Monday, September 26, 2016

Journal Five By Max Balderson

Journal Five
            The chapter I have chosen for my Journal for The House on Mango Street is “Born Bad”. This story stood out to me, because it shows the common experience of being ashamed and regretful about a choice that you’ve made, from the viewpoint of a child. The most prevalent and important themes in this chapter are regret and losing a loved one. The absolute feeling regret and shame is shown by Cisneros, when she states, “Most likely I will go to hell, and most likely I deserve to be there”. This sentence, although short, portrays how the author felt when she realized her and her friends had been poking fun at their aunt, who had just died. She had done something that she regretted so much, that she felt like she needed to go to hell for it.

            When I was a child, I had two big role models in my life. They were my older twin cousins, Derek and Daniel. I always would want to hang out with them whenever I could. I looked up to them, just as much as I looked up to my parents, but there was something that made my cousins different. My cousins were cool. They were always breaking the rules and getting into trouble, and they weren’t ever afraid to say anything to their parents. I wanted to be just like them when I was a kid. This ended up negatively impacting me. I repeated bad language that I learned from them, tried to break the rules when I was with them, and some days tried to copy their behavior exactly when I got home. Thankfully, whenever my parents would see me act like this, they would “shut me down” so to speak, and my phase of being rebellious didn’t last for very long at all.

8 comments:

  1. Your role models are relatable to me because I also had a cousin like that.

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  2. I went through a phase like this with both of my sisters. I honestly think going through a phase is somewhat what everyone goes through to grow up. It always leads to the parents shutting it down, and getting grounded. I'm so glad I'm over it but no matter how old i get my parents will always bring it up.

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  3. I can fell what Cisneros means when shes talking about an experience when she said "I should go to hell for this".

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  4. I also chose the story and I agree with your statement. It's always a depressing feeling when something bad happens and you feel it's your own fault. Also, your cousins sound like fun people. Everyone has a rebellious phase, so I know your comparison. My parents would kill me if I ever did anything like that, so we're lucky, haha!

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  5. The story "Born Bad" also stuck out to me as well! I thought it was interesting how to shows the common experience of being ashamed, like you said.

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  6. I went though the same thing with my cousins I always mocked what they would say because they were many years older than me so i thought it would be fun to e just like them. Great story

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  7. I went through a phase like this before I met my best friend. I guess being rebellious isn't for everyone. Great story!

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  8. I went through a phase like this before I met my best friend. I guess being rebellious isn't for everyone. Great story!

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