half and half

I really didn’t like this story at all, but sadly I can relate to it in my everyday life. It just seems really bleak and negative. It just seems focused on all the negative things in Rose’s life and in her not so good relationship with her mother. I can definitely relate to this, however, even though my relationship with my mom is totally different, and good actually. Although the situation could never be, and will never be as serious and as bad as the situation with Rose and her mother I think that fighting and disagreements are a part of being related. Moms push and shove their children for a reason, and that reason is because they want the best for them. In this particular story, Rose and her mother want fame for her. Rose’s mom wants her to be the best, and maybe does push her a little too hard while Rose needs a little more love. But Rose could do a little more to improve her relationship with her mother. I think its really hard, in these kinds of situations because the only way to fix the problem is to communicate and compromise. Such things are always difficult to discuss with moms because they are moms and they sometimes forget to listen. They think the world of their children and might sometimes be a little too critical and a little too judgmental while comparing us to other “perfect” children. The problem in this particular story however, was probably the fact that Rose and her mother were so very different. Communication between different generations is hard enough, but it must be especially hard for people who were born in two totally different places and raised in totally different ways.