Reflection : Eggs ( To be assesed for ACE )

Eggs

After reading the short story "Eggs", I find that the six-year-old child in the story is very pitiful and yet, naive. At only six years old, she has to experience the feeling of being looked down upon by people living under the same roof as her. Her mother was so poor that they had to live in a relative's house. The child had hardly eaten eggs and played with real dolls too. She could only play with paper dolls made by her mother.
Unfortunately, her already hard life was made worse as her cousins, Molly and Beng Beng, were extremely arrogant and often made fun of her as a beggar. These children have become like this probably because they were taught badly by their mother. According to the story, they were told by their mother that the child and mother were beggars living off them. From this, we can see that Molly and Beng Beng's mother was the one responsible for their negative thinking. She despises the child and her mother, as her own living conditions are much better. Thus, we can conclude that she is one without compassion for those poorer than herself.
Fortunately, poor families like the one in the story are receiving help from the government and they can rely on themselves for a living. With jobs to provide for themselves, poor families will not be despised and looked down upon anymore.