Being A Mother In We The Animal By Justin Torres

Being a mother is the most important in the world because they help in children’s social and emotional development. A novel name We The Animal, written by Justin Torres, the narrator describes his mother as a confuse goose of woman. The narrator use this metaphor to show some of his mother’s weaknesses. He believes that she is a confused person who survives her life very hard. There are other moments in the book when the metaphor is used to describe mom’s character. Mothers have an important jobs to do in house. Sometime the mon in the book was not a good mom. According to the text the narrator say “we stay at the table for another forty-five minutes, running our fingers around our empty bowls” and “we are always hungry.” She lets her
kids to wait for long enough to get another food. It shows mon is very bad at feeding her children. The mom in the story fail to controlled her emotion into her kid. She wanted her youngest son to be stayed 7 years old forever. That does not make sense and not going happen. She makes him confuse instead of teaching him maturity. She talks impossible things in front of children. Moms should stand behind of kid and explain they are right or wrong. There are some mother fail to do as a motherhood controlling their temper in front of child. Mom always should be present as an adult and be a good example to her children. She was also a stubborn woman who did not want to answer the phone. Pap kept calling several time, but she did not answer the phone at all. She did not care about Pap even he was dying. Mom was a teenager when the boys were conceived and married. She lives her life as unhappy marriage but still feel love her family. She was confused because she struggled to keep her family afloat and often act like immature person. That’s why the narrator described as a confuse goose of woman.