In the next chapter of Anywhere but here, I really see the way the book connected to my life.
The mother and daughter have just left Nevada and are journeying to California. When they reach California stay at a hotel called, "Bel Air" This hotel is one that the mother talks about so highly. When the pair are in the room the daughter asked her mother to go out, her mothers rebuttal is that she's tired and she's been driving and that the daughter doesn't understand because she doesn't have to drive. This is the start of a long night of disputes between the mother and daughter. After they decide to go downstairs to eat, I really start to see the comparison to my life this mother and daughter have. The biggest argument was over the daughter ordering a steak. She does this because her mom says they can for this expensive hotel, so the daughter concludes she must also be able to pay for the outrageous food.
“If you were so hungry, why didn’t you order more at lunch? You love hamburgers.
You usually always order a hamburger.”
“I do not love hamburgers.”
“Yes you do.” She sighed. “Why can’t it ever just be nice? Why can’t we ever just have a nice, relaxing time?”
“In other words why can’t I just want a hamburger, why can’t I want what you want me to want. Why don’t I always just happen to want the cheapest thing on the menu.”
This is an argument me and my mother constantly have. She wants me to like what she thinks I like, and to do what she wants me to do. She doesn't always like for me to make my own decisions and choose what I like.
This book is making me step back and see that the abnormal relationship I have with my mother others experience also. It is normal for parents and children to fight. Even thought this book doesn't address what the affects of time spent between a parent and their teen, it addresses real life issues of parent relationships.
Excerpt From: Mona Simpson. “Anywhere but Here.” iBooks. https://itun.es/us/dS6Yz.l
The mother and daughter have just left Nevada and are journeying to California. When they reach California stay at a hotel called, "Bel Air" This hotel is one that the mother talks about so highly. When the pair are in the room the daughter asked her mother to go out, her mothers rebuttal is that she's tired and she's been driving and that the daughter doesn't understand because she doesn't have to drive. This is the start of a long night of disputes between the mother and daughter. After they decide to go downstairs to eat, I really start to see the comparison to my life this mother and daughter have. The biggest argument was over the daughter ordering a steak. She does this because her mom says they can for this expensive hotel, so the daughter concludes she must also be able to pay for the outrageous food.
“If you were so hungry, why didn’t you order more at lunch? You love hamburgers.
You usually always order a hamburger.”
“I do not love hamburgers.”
“Yes you do.” She sighed. “Why can’t it ever just be nice? Why can’t we ever just have a nice, relaxing time?”
“In other words why can’t I just want a hamburger, why can’t I want what you want me to want. Why don’t I always just happen to want the cheapest thing on the menu.”
This is an argument me and my mother constantly have. She wants me to like what she thinks I like, and to do what she wants me to do. She doesn't always like for me to make my own decisions and choose what I like.
This book is making me step back and see that the abnormal relationship I have with my mother others experience also. It is normal for parents and children to fight. Even thought this book doesn't address what the affects of time spent between a parent and their teen, it addresses real life issues of parent relationships.
Excerpt From: Mona Simpson. “Anywhere but Here.” iBooks. https://itun.es/us/dS6Yz.l