The Struggle

Synopsis

First Day of school be like...

So the girls are having a hard time because daddy is in the hospotal, he burned himself somewhere in Mexico. Garnet and Opal realized that they were staying there for a lomg while since the very beginning but they didn't know it until the first day of school in which mama had left aunt Julia all of their certificates, works, scores, etc. For Opal it is going actually preety good, great actually because she is one of the most popular girls in the school, but for Garnet not really. She feels rejected and odd. Even the only frind Garnet made, Faith, was pretending to like her just becuase she promised her daddy to be nice.

Secrets Hidden In The Lines

"I said I'd try. Who could predict your daddy would get himself nearly killes and mess up everything? I swear, sometimes I think he pulls these stunts just to spite me."(74)

It isn't fair for the girls, I mean they've been through a lot and blaming their daddy ,the only person that was standing by them no matter what,isn't right. It was HER choice to leave the girls, it was HER decision to go after her dream and no fulfill her responsabilities. If anyone is to be blamed here it is mama because she was the only one that wasn't being fair with her daughters lives.

"Mama had never intended to come for us at all, and Aunt Julia knew it all the time."(89)

Why don't they just tellthem the truth? is not like theyare going to be hurt or something becuase just the fact of being dumped for a nonsense reason in you nerver-seen aunt's house is punishment enough. Mama and all the other adults have to understand that bog sudden changes aren't easy to process, it takes time. Specially if you are entering a new school all of the sudden

Final Thoughts

I can't stop reading this marvelous book. It is funny, interesting, and it hooks you to it since the very beggining. The way in which Garnet describes the situations, and the setting helps you improve your initial idea of what it may look like. In my opinion and for a personal experince, I believe that specially in this situation in which they changed from school and all of that, it isn't easy for just adapt easily, it actually takes time to get acustomed to the new envirnoment that surrounds you. Opal is making it a lot more easier.... but Garnet she is special.