Zora Hurston Readings

It is very interesting to me to read things that someone who lived so long ago wrote. I know how different times were back then. In the story John Redding Goes To Sea, John Redding is a very anxious boy who is curious of the things beyond what he has experienced. He leaves his home to go explore those things. Not everyone is supportive on John decisions. His mother, Matty Redding tries her best to stop him from leaving. As a mother I feel that she should not be so possessive and she definitely should not have used illness and saying that she would disown him if he chose to follow his dreams. That is a little crazy to me. I mean as parents we are here to teach and guide our children so that they can venture out into the world and make it as an adult. Prepare them and hope that they succeed. I feel that John should have went ahead and joined the Navy when he was given the opportunity no matter what his mother said or screamed or wanted. She would have seen how good it would have been for John to teach him loyalty and how to become a better man. It was a very good ending when after he died his father forbid his body to be removed from the water. He finally got to travel the world like he so much longed for when he was living.