Summary Of Stone Soup By Barbara Kingslover

The way we treat others Barbara Kingslover wrote “Stone Soup” “which is taken from High Tide in Tucson: Essays for Now or Never, published in 1995”. Some views she convey in her essay are these. Kingslover explains that not all men are the prince that you fall in love with and “live happily ever after,” he may be very feminine and be more like a princess. On the other hand, you may have looked in your box of crayons. You pick out a color that your parents may not approve, even though you see the good of this person. She is very passionate in her writing. She shows a considerable amount of emotion. Which is not bad, she will make you think of your own relationship and how you treat others. Therefore, some of the effects that she has

In the past few decades, the family has been reshaped by the economic tides. Looking at family, this may cause the thought of feeling that it may be “Humpty Dumpty” and as a society have to put the family back together again. In general, serve the family to the fullest possible way that is recognized. No matter how the family unit may look like, they may be the fairy tale family or a single family, divorced or even gay. However, it is still a family. Others may see members of a family that may be punched by a single blow, figuratively speaking. Therefore, help them up and brush off the dust from the blow, which was given. With a situation like this asking for help is not a bad idea. Be it a family member or a close friend, maybe even a neighbor. The family may not be around to help you. People that love you will help. Ask others to be willing to babysit the children, grandchildren, for a short time or even for a longer period. It may be something else that there may be a need, still, ask for that help. More and more families live with each other and help one another. Therefore, serving the family who may be struggling, this may not work for everyone, that is okay to feel that it would not. Yet it might, not knowing what is going to happen is the hardest part. For a single parent, this support is the pillar of a family. Continually helping one another when the need

Therefore she explained how she used to make paper dolls as I have said before, they consisted of a safe and secure place from reality of the world. Her life transformed and she saw marriage in a innumerable light. Seeing it another way than others have seen it. She questioned how she could find herself in the world that we live in. Her paper dolls were not as she imagined growing up, nowhere the fairy tales that she thought of, and trying to figure out how to fit her life into society. She did not exist in the happily ever after world that she thought that she would have for her life. Kingslover made the comment who needs Cinderella and her step sisters in the picture. All they really did was argue over dresses. She continues to say that the sooner we get rid of the fairy tale stories, then we might embrace on to our community. Family values changed for her ideal life and she now is wondering how to find her new self. She also realized that her shattered family is putting things back together again. Life is not always about fairy tales and paper dolls. When we judge family, it does not matter what kind we are judging it like a book cover and not the book that is inside of the over. We do not know what is inside if we do that. Living in this life is a crazy mixed up world no matter what your family may look like it is still family. This is the reality of life. Treat it as if you were treating