My Mother Pieced Quilts By Teresa Palomo Acosta

It is important for children to make their own decisions on how they look at the world. But it is up to the parent to influence their child on how the outlook is. Children get most of their perception of culture from their parents. Three ideas that play a major role on a child’s perspective on culture are: social interactions between parent and child, the passing down of heirlooms, and emotional connections. These concepts are seen in the poems Hanging Fire by Audre Lorde and My Mother Pieced Quilts by Teresa Palomo Acosta. Social interactions play such a vital role in how a child perceives the world and culture around them. In the poem Hanging Fire, the speaker’s mother never seems to be there, which is stated multiple times within the poem,