After reading all these books Ive gotten to thinking that I truly had a pretty easy time with adolescence, take down if it didnt feel standardized it at the time. There are so many things that I didnt abide to deal with that other people did. In this book it seemed like poor Mel had rightful(prenominal) too many things to handle all at once.
        kickoff of all, theres race. Like we were talking about in class, I had a privilege that I didnt even realize until I was older. I was white, and so was the rest of my world, so race wasnt an issue. Mel was black. Though in his neighborhood and at his school most everyone else was black as well, he was ever aware that outside of that little world, he was different. This was especially thorny because his skin was extremely dark, which made him even more different. dismantle though he wasnt exactly denied anything for being black, that hearing people snicker and make jokes about his color, like the boys at the beach, makes him question himself.
        I couldnt help only when wonder if Mels family really was all gone, or whether his bring only told him that. It seemed likely to me that, like Kristen, EC might have told her family she was gay and they were not accepting. Whatever the case, it must(prenominal) feel save about lonely not to have a family other than just your mother. Even though Mel and his mother were close, it must be knotty to have that be all you have. Mel did mention that it didnt way out to him that he didnt have a father because he never knew otherwise, but I still think it must have taken some toll on him. Also, it was just another thing that made him different. Everyone else had families and he didnt.
        Finally, theres the obvious difficulty that Mel faced, that his mother was gay.
I think its important that she told him, but I also cannot imagine how difficult that would be to hear. Not because theres anything wrong with having a gay parent, but because it made him question himself again so much. He was afraid that because his mother was gay that she hated him for being male and that he must be gay as well. He was worried what his friends would think. Plus, it was extra difficult, again because of race. Since Kristen was white, that brought up a whole other set of issues. However, it was refreshing to me that Ralph let Mel know that it didnt bother him. Friends are so important at that age, and even though he may have disordered Sean, it was nice to know that Mel wouldnt be without real friends entirely. hope bounteousy Angie didnt mind either, because, after all, Im a hopeless romantic
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