“Gazing from my window to the streets below” Maya realized that losing her voice and remaining in the safety of her room, left the young eight year old to find her real self. The empowerment of talking again allowed Maya to become a stronger women in the future, permitting for better responsibility of her consequences. “I've built walls,” introduced Maya to find herself, not allowing for the tear down of …show more content…
The word love is a misleading word in the eyes of a eight year old girl. “It's sleeping in my memory,” the disgusting sight of being raped by her then moms boyfriend had left a great disgrace, no words could replace the abominable feeling. “I touch no one and no one touches me,” as the anger frustrated Maya, the thoughts of breaking dishes in order to get out of a particular job would never be crossed. As for being forced to take part of cleaning, the thoughts of being forced into activities that she was apart of she reluctantly took action. Mrs. Cullen never saw flying dishes of her grandmother hitting the ground a consequence of calling a young girl