The Pura Principle
Steff Tapia July 18, 2013
Formal Writing Assignment #1
At first I thought none of these stories related to me, but then I thought that maybe it didn’t have to be exactly the same, it could be parts of the story. So I started thinking of similar problems. At first it was hard because in my house the only problems we really have are things such as “who finished the milk?” “Who made this mess?” At first at didn’t think of one these problems because my dad doesn’t live with us. One of them doesn’t affect me directly, but it still affects really close relatives that I care about, they are my grandmother and dad. The stories I can relate to are “The Pura Principle” and “Everyday Use”. Like I said it differentiates very much but it has some similes.
The first one is “The Pura Principle” it relates to a problem my dad has with my grandmother and my uncle. My grandmother, no matter what he does, always defends my uncle and always makes things go his way. I really dislike that, so my uncle was a drug addict and my grandma has always helped him out and almost forced my dad to help him too. My dad has never been very thrilled with the whole idea but he thinks its better to not fight with grandma because she is sick, but he always says that when she dies he is going to kick my uncle out. Currently my uncle lives in the storage room of my dad’s veterinarian clinic. They never get along just like junior and his older brother, and it is for similar reasons too. My uncle thinks he deserves everything just because of the problem he had, and my grandma believes it too, she always make everyone feel sorry him and makes everything go his way. He goes to my grandmother’s house and makes her do his laundry and make him food. I really hope my grandma opens her eyes, kind of like juniors mom did, and realize that she is only making him worst, because he left drugs, but his new addiction is alcohol.
“Everyday Use” relates directly to me, I
Formal Writing Assignment #1
At first I thought none of these stories related to me, but then I thought that maybe it didn’t have to be exactly the same, it could be parts of the story. So I started thinking of similar problems. At first it was hard because in my house the only problems we really have are things such as “who finished the milk?” “Who made this mess?” At first at didn’t think of one these problems because my dad doesn’t live with us. One of them doesn’t affect me directly, but it still affects really close relatives that I care about, they are my grandmother and dad. The stories I can relate to are “The Pura Principle” and “Everyday Use”. Like I said it differentiates very much but it has some similes.
The first one is “The Pura Principle” it relates to a problem my dad has with my grandmother and my uncle. My grandmother, no matter what he does, always defends my uncle and always makes things go his way. I really dislike that, so my uncle was a drug addict and my grandma has always helped him out and almost forced my dad to help him too. My dad has never been very thrilled with the whole idea but he thinks its better to not fight with grandma because she is sick, but he always says that when she dies he is going to kick my uncle out. Currently my uncle lives in the storage room of my dad’s veterinarian clinic. They never get along just like junior and his older brother, and it is for similar reasons too. My uncle thinks he deserves everything just because of the problem he had, and my grandma believes it too, she always make everyone feel sorry him and makes everything go his way. He goes to my grandmother’s house and makes her do his laundry and make him food. I really hope my grandma opens her eyes, kind of like juniors mom did, and realize that she is only making him worst, because he left drugs, but his new addiction is alcohol.
“Everyday Use” relates directly to me, I