Eleni, with her red lipstick, black pants, and high heels, she thought Eleni looked nothing like a college professor and a mother. Evyn made the assumption that she went partying every night. That is an example of her being judgemental. After her father, Birdie, reminded Evyn that her new combination lock was 5, 10, 15; she forgot, making her forgetful. An example of Evyn being unintelligent was when her so-called friends, Andrea’s group, calls her Evelyn and doesn’t talk to her unless it’s to ask about updates with Ajax, she doesn’t realize that they’re just using her.
Discussion Questions 1. Minny was the person that I could really identify myself with. She was just one of those persons that speak their minds out. Minny was a very gutsy person that always liked to put people in their place when needed to but she also had a great sense of humor. Yes, she may of lost many jobs due to her sharp tongue, but she never stayed kept her thoughts to herself.
Lewin quotes Justice when she says, "'My stomach's always in knots getting ready to go to a party, wondering if I'm wearing the right thing, if I'll know what to do..." (70) This happens because of the different cultures the middle-class, which Justice is now in, presents, compared to the lower class she used to be in. Also because of this, Justice treats her niece and nephew completely different. She even went an extra step to make sure that the kids would fit in. To even further prove how crazy social classes determines the different cultures is when Lewin explains that, "...according to sociologists who have studied how social class affects child-rearing...working-class parents usually teach their children, early on, to do what they are told without argument and to manage their own free time, middle-class parents tend to play an active role in shaping their children's activities, seeking out extracurricular
I find it cruel for these parents to want their children to have fake teeth (flippers), fake tans, fake nails, and fake hair with highlights. I see the competitions as a way for mothers to compete against one another but also to live their life through their children. Some of the parents look like they can barely make ends meet financially each month. At first I thought the parents were making sacrifices in order to get future college scholarships, but soon found this was not the case. The winners get a meager $500 to $1000.
Soon’s he got back to Hollywood he was gonna write to me about it…I never got that letter…I always thought my ol’ lady stole it. Well, I wasn’t gonna stay no place where I couldn’t get nowhere of make something of myself, an’ where they stole your letters. I ast her if she stole it, too, an’ she says no. so I married Curley. Met him out to the Riverside Dance Palace that same night.
I taught Jana how to drive a stick shift and laughed at her because she didn't know how to boil water. We had a lot of fun between fights, which at times were on a daily basis, but I don't know what I would have done growing up without having someone stealing my clothes and make-up. We are much older now, closer than ever, but she still makes my blood boil at times. While I personally have no experience, I can see where being an only child would have its advantages. First of all, an only child can have all of their parent’s attention and affection.
She often portrays herself to be overbearing with her disconcerting ramblings over her children, but we know that it is out of love for them. She clings to her past with such desperation: “Possess your soul in patience-you will see! Something I’ve resurrected from that old trunk! Styles haven’t changed so terribly much after all…Now just look at your mother This is the dress in which I led the cotillion….See how I sashayed around the ballroom Laura?” (Williams 1987). Her fading youth only makes her more desperate for attention for herself and her daughter.
English 110 Professor Ackers 4/25/12 Help In my hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee, I see my old high school friends and hear news about their little sister that used to run around the neighborhood and follow him/her around is now pregnant. The thing that makes that even sadder is that the little sister is between the ages of 12-15. That problem just isn’t in my hometown; it’s all across the United States of America. And it isn’t entirely the child’s fault because they didn’t have a good example or someone to talk to them about what they’re doing. Teen Pregnancy isn’t good for the simple fact that it destroys teen’s lives, they don’t have anyone to support them before and after they get pregnant, and they don’t have positive examples in their life.
My best friend and I had been inseparable since fifth grade. Here recently, she had been allowed to start dating and began to date her first real boyfriend. I didn’t like him, but, for her sake, I tried to get to know him. One major problem I had with him was that he never once seemed interested in getting to know her friends. Every time I attempted to invite him to do something with us, he denied the request and guilted her into going somewhere with him and his friends.