Northen Lights Rough Draft

“Like Mother, Like Daughter”

If you have ever acted in a way that your mother would have, you are evidence that holds the known phrase, “Like mother, like daughter”, to be true. Often in life daughter’s tend to act in a way that is similar to their mother’s actions or personality; whether it may be eating habits, drug problems, simple patience or confidence daughter’s tend to be a mirror image of their mother’s . While many may argue that daughter’s with mother’s who aren’t thought of as role models, fight not to become a split image of their mother’s, there are only so many aspects of your mother that you can change about your ownself. Your mother is in your blood, your mother is in your soul and whether she is a large part of your life or not, she still effects the type of person you grow up to be. Vendela Vida, the author of Let The Northern Lights Erase Your Name, uses Clarissa and her mother’s relationship as clear proof to this philosophy, especially when they both reason why they left their originial lives.
Throughout the book Clarissa’s mother is presented as a hated person who is selfish and practically has no care for her children. Clarissa struggles to find her mother for an explanation as to why she left, but along the way flashbacks to when she was a child growing up around her mother. Towards the end of the book when Clarissa finally is met with her mother, her mother gives her an excuse as to why she left Clarissa and their family that terrible day in the mall.
Even though the author portrays Clarissa as someone who thinks of herself as different from her mother and someone who holds some hatred for her, Clarissa.........