Essay - a Gift for My Mother
Essay: A gift for My Mother
The story is written by Viv McDade. She was born in Ireland, grew up in Zimbabwe and lived in South Africa for most of her life. While living in South Africa, she was a part of some organizations. She now lives in Ireland.
In the short story the narrator is a girl called Lucy. The story is told by a first person narrator and from her viewpoint. When a story is told by a first person, you need to realize that what the narrator is recounting might not be the objective truth. A first person narrator often tries to justify her actions, because she wants to put herself in a positive light to the readers. We know that Lucy is the Narrator but she is also the main character in the story which you should have in mind while reading the essay.
Lucy is a girl at the age of ten. She wants to her parents to feel good about each other. She obeys her mother without protesting. She hears her mother’s “dreamy voice”; when she gives her mother some flowers. She wants her to be happy. She is a girl who cares very much for her family. She is only 10 years old and could easily be called a caring girl. She is respectful to strangers, which we also see when she sells flowers to them.
As it’s mentioned in the text, she lives in a poor family. Her relation with her father is very good, she feels that her father always helps her when she is nervous or when she feels unintelligent, especially in her homework. Her father doesn’t earn too much by working at a garage and it can theoretically be because he is too lazy. It says in the text that Lucy had longed to give her mother something very precious and beautiful. For that reason she wants to surprise her by selling some flowers and giving her the earned money. She doesn’t think about the consequences. In my opinion the reason why she doesn’t do that could be her love for her family. The mother is very possessive as she always thinks about the future and what they can live on. The money her husband comes with
The story is written by Viv McDade. She was born in Ireland, grew up in Zimbabwe and lived in South Africa for most of her life. While living in South Africa, she was a part of some organizations. She now lives in Ireland.
In the short story the narrator is a girl called Lucy. The story is told by a first person narrator and from her viewpoint. When a story is told by a first person, you need to realize that what the narrator is recounting might not be the objective truth. A first person narrator often tries to justify her actions, because she wants to put herself in a positive light to the readers. We know that Lucy is the Narrator but she is also the main character in the story which you should have in mind while reading the essay.
Lucy is a girl at the age of ten. She wants to her parents to feel good about each other. She obeys her mother without protesting. She hears her mother’s “dreamy voice”; when she gives her mother some flowers. She wants her to be happy. She is a girl who cares very much for her family. She is only 10 years old and could easily be called a caring girl. She is respectful to strangers, which we also see when she sells flowers to them.
As it’s mentioned in the text, she lives in a poor family. Her relation with her father is very good, she feels that her father always helps her when she is nervous or when she feels unintelligent, especially in her homework. Her father doesn’t earn too much by working at a garage and it can theoretically be because he is too lazy. It says in the text that Lucy had longed to give her mother something very precious and beautiful. For that reason she wants to surprise her by selling some flowers and giving her the earned money. She doesn’t think about the consequences. In my opinion the reason why she doesn’t do that could be her love for her family. The mother is very possessive as she always thinks about the future and what they can live on. The money her husband comes with