What 2 Do for Essay 1?

Hmm... I think that I will talk about the concepts of religion in the story "A Good Man is Hard to Find." I think that I will be able to reveal some ideas about how we as humans "claim" to have faith but aren't true believers.

The grandmother throughout the story had seemed to be a true Christian and believer of God, all though she wasn't necessarily acting christian-like. When she was but in a life threatning situation, she found that calling on Jesus wasn't going to help her and started to doubt her faith.

A Good Man, Is Hard to Find

A Good Man, Is Hard to Find

by: Flannery O'Connor

This story was very interesting. Alot of things puzzled me at the beginning, like the relationships between the family members. Why did the narrator refer to the Bailey's wife as," the children's mother", like there was no relation between them. I noticed how June and John are very disrespectful to each other and their parents. The grandmother is lonely, very paranoid, thinks highly of herself, and is very detailed oriented.

The end was very sad to me being that the Misfit killed the family and the grandmother, and she still believed that he had a good heart. Somethings that questioned me was whether the baby was a boy or a girl? What was the significance of the cat and the mother. What made the grandmother think that she was in Tennesee?

Our Hurriend Children

"Our Hurried Children"

by: David Elkind

I do agree with Elkind to some degree. Some parents are rushing their children into adulthood. Kids now days have alot more stress than earlier times because parents expect so much out of their "smart, gifted, and potiential" offspring. It feels at times like there is no room for "failure" or "mistakes"; well that's why erasers are on pencils because people DO make mistakes.

I've personally dealt with the struggle of a parent trying to shove the responsibilities of "adulthood" down my throat. It's no fun; I don't feel confident if I let them down or don't achieve what "they" wanted me to achieve. Everytime I messed up, I would get scorned constantly for it. That's enough stress right there, along with school work and preparing for college. Overall, I understood why my parent was so hard on me, they just wanted me to be extra prepared for the future. Now I can see how getting ready early has helped me now, and I have less stress. The reduction in my stress level has also came about because my parent started letting me have room for mistakes. This helped tremendously with coping with my problems. I believe when it comes to raising your child and preparing them for adulthood, you need to have the right balance.

Here's a research article on the expectations about timing of adulthood: http://www.transad.pop.upenn.edu/downloads/between.pdf