Teenage Wasteland
Memory is something intangible. It doesn't take up space in this world. It has no state, is colorless, and has no taste. We can't use our five senses to detect it, but we can use our mind to remember it. Moreover, Memory is not limited by gender, age, background, or culture. Everyone have the right to own a memory. In Anne Tyler's story "Teenage Wasteland", a mother named Daisy Coble hires a tutor, Cal Beadle, for her son, Donny -- the protagonist, because his mark is slipping and he is acting out in school. Although Daisy tries to be positive with Donny, his behavior continues to deteriorate, and eventually he is expelled from school. Daisy no longer trusts Cal. She enrolls Donny in a public school and stops the tutoring sessions. One day Donny runs away from home, and he does not return. Through the story, Anne Tyler conveys that some memories stay in our mind forever and affect how we think.Daisy's memory affects her attitude in daily life. When she was young, she has a "miserable adolescence"(P.
So she longs for a time machine to give her one more chance to compensate those days she hadn't cared Donny much. 87) and she swears "no child of hers would ever be that unhappy"(P. As seen, Daisy understands that her son's disappearance is her fault and she feels guilty to him. The whole story shows us how's everything happened before on Daisy can affect her present feeling and thought. 87) and "talk on the phone till he's finished his homework"(P. Also, any time when Donny has a party at his friend's house, she must have a call to there first to make sure that "adult would be supervising"(P. Overall, her memory makes her over control her children. At the ending of the story, it says "It's been three months now and still [have no clue about Donny's whereabouts]"(P. No matter what we do, we can't change it anymore. She tries to "figure out what went wrong, where they made their first mistake"(P.
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