Analysis Of Childhood Dreams By Jennifer Yee

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Standing in the front of the mirror every day, people see themselves gradually become an adult from a little boy or a little girl. In “Childhood Dreams”, Jennifer Yee describes a story that her father and she used to spend a lot of happy time in the amusement park together, riding carousels and so on, but now she felt lost and uncertain about her life. The reason why the author felt she was smothered by the real world was probably because she found out that as growing older, life became more complex, and she did not have as much time as she used to have to enjoy life in the childhood, and therefore felt quite depressed about the way she was. Primarily, the reason why Jennifer expressed her feelings as being overwhelmed and depressed was because she did not have time to travel. “Since starting university, I have not gone on any vacations at all. No, the farthest distance I have been from Vancouver in the past four years is across the Strait to Victoria.” In this sentence, it is quite obvious that due to the heavy schoolwork, Jennifer seldom had time to relax. In addition, increasingly being aware of the importance of schoolwork, she could not fully enjoy herself even if she was on vacation. …show more content…

She sacrificed almost all her personal pleasure for studying, but she did not see the point why she should make such sacrifice since she found the class reading as well as essays hardly arouse her interests. As she finally laid her eye on the bookshelf, seeing all the certificates and awards she had earned, Jennifer suddenly thought of what her father had told her, “school always comes first”. Tiredly and aimlessly, Jennifer signed and looked at a picture of her father. Slowly closing her eyes, she temporarily forgot about all the things like a tough life and overwhelming schoolwork which could make her stressful, and let her beautiful childhood memories of balloons, carousels and her father’s smiling face come into

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