revised blog for "the first day"

The first day of school is peculiar short story. There is so much detail in the beginning of the story about the little girl's clothing, shoes, hair and perfume. However, as the story progressed the details became fewer and fewer. It makes me wonder why all of the information was planted in the beginning instead of being sprinkled throughout the story. The beginning was so important so the reader would have a good understanding and foundation for the rest of the story. The information needed to be at the beginning of the story so that we as readers would be able to see how the mother had such strong religious connections and wanted the best school for her daughter. We need to see that the mother wanted her daughter to have pride and look very nice for the first day. She did not want her daughter to look poor or disheveled. The mother was only looking out for her daughter.

As we go further into the story the numerous amounts of details help the reader connect and understand the struggles of both the mother and the daughter. Although the details of the story turned into vague descriptions forwards the end of the novel the initial information that had been provided helped make it easier for me to overlook the general framework that did not help to enhance the story.

I found it really nice that there was a bit of foresight included in the story for example her shoes which she would scuff later that day. The mother though the story stole my heart, she was trying to give her daughter the best life she could, just like any other parent she wanted a better life for her daughter than she had for herself. The little girl's mother was her biggest advocate and wanted to give her daughter more that what the mother had been provided with during her lifetime.