In the book, "Naked Pictures of Famous People" by Jon Stewart I came across a little story called, " A Very Hanson Christmas 1996-1999". This little story is about Eileen Hanson's family during the holidays. Eileen is a very down to earth kind of woman. She believes in God 100% of the way and thinks that her family should be great-full for everything that God has done to bless them with for all they have. So, when Christmas time came rolling in she had big plans for her family to take part in. She had her children perform a skit with them pretending to be pilgrims, so they had to grow their own fruits and vegetables. Keep in mind that there were no gifts exchanged. Her husband, Gary and children, Zach, Taylor, and Isaac don't exactly choose to do these types of activities but would rather not fight against their mother/wife. I can relate to the children and the husband, even on Easter my grandmother would force my little sister and I to go to church with her on Sunday morning. And I rarely go to church, if I had to estimate how many times I go to church each year it would probably be around 10 at most. Anyway, these people will be significant in the story because they give off a sense of conflict with Eileen's ideas.
The point of view in this story is very important. In the story Eileen is the narrator so it's everything is through her eyes and how she feels about her family's actions but is not int he action herself. She notices that every is kind of splurging on themselves. It starts off as a little hair cut that Gary got for himself, and then it jumped to Zach going to strip clubs and contracting Herpes. Everything started to spiral out of control when Eileen found out that Taylor was engaging in sexual activities with some girl named Naomi Campbell. she hated hearing about this and said "I miss my angels" she couldn't believe that her own flesh and blood would do such unholy things and she tries to stay strong by standing her ground and keeping her morals. But even the sweet Eileen is losing herself by wanting to kill her husband without a second thought saying "I could fucking kill Gary with my bare hands and not blink." because she believes that he is cheating on her It's as if she's frustrated that their isn't any God within her family.
The plot in this story is that Eileen wanted to have a holy family that appreciates life and doesn't take anything for grand-it. Once I see that her children are going off the wall with their actions I can tell that things are going to go downhill from there. I anticipated for everyone else in the family to completely splurge on themselves and do the complete opposite on what their mother Eileen would make them do. I could see the story going to a point where Eileen would completely give in as the story showed in the end of the story she wrote a letter, and at the end of the letter she had written, "Merry Fucking Christmas, God is dead, Eileen Hanson." At the end her belief in God was demolished.
The plot in this story is that Eileen wanted to have a holy family that appreciates life and doesn't take anything for grand-it. Once I see that her children are going off the wall with their actions I can tell that things are going to go downhill from there. I anticipated for everyone else in the family to completely splurge on themselves and do the complete opposite on what their mother Eileen would make them do. I could see the story going to a point where Eileen would completely give in as the story showed in the end of the story she wrote a letter, and at the end of the letter she had written, "Merry Fucking Christmas, God is dead, Eileen Hanson." At the end her belief in God was demolished.
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