Tess Kamen Week 2 Db

Breaking beliefs is soul crushing, especially when it comes to people you love or thought you knew. In Langston Hues “Salvation”, this was Jesus and the holy spirit, whereas in my case, it is my mother. Growing up, I idolized her, thinking she can do no wrong and that she was the end all to be all. Even if it was a small part of the story, the boy In James Joyce’s “Araby” had to wonder what his caregiver would be like when they walked through the door due to a lack of sobriety. I relate to this strongly as my mother shares the same affliction as his uncle. In truth, I relate to the young boy in “Araby” in the same way that his perception of people and situations do not work out in his favor when he so badly hoped they would. I too would constantly put others on a pedestal and create perceptions of them when they never had my best interest in mind. When I finally defined what kind of emotional stress my mother was putting me through and decided to set real boundaries, I reacted similarly to Hues in “Salvation”. Surprisingly, it was more cathartic than I expected