Dorothy Allison post

Two or Three Things I know for sure was a very relatable book in many ways. This book was all about Dorothy Allison coming of age and growing up and discovering who she was. I enjoyed seeing the difference in attitude between the beginning of the book as well as the end. Also in the novel towards the end of the book you can see a transformation in photographs. In the picture of aunt dot and the mother sitting on the steps you notice how miserable they were and how they almost look to tired or fed up to keep going on throughout the day, they looked as if they had nothing to live for. I feel that this is crucial to Dorothy’s growing up. Dorothy must have had it rough, she was trying to create a different path from the rest of your family and that is really hard. By the end of the novel you see Dorothy in a picture with her partner and their family. I feel as though this picture is a complete different representation of family. This picture Dorothy looks genuinely happy. I feel as though everything Dorothy did in her life is so her and her family could live differently. I feel as though Dorothy wanted to beat the odds and not do what everyone else in her family expects her too. I think that Dorothy had expectations for herself when not many people did. I think this relates directly to Push by Sapphire. In Push precious had to defeat the odds in the same way as Dorothy. The major difference between Precious and Dorothy is that Dorothy had expectations from herself and not her family and precious had no expectations from anyone other then Ms Rain. I think that having expectations within yourself dictates where you want to go, if you have no expectations you will stay where you are but if you want something you have to go for it and fight because it you don’t fight for something that you want no one else will.  “Two or three things that I know for sure, and one of them is how long it takes to learn to love yourself, how long it took me, how much love I need now.” Self love and giving yourself the love you deserve is a big step for everyone to learn because having this self love/worth allows you to fight for what you want, and this is what allowed Dorothy to live the life she wanted to live.