Hanging Fire Analysis

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In “Hanging Fire,” it tells you that “you need to remind yourself that it’s okay to not be perfect -unknown.” The girl in the story deals with body image problems and suffers from depression. She has to deal with her mom, who, using context clues, you can tell her mom seems to be depressed or she’s just choosing to close herself off and away from her daughter. I think she is going through a rough patch in her life where she thinks she’s the odd person out or nobody cares about her.I feel like I can relate to her because I too have body image problems. I either don’t think I’m as thin as everyone else or as pretty as everyone else. I also have skin problems that I get judged for. Many people have body image and personal problems that they’re …show more content…

She’s always in the bedroom with the door closed, as a way of trying to shut herself off. The girl is probably feeling the same way as her mom. They are both depressed and are closing each other off.The girl seems rushed to try to do things for herself. She says ‘I have to learn to dance in time for the next party. There is nothing I want to do and too much that has to be done.’ What she’s trying to say is that her mom isn’t there when she needs the most help. Her mom should be there to encourage her daughter but she’s ‘in the bedroom with the door closed.’ She is left on her own to think about her choices and decisions she’s made in the past. She didn’t make the math team, she got braces, and no one seems to care about her problems. When she says ‘nobody even stops to think about my side of it,’ she is trying to say that she feels as though nobody cares about what she’s going through.I think the girl feels like she’s the odd person out or she thinks she’s not important. She thinks she’s not important because she thinks she looks

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