Drugs abuse leads to violence, separation of parents and children, loss of jobs, feelings of hopelessness, serious money problems, single parenthood, and anxiety over childcare needs, bad relationships, and emotional and behavioral difficulties in children. All these things happened in the book Winter’s Bone. When reading this story it made me see how badly someone life can really change if their parent is addicted to a drug. This girl Ree could have had everything in life by joining the military but she gave it all up because she wanted to help her family. She become the mother and father to her siblings and showed them things that she didn’t have to do.
This book shows things that happen in life today, there are so many children that have to grow up and take care of their siblings because either both parents do drugs or they lost one parent from drugs and the other parent works just so they can survive. Even through everyone thinks girls can’t do anything Ree really showed people she could, she showed her siblings how to do the things they would need to survive. When things get bad and she about to lose the only home she has she takes things into her own hands and tries to find her father so they don’t lose their home.
It’s truly sad that this girl had to go through this and having no one there she could ask for help. It’s nice that the neighbors gave them food but I think Ree would of made sure that her siblings had something to eat. She became very independent because of the situation she was in, and it made her very think headed to, when that cop took the boys home from the bus stop she about had a fit. She didn’t want to have to rely on anyone and thought she could do anything just to help her family. She also never showed emotion when she thought she couldn’t handle things. Children that have to go through this everyday is just really sad and they should have someone out there to turn to because they shouldn’t have to grow up so fast even though it could help them with things further in life.
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Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell - Little, Brown and Company (2007)
Suggestions:
ReplyDelete1.I believe that this assignment has to be 4 pages onto the 5th page requirement. Your is too short. Read over requirements.
2.It does not appear to be in MLA format. You need a heading and a works cited page.
3.You did not cite your sources correctly. Refer to the Little Brown Handbook for examples.
4.In an analytical paper you need to put quotations in the text to support your examples….similar to a research paper.
5.Try to bring in more examples from Winter’s Bones. We are writing about this book and supporting it with other sources.
6.Remove image/picture. Not a requirement.
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I really liked how you focused on the children and how they were affected. Since you are working towards becoming a social worker, it makes sense you’d chose this topic. I found lots of great papers on how children are affected by having a parent on drugs, you should use research like this to support your argument that children suffer. I like how you focused on Ree being a hero and fighting against the odds. She did have an uphill battle and I was surprised that she won. You have some great ideas and need to work on thoroughly developing them, with in-text quotes and support from outside sources.
Hi Brenda,
ReplyDeleteI would have to agree with David's comment regarding the assignment requirements. Although you did not meet the requirements, the information you provided was interesting and related very much to the book. I like that your theme focused on the drug use and how it effected everyone not just the drug user.
Hello,
ReplyDeleteI would make sure you have ONE clear thesis statements. I understood your thesis paragraph, but make sure you catch the attention right off the bat. I would incorporate more supporting quotes from the book and outside sources. Make sure each body paragraph has a point supporting the thesis and then the conclusion restates the thesis.
good luck, and thanks for your take.
Hey Brenda,
ReplyDeleteI thought you had some good points within your paper. I liked how you brought the story down to a real world sense, from the children's perspective. Expound on that. You could give outcomes of how being in an environment like Ree's can affect a child. I think the biggest are to address on your paper is the basic requirements of length, mla style, and citations/works cited. Keep working on it!
-Rysen