CHERRIES FOR MY GRANDMA

CHERRIES FOR MY GRANDMA

-Geoffrey Canada

·        Summary:

In this chapter "Cherries for Grandma", Geoffrey Canada talked about the sacrifice of his mother and grandmother when he was growing up. Even though he and his brothers didn't realize their sacrifice when they were small, they only later understand the real lesson of poverty Canada says that in the welfare house he learned the lesson that it is very difficult to com out from poverty. His mother sacrifices all her life and happiness for him. He said that he hated as being poor. They don't have money to buy a new shoe when it was tore. American people say poverty comes due to the lack of values and determination. Through his mother and grandmother were hard-working and moral people, still they were poor.

                        He told his experience and the impression of his grandmother on him. He loved his grandmother more when he was at school. She used to work very hard but she couldn't buy the things of luxury. His grandmother used to like cherries very much. So in the summer season, he used to go to the supermarket to buy some cherries they used to eat them secretly while he was in the college, he hoped to give a created of cherries to his grandmother from the first cheque of his job. But she died when he was in find year he couldn't fulfill his dream and hoped he would give her the gift in the heaven.