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Analysis Of The Short Story 'Ernie Breaks'

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Ernie Breaks - Essay
Sometimes parents have absurdly high expectations for their kids. These expectations can sometimes be too hard to satisfy. These expectations are unrealistic and cannot be met. Kids will be trying their hardest not to disappoint their parents and sometimes they try so hard, that it actually ends up harming them. We have this idea of how children are not capable of having problems. How you hear everyone saying “I just want to be a kid again and have no worries” but in reality, kids do have worries, probably most of the time. In the short-story “Ernie Breaks” written by Genevieve Scott we get an insight on little Cara who just finished fourth grades, life.

We follow the story from Cara’s point of view, which is also narrating …show more content…

He was the responsibility that both Jed and Cara had. Their mother had given them her trust as Ernie was bought as a passing present, and with that, they were also given a bit more of responsibility. After Ernie’s death, they both understand what the consequences of being irresponsible can be. There can also be drawn a parallel between Ernie and Cara. An example of that is when Cara is having a math test and she doesn’t know the answers to the questions and she draws a picture of Ernie and a flower for him to eat instead. “She tries to grab my paper from me but I hold it down with my fist” (page 3, line 95). When Valerie tries to take her paper she locks herself in a shell like Ernie does, when he tries to protect himself. Since the story revolves around Cara growing up, and going through some tough times such as family problems and failing in school. Also her growing problems with her brother Jed, and how they have a growing distance between each other. Their relationship isn’t the same it was before Ernie, but Cara still does care about Jed and she truly wants him to also care about her. Because she saw how Ernie was being mistreated by Jed and his friend, but she chose not say anything to their mother because she cared about him. Therefore the main theme of the story is growing up, and especially growing up with failure, dealing with bullying by some of your classmates, using inappropriate language and family problems. All of these

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