Why Connie Doesn T You Receive Her Mother?

Furthermore, Connie had very little respect for her parents. She would disobey her mother more than her father, for he spent all his time at work. Connie's mother would ask her to do simple tasks, such as carrying herself in a specific way, keeping her room clean, and going particular places with the family. For example, here's a line from the text when her mother asks her to obey her wishes: "Why don't you keep your room clean like your sister? How've you got your hair fixed—what the hell stinks? Hairspray ? You don't see your sister using that junk" (Paragraph, 2). However, Connie did not follow what her mother thought her daughter should act like, look like, or do. Her mother wanted Connie to be more like her older sister June, who had
“She makes me want to throw up sometimes," she complained to her friends”(Paragraph, 4). A child who wishes their mother dead has very strong dislike towards them. She feels her mother wishes are annoying and uncalled for, which causes tension between their relationships. Another example where she thinks of her mother less is, “Her mother was so simple, Connie thought, that it was maybe cruel to fool her so much” (Paragraph, 11). Connie thought it was easy getting away with being the idealist child of that time period because her mother was too simple to identify or approach her about her actions. Despite her mother asking her to go to a barbeque with the family, Connie told her no, she did not want to go. In paragraph 12, “Her parents and sister were going to a barbecue at an aunt's house and Connie said no, she wasn't interested, rolling her eyes to let her mother know just what she thought of it,” shows that she is in control of where she wants to go and it does not matter whether her mother wants her to go or not. Even to her mother response to her decision, she still does not change her choice or feel guilty for not