Kristina and her boyfriend finally get an apartment together and the also move in Kristina’s son, against her mother’s wishes. Things are very tense in the tiny apartment due to a shortage of meth and the lack of income and it finally peaks one night when Kristina and Trey are especially irritable and it ends in a physical confrontation and Kristina calls her mother to take the baby back home with
Never” (O’Brien, Pg. 95). Maryanne begins to stay out a lot, and one night she goes missing. Fossie discovers she has been out all night on an ambush. Fossie and Maryanne exchange words and become officially engaged, but over the next several nights a strain is put on their relationship.
The fight results in broken glass and a broken nose for Derek’s new girlfriend. As punishment for the fight she is sent away from the summer to live with her Aunt Jeanette in eastern Nevada, because with her father finally expecting a son and does not need to handle the stress Pattyn creates. As Pattyn stay with her Aunt Jeanette- who tells Pattyn to call her Aunt J starts, it turns out she enjoys her stay
2. The girl starts to realise that her life is following that of her mothers as her boyfriend is becoming like her father which can be seen in the qoute "You stay out drinking late at the bar / See more of your friends than you do of your kids" as he becomes an alcoholic. This has negative connotations with the following line "I'd
It described in great detail all the long nights of drug use and partying. I felt like I had been up all night with Kristina. The ending was not at all predictable. When Kristina returns to her mom's house to get clean from the drugs and to have the baby you believe that she will succeed. After she talks to her mother about not being able to provide for the baby and how difficult it was to love him, she decides to give the baby to her mother to adopt and raise.
Every time her uncle and aunts go visits her she always gets sad when they have to leave because of the goodbyes. Although most of the time his flights are delayed, she decides to stay home instead of going along to drop him and leaves, her father tells her that her uncle said he will never forget them. Furthermore, she talks about the day she turned fifteen and how they did not have enough money to celebrate like most girls with a quincenera but instead they have a gathering of 6 people to celebrate. Their budget is tight but her mom still decides to buy what her daughter deserves and nothing lower. She has a fun memory despite the struggle of being poor.
Within a week or two of each other both Beth and Rose were left brokenhearted, Rose’s boyfriend Oliver dumped her after hearing that she had slept with his best friend Kevin, her former boyfriend, and Glenn left Beth, saying that he was moving away and it would be too painful if they remained together. Not true. He then proceeded to woo and date one of Beth’s friends Nicole. Beth was devastated; most of our lunch’s thereafter were devoted to distracting her from the new couple. We even moved her to Kevin’s table, of which he was supreme ruler, because we knew that she’d ogled him a few times and liked what she saw.
2-1 Case Study 02.qxd 3/30/06 3:36 PM Page 2-2 2-2 Client Profile Kyla is an 8-month-old infant who lives with her mother, grandmother, and great grandmother in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her mother, Sierra, is a 16-year-old who stopped going to school after she became pregnant by her on-again, off-again 18-year-old boyfriend, Kyle, who visits Sierra but shows no interest in Kyla. He frequently becomes annoyed and leaves when Kyla needs to be fed or have her diapers changed. Sierra’s father was very abusive to both Sierra and her mother as Sierra was growing up. He died 6 months ago as a result of a knife wound that occurred during a fight at a local tavern.
Which indicate us the fact that Rosaura is separated from the rest of the guests at the party because she is not as prosperous as others and she is the daughter of the maid. Rosaura fail to understand the truth at beginning of the story to throughout the party. Rosaura finally realizes the truth by Senora Ins at the end of the party by giving her two bills and insisting her as her pet. Rosaura’s happiness was shattered and heart broken by the harsh words by Senora Ins. As a result she realized that she do not have the courage to break into the classes of low into high.
Feeling like she is not good enough, Rayona goes out of her way to get his attention and make him want to be with her. About this, Rayona says, “I have tried things on Dad…tears, good grades, writing letters, getting him presents…He’d smile or send me a postcard or promise to call tomorrow and then weeks would pass” (9). Ray’s mom, on the other hand, is present in her life and takes care of her daughter, but Rayona is still often alone. Leaving Rayona at home by herself, her mother goes out and parties. When Ray’s mother, Christine, sneaks out of the hospital, she plans to drive to Tacoma to kill herself and leave Rayona behind.