Ordinary Girls, a memoir by a Puerto Rican girl, Jaquira Diaz, which talks about how She struggles to serve. As a person who is the first priority of her parents, I pity Jaquira Diaz since she received no support or love from her parents when she was a child. “My father was a drug dealer,” she added. I can see how abusive his father was based on this comment. For all the girls out there, our father is our king, and the fact that Jaquira Diaz was treated so horribly by her own father that she considered suicide is tragic. Her mother was diagnosed with schizophrenia which is a serious mental disorder in which people interpret reality abnormally according to www.mayoclinic.org . This means that she also received no love support from her mother. She decided to commit suicide but failed, and because of her friends she succeeded to run away from her home and survive. After reading this I now understand what my mother means when she says “ you don’t get everything in life, you have to choose”. I always complain why I don’t have good friends, but I have the best parents in the world, their love is everything I need. And Jaquira had the best friends and their support and motivation was all she needed at that time.
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Hi Maria,
Really nice summary. Thank you for sharing the MayoClinic link about Schizophrenia, I think it can help some understand it better.
I enjoyed the way you finished on how you can relate and on your mother’s saying.
Karen
Wow Maria you explained this really well. Amazing summary and I liked how you gave outside information and put some of your own experiences.
Maria, great response. It was short but gave enough Information to catch the readers eye and possibly someone that hasn’t read this book and might want to. I enjoyed the personal connection, it makes your response much more real and raw!
Hey Maria, I think you did a great job on summarizing some of the details mentioned in the start of Ordinary Girls, by Jaquira Díaz. I was a bit shocked that Díaz had struggled with s*icide and had actually attempted to take her own life. I would ask you how that made you feel, but you made sure to include that with a comparison at the end of your response, good job!
maria,
good detailed summary. Especially when you added evidence from mayoclinic to support a statement about schizophrenia and how others can understand what the disease is like. I enjoyed the advise your mother gives you.
sharyana
what did you mean when you said your mom ¨said you cant have everything in life, you have to choose.¨