EAP Academic Reading

SAINTS

*Summary

The Writer whose name is Shawn has a problem in his family. His father doesn’t live with him and him mother together because they couldn’t get along well. His father sends big checks twice a year. Whenever she talks about her ex-husband, she talks down him. His mother has a boyfriend; Wayne, who also has a relationship with another woman who is Yugoslav. Shawn has a good friend; Tran, who does chess club together. His family is also complicated and he wants to go to Houston to see his older brother. Yet, his mother doesn’t give money for the bus to go there. Shawn wants to console him. At one night, he was woken up by Tran’s moan and he went outside with his mother’s cloths for disguise in a trance. After looking at a studious kid and, mother and Wayne’s fight, he felt so strong and he thought momentary he can touch god.

*Response

I think parents’ problems influence children very much. The writer was in a dilemma about his parents. He liked his father but he couldn’t say it because his mother hated her ex-husband. And I could hardly believe Wayne because he had a relationship with another woman who was not Shawn’s mother. Even though I thought Shawn’s mother was selfish, I was sorry to her. And I also felt sorry to Tran and also Shawn. I thought they tolerate their situation a lot and they had to worry about their life. It was tough for their age. By the way, because it was a little difficult reading for me to understand all of it, I couldn’t get why Shawn felt god.