Mama vs Freda

Throughout chapters 6-8, Mama and Freda goes through different obstacles that they face with each other. Freda continues to grow older, maturer, and resembles Mama more and more. Ironically, Mama and Freda appear to switch roles with each other. For example, Mama begins to act more promiscuously and Freda is the one that takes care of her siblings more. She often tells Mama what men she shouldn't be around, for example, when Mama explained to her kids that she was seeing someone that Freda didn't approve of, she made sure to call her out on it. "Please don't tell us you like him, Mama. He a ladies' man. What you got that ain't none of them got?" (86, McMillan). One of the biggest and heated dilemmas between Freda and Mama was when Freda found out that she was sleeping with a guy twice her age. "Get up! Get your ass up! Right now!...he's young enough to be my boyfriend." (118-119, McMillan). 

Is Mama starting to become a bad role model towards Freda and is she wrong for going after these certain men? 

Should Freda mind her business and stay in her place as her daughter? 

Class

Class by Alexie is about a Indian American guy, named Edgar Runner. In this short story, Edgar goes through a journey of trying to find himself and trying to figure out where he belongs. He marries a middle classed white woman and experiences the lifestyle of how she lives. Compared to other Indians, Edgar has "it" made. When trying to find himself, he runs across two other Indians that explains to him how much they'll pay to be in his shoes. Edgar finally realizes what he has taken for granted. "We have to worry about what to eat. What do you have to worry about? That you're lonely? That you have a mortgage? That your wife doesn't love you? F*** you" (Alexie, 186). 

Class relates to real life situations because most of the time, those who have it better than someone else doesn't even realize it. For instance, I bet some of you, at some point of your life had felt upset about something that was so minor and made it into something bigger than what it was. Such as, if your phone suddenly stops working, if you can't get something you want exactly right now, or if the line in McDonald's is too long. These small examples is how some people like Edgar take advantage of, and what lower class would've liked to have.