![]() ![]() The author describes the event, “We chose a quiet dip between two hills, a spot where drivers were almost required to skid out of control. His sister, Tiffany, ends up being the odd one out and she gets to lie down in the middle of a road. ” (Sedaris 90) The children then argue back and forth deciding who should be the one to be hit by a car. The kids then realize that they are not going to be able to get back into the house, so David comes up with the brilliant idea that one of them should be hit by a car. ” (Sedaris 89) The author purposely puts this in the story to show his mother is a horrible person who deserves nothing for what she has done to her own children. He said “Selfish mothers wanted the house to themselves, and their children were discovered years later, frozen like mastodons in blocks of ice. After these events, the children then try throwing snowballs at their house to gain their mother’s attention, but this as well did not help the children get into their ome.Īfter this David makes up his own assumption about selfish mothers who abandon their own children, like his mother is. ![]() ” (Sedaris 89) This situation goes on for a little longer when David and his sisters try to find another way into their house and then finally yelling at their mother to let them back in. This “hate” for their mother is evident when David’s sister, Lisa, said “That bitch. At this point, David and his sisters are very annoyed and frustrated with their mother, and they “hate” her. ” (Sedaris 89) These statements give the readers an idea that the children’s mother has not been her usual self lately, and she has been rejecting her own children due to her unusual consumption of alcohol during this time.Įventually the children’s mother leaves the room. (Sedaris 89) Then he goes on to say, “Normally she waited until five o’clock to have a drink, but for the past few days she’d been making an exception. “I rang the bell, and when no one answered we went to the window and saw our mother in the kitchen, watching television. It makes the readers sympathize for the children.Īt this point in the story the audience receives a description of what the mother is doing inside of the house. ” (Sedaris 89) The children’s mother then opened the front door and shoved the children onto the carport and said “And stay out! ” (Sedaris 89) This gives the readers a negative impression on the children’s mother and also allows the readers to view the mother as abusive. The children then reminded her that “it was our house too. David’s mother said “Get the hell out of my house” (Sedaris 89) and what happens after this is what gives the audience this impression. ![]() The audience is quick to get a grasp of how the mother has complete superiority over her children. At the beginning of the situation David’s mother kicks him and his sisters out of the house. David uses a lot of details to show the constant battle between his mother and himself, as well as the constant battle between his sisters and their mother. ” (Sedaris 89) Based on this quote from the text the audience can predict that their mother did not like them being home during the week. David starts off by stating “Our presence had disrupted the secret life she led while we were at school, and when she could no longer take it, she threw us out. David mainly ocuses on the event when he and his sisters are home from school. ![]()
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