Reading Journal: A Piece of Cake (APOC) - Assignment Example

Download file to see previous pages... The quote portrays Tommy as visionary and determined to achieve the best.
I like watching soap operas and one running theme across all of them is the institution of marriage. Indeed marriage comes with responsibility, which in turn nurtures stability. My parents are a good example. They have been stable together for over thirty years, and I do not see anything coming their way to cause havoc. If well handled, marriage can be a paradise on earth.
Tommy has a great idea, but it comes up in a haphazard way. Marriage needs proper planning and organized approach. The couple in question suggested marriage in the hope of getting out of difficulties and problems occasioned by drug use. Surely, no marriage can bear fruit on such soil, and it indeed happened to this couple.
Fights and quarrels were a frequent occurrence in Tommy and Cupcake’s marriage. The use of drugs fueled all these. The marriage was so abusive and hopeless. Daddy had lost hope on the couple. He had tried all he could in a bid to salvage the situation, but it got worse each day. The quote portrays a situation of hopelessness and desperation. Daddy sees no future in the marriage.
In my neighborhood once lived a couple with similar mysteries as the writer and Tommy. Theirs was a problem of alcoholism. When they became drank it was noise, insults and fights even in the middle of the night. It took the intervention of police officers to calm down the situation. The couple was driven away from the neighborhood, and nobody knows their whereabouts up to today.
As a parent, one should not approach such a situation in the manner Daddy did. Addicts require special counseling to get them off the drugs. No simple talk or warnings can change their minds. Daddy should have done this long time ago, but he hesitated until it got out of hand. Although he later sought counseling for the ...Download file to see next pagesRead More