Summary Of The Mirror By Linda Stewart

Linda was your normal everyday teenager. She did exceptionally well in school, received mostly E’s in class, played sports, and knew what she wanted to do with her future. She also had two loving parents who only wanted for her to be content with her life and decisions. They did not expect her to become a lawyer or receive a Ph.D.: they wanted her to have at least a high school diploma and to find joy. Linda graduated from high school and married John Travers whom she had known since age twelve. When he proposed at age seventeen, she immediately said yes. A year and a half later, they had a son named John. When he was two, John received a little sister named Janet. Linda had already fulfilled her first goal in life - to be a wife and a mother.
It had been passed down by four generations of women in her family commencing with her great-grandmother. At the end of the story, after Stewart had broken the mirror, her mom looked at her and inquired, “What are you going to pass onto your daughter someday?(Stewart 3)”. Although the doll passed down in my family was never broken, it is my family heirloom and one of my utmost prized possessions because of her history; making it more endearing is the fact that the doll is a treasured childhood memory of my grandma. Men in my family have a tradition of passing down their namesake, while the women have shared a special doll amongst
She described herself as superb and an exceptional hitter who was able to “run fast to the bases.” She enjoyed softball and it was the only sport that she played as a part of a team. However, she would head down to the park and play tennis with her friends, though she admits she was not accomplished in the sport. I play tennis on my school’s team and I have become quite skilled in the sport because I love it enough to practice often. I, on the other hand, am subpar at softball and I do not enjoy it. Though the sports we enjoyed and played are different, Grandma and I have one aspect in common between our two chosen sports: we excelled at it because we loved it enough to