"i look at my mama, i love my mama. i want to put my arm round her and tell her. but iam not supposed to do that. she say thats weakness and thats cry baby stuff, and she dont want no cry baby around her. she dont want you to be scared either."-Ernest J.Gaines
While reading this passage i became puzzled and to even think a mother would be so cold towards her child. It hurt to see this young boy hurting inside because he wants to able to talk to his mother or show emotion(love), that he cant even do that without disappointing or being viewed as weak. What mother doesn't want to hear "I love you" from their child? and when he is feeling weak and needs love who can he turn to when his own mother doesn't want that level of connection with her son? When I was younger, I felt the same way, so I can understand what he is feeling and what he is going through. Do you really think a mother should treat her son like this? Do you think she does not show emotion because she doesn't want to be viewed as weak either? But why be afraid to show your son love? Whats so weak about that?
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I totally agree with you because I think that the mom was pushing too far. She is destroying a valuable relationship that a mother and a child needs. Love is something that most people and the fact that his mom does not want to hear those words mean she is somewhere so far that I think she cannot be saved.
To me a mother should take care of her child and nurture him/her until she has to prepare them to better themselves as a person if its by creating strength and ability to protect themselves from future obsticles she will find out the best possible way because mothers want the best for their child.
those are very good questions that you left at the bottom. I would like to tackle them a bit. Since ancient times like in Spartan, Greece ones strnght came from his/her way to handel oneself. Ex. They would not show emotion because it would show softness and thus weakness. In this occation it is not the mom's will to show her softside because she is handeling the role of a father and a mom. So giving in to her emotions may depict a waek side to her or a sense of her not being fit to fill those roles. I hope you understand.
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stay cool.
I love the way you ended with questions at the end of your post! I finished reading it with as sense of wanting to know more! You have great journalistic skills...keep it up!
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