The Man I’ve Become
“My brother became a rebel, my sister retreated to shyness. I played the stalwart and dutiful son who would hold the family together” (67). This quote is one that Scott Russell Sanders uses in his essay “Under the influence.” This quote goes to show how Sanders felt the need to hold his family together. One could even say that Sanders felt he was the “rock” in the family. As a result of his fathers drinking, Sanders became a workaholic and a perfectionist. Sanders feel the need to be a workaholic, as well as a perfectionist.
Scott Russell Sanders made a vow to himself that he would never be like his father. Sanders felt the need to be perfect while he was growing up with his father’s alcoholism. He thought that if he were perfect it would distract everyone from his father. Sanders vowed to himself that he would never put any chemicals into this body that would ruin his everyday self. He would never cry and save every penny. Sanders had said that his......
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