Saturday, October 3, 2015
TOW #4 - My Beloved World
My Beloved World is a collection of poignant memoirs from Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's Life. The first half of the story describes the challenges she faced as a child and a young adult living with an alcoholic father in perilous sections of the Bronx. Through her juxstaposition of these powerful anecdotes, Sotomayor illustrates how she overcame adversity in hopes in inspire the disadvantaged who cling to their dreams. The story starts in her young life when she finds out that she has diabetes. She uses a powerful symbol in this story to show how she developed her independence at an early age, describing that she learned to give herself shots of insulin at the age of eight, a task far more complicated then in comparison to the simplicity of it today. This sets the stage for the rest of the story, and shows how she matured by herself, with her family members structuring her growth rather than leading it. She describes the her father's slow death from his alcoholism, and describes the angst she, her mother, and her brother experienced due to it. She then describes her school life, and the interesting friends that she made along the way. Her hard work and she displays throughout high school shows how greatly one's life can change if they put in the work, seen in her acceptance to Princeton University. She specifically juxtaposes these stories together in order to achieve her purpose, and she succeeds. It is not quite "homeless to Harvard", but "projects to Princeton" has the same profound effect on the reader and certainly inspires anyone, but it is specifically relateable to those who are disadvantaged but still desire to succeed. This piece achieves its purpose in every way, and is perhaps one of the most inspiring works of the decade.
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