TITLE: Bastard Out Of Carolina
AUTHOR: Dorothy Allison
The narrator is a 10 year old girl, named Bone, who faces many consequences because of the actions of her mothers decisions upon who she decides to be in a relationship with.
Anney was a teen mother, age 15. There was and accident that caused her to be rushed into labor after she was flown out the window of a car. In Carolina at this time a child was considered certified or uncertified. If they were uncertified they were called Bastards, or child who didn’t have a father. When Anney got into the car accident she was left in a coma for 3 days. Her aunts were in charged of handling the birth certificate of the narrator, Bone. Months before the birth of Bone, her grand-mother ran off Bone’s father in rage. The aunts could not determine how they should spell the childs name. Even they couldn’t even think of how to spell the fathers name. On page three, the author explains the importance of having a fathers name on the birth certificate. When Bone’s aunts scribbled anything as the fathers name, the hospital certified Bone as a bastard by the state of South Carolina. Anney was upset by this. She had wished that she was awake to name her child herself. Anney was convinced that she could have bluffed her way through her labor, they don’t ask for a marriage license before they put you up on the table. She thought she could lie her way into getting her baby to be certified. Anney set out many times to the Greenville courthouse. She had tried to get the courthouse to get Bone to be certified. In all the attempts Anney was turned down, and taken as a joke by the courthouse. They expected her to go to the courthouse every so often to get the same results. Anney became furious with the courthouse and had given up. She had tried to forget about the situation, but the people surrounding her hadn't.
Quote: "The day I was born started off bad and only got worse. I guess I was lucky I got born at all." (Allison 4)
One of the most interesting things I learned so far from reading this book is how babies are classified when they are born. how is it possible that the hospital has the right to declare a child as illegitimate, a bastard, or uncertified if for some reason they don’t believe there is a father in the childs life. And as simple as a man’s presence during the birth of a child, they are declared certified.
Questions: What type of person was Bones father? Why was he hated so much?
AUTHOR: Dorothy Allison
The narrator is a 10 year old girl, named Bone, who faces many consequences because of the actions of her mothers decisions upon who she decides to be in a relationship with.
Anney was a teen mother, age 15. There was and accident that caused her to be rushed into labor after she was flown out the window of a car. In Carolina at this time a child was considered certified or uncertified. If they were uncertified they were called Bastards, or child who didn’t have a father. When Anney got into the car accident she was left in a coma for 3 days. Her aunts were in charged of handling the birth certificate of the narrator, Bone. Months before the birth of Bone, her grand-mother ran off Bone’s father in rage. The aunts could not determine how they should spell the childs name. Even they couldn’t even think of how to spell the fathers name. On page three, the author explains the importance of having a fathers name on the birth certificate. When Bone’s aunts scribbled anything as the fathers name, the hospital certified Bone as a bastard by the state of South Carolina. Anney was upset by this. She had wished that she was awake to name her child herself. Anney was convinced that she could have bluffed her way through her labor, they don’t ask for a marriage license before they put you up on the table. She thought she could lie her way into getting her baby to be certified. Anney set out many times to the Greenville courthouse. She had tried to get the courthouse to get Bone to be certified. In all the attempts Anney was turned down, and taken as a joke by the courthouse. They expected her to go to the courthouse every so often to get the same results. Anney became furious with the courthouse and had given up. She had tried to forget about the situation, but the people surrounding her hadn't.
Quote: "The day I was born started off bad and only got worse. I guess I was lucky I got born at all." (Allison 4)
One of the most interesting things I learned so far from reading this book is how babies are classified when they are born. how is it possible that the hospital has the right to declare a child as illegitimate, a bastard, or uncertified if for some reason they don’t believe there is a father in the childs life. And as simple as a man’s presence during the birth of a child, they are declared certified.
Questions: What type of person was Bones father? Why was he hated so much?
you have a good comment on how a child can be classified by the hospital.
ReplyDeleteIs there ever the voice of an older narrator?