Connecting Beautiful & Cruel And Trip in a Summer Dress

I read Beautiful & Cruel written by Sandra Cisneros. The narrator Sandra, thinks she is an ugly girl. She has negative attitudes towards herself. I didn't know who Nenny was, but I assume she is a friend of Sandra. Sandra thinks Nenny is a beautiful girl with preety eyes. Nenny said she won't wait for a husband to come and get her. She wants to do everything on her own.

I think some people who are preety, and rather do everything on their own- are egos. They think they are better than everyone. They don't need anyone else to come in their life to tell them what to do. This story is short, but I think the lesson of the story was that some people who are beautiful aren't worth our time. But, in my opinion, I've met many beautiful people and they aren't stuck-ups. I am friends with many of them, and they are cool people. I never judge people based on their looks. And every individual can be preety in every way. Noone is ugly.

I also read Trip in a Summer Dress written by Annette Sanford. It is opposite of Beautiful & Cruel. Annette went to Eureka to get married to Bill Richards in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Her mother had Annette at 15 years old. And, Annette had her first kid Matthew at 15 years old, but Annette wasn't married. Bill thinks Matthew is Annette mother's son. But Annette called Matthew her brother because her parents took care of him for her. Her mother probably thought she wasn't mature enough to take care of her own kid.

Everyone probably is thinking- she is too young to have a kid. It is true, but people can and have survived through it. I do believe a 15 years old can be a responsible mother, anyone can do it- if they really care. For example, my mother was pregnant at 15 and had me when she was 16 years old. She was still in high school. But, my grandmother took care of me when my mother went to school. But, my mother always called me her daughter- and she took care of me when she came home from school. Then when I was 3 years old, after my mother graduated high school- she moved out of her house and took me. She raised me the right way, even if she was a young mother. She can do it, I believe Annette could do it too. But, her parents did not teach Annette that she could be the mother and do it! I think that is wrong for her to think of her son as her brother. The only thing Annette did was name him Matthew. Annette left Matthew when he was 6 years old, and she was going to miss his birthdays. Matthew was crying and he was sad to see his "sister" leave.

Annette met a woman on the bus and she told her that she had a son at home. I would be that woman who said "why didn't you bring him?" I think Annette should just move on with life and start accepting that she has a son. She should of brought him to the wedding. I think that is sad that she left him at home. That is not what a mother should do with their own kid, it doesn't matter if you're 15. You made the decision to have a kid. I am just thankful that my mother, even if she was 15, she kept me and called me her daughter. I couldn't imagine being called her sister. I honestly wouldn't mind having a kid right now, even if im in college. I love kids- I can and will live my life with kids all the way.