Examining and Responding to the Text

The text cites six cases of childhood deprivation. These result from the attitude of parents
regarding what is suitable for boys and girls. Complete the table below to show the (1) incident
mentioned, (2) the children involved in it, (3) the parent’s response to the situation, (4) the effect
of the discriminitaion, (5) and what results from it. The first one is done for you.

Incident Children Parent’s Effect on the Result

Involved Response Child

A. Chin-chin’s Lo- a two-year Lo’s mother Lo would not be Mother realized

birthday party old male cousin brought Lo’s distracted and Lo saw father at
where children was more helicopter toy to went on cooking. times cooking
did some involved in the distract him. breakfast and so
cooking using cooking than the she let things
the kitchen gift female guests be.
set of Chin-chin

B. Michael So he played His parents Micheal still His grandmother

wanted a doll baseball, and he explained why wanted a doll. realized so she
but his father was so good at it he could not bought the doll
bought him a he became the have a doll. that michael
baseball bat. pitcher of the wanted
team. But Because
Michael still michael want to
wanted a doll be a father
someday

C. Bingo His mother got Bingo still He was offered

An used to dance scared. And wanted to a scholarship
eight-year-old Madonna stuff when his mother pursue ballet but still his father
boy who wanted when he was told his father, and watched did not agree.
to take up four, but after he put Bingo in ballet classes.
ballet. he’d seen the a football team.
real thing, he
wanted to try
some ballet.

D. In a school’s Bingo felt bad They let Bingo It satisfies Bingo got to be
dramatic club, and wanted to take the role. Bingo’s demand. the Blessed
none of the be the Virgin Virgin in the
boys wants to Mary. Christmas
be the Virgin tableau.
Mary for their
Christmas
tableau.
E. A son that The son have They had to go The son have So his
wasn’t able to trouble with it, to the lavatory to always trouble one-year-old son
wear good one time the son staple the shorts with the pants is like the
pants when he khaki short and he get smartest
was a kid. ripped when he embarrassing to dressed on the
about to shoot it block. His
the ball imported pants
will never
experience a
tear

F. A woman Gilda wants to Her mother, who It did not stop She made her
who was ample read a book but grew up working her from own book.
with clothes and she only has a in her father's attaching herself
blankets but lousy novel pawnshop, to books.
deprived with called Ishmael. refused to agree
books. to her demand.