Blackberries by Leslie Norris

Food

Summary

Blackberries is a short story by Leslie Norris that talks about a family and their troubles. It begins with a mother taking her son to get a haircut. The child had never been to that barber shop, but he was excited to know that after his haircut his mother was going to go take him to get a cap. The boy wanted one just like his cousins Harrys'y cap. Once they got there the smallest hat was a little big on him but she still bought it even thought it was really expensive. A couple days later his father tells him that they were going to go to the Fletcher's Woods to go walk and bond. Once they were there the father fell into a bush and saw that it had blackberries. They started to indulge on the blackberries that the dad thought it was a good idea to bring some back home for the mom. The boy took his cap off and picked blackberries for his mother. Once they were home and the mother saw that the cap was ruined by the blueberries she was super mad. She got on to the boy for doing that, but then the dad defended him. When that happened the wife shouted at the husband because he did not do much for the family. His job did not make much income and she was mad that he did not even help out. The boy started to cry but he was realizing that it was a different kind of feeling.

Meaning

What i got out of this story was that one should really take care of what they do have because it might be more meaningful than what you actually think. The cap the mother bought for the boy was very special, for him just to ruin it with food. The boy did not do it intentionally but it really did upset the mother that works hard for her money. This would really hurt the boy because he was doing something good but did not realize that it was bad.