After reading āWhatever happened to ______?ā by anonymous it hit close to home. Knowing people who have been affected by domestic violence within their relationships. I enjoyed the way Anonymous structured her story. The use of quotes being emphasized throughout the story really highlights aspects to which anonymous wanted to bring into light. For example, āeven with the restraining order perpetually in place, Iāve turned down public writing related events. One canāt give readings when thereās a person out there willing to do you bodily harmā. Having this quote be in bold writing all alone aside from the rest of the story helps readers get a feel of what the author feels; Trapped and scared due to her trauma caused by the one person who she thought was her partner at one point. One who would have never thought to have laid a finger on her or her child However, the jealousy and ego took over. Personally Iāve never seen an author write in the same format as anonymous did so it was surprising and something I would love to try out within my own writings.
Another thing I enjoyed about anonymous writing is how vulnerable she is with her readers.āI was forced to spend 200,000 on legal and related fees, approximately four times my annual income, to buy my own freedom.ā Including things about financial struggles she had to go through due to her divorce. Including such aspects into her writing makes it easier to connect and relate to and give some perspective on how expensive divorces are. Not only does she talk about the financial aspects of getting divorced but the way the whole trial goes down
how the courts take things to try to villianze you. Especially when it comes to women anonymous talks about her experience, āmy ex and one of his lawyers pulled a photo of me from social media, to flash around the courtroom: me, in a dress.me, with a glass of white wine, standing politely at a book launch supporting with other authors. The subtext of these photos,in court, was that I was a pretty woman out having a good time. This is somehow deserving of scorn.ā Single mothers always get a bad reputation throughout the years. If there’s a photo of her revealing some skin or partying when itās totally appropriate people will use it to shame them, seeming that society has pinpointed these certain roles amongst us. Anonymous shares her experience that many can relate to when reading. Women will always get dragged for their social life, careers , beliefs and thoughts. Whilst men always go unharmed by any of these aspects.
Anonymous always tried to downplay her story throughout the story. Seeming as if she knows she isnāt the only person who has experienced such events. That’s an issue happening everyday all around. Women trapped and scared. She makes sure to include words like āweā āusā in order to make sure that this story of events where it was about her trauma and experience of domestic violence isnāt all about her. She’s including survivors of such trauma and making sure that people understand this just randomly happens one day but that it’s something very real happening all around. Any day, any time.
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