This makes being an individual in their society and ruling very straining. Especially as a child. Difficult measures force the kids to have to look out for each other and become independent early on, instead of focusing on problems normal children would experience, such as making friends or deciding what to wear to school. Another example of this is when Jeannette’s sister Lori needs glasses for school. Her mother refuses because she is unwilling to pay for them, acting like they are not a necessity, “ Nosiree, Mom said. She did’t approve of the glasses. If you had weak eyes, Mom believed, they needed exercise to get strong.”(96). Lori eventually gets glasses, it is the first time in which she ever sees with clear
This makes being an individual in their society and ruling very straining. Especially as a child. Difficult measures force the kids to have to look out for each other and become independent early on, instead of focusing on problems normal children would experience, such as making friends or deciding what to wear to school. Another example of this is when Jeannette’s sister Lori needs glasses for school. Her mother refuses because she is unwilling to pay for them, acting like they are not a necessity, “ Nosiree, Mom said. She did’t approve of the glasses. If you had weak eyes, Mom believed, they needed exercise to get strong.”(96). Lori eventually gets glasses, it is the first time in which she ever sees with clear