Blog Entry #2: Character Description: Sylvia

Blog Entry #2: Character Description:

Through Sonny’s eyes, his mother was like a sexual object “I was always seeing how men looked at her . . . How pretty she was in the way men are flipping through pages of dirty magazines” (p. 10).  He explained he never had a true mother, son relationship with her, “I couldn’t remember the last time she kissed me anywhere, unless it was for show when she’d also been drinking” (p.18). To me Sylvia reminds of a woman who had children at a very young age and has very little education. Finding Cloyd and not having to work and finally being a stay at home mother must have been what was expected from her in her own mind, I believe she used her beauty to get her way through life and marrying a man with some wealth is where she needed to be so to speak.  I somewhat am sympathetic towards Sylvia because even though we have the power to change our future, growing up learning and living such a narrow life it is hard to see past the box that surrounds us.

Sylvia’s relationship with Sonny seems to be vague because she seems be so caught up caring about herself and how she looks because she needs that in her life, but she also seems to lean towards sonny as a friend to talk to him about things that Cloyd seems to get carried away with, that they do not or would not have ever thought was a big deal like, “Do you know that he cares about toilet paper?”  “He cares about toilet paper. How much is used.” (p.50) But at that point the two laughed so hard together because they both thought Cloyd  was ridiculous for caring about something so private and personal.

I also get relentless  towards Sylvia because above all she should put her son first, I was a single mother with two children at one point in my life, I know it was hard for me to bring a new person into their life and I took my time and did my very best to think about their feelings  when I remarried so I lean towards Sonny and how hard it must be to have a mother who does not seem to try to understand his feelings and moving away and this new room and having to get rid of his dog.  But that is me judging her so that is also some burden that Sylvia probably does carry on her shoulders. She must feel it is so hard to do right and want better for your own children when it feels like there is so little you can do.

Overall Sylvia character plays a very important role because a lot of people are stuck in her situation till this day. They have children young and use their beauty to get their way through life and only expect and hope for more from their own children.

My father always.....

When I was younger, I would spend a weekend with my father every summer.He would drive from Oakland to Watsonville to pick me up. It was about a two hour drive. So when we got into his car, my father would try to fill a years worth of lectures all in one car drive. It was so annoying! I knew it was going to happen every year that I would see him, so I would dread the visits.

I am

I am Faith Lucero,

This is like my twentieth year in school (just kidding) I feel like I have been in school forever because I have been taking only a few classes at a time because I have been indecisive of what I was going to school for. After exploring all the different subjects I finally decided to go for an A.A. in Liberal Arts in multiple subjects and then transfer San Jose State University and take some additional Child and Adolescent Development, Preparation for teaching. I basically would like to become an elementary teacher.

My reason of interest is because I have three beautiful boys of my own and one step daughter. I believe these classes will not only get me a better education and a descent job but it will also benefit my teaching skills at home. Kids are so hard to figure and I have a hard time remembering when I was their age so these classes will definitely help me in the long run of my life.

About myself, I am 29 years old, I have been married for almost two years with a total of 4 children. I love to dance and I love to help out others in need. What I mean by that is I found that I am a very resourceful person, a lot like my mother, so I when I can, I love to guide people in the right direction. I have no pets because I have no additional time since I work a full time job, go to school part time and have four children which involves homework time, gym and sports and then time with the hubby! My other favorite things to do are watching movies with my husband or mom or the kids, I just love to go to the movies. I also love to eat out when we can afford it. I love to eat sushi and I live to eat at Red Lobster.

I have worked at my job for over seven years, I do customer service in the airline industry. We are the manufactures of chemicals that clean the actual engines in the airplanes to the disinfectants for the disease called SARS. We are also have a repackage division line with major companies such as Lockheed Martin, Boeing, 3M and so forth. I Have a pretty cool job and work with really great people.