Significant Moments in My Mother’s Life

Significant Moments in My Mother’s Life

Self Deprecation
Significant Moments In My Mother’s Life
In the short story Significant Moments in My Mother’s Life by Margaret Atwood the daughter is always looking down on herself. The daughter in the short story Significant Moments in My Mother’s Life by Margaret Atwood is always depressed because she feels alienated from her family and goes against the social norms and values for women during the time period. The daughter does not purposely go against the norms and values she just does not know how to act properly in society. This feeling of alienation makes the daughter have low self esteem. She does not want to be with her family anymore because she is always being pushed away by her parents. The daughter also does not know how to act in society or what her proper gender roles are for that period in time, therefore causing her to act differently than other girls her age. All of these negative feelings from society and her family lead to the daughter’s self-deprecation.
The daughter in this story is alienated from her family. Her parents do not understand her; the way she acts in public and private settings is different than other people. Her parents, instead of trying to deal with it push her away and make her feel like she is doing something wrong thus giving her the impression that she is being alienated from her family. The feeling of alienation is the main reason the she is always looking down on herself. If her parents had tried to deal with her problems than the daughter would be much happier in life than she is. A good example of how her parents pushed her away is when the mother would not even talk to the daughter; she just sat there like she was an alien. When the daughter cut her hair off it was a sign of a different identity than her mother and the women of that time period. It was thought that girls should have long hair, not short hair like the daughter had. She also kept her hair and put in a trunk this was also different...

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