Barrie Jean Borich’s Restoring the Color of Roses :: Barrie jean Borich Restoring Color Roses

Barrie Jean Borichs Restoring the polish of RosesAn unstable family environment can shape the way a girl is brought up a great deal. The way her family treats her and reacts to her helps her develop her military posture for and her outlook on the rest of her life. In Barrie Jean Borichs Restoring the Color of Roses, she presents the reader with a somewhat unstable and sometimes scary family situation. done her narrative, Borich proves that this type of environment is harmful for a growing girl. With most of her family, Barrie is ineffective to be her true egotism. Her let is not comfortable with Barries lesbianism. In Slouching towards Chicago, Barrie has a conversation with her mother that reveals her mothers attitude towards her sexuality. Her mother asks her if shed ever do things with women (21). Barries internal response to this header was, And now the implications are clear. Not only will I do it, I will be it. And this is what I didnt get before. popul ate are going to hate me for this (21). She can not be on the whole comfortable with who she is because she does not exist in a supportive family environment. She feels population are going to hate her for her homosexuality. This type of family situation is detrimental to the emergence of a growing girl. Another aspect of Barries family life that is destructive towards her development is the issue of self confidence and body image. In A Bodys Documentary, moments appear where Barries self image is modify by her family. One such occasion is when her father got angry and stony-broke a plate because Barrie never talked and was just like her mother, resulting in Barrie inquiring her features and becoming extra self-conscious of them (38). Immediately following that incident, Barrie talks closely preparing for picture day On picture day I could not find an outfit that would make my body disappear, but in the substantiate row, at least, my sausage thighs could hide. I could only pray my nose would shorten beneath the crown of my new bangs (38). She has a very negative notion of herself. Obviously this self confidence issue stems directly from her fathers comments. Barries mother also shares some of the responsibility for Barries self esteem.