Showing posts with label Teenager. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Teenager. Show all posts
Yesterday in Contemporary Lit we read a short story "Girl With The Blackened Eye" by Joyce Carol Oates. The story was about a 15 year old girl who got abducted by a guy and was raped/beaten. He thought her as different from the others because she didn't beg for her life. Because of this she stayed alive and soon gained his trust in being able to wash herself despite the filthy place they lived. The span of this time was only eight days but to her it felt a whole lot more. When one day they went for a car ride people where staring at her and just kind of ignored her figuring that she deserved whatever had happened to her. The guy abducted another woman which he made the girl watch as he raped the woman. He later took the woman into the woods, after she begged him to spare her life because she had a daughter at home, and killed her. When she had a chance to get away she didn't have the will to because of the trust her abductor has in her, she couldn't betray that trust as she said.
I would have to support her decision in not running away because if I was as weak from being stuck in a filthy house all day and not being able to eat food because you're so beat up, the possibilities of being able to get away would be small, given that you're on foot and he has a vehicle. Even though you're with a killer/rapist your safety is a whole lot better if you just stay with him versus trying to get away and have him beat you up worse or kill you.
When she was in the car with him going into town and people just sort of ignored the condition she was in I think that a lot of people do that but not on that type of level. For example when you're at a grocery store or somewhere public and there's some little kids with their parents and the kids are doing something that isn't even that bad and the parents are screaming/ yelling/swearing at the kid to shut up/stop or else they wont get any supper and go to bed early. To me that itself is child abuse and I think the parents should have to get classes on how to parent. Of course if you said something to them they would tell you do stick your words up somewhere the sun doesn't shine. It's just unfair to the child to grow up in that type of household and then become a young adult/adult and end up having depression problems, thinking they aren't good enough for anything and having suicidal thoughts. Not all cases are like this though granted. Some peoples bad childhoods turn into anger and take it out on other people like their parents did to them.
I would have to support her decision in not running away because if I was as weak from being stuck in a filthy house all day and not being able to eat food because you're so beat up, the possibilities of being able to get away would be small, given that you're on foot and he has a vehicle. Even though you're with a killer/rapist your safety is a whole lot better if you just stay with him versus trying to get away and have him beat you up worse or kill you.
When she was in the car with him going into town and people just sort of ignored the condition she was in I think that a lot of people do that but not on that type of level. For example when you're at a grocery store or somewhere public and there's some little kids with their parents and the kids are doing something that isn't even that bad and the parents are screaming/ yelling/swearing at the kid to shut up/stop or else they wont get any supper and go to bed early. To me that itself is child abuse and I think the parents should have to get classes on how to parent. Of course if you said something to them they would tell you do stick your words up somewhere the sun doesn't shine. It's just unfair to the child to grow up in that type of household and then become a young adult/adult and end up having depression problems, thinking they aren't good enough for anything and having suicidal thoughts. Not all cases are like this though granted. Some peoples bad childhoods turn into anger and take it out on other people like their parents did to them.
Labels: Short Story, Teenager
There are so many things that make being a teenager aggravating. The worst thing about being a teenager is when an adult takes you for granted, not all adults do it but the older generation tends to. It's true that the older you are the more wisdom you have but I think that it's wisdom from your era, not the younger generations. I specially hate when they're doing something you know a lot about (computers for example) and when they need help they wont listen to you even though you tell them that you know how to fix the problem. They act as if you don't know what you're doing. It's so frustrating that sometimes I don't even bother saying I'll help someone if they have doubted my help before. Granted it is a good thing to be cautious about accepting peoples help when it comes to certain things, sometimes it can screw things up more. It's the simplest things that people wont listen to you about just because you're younger.
Another thing that makes being a teenager suck is having to go to school and deal with the drama. When you have friends that are more immature than you, you work, and feel like you don't have time to get anything done. Having a job is great because you're earning money that you can spend later or save up to get something really big. But sometimes it would be nice to just be able to take a break and be with friends/family. It doesn't help that it's stressful when you have homework to do when I get home at 9 p.m.
Being a teenager though you have your whole life ahead of you and even though the older generation could piss you off with their ignorance you can learn about the mistakes they had and learn from them or either if you find yourself in their shoes than you'll know how to deal with the problem.
Another thing that makes being a teenager suck is having to go to school and deal with the drama. When you have friends that are more immature than you, you work, and feel like you don't have time to get anything done. Having a job is great because you're earning money that you can spend later or save up to get something really big. But sometimes it would be nice to just be able to take a break and be with friends/family. It doesn't help that it's stressful when you have homework to do when I get home at 9 p.m.
Being a teenager though you have your whole life ahead of you and even though the older generation could piss you off with their ignorance you can learn about the mistakes they had and learn from them or either if you find yourself in their shoes than you'll know how to deal with the problem.
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