I'm reading the book Just Another Hero by Sharon M. Draper. It's a book about mainly a girl named Arielle who used to be the most popular girl, and had the most popular guy to be her boyfriend,but people soon realized what type of person she was and stopped hanging out with her. She would make fun of them and call them names, and people just stopped letting her take advantage of them. She then become a normal girl in high school, and all her popularity disappeared. The story contains another main character in it named Kofi and his story is basically his parents don't work, and they have problems making ends meet. Yet he's a smart kid too. I've just started the book, but I have learned so much about each character.
I'm mainly going to be discussing what makes a mom or a dad. Many people argue that it's the person who gave birth to you, and others argue it the one who takes care of you. Well Kofi is the one who has to mianly take care of his parents. Kofi has a job in order to pay the utility bills. His dad was supposed to pay the bills, but he lost the money at a casino, and his mother is not with reality. In the first part of meeting her she comes back from a club in the morning. There parents are basically out of control teenagers, and Kofi is the dad that takes control of them telling them to calculate their money,and trying to make every dollar count. I would say Kofi doesn't have real parents if they rely on him when the roles are supposed be the opposite.
Another person that this question can relate to is Arielle, and her parents. Her mom has been divorced three times, and the new person that she's married to only seems like she'd interested in that person for the fact that he has a lot of money that he gives her and Arielle. I was thinking is a parent one that only supports financially or is one that's there physically when needed. I was thinking it's physical and financial. It's all types of support when being considered a parent. It's never being selfish, and keeping things yourself. Arielle needs a parent who can help her not a shopping buddy. It seems like they are friends or room mates, not parents at all.
In conclusion, parents should be the one to support you physically and financially in every single way. Parents should never let their kids support them it's not right and fair for the kid to be put in situations like that. In conclusions parents shouldn't be similar to having a room mate or a friend.
That was an amazing post. I agree with you 100%. It doesn't seem like Kofi really has parents since her has to fend for himself. Yet even though you say his parents are like "teenagers" this might teach Kofi (as her grows up) many valuable lessons. This means that he probably didn't get to be a kid for that long (and he is more like the parent). He probably won't treat his kids like that and he has probably learned how to make money and be a responsible young adult (all through out his childhood). Although I feel bad for him, he can only look at the bright side and go on with his life. With Arielle it's totally different. I think she was like her mom in a way (when she was popular) because her mom has been remarried SO many times. But first of all, this marriage wasn't about love it was about money (which isn't that fair to him) and second her mom didn't even stop and ask how Arielle feelings about him (which I assume is not close at all). These two families are very different but they both touch upon what makes a good family. Great job picking an issue that applies to everyday life! -Liv:)
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