Reflection: Domestic Abuse

While seeing the Secret Life of Bees and reading George and the Pink House we see examples of domestic abuse. In them we see how domestic abuse can be and the negative effects it can leave to.
In The Secret Life of Bees we are witnesses from the very first scene of how Lilly and her mom were victims of domestic abuse. Also we can observed the signs that abusers have like intimidating, stalking their partners and more. In Puerto Rico this happens a lot. You can see in the news every month a story about someone who died because of domestic abuse like in the movie since Lilly would have never shot her mother accidentally if her father would not have been agressive to them.
In George and the Pink House we see how normal this kind of situation can appear to us. We see this kind of situation in the news, newspapers and even in our own neighborhoods and family. George was controlling and prefer to have his family miserable for him to control them and have them do whatever he pleased with them and they did. They were afraid of what he was able to do to them. In this story we see how nobody does anything about it like we do here in Puerto Rico. We see it happening in our families and to our neighbors and we do nothing about it since we feel like we are meddling.
In the end we see how domestic abuse is a cycle that never ends it only ends if we do something. In Puerto Rico especcially when we see deaths of victims every month. These stories teach us that we have to recognize these signs is only when we can learn to stop this cycle.

Reflection: The Secret Life of Bee's Part 2

In the Secret Life of Bee's we see how domestic abuse can affect those around it. In the movie we see it on Lilly. Because of the situation she was having at her home she killed accidentally her mother and the reason she ran away. Her father told her lies about her mom and she wanted to know the real truth. At getting to August house she see's that there is a whole other world that she not knew about and that people can be happy and make their own choices in life. With having one another at their sides you can truly shine. Lilly learns this along in the story learning that sometimes life is not fair but that is the way it is and you just have to continue fighting to get where you truly want your heart to go.

Reflection: The Secret Life of Bees Part 1

In the first scene of the movie The Secret Life of Bee's I was already hooked. Dakota Fanning's first line is "When I was 4 years old I killed my mom." Hearing those words come out of a little girl was a shock to me. First I thought she shoot her father not her mom and secondly that a girl her age would said that since it was an accident. Anyway we see hos this girl escapes her abusive father and takes off in an adventure to find the thruth about her mother as truly find herself.I can't wait to see the other half of the movie where all the questions I have will be answer...

Reflection: George and the Pink House

In the short story George and the Pink House and Maternal Instinct we see situations where there are abuse in relationships.In the Pink House a man to woman and in Maternal Instinct from woman to man. This should be of example that not only men are abusers in relationships. However we see in the Pink House a man who's name is George and who abuses of his wife and daughter. After his wife dies , presuming he killed him with his beating, he goes in search of a new companion even making a business out of his house in which soldiers and woman are always at his house. However he ends up alone again after he marries to a guy named Razor. This short story is an example of how abusing relationships works and how they usually end; the story repeating itself.

Reflection: The Storm

In The Storm we see an example of when people say "where they were flames there are still ashes". We see how the protagonist haves a flirtation with an old flame during a storm in which her hurband and son are away. I personally think that when you have an old flame and are married now and you see someone with whom you had history together some of the feelings are sure to come back. Is like the song East Northumberland High where Miley Cyrus sings:



"When you’re standing near me
I don’t see so clearly
The feelings are still palpable
But when I take two steps away
It sheds some light on my day
Yeah, you can’t go back
It’s all in the past
Guess you gotta laugh at it ..."

You have the feelings but then when you think about it is all in the past and you just have to move on with your life and accept the decisions that you made during your lifetime. The Storm definetely is a story about accepting life choices and moving on.

Reflection: Story of an Hour

In an Story of an Hour we see a set of events that happen during an hour. Is interesting to see how can this many kind of events can happen during such a short period of time. HAving read this now for the third time and I always find it so interesting. We see how this woman who loves her husband goes through mournign, since she thinks her husband is dead, and later having move on when he appears she suffers from her heart. Chopin gives us a warning about what is about to happen when she starts saying that Mrs. Mallard suffered from the heart.We see how she starts seeing life in a different manner after the news of her husband and how shocked she is when she sees him and wonders what is she going to do know after she had planned it all. Definitely this story is about the bonds of marriage and moving on.