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A Secert Sorrow Analysis

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First the story A Secert Sorrow shows the way families do not give up on each other. Family members do anything it takes to keep it going. No matter what is going on or how hard it takes if they want to be family; they will try their hardest. On the other hand, The Sorrowful Woman has family being torn apart without attempt to fix. The heroin was tired of life and does not care about what happened to the rest. So, that caused the hero to go on with life and not look at the past. Not one family is the same when it comes to issues and keeping families together.

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