The Perfect Mother
Q4 Fiction (page number)
I started this piece with a very simple idea in my head. I wanted to write about how stereotypes change people's lives. When I finished the piece, I figured that I had made so much more. This piece has to do with the topic of my portfolio, because it talks about family, and it reminded me of how my parents sometimes influence me with their attempts on being prettier or more fashionable (Most of these come from my mother). I sometimes think about it deeper and realize that none of that stuff makes me who I am, it just “burns” me (you will get that reference in a bit). I revised this many times with my classmates, and everybody seemed to like it and told me that it looked like a giant metaphor of the influence that the media has on girls and their bodies. I know that this is one of my best pieces, because It is a topic that is very relevant to me and the world, and because I feel that the structure is very nice, as well as the organization. A quote that accompanies my statements is “Her rosy, chubby cheeks, her smooth head, and her burned mouth. Her melted lip skin hung down, and her breathing was poor.”
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