Adversaries

I think that as we grow up we change the way we are and how we feel. We also change depending n the people we grow up with. Sometimes it affects us in ways that we might not notice. I feel that in reading the story “Adversaries” from The Mee Street Chronicles a book by Frankie Lennon I have noticed a change in the narrator. She has changed a lot because of the people she is growing up with.

The narrator is changing at a really young age because of the way she has been treated by her aunt. I find that she had to change and grow because someone pushed her towards it. I think that it is hard when you have so much pressure put onto you that you feel like there is a point when you just say, “Stop!”

In the story one thing that I noticed that she grew up in was beginning the quest for individuality and identity. I felt this was apparent in a passage where she stands up to her aunt and doesn’t let her whip her. The passage is on page 34 of the book and here is some of it, “No! I shouted. I am not gonna let you whip me!”

I think that even though you are small if someone provokes you then you are going to snap. This has also got me thinking that sometimes people do things that later in life they regret. The narrator will probably never regret it because she felt that she had to do what she did.

Our life experiences help us to grow in life. We change to help ourselves by knowing that we have been able to stand up for ourselves. I think that we have to change in order to find our sense of identity because this is what also helps us to face the problems that we go through in life.