I have now hit the point where I have realized I have no idea what I want to do with my life. I thought all I needed to do was get accepted into a university and that would be it. I had been preparing for this moment my entire high school career, but now that happened, I feel unfulfilled. The idea of leaving my hometown and family and going to a school where I know no one is scary to me. It is quite ironic since I am constantly telling my mom how sick and tired I am of my siblings and cannot wait to leave this place. I also feel that because of covid, I missed out on a good portion of my high school experience. I felt like I was just sixteen, but now I am eighteen and going off to college in a few months. It made me wonder where all the time has gone, even though I know very well where it went. I keep telling myself I probably would not have even gone to prom anyway, so I can sleep at night (even though it would have been nice to have given the chance). Another thing I have realized is that I have totally forget on how to socialize with others because I have been inside for over a year. Since my classes are most likely going to be in-person next year, I do not know what I think about the fact that I cannot hide my face behind a black screen in the early hours of the morning. I feel like there some be some kind of college 101 handbook because I have no idea what I am doing here.
“After you peed on me, I wanted to kill you” (Morrison 213). At the end of chapter 9, Lena is talking to Milkman about how he has peed all over his family. Now, Milkman is quite drunk, so he does not truly understand what Lena is getting at, but she tells him the story of when she took him to the woods, and he peed on her. Lena explains to Milkman that he was born with all his needs catered at his every whim and that he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Their entire life, their worlds revolved around Milkman’s. Lena states that, “As surely as my name is Magdalene, you are the line I will step across” (Morrison 214). She means that she is finally standing her ground and is physically and mentally exhausted of carrying this weight on her back. For everything that his mother and sisters have done for him he has peed on them in return. “When you slept, we were quiet; when you were hungry, we cooked…” (Morrison 215). ...
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