Humor/Satire / How to get along with your parents (Analysis)

I like your picture with the little bird. If you want to know what the piece is about, it’s a very involved tug of war between me and my mother, one a victim and one a martyr. I found the right way out was to write my way out. We both finally made it. Thx. for your review.

While your review was very well thought out, you missed the point of my story in six words, as many people did. I like Charles Dickens and I’m pleased that you draw that comparison. You see, my parents were very competitive and my mother was a martyr in the sense of the traditional Jewish Mother or Chinese Mother who lays a guilt trip on her children. It is a horrible realization that one’s protective parent is jealous. You need two to play at this game and what if you realize that you are the victim? How do you make the best of it instead of making war? You write your side of the story as therapy. There are no winners here. But you do become good at writing and that is what you end up doing best. Thank you for your review.