The Adoration Of Jenna Fox Case Study
The Ethics of Parental Control Parents now and days want their kids to be a doctor, or lawyer, or just a job that pays well. “School is out of the question...Go to your room...Now!”-From The Adoration of Jenna Fox. It is ethical for parents to decide their children's future? Parents should not be allowed to control their child's future because one should choose who they want to be in life, and it takes away one's freedom of choice.
First, parental control takes away a kid’s choice of who they want to be. Throughout the novel, The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson, the main character is held back of what she wants to do. “...School is out of the question...Go to your room...Now!” (97) By the end of the book, learning and discovering …show more content…
Jenna and her mother Claire are having an argument about weather Jenna can got to school. “I’m going to school today...I said school is out of the question. Period...Go to your room, Jenna...Now!” (40 and 41) After this event however she finds out more about hre parents controlling her life. “Why would they keep me in a coma for so long? Why would they steal a year and a half of my life? What kind or parents are they?” (32) In this argument claire is forcing Jenna no to go to school, when Jenna clearly wants too. This violates not only Jenna’s freedoms, but also her freedom to gain a education. This shows how parents control their kids with a iron fist. Which restricts them to a certain path in life, not allowing to choose what they want to …show more content…
Jenna tries to remember who she once was before her accident. “The first week mother pored the details of my life...She would ask, remember? Each time I said no.” (9) and at the end of the book she is a mother taking care of her daughter. “Mommy! Shh, I say...Come here,angel…”(264) Jenna struggles to remember her past self and doesn’t know who she is. However, throughout the book she remembers who she is and what happened to her. At the end she is a loving mother and finally know or what she is. Throughout the book she finds out who she was and discovered who she truly was by simply living and doing what she wanted to
First, parental control takes away a kid’s choice of who they want to be. Throughout the novel, The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson, the main character is held back of what she wants to do. “...School is out of the question...Go to your room...Now!” (97) By the end of the book, learning and discovering …show more content…
Jenna and her mother Claire are having an argument about weather Jenna can got to school. “I’m going to school today...I said school is out of the question. Period...Go to your room, Jenna...Now!” (40 and 41) After this event however she finds out more about hre parents controlling her life. “Why would they keep me in a coma for so long? Why would they steal a year and a half of my life? What kind or parents are they?” (32) In this argument claire is forcing Jenna no to go to school, when Jenna clearly wants too. This violates not only Jenna’s freedoms, but also her freedom to gain a education. This shows how parents control their kids with a iron fist. Which restricts them to a certain path in life, not allowing to choose what they want to …show more content…
Jenna tries to remember who she once was before her accident. “The first week mother pored the details of my life...She would ask, remember? Each time I said no.” (9) and at the end of the book she is a mother taking care of her daughter. “Mommy! Shh, I say...Come here,angel…”(264) Jenna struggles to remember her past self and doesn’t know who she is. However, throughout the book she remembers who she is and what happened to her. At the end she is a loving mother and finally know or what she is. Throughout the book she finds out who she was and discovered who she truly was by simply living and doing what she wanted to