During the first 14 years of my life, my younger sister, Alejandra, was my best friend - she was only three years younger than me. But everything began to change when she was 11 years old she began to be very distant and our friendship deteriorated. When I was eighteen, in March 2006, my father left the house, leaving my mother alone with my sister and me. At this time was very important that our family was united to help each other to overcome these difficult times that would come. It was no coincidence that immediately after my father left home, Alejandra presented an eating disorder.
At first his disorder started when she was diagnosed with gastritis, in April 2006. With this disease she need to watch her diet, avoiding foods that irritated her the stomach, but that was not all, sometimes took away the appetite, gave her nausea and vomiting. My mother and I knew his condition, my sister was going to lose weight, but after three or four months, she had lost fifty-five pounds. Then, we realized that this was not the result of his illness - must have been something else. My sister was always only a little bigger than me, by weight and height, but she had never had problems with their physical appearance. So it was very difficult to understand what was happening. My sister had anorexia. She could not control the bad things that happened in her life, but she could control her body.
Moreover, as we had not been friends for many years, it was very difficult for me to try to help her. Although it seemed that she hated me, she was still my younger sister and I wanted to do everything I could to help my younger sister. But whenever I tried to talk to her or just be her friend, someone she could trust, she pushed me away from her. The most horrible thing was when she started to get worse. During this time, when she ate in numerous amounts, vomited or used laxatives. When she came to be in less than a hundred pounds, she had the appearance of a skeleton.
My daddy never come back from the war. ... "Whatever my appearance may suggest, I am not a particularly old-fashioned woman. ... Alejandra and I disagree strongly. ... She is much like me at that age and I seem at times to be struggling with my own past self. ... Because of Alejandra. ...
Even through Rawlins" continuous insinuations about abandoning Rawlins, John inexorably maintains that he would stay with the boy, despite the consequences it may render: "ever dumb think I ever done in my life there was some decision I made before that got me into it. ... Following the departure of Blevins, John Grady and Rawlins continued their quest, the next portion of which involved the attainment of John's axis mundi, personified by his newfound love Alejandra. ... The first glimpse of John Grady's axis mundi was through sheer hazard: as the duo rode into the ranch, John Grady...
John also falls in love with Alejandra, Don Hector's daughter. ... After countless problems, John eventually makes it back Texas, but without his beloved Alejandra. ... This is also were Alejandra lives. ... There Alejandra and John formally meet and dance. ... A few days after the soldiers come to the ranch, Alejandra leaves to see her mother. ...
The lonely theme begins to follow John after proposing to Alejandra, the love of his life, and being rejected. ... The imagery of Alejandra allows McCarthy to create a symbol between the slope of her shoulders and the slope of a horse's. Although John does not understand Alejandra, he is able to understand his horses. ... He will never be able to be the companion of a woman like Alejandra, instead he will be forever have the companionship of a horse. ... He is more alone than even after Alejandra left him. ...
My mother had my older brother and sister with a different man than my own father. My sister used to despise my father (her step-dad) and argued with him constantly. ... On August 31, 1999, my sister had twin boys, Montgomery and Anthony. ... Monty and Anthony actually saved my sister's life. ... I am everything I am today because of what I have learned from my sister. ...
The author shows John's reaction to the sight of Alejandra, John "had meant to speak but those eyes had altered the world forever in the space of a heartbeat- (McCarthy 108). ... As a result of the different philosophies, political views and liberal education there is a barrier between John and his goals, mostly Alejandra. ...
This is book is called Twin Sisters by Janice Harrell. The book first takes place in France where one of the sisters is living with her mother, and then takes place in the suburbs of a nice town in California. ... The main Idea of this story is Liz is trying to find out who killed her twin sister Iz (short for Elizabeth). ... She decided to take over her sister's life and solve the mystery herself. ... It made me use my imagination and I had to think about certain things to understand it, which is okay. ...
