Matthew Hui Final Discussion

The reading that had the most meaning to me was the vignette “Minerva Writes Poems”. I chose this one specifically because I grew up without a father figure and my mom raised me as a single mother. While reading through the vignette I was able to closely relate to the story and see from the mother’s point of view that she wanted the best for her children. I looked at this from a point of view of my own mom and thought back to all the things that she had done for me as a child to have a good upbringing. I was able to sympathize with the mother in the story and see that all she wanted was for her kids to be happy and fed. As much as she had wanted to resent her husband for leaving her and the children she knew that she had a job to take care of these children and raise them