Quickwrite 1/17/12

I think that Barbara Klingsolver's literacy that she is trying to describe is the ability to be a successful single parent.  Although society sees a successful and happy family as one that has two "happily" married parents and their children living under one roof. But in this piece, Klingsolver shows that being a single parent is no different than being a married one. I actually really enjoyed this piece, because I totally agree with her. Although I do not come from a home with divorced parents, plenty of my friends do and I can see that it doesn't change anything about the child's happiness at all.  Of course children are going to be sad at first that their parents are no longer together, but once you get through the rough part of a divorce, children adapt and go back to be the happy kid they always were. A seperated family can still be loving and supportive to the children, just like Klingsolver described in the beginning of this story, wich I think is the ultimate goal of a successful and happy family.