Genna knows where she wants to go in life and her hard work pays off but the extra load she pulls around everyday is too draining for a teenager. She goes through with every last bit of it because she is about her family. It's all that she has so she tries her best to keep it together. She babysits for a woman and her mother said not to just to get some money. She even tried to look for a house that was for rent for her family to live in but it didn't quite work out. The owner was racist and didn't want a black family living in her house. As you can see she's always routing for her family and although it is nice, it's too much. With everything she has to do plus this extra job while she's in school and she's trying to run the family.
Maybe it's because she is used to it and she's trying to step up her game but what's the problem. Why she putting herself in her mothers place, like a replacement? There is definitely lack of motherly love and attention for her and her older siblings because, they have stopped caring about what their mother thinks and just done what they've wanted and turned into cold people who don't even realize they have a family until they get home and still don't care. Why hasn't Genna? She isn't the same as them of course because she has a goal and a drive but why is she now taking it upon herself to do tasks not even asked for, things that the adult of the family should be doing. It leaves me to think how does the mother not see this? Or does she see it and not think of it as a very big deal? When it is "Genna's mothers turn" to be the mother, how will this affect Genna, what is their for her to do if her life evolves around being the one always in charge?
This is a really good post! I really liked all the rhetorical questions you asked in the final paragraph to get the reader thinking about underlying themes and messages. One thing I think would make this response go above and beyond is if you left a little less of the questions unanswered, and also if you connected Genna in some way to you, it would've made the post more personal. All in all though, I think you did a very good job on responding to this book and have made me want to read it :)
ReplyDeleteGreat Job Ajahee! I really liked how you made sure that you explained the story thoroughly for the readers that maybe haven't read the book yet. I also agree with Hope, I like how you added rhetorical questions to make the reader think about the book. I think that you could work on the transitions in your post, but other than that great work. I will definitely be checking this book out soon!
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