What Is Shonquasia's Dilemma

But however, a law enforcement has compels the family to leave and move to Phoenix where mother has inherited a house from her grandmother. In Phoenix, it offers the family stability like mother’s house is very large and the children can enrolled in school and father have a job to keep steady of electrician jobs for a while. Jeannette feel so annoy when

However, when the mother is almost done with her education and only has one more assignment left, tension begins. The mother has to go to Costa Rica so she can graduate, but she has to go for almost the entire summer. That means that her daughter will have to stay with her grandmother, who she hasn’t seen in forever. “Mom wouldn’t leave me. We’d go together.Right?”(12) The mom doesn’t want to leave the daughter, but she can’t take her either. The mother also doesn’t even try to understand why her daughter wants to go with her. The daughter had lost her father and probably has a fear of losing her mother as well. “I burrowed my head head under the pillow with the baseball. A tiny piece of me felt guilty for stealing it, but it belonged to my dad and that made it special. That made it a part of me.” (46) The daughter seemed to be more connected with her father then her mother. Her father could’ve understood her more or at least tried. The mother doesn’t even attempt and makes the final decision with caring about her child’s opinion. The different points of view of the mother and the daughter over the topic of going somewhere creates tension between the two

her household she resorts to outside sources, making herself a victim to boys, which creates a

The minister then questions her but after his unsuccessful attempt, Mother’s actions become a scandal throughout the town because “any deviation from the ordinary course of life in this quiet town was enough to stop all progress in it” (C670). This does not bother Mother and she successfully continues with her plans. By overcoming this alienation both characters achieve feminine empowerment.

her away from her task powerless. When Ismene tries to persuade her sister into staying

Waverly is tired of her mother telling everyone about her accomplishment, that she lost her patients and tell her mother want were exactly on her mind. The dynamics relationship between mother and daughter is that you sometime lost your temper and tell your mother some of the problems you having with them.

While she knows what happens to her body as a result of these arguments, she still cannot take care of herself. This inability to deal with the physical results of her parents' arguments comes from her mental instability that stems from these fights.

Then she smiled. That warm smile full of memories you forgot were tucked away…Miinibaashkiminasiganibiitoosijiganibadagwiingweshiganibakwezhigan. Blueberry pie. I still can’t pronounce that word all at once like Mom did. She laughed when she finally managed to say it. I can still see the smile that spread across her face when she told me about her Koko.”-Shaelyn Johnson page 2. This quote illustrates how loved ones can help one to change. Mae’s mother needed her encouragement and pressuring as it made her change her unhealthy mindset. Loved ones are often the ones who give people the will to change and get out of an unhealthy mindset. People need a push to be started on a journey of change and becoming a better person as one often lacks the motivation to do it alone. Evidently, for a person to flourish and undergo a metamorphosis, small or large, a helping hand from someone is needed. Whether the journey is learning a new language, like Mae, or changing your outlook, like Mae’s mother. It is human nature to need mentorship and guidance, whether one is young or old.Because of this fundamental need in humans, people all need help to flourish and

Reframing is another alternative strategy of handling the tension. This is an opportunity for growth and to enjoy, every moment with my mother while I still

Her relationship with her dad reaches a conflict when she accuses him of taking her money from her and Lori’s piggy bank, and when he denies it, they get frustrated with him and the conditions they’re living in. Although they’ve had good experiences with their dad, the support given by him starts to deteriorate and they are desperate to turn it around. Because of this, Lori claims that she will never get out of Welch with Jeannette thinking that “..if Lori never got out of Welch, neither would I” (229). Another example of the tense relationship between her dad was when he brought up plans of “The Glass Castle” once more when Jeannette was set on going to New York City. Her dad tries to bring back the plans that she had been excited about early in her childhood, but she overcomes the previous joy she had and is now realistic about outcome of The Glass Castle, saying that it will probably never be built (238). Her relationship with her mother has also been changed, with Jeannette being more conscious about what her mom is doing as she settled later in life in New York City with Jeannette telling her mom that she wants to change her life and make it better. Her mom immediately rejects this and states that she is fine and that Jeannette is the one that needs help since her values are all confused, which conflicts the relationship between them as they both feel that the other has

Lastly, her family betrayed her by not listening to her side of the story after her sister told lies about her, and they betrayed her when they acted as if they did not care if she moved out of the house. In all of these actions, the family itself and certain members of the family are portrayed as uncaring, unsupportive, disrespectful, conniving, deceitful, and hateful to Sister. Through every action of the family, Sister is treated harshly, and she tries to not let this bother her. Yet, anger and bitterness build up inside of her until she cannot take it anymore. Consequently, it built up so much inside of her that it severely affected Sister so profoundly that she moved away from her home to get away from her family.

Overall, there is an obvious feeling of disempowered regarding her right and or ability to make life decisions. She comes from a close-knit family, though some of her siblings have moved away to seek out goals beyond those that they may feel their parents are putting upon them. She has recently begun to

Maunica responded well to the intervention. Maunica continues to make progress towards her goals. Maunica stated that she did not get up on time for school. Maunica stated, that her mom argued with her and she did not respond to the argument aggressively. Maunica stated, that she listened to her mom, but felt too tired to go to school. Maunica state, that she will get the missing assignments for her class mate. Maunica stated, being yelled at and being treated like a child can cause her to get very upset. Maunica stated that her mom sometime treats her like a child and it does make her upset. Maunica stated, frustrated, anxious, sad, and fear. Maunica stated, her relationship with her mom, her relationship with her boyfriend, with friends,

Now, Jack asked me to have dinner with his family. Seriously? He knows that I am uncomfortable with conversing with people. My conversations with him were labored and I cannot imagine how strenuous it would be for me to talk to his family. Once again, the anxiety that he had taken away with his warmth stroke me the moment he asked. His request was like asking me to make ties with America and become foreign to my family. My warmth and tenderness towards him suffered an unobtrusive death. His sin was that of ignorance. Did he not know how my mind had raced and spun when we talked and how I had worked so hard to separate myself from Americans in fear of being influenced to become foreign to Shona? However, how could I reject his plea without

This semester, I read a story entitled “Four Direction” written by Amy Tan. It is about a girl who has a rather difficult relationship with her mother. She has other issues that she deals with along the way as well but her problems with her mother really stood out to me because I go through similar things with my own mother. In the story, the narrator and her mother don’t seem to ever see eye to eye. The narrator thinks that the mother is always complaining and finds the bad in everything. The narrator is even scared to introduce her fiancé to her mother because she is scared her mother will point out all of his flaws to her. This keeps the narrator from ever having a deep connection to her mother because the narrator is very uncomfortable