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

Barrie jean Borichs Restoring the Color of RosesAn unstable family environment can solve the vogue a girl is brought up a great deal. The way her family treats her and reacts to her helps her develop her attitude 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 slur. Through her narrative, Borich proves that this type of environment is destructive for a exploitation girl. With most of her family, Barrie is unable to be her true self. Her mother is non cheerful 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 innate response to this question was, And now the implications are clear. Not only leave behind I do it, I will be it. And this is what I didnt get before. Peop le are going to hate me for this (21). She can not be completely comfortable with who she is because she does not exist in a supportive family environment. She feels people are going to hate her for her homosexuality. This type of family situation is detrimental to the development of a growing girl. Another aspect of Barries family life that is destructive towards her development is the issue of self confidence and physical structure image. In A Bodys Documentary, moments appear where Barries self image is damaged by her family. One such occasion is when her beat got angry and broke a plate because Barrie never talked and was just standardized her mother, resulting in Barrie questioning her features and becoming extra self-conscious of them (38). Immediately adjacent that incident, Barrie talks about preparing for picture daylight On picture day I could not find an outfit that would make my body disappear, only if in the back row, at least, my sausage thighs could hide. I could only require my nose would shrink beneath the crown of my new bangs (38). She has a precise negative opinion of herself. Obviously this self confidence issue stems right away from her fathers comments. Barries mother also shares some of the righteousness for Barries self esteem.