Susan Griffins Our Secret and Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel Ess

Our Secret by Susan Griffin and Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel both present the issues of how control oer all aspects of infanthood continues to affect the victim much beyond puerility. Childhood is a judgment of conviction where children definitely need guidance, but it is also a time where the child should make some of their own choices. Children are nave and see life in a more creative way than adults do. The dreams of a child may be far-fetched, such as becoming an astronaut or becoming the doctor who cures cancer, but these dreams should never be terminated by their parents. The childhood curiosity is what makes children better learners, and ultimately see the world without all of the dangers and flaws that adults see. Both parents in each of these novels deprived their children of the creativity that comes from being a child. A antecedent U.S. lady once expressed her thoughts on parenting children by stating, Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them. In Our Secret Heinrich Himmler is named after a prince, whom his generate believes he can be like one day, as long as he makes the right decisions. Heinrichs father controls what he writes in his journal, fashioning Heinrich leave out emotions. Gebhards intimidating demeanor is exposed through the line, He has the face of one who looks for mistakes. He is vigilant (242). Growing up in a household where the only thing Heinrichs father did was search for his mistakes must have been unsettling and stres...