Spilled Salt
Spilled Salt
Rape is a more and more usual in the everyday life. How tragic and hard it is for the victim, but what about the criminal’s family, friends, parents? The shame and quilt one may feel. Unanswered questions, how did my son come to this? Why? What will people think? Spilled Salt is a good example of such havoc a rape might leave to the family.
Spilled Salt is an American shorty story published by the author Barbara Neely.
The story takes place in America where the loving mother, Myrna also the narrator, who struggles with her son Kenny and his criminal actions. Kenny has just been released from state prison after serving a sentence of rape.
Kenny travels home travels home to the uncomfortable Myrna. Myrna is having trouble taking Kenny back into her life. They haven’t had real contact for a long time. The neighbors aren’t even aware that she has a son. The guilt and shame that hunts her and keeps her from telling anyone, what will people think? Myrna can’t take him back and therefor leaves the house for a while leaving a note saying that she can’t be there for him and want him gone within the week.
The story revolves a mother’s love for her criminal son. How does shame and guilt go against love.
The themes in this text are crime and love.
Myrna is in her middle ages and is caught in a dilemma with a grown-up criminal son, Kenny. At the age of 6 he and Myrna left the dad/husband, because of him beating Myrna.
Myrna decided to move to another place, in the hope of raising her son the best way possible.
Myrna is occupied working in a restaurant during the day, and making other peoples clothes in the night. Before Kenny’s crime she felt like she’s succeeded and raised her son well.
The crime changed everything for her. She started attending church and going deep in religion to find answers to her numerous questions, through god. The will of god, it was meant for him, this was answers that gave peace to her soul. Even though priest told
Rape is a more and more usual in the everyday life. How tragic and hard it is for the victim, but what about the criminal’s family, friends, parents? The shame and quilt one may feel. Unanswered questions, how did my son come to this? Why? What will people think? Spilled Salt is a good example of such havoc a rape might leave to the family.
Spilled Salt is an American shorty story published by the author Barbara Neely.
The story takes place in America where the loving mother, Myrna also the narrator, who struggles with her son Kenny and his criminal actions. Kenny has just been released from state prison after serving a sentence of rape.
Kenny travels home travels home to the uncomfortable Myrna. Myrna is having trouble taking Kenny back into her life. They haven’t had real contact for a long time. The neighbors aren’t even aware that she has a son. The guilt and shame that hunts her and keeps her from telling anyone, what will people think? Myrna can’t take him back and therefor leaves the house for a while leaving a note saying that she can’t be there for him and want him gone within the week.
The story revolves a mother’s love for her criminal son. How does shame and guilt go against love.
The themes in this text are crime and love.
Myrna is in her middle ages and is caught in a dilemma with a grown-up criminal son, Kenny. At the age of 6 he and Myrna left the dad/husband, because of him beating Myrna.
Myrna decided to move to another place, in the hope of raising her son the best way possible.
Myrna is occupied working in a restaurant during the day, and making other peoples clothes in the night. Before Kenny’s crime she felt like she’s succeeded and raised her son well.
The crime changed everything for her. She started attending church and going deep in religion to find answers to her numerous questions, through god. The will of god, it was meant for him, this was answers that gave peace to her soul. Even though priest told