My scene relates to Hills Like White Elephants because are theme kind of have a connection, and as you start to read you will see that she is having a baby and my mom is having a baby. The only difference is my story is finish but Hills Like White Elephants isn't. Let me take you back 6 years ago, it was a warm summer day and my sisters, and I were sitting in our two story brick apartment watching TV, on our phones, and listening to music. We were rudely interrupted by the house phone or should I say our apartment phone ringing. Do you get it an “apartment phone” because we lived in an apartment! It was our mom telling us to come outside to come help her with the groceries. We went outside to the warm air, I of course had no shoes on stepping on the hard sidewalk, into the street feeling the little pebbles getting pressed into my toes. While in the middle of putting the groceries into the house my mother said,
“hey girls I have something to tell you guys.” “What is it?” we said. She continued to tell us that she is expecting a baby and that we were going to be big sisters… my younger sister Alex got excited and was jumping for joy, my older sister Q had a smile on her face while poor old me thought to myself a baby really! With the blankest look on my face and tears of sadness and anger flowing down my eyes. My sisters and my mom looked at me and asked. “what is wrong? I said “why are you having a baby I don’t want another person in this two-bedroom apartment” my mother told me to shut up while my sisters laughed at me. During this time my mom and this man were together for about three to four years. He worked at my cousin car shop and my mother worked as a CNA and was making more money than him. In the beginning he was nice and cool and me and my sisters liked him but then when we saw his true colors we started to not like him and that’s why I reacted to the news that me and my sister received. I felt humiliated like I was taken for a joke, I felt like I was being betrayed, I immediately went into the apartment and laid on top of my bed that was a twin size and had purple and white flowers on it with a dash of pink. As I laid there I thought to myself who would have a baby by a bum! I mean come on this guy never graduated from high school, smoked cigarettes and worked at his friend car shop making no more than $20 for each car he finished. I couldn’t do nothing but fall asleep. On January 19 my baby sister, Jayla was born, by that time I was over it, I didn’t really care about having another sibling. Honestly I think it was the best/worst thing thus far that happened to me even though I dislike the fact that my “stepdad” spoils her and act like its only them 3 (my mom, my baby sister, and him) that he only has to feed when he goes out and get something from a fast food restaurant. Now my mom MS has worsened, and she can no longer have/work as a CNA and the MS just get worst. Now that I’m older I think to myself why was I really mad at my mom at the simplest fact that she was having a baby? Why was I so angry at myself also? Was this the best thing that happened to her? Well I do not know, but me having a baby sister was the best thing that happened to me because I got to see her growth!
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My scene relates to My Name is Margaret because in it i almost felt her exact same feeling. This emotion that i felt eventually led to happiness because i accepted the fact. Let me take you back 6 years ago, it was a warm summer day and my sisters, and I were sitting in our two story brick apartment watching TV, on our phones, and listening to music. We were rudely interrupted by the house phone or should I say our apartment phone ringing. Do you get it an “apartment phone” because we lived in an apartment! It was our mom telling us to come outside to come help her with the groceries. We went outside to the warm air, I of course had no shoes on stepping on the hard sidewalk, into the street feeling the little pebbles getting pressed into my toes. While in the middle of putting the groceries into the house my mother said,
“hey girls I have something to tell you guys.” “What is it?” we said. She continued to tell us that she is expecting a baby and that we were going to be big sisters… my younger sister Alex got excited and was jumping for joy, my older sister Q had a smile on her face while poor old me thought to myself a baby really! With the blankest look on my face and tears of sadness and anger flowing down my eyes. My sisters and my mom looked at me and asked, “what is wrong?” I said “why are you having a baby I don’t want another person in this two-bedroom apartment” my mother told me to shut up while my sisters laughed at me. During this time my mom and this man were together for about three to four years. He worked at my cousin car shop and my mother worked as a CNA and was making more money than him. In the beginning he was nice and cool and me and my sisters liked him but then when we saw his true colors we started to not like him and that’s why I reacted to the news that me and my sister received. I felt humiliated like I was taken for a joke, I felt like I was being betrayed, I immediately went into the apartment and laid on top of my bed that was a twin size and had purple and white flowers on it with a dash of pink. As I laid there I thought to myself who would have a baby by a bum! I mean come on this guy never graduated from high school, smoked cigarettes and worked at his friend car shop making no more than $20 for each car he finished. I couldn’t do nothing but fall asleep. On January 19 my baby sister, Jayla was born, by that time I was over it, I didn’t really care about having another sibling. Honestly I think it was the best/worst thing thus far that happened to me even though I dislike the fact that my “stepdad” spoils her and act like its only them 3 (my mom, my baby sister, and him) that he only has to feed when he goes out and get something from a fast food restaurant. Now my mom MS has worsened, and she can no longer have/work as a CNA and the MS just get worst. Now that I’m older I think to myself why was I really mad at my mom at the simplest fact that she was having a baby? Why was I so angry at myself also? Was this the best thing that happened to her? Well I do not know, but me having a baby sister was the best thing that happened to me because I got to see her growth! Identity __1.__What is your idea of perfect happiness? I believe there is no such thing as "perfect happiness" maybe because I simply don't know my idea of perfect happiness or maybe because my perfect happiness isn't always going to be perfect because there is always going to be something I want to change.
__2.__What is your greatest fear? My greatest fear I would have to say is dying . I do not know why I fear this it is just something that I am afraid of and it is a serious thing. __3.__What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? My anxiety in water (pool or an ocean). Every time I am in a pool or an ocean my anxiety get to me because I have Aqua phobia. this type of anxiety stops me from doing certain things like, learning how to swim, going to the deep in of the pool or even being in 5ft, and also going on water rides at a water park. __5.__Which living person do you most admire? I admire myself, it's the fact that I am very determined and I have a vision, if I have a certain goal my mind is set to reach that goal. if I want something specific I will do everything in my desire to get it. __6.__What is your greatest extravagance? I don't have one. __7.__What is your current state of mind? Wondering if I'm ever going to be as successful as I want to be. __9.__On what occasion do you lie? I lie when I am trying to figure out if someone is talking shit about me or someone close to me to see if they are going to lie. __10.__What do you most dislike about your appearance? I dislike the fact that my forehead is big and it most likely because people always have something to say about it. __11.__Which living person do you most despise? There isn't a certain person but I despise people who think they are the shit and people who ignore you for no reason. __12.__What is the quality you most like in a man? I like a mature, direct, and a self confident man. Someone who is self confident. __13.__What is the quality you most like in a woman? A woman who is strong, independent and doesn't give a shit, those are the type that I mostly hang out with. __14.__Which words or phrases do you most overuse? " it don't matter." "I don't care". __15.__What or who is the greatest love of your life? I don't have a greatest love but when I do find one it would be my kids. __16.__When and where were you happiest? I was the happiest when I was a child because I got what I wanted and I didn't have any bills. __18.__If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? I wouldn't change anything about myself because there is a reason why god made me who I am. __19.__What do you consider your greatest achievement? My greatest achievement thus far is buying my own car. __20.__If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be? I would be a successful hard working millionaire. __21.__Where would you most like to live? I would like to live in Atlanta Georgia or LAX because there is just more and greater opportunities there. __23.__What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? I would have to say being homeless with no one to care about me. __24.__What is your favorite occupation? My favorite occupation would be being a rapper that is successful and is a celebrity because that is my biggest dream and I would also say having a job where I could just sit down and not take orders from anyone. __25.__What is your most marked characteristic? My most marked characteristic is being able to look people up by the first name and finding them on social media, basically being a FBI agent/Detective. __26.__What do you most value in your friends? I value their honesty, because I dislike fake people. __27.__Who are your favorite writers? I love Lil Baby, Nini Simone,and NBA Youngboy. __28.__Who is your hero of fiction? Batman. __30.__Who are your heroes in real life? My mom, dad, gammy. __31.__What are your favorite names? I cant say, because I'm saving them for when I have kids. __32.__What is it that you most dislike? When people smack while eating and slow walkers. __33.__What is your greatest regret? Not promoting me rapping. __34.__How would you like to die? I would like to die old and knowing that I made my mark on earth. __35.__What is your motto? " remind yourself nobody's built like you, you design yourself" |
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