What Are The Factors That Influence Lavaughn's Life

In the novel, “The Color of the Water” by James McBride, the readers are introduced to a character by the name of Ruth McBride, James McBride’s mother who presents herself as a wonderful mother to her children successful in life. The first reason Ruth McBride is a wonderful mother because she persuades her children to go to school and wants them to have a very good education in the future. One of the good reasons a mother would do was staying up all night and falling asleep in someone’s homework. Her motto is, “Educate your mind. School is important “(13). A good mother would always want her children to have the best education in the universe. Furthermore, the fact that Ruth McBride wants her children to get the best education is because she

Today, thousands of kids grow up with hardships, but have potential to be successful. One example of this is in The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls. The book is a memoir that tells stories about Jeanette and her family. For the most part Jeannette’s child hood was filled with hardships, but did this make her as successful as she is today? Jeannette Walls is successful because of her hardships she experienced as a child, which shaped her into who she is today.

Judith does a very good job at showing the reader different influences to a child’s development one of which is outside of the home. It is proven that if you live in a good home but a bad environment it is proven that it is more harmful than the other way around (Harris). This is because peers have a much larger impact then parent’s. This also goes for moving a lot, it is shown that by changing neighborhoods or schools more often, the child tends to have more problems in school or with their behavior (Harris).

Initially Jeannette Walls relied on her parents to make decisions for her. However over the course of the book her maturity transforms into self resilience. All these experiences and decisions change her over time. She starts out a young clueless and dependant person. After many lessons she ends up a realistic down to earth independent person that gives her the best life possible.

With each thing her father does including punishing her for her owl, and losing his temper frequently, she finds her self more independent because she has her own thoughts and beliefs that are different from her father.

    The author illustrates in the text that the extrinsic factors of family and expectations, as well as, perseverance and motivation, have the most influence on an individual’s success.

During Sharon M. Drapers childhood years, they were very successful because of her parents. Her parents encouraged her and her siblings to study, work hard, and as a result they could reach any goal they set for themselves. As encouraging as her parent were, they would set standards for each child and push them to be the best they could be. Her parents taught her that every opportunity you get you take because you never know what the future holds for many cases. In the educational aspects “For her parents education was precious commodity”. (SharonDraper1) Ever since the time

In doing this, they instill her with a sense of responsibility and accomplishment. It strengthens the skills that she will need as an adult. Jeannette becomes adept at setting goals and achieving them through independence and self-control.

LaVaughn is always willing to learn and work hard to be successful in life and go to college. In the beginning, LaVaughn gives a preview of herself by explaining how college is important to her and why she works so hard for everything that she does:

He impressed his father when he was little by kite fighting, but when he grew older he stopped conforming and focused on his true passion: writing. Even though he had been a victim of conformity, he was able to stand up for himself and take a hold of what he wanted to do in life. This shows that even if peer pressure dominates a person’s life, they can still turn things around and head in the right direction.

Marie developed an independent personality early on and rarely relied on her family for help. She was accustomed to collecting her school records from one school and enrolling her-self in the next school. A particular principle stands out in her memory, by looking at her records, which were from Texas, he told her that he was going to hold her back a year as the Texas school system was behind the Pennsylvania school system. This made Marie very angry because she sure didn’t want anyone to think she had failed. So she bargained with the principle, asking him to let her be in the grade she should be in and if she couldn’t do the work

“Look at your life and look at your choices” my high school advisor, Kit Mackin, always told me when I was misbehaving in school. Ms. Mackin counselled me from tenth grade to twelfth grade. Ms. Mackin is a teacher at Sci Academy and specifically teaches Spanish to eleventh and twelfth graders, and also serves as an advisor. Ms. Mackin stands at a height of 5’9, with crinkly blonde hair and sparkling olive green eyes. When I was in high school, Ms. Mackin’s love for advising evokes the memory of the love my mother has for me. While in Ms. Mackin’s class, she enlightens all her students with her beautiful smile, which is as bright as a diamond. In addition to that, Ms. Mackin is also mixed with Irish. Ms. Mackin is very whimsical as a teacher, but also unrelenting and feisty in difficult situations.

Every conflict in Bell’s life can be traced back to her childhood, and her mother’s parenting methods. If Bell was told to strive for what she did not have, then she may have been accepted by her peers. It is clear that she wanted to be accepted by her classmates, because otherwise she would not have been hurt by how they treated her. If Bell was taught to strive for what she did not already possess, whether it was friends or material objects, she would have had a completely different school experience.

     Throughout the story there are several aspects of the Protagonist’s character that play a major role in the shaping of her future. During her childhood she

During times of difficulty, people are forced to survive and prevail by using specific traits that help them do this. For example in the memoir The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls grows up in an environment that forces her to use certain traits to help her overcome adversity in her childhood. For example, her ability to distract herself from negative situations, her acceptance during tough times, and her constant trust that her parents will only do the best for her, are a few examples of these traits. As the story progresses, Jeanette continually and constantly uses these traits.