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Thirteen

You might doubt that a girl could conceal from her obtain the fact that she has had her tongue and navel pierced, but this cinema convince me of that, and a lot more. (-Roger Ebert) Thirteen takes teen rebellion to an all different level. At the beginning of the movie you find unwrap little about Tracy except for the fact that she is a sweet, artless girl, who has some pain she is keeping inside. As the movie progresses you beginning to see that her mother doesnt give her the tools she needs to part making the change from being a girl to a young woman. While Melanie, Tracys mom, is a caring person, she sometimes lets her co-dependency break focus from her daughter to everyone else surrounding her. While watching Tracys downward(prenominal) spiral into drugs, sex, and stealing made me feel so sorry and uncomfortable for Melanie, I couldnt help wonder if she had withal noticed her daughters actions. There are several moments in the movie where Melanie should have done or said something to Tracy before everything got so out of hand. Even though I did like Melanie, I believe there are three main moments she failed as a mother.



The first time was when Tracy read a cast down poem to Melanie, second was letting her drug addict ex-boyfriend digest into the house, and third was when Tracy came home high and went straight to her room with no care in the world.

I have heard that maternity is a adept-time job in itself, and I do respect all of the women out there that are case-by-case moms and have to work another job just to fix up food on the table. Even with all of that going on there are times when your children just need you to demand them. After Tracy read her mother a very intense, avid for love poem she had written the only response she got from Melanie was that they would spill the beans about it later and that the poem frightened her. This was one of those moments as a parent you need to stop dead in your tracks and listen to your child. You could tell that Tracy just...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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