Dorothy Allison's Short Stories
This quote by Dorothy Allison demonstrated the emotional nature of writers and how power those words are. “It’s an illusion that writers have a lot of choice about what they write” she explains. “Your stories are your stories. They’re the only ones you can really tell, and if you try telling ones the world would like you tell you’ll do it badly”
Dorothy Allison’s quote, hits deep in the realization that often our most troubling memories and experiences are what shape who we are. Like haunting ghost we have to analyze and tell our deepest emotions through writing and in return those emotions create great stories.
We write our experiences, our life story, our passion. The stories we tell not only help others understand our point of view, but
it allows us to break free by organizing and establishing our thoughts. The novel Luna, by Julie Anne Peters tells her story growing up know her sisters secret transgender identity. We witness Lia Marie’s struggle with acceptance an identity through the eyes of her sister. By writing this novel, Peters demonstrated the hardship she experiences growing up, and the social issues her transgender sister grew up with not only by peers at school, but family as well.
Until the past several years the social issues surrounding gay, lesbian, and transgender communities have been ignored and discriminated against. There is abundance of authors that have documented their struggle with acceptance because of their sexual orientation. Many of these novels showcase the unwillingness to bend from beliefs that gay, lesbian, and transgender are morally wrong and unaccepted by society. It’s refreshing for these stories to been told and for society as a whole to gain a better understanding and acceptance to those of the gay lesbian community.
Dorothy Allison’s quote, hits deep in the realization that often our most troubling memories and experiences are what shape who we are. Like haunting ghost we have to analyze and tell our deepest emotions through writing and in return those emotions create great stories.
We write our experiences, our life story, our passion. The stories we tell not only help others understand our point of view, but
it allows us to break free by organizing and establishing our thoughts. The novel Luna, by Julie Anne Peters tells her story growing up know her sisters secret transgender identity. We witness Lia Marie’s struggle with acceptance an identity through the eyes of her sister. By writing this novel, Peters demonstrated the hardship she experiences growing up, and the social issues her transgender sister grew up with not only by peers at school, but family as well.
Until the past several years the social issues surrounding gay, lesbian, and transgender communities have been ignored and discriminated against. There is abundance of authors that have documented their struggle with acceptance because of their sexual orientation. Many of these novels showcase the unwillingness to bend from beliefs that gay, lesbian, and transgender are morally wrong and unaccepted by society. It’s refreshing for these stories to been told and for society as a whole to gain a better understanding and acceptance to those of the gay lesbian community.