When I read fairest from pages 30- 67, I was able to analyze and understand that Meredith could not feel alone completely as she always had her grandmother Nanay Coro by her side, but she noticed that the love of her parents was missing, she even became jealous of her new brother and noticed that her parents loved her brother more, but through the days when she auditioned in a show and she got the lead role, her mother was extremely happy because her son would be on TV and that would benefit her a lot and she could get for her the money that Talusan earned for being part of Redford’s show. Meredith noticed that her mother faked everything and that she simply wanted fame and to receive compliments from others about the wonderful son she had. In one of the scenes, Talusan was feeling tired because it was 1:00 AM and they were still filming, so Redford told her to take a break and then they would go back to filming. This upset her mother a lot, she even told him why he embarrassed her like that, also, when they got home her mother hit her, and this was one of the quotes Meredith said, ” I accepted the pain because parents beat their kids where I was from, but I couldn’t accept the injustice of Mama hurting me whenever I wasn’t perfect, while she allowed herself to make every mistake. I didn’t grow to hate Mama because she beat me; I hated her because she was unfair”. In my point of view, no matter where you come from, we must simply realize that children are just children and that parents must learn not to use them for their good. Talusan’s mother beat him just because he was tired, but he never realized that his son neglected even his studies and that he became the least intelligent in the class just to see her smile, as he felt that his mother was ashamed of him even when his mother’s friends were at her house, she told him, don’t go down those stairs, I don’t want them to see you, but when she saw that her son was getting more and more famous, she stopped being ashamed of him.
ON THE OTHER HAND, CHILDREN ARE NOT BEATEN FOR EVERYTHING, SOMETIMES THEY ARE CORRECTED FOR THEIR MISTAKES, BECAUSE WHILE YOU BEAT YOUR CHILDREN SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU THINK IT IS A WAY TO EDUCATE THEM, YOU ONLY GET THEM TO BE MORE AND MORE REBELLIOUS OR AFRAID TO HAVE YOU AS A MOTHER.
MY QUESTION IS, IS SHE A REAL MOTHER OR IS THE ROLE OF A MOTHER NOT AT HER LEVEL?
Redford
hello jasmine, great summary to what we’ve read! I agree that parents shouldn’t hurt there children, and that children are meant to be loved unconditionally! I have a small comment I’d love to add about the pronunciation for Meredith , I’ve noticed that you used a mix between her and him and I think the right pronunciation is Her.
I can feel that this chapter of the text is personal for you. Your summary was very in depth and I completely stand by your viewpoint on the mother. No child should be physically, emotionally or mentally abused for any reason.
I really liked this response to the reading Jasmine, I’m not reading “Fairest” but just from your analysis I can tell I can tell it is very interesting. The quote you included is great and I also agree that children should not be beat for every little thing.