Forged By Fire

Forged By Fire written by Sharon m. Draper is talking about how a boy name Gerald is getting abused by his mother. His mother is addicted to drugs and is a big time druggie in her neighborhood. She says she teaches him lessons by hitting and burning him. I personally think thats wrong. Gerald is so confused because some days his mother is nice and other days she is mean and abusive. He doesn't know which mother he is going to get that day. A man name Leroy sells the drugs to his mother. His mother burned the palm of his hand because he was playing with her lighter. She claims that will teach him a lesson. Well one day she left him alone in the house and it was starting to get dark and he was bored so he started palying with his G.I joe she bought him. He started playing with the lighter and set the house on fire. His Aunt Queen came and took him from the hospital and she is going to start taking care of him. His mother was getting charged for leaving her son and abusing him. I think his mother has alot of personal problems that she needs to take care of. It was wrong of her to bring a child in this world and know she is not stable enough to take care of him. She should have least gave him to her Aunt when he was small so he wouldn't have to go though all that at the age of three.