Analysis Of Dave Eggers A Heartbreaking

“How does losing a parent effect young children?” is the question that came across my mind while reading Dave Eggers’ book “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.” Losing a mother, father, or parent in general at a young age can have major impacts on the child’s future. I have found that losing a parent can stick with you through your entire life, make you a better person with a different outlook on life, or can lead you to major decrease in success through life. Through the use of three different sources we will see what effects take place.
Everything changes for a child who has lost a parent and it is very hard to overcome. In the article “Losing a Parent as a Child” by Joana E. Bruno, she describes a parents death as a scar. She tells us “The scar will last forever. It will be with the child as it grows, year after year, until adulthood and beyond into the old age and it will never disappear” (Bruno). Scars will never go away, just like the memory of a parent. When a child loses a parent, every decision they make will be impacted by what they’ve been through because they will always be missing that part of them and will try to make up for it. This article explained how losing either parent impacted a person in general, but now we will look at the specifics of
Sasha begins to tell her story “I lost my mother at 16 and everything about the mother I became was because of it” (Brown). Because she lost her mother young, Sasha doesn’t waste a moment with her kids. She rushed to get married and have kids as not to waste any time, and now she has a very close connection with her kids. Sasha learned a lot after losing her mom. She doesn’t take anything for granted and has overall become a better person because of it. Although the situation helped Sasha that doesn’t mean it works like that for everyone, and we will begin to see