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Swingers and Squares

On numerous actions the children have been exposed to unnecessary risks with potentially catastrophic results due to the narrators negligence. Her night-time employment and subsequent alcohol abuse have left her incapable of providing sufficient supervision of her children as seen through the fire incident. Severely hung-over from the previous nights intoxication the narrator could not be roused when her daughter badly burns herself whilst preparing food. The narrator’s misguided belief that she had fulfilled her parental responsibility by having ‘somebody in the house with em,’ has not prevented this potentially life-threatening incident from occurring. The reader is further alienated ...

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instead teaching the children a simple scrub and lets nature takes it course.

She justifies her actions by expressing her belief of instilling independence and resilience in to her children. When the children emerge relatively unharmed with ‘only a few marks’ the narrator sees it as a win over Lana.

It is apparent that the narrator lives under financial stress, stating ‘didn’t have it (the money) anyway’ when justifying her choices in medical care. In this we are offered some sympathy for her. This is subsequently destroyed when she reveals that she prefers to spend her meager wage on clothes for herself. She attempts to explain her selfish actions by stating that ‘you hafta dress when you work in niteclub.’ A mother is expected to do everything in her power to provide for her children and this is obviously not the case for the ...

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Added: 3/2/2014 09:21:45 PM
Submitted By: essaywriter71
Category: English
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