In order to understand somewhat Fuller's fascinating real-life stories, we must step back and remember that her era is very different from ours (early 1800s). At the time, sane people did not dare go against the norms or traditions of a society held in line, for fear of being rejected and humiliated. However, this story really spoke to me, in that Ms. Fuller was one step ahead of all her life experiences. She didn't have any other siblings in the house to interact with her like normal children, she didn't have any other playmates. The theories I decided to use in order to present her work in a different light are “Queer Theory” and “Psychological Theory”. I believe Ms. Fuller was really profound in her writing, especially in the reflection pieces where she talks about her dear soul mate. She has experienced so much in the 40 years she has lived, and most of it during her childhood. When Fuller was little, she only grew up with her father because her mother had died. This could have caused his father to raise him as a boy. In the 1800s, it was men who were allowed to read and study, but she had broken a norm. She was heavily influenced by all of his intelligence as a child, but it came at a price: her sanity. She describes it thus: “The consequence was premature brain development which made me a “young prodigy” by day and by night a victim of spectral illusions, nightmares and sleepwalking. » (199) Again, I doubt any child his age went through this, so another norm was broken. When she says that “the day I first took a volume of SHAKESPEARE in my hand to read was forever memorable” (212), it shows that this memory was very dear to her. Although his father forbade the reading of Shakes...... middle of paper ......emotional and heartwarming situations. Through it all, we can learn a lot from a different era. For example, we all take this idea of ​​friendship and think it's okay to take friends for granted because there are so many of them online in this day and age. The way Fuller had his friendship with his soul mate, it's quite a friendship. If only our modern society recognized such wisdom, perhaps we would be of different mindsets and appreciate true rock-solid friendships. I don't blame Fuller's father for ruining his childhood, simply because the absence of a mother is devastating. Mothers are the creatures who bring humans to earth and nurture them and ultimately give them a compassionate side. Fuller learned from his father how to stand tall and not be afraid of the unknown. Her soulmate had given her the embodiment of a sister and a mother.