In the article “Throwaway People” by Liliana Segura, the author talks about a young girl named Trina Garnett who was a victim of many things such as; neglect, abuse, starvation, and even cruel and unusual punishment. There were a couple boys Trina wanted to hang out with (thirteen-year-old Brian Harvey and six-year-old Derrick Harvey), but the boy’s mom (Sylvia Harvey) would not allow it. Out of anger, Trina had started a fire in the boy’s house when she was around fourteen years of age. That fire had gotten out of control and ended up killing the two young boys Trina so desperately wanted to hang out with. Trina ended up in the court system charged with murder. The court was a slow and horrific process, especially with the lack of support Trina had, her lawyer did not have any intentions of fighting for her rights and safety. Trina ended up being sentenced to two life terms plus forty years, that is a total of ninety years. The events that happen in our lives have so many effects on our view of the world. While I was reading the article “Throwaway People” by Liliana Segura, I had many emotions running through my mind, such as anger, sadness, disgust, and hope. The reason I felt this way is because of the things and events that have shaped my view of life and the world. To give you some examples, my father and I didn’t have the best relationship he was very strict and old school, I lived a sort of prison/military life. Anytime I would get into trouble or do something impulsive, my father would preach to me about walking away, or thinking before you act. At first, this was very hard, I had no patience and I was very impulsive, but with time I learned and overcame. My father passed away around seven years ago, but still to this day what he taught me and told me sticks in my mind. I became very observant and started to sit back and absorb as much knowledge about the situations I was in. It made me realize you need to look at the whole picture of what your viewing, whether it be an article or a person walking down the street. It comes back to that old saying don’t judge a book by its cover. My relationship with my father had shaped all my experiences with my friends, family, school and even careers.
There are many times when a person comes into your life and changes it for the better. I was happened to be blessed to be born with that person that changed my life, my dad. He has always been there and guided me in the correct way. Just like in Sedaris “Me Talk Pretty One Day”, how something negative leads to a good outcome, my negative event resulted on how dads’ actions impacted my life in such a significant way. (635). My dad became a great example for me to look up to, by showing me how dependable, adaptive, and hardworking he truly is. My dad gave me the ambition, to continue my education, and become a dependable mother for my daughters and family.
Children murders are used to be thought that they are evil kids, but in chapter eight “All God’s children” of Just Mercy book by Bryan Stevenson which makes us recognize these children are innocent. Trina Garnet always was abused and beat by her father who was an abusive alcoholic. After that, her family was broken down, and she had to live in the street, and sleeping in bathroom or parks. Two years later, Trina was sent to an adult prison where her happening was started. Trina Garnet is one of nearly five hundred children in Pennsylvania who was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. On August 29, 1976 a fourteen-year-old-girl faced second degree murder charges after setting a house on fire that killed two boys
There was a boy who killed his English teacher, this is a horrible thing to do and the boy received 70 years in prison, but in April 2006, a twelve year old girl killed her entire family with the help of her twenty-three year old boyfriend Jeremy Steinke. The girl was convicted of multiple first degree murders, but she was only given 10 years. Meaning, a girl who was willing to kill
Since then, my relationship with my father has improved and his presence in my life brought about positive changes. Looking back now, I can see what aspects of my life has improved since then. When I entered high school, I began taking psychology courses where I learned about the psychology of topics like love, relationships, birth order, etc. One of the things I
Growing up I just had my mother and myself. I had never met my father, and all I knew were a few minuscule details surrounding him and his life. Therefore, throughout my life, I would have to depend completely on my mother, and at times like this she would have to depend on me.
My dad was a strict, overbearing father who thought it was necessary for his children to fear him in order to ensure respect. Everyone was affected by my dad's obsessive and controlling nature, and eventually my mom had had enough. Heartbroken after losing the love of his life, my dad was forced to recognize what he had become. This changed who he was as a person leaving me to be raised in two completely different environments.
Without my father in my life, I would not have had the motivation to push forward with my goals and aspirations that I have had in my
My upbringing typically consisted of my 2 sisters, my mother, and my father who I would now and again see. The obstacles I faced due to a periodic father has played a huge part in constructing my personality and has made me a hardworking independent young man thanks to the influence of a mothers love.
Growing up with a father that was never around and a father figure that also left was hard, but it taught me that I don’t need a father to rely on. I have myself and my mom, and as long as I don’t forget who I am I
Throughout everyone’s life certain events take place in which ideas, thoughts or even the lives of individuals change. Sometimes those life changing events can be an emotional period of time in which joy and sorrow can manifest and lead to bigger and better lives for everyone involved. In the same manner these experiences can be used as a teaching point for yourself as well as others. In my case, the learning point came with one single event which completely changed my views and decisions as well as my own life towards the decision of marriage. At the time I had just experienced a divorce and I honestly did not want to jump right into another marriage. However, if it were not for one bad near to death experience I would have never imagined
The thing that impacted my life the most was when my dad left me when I was 3
My mother, an educator, and my father, a very successful business man, importuned an image of my future and set a standard on which I either followed or had some very important and hard choices to make.
I knew going to my dad would change a whole lot about my life. No more going out, partying, hanging with friends, or anything I use to do that was not good. My dad was a
When asked who was the most influential person in my life without any hesitation I knew it was my father. My father has impacted my life greatly and has helped me become the person I am today. He has helped me in many ways; he pushes me to be the best, he is always there for me, and he possesses good qualities that I try to obtain.
Growing up without my father was perplexing for me because I saw how my oldest brothers’ and sister’s father would interact with them. He treated me differently because I was not his biological daughter. Sometimes, he would take me on some of their trips be-cause it gave my older sister company as we were very close in age.