The will to please our loved ones is a burden that has always haunted people, especially those who feel that it is not always right to listen if it doesn't feel right.
"The rage is doubling, multiplying, filling my vision like a black cloud. I can hardly see as each step brings me closer to my room. Go to your room, Jenna. And I am. I am. I collapse on the last stair and rock back and forth silently. What world have I woken up to? What nightmare am I in? Why am I compelled to do as Mother says even when I have a desperate need to do something else?/ If Jenna Fox was a weak-willed coward, I don't want to be her at all" (Pearson, 41).
Personally, I feel that Jenna is being controlled too much for the progress she has been making since her accident. I am sure that Jenna's mother is afraid of her knowing the truth about her waking through the things her daughter wants to experience again like school. This tactic of shielding her from the world is already backfiring because someone who is eager to learn about themselves will take the liberty of finding out without hesitance.
The purpose of this passage was to question what it is like for someone to want to be own self when the people they love tries to keep them from learning about themselves. The effect that this creates is the desire for someone to find their true reason for being alive. People like Jenna Fox want to know what their purpose is in life without having to worry about restrictions or limitations.
As human beings, it is impossible for us to follow instructions that we are not comfortable with or otherwise wrong in our eyes. In extreme cases, the things some people perceive as right is not moral or even natural in the eyes of the majority of people, but otherwise, humans will do what their heart tells them. Our depections of the future reveals that in our current society, we may have less control over the things we want to do. In time, we may be unable to do many of the things we love to do.
In my first blog of "Jenna Fox", I brought up the necessity for humans to wonder about their true identity even when they have no recollection of their own memories.
The use of certain propaganda and languages can persuade us to think or take action in a way that doesn't reflect who we really are, therefore, we as humans should continue to do what our heart tells us.
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