Thursday, February 9, 2012

My Sister's Way

In William Carlos William's short story, a doctor uses force to diagnose a girl that doesn't cooperate. In real life this types of situation really does happen. I can tell an incident that might relate to this story. When I was a child my sister was determined to make me clean the house, do chores and do my homework. I didn't want to, I never did what she said even though she was bigger than me and had authority over me. I even mocked her and made her feel inferior to me. One day, she got furious and I had homework to do. As always, I didn't want to do anything, and my sister was loosing her patience. When I told her I wasn't going to do the homework, she hit me with my book and made me read it out loud. She forced me to write out the assignment and do everything right. Now I thank her because she taught me the importance of study and being responsible. The incident helped me get where I stand now and stand proudly.
“Sisters, as you know, also have a unique relationship. This is the person who has known you your entire life, who should love you and stand by you no matter what, and yet it's your sister who knows exactly where to drive the knife to hurt you the most.”
Lisa See

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