Many teens nowadays not only suffer with the anxiety of getting into college, but also suffer with the anxiety teen pregnancy may bring. "Hanging Fire" by Audrey Lorde helps depict the lives of many young girls who suffer through teen pregnancy. Those girls suffer through the isolation, neglect from their parents, and the negative thoughts others give them. "I am fourteen and my skin has betrayed me", the girl in the poem now has to see her stomach expand, due to her pregnancy, at such a young age.
The girl feels too young to be dealing with pregnancy "and momma's in the bedroom with the door closed". The girl feels neglected, because when she needs her mother the most she is not there for her. So now that her mother has left her in neglect what will become of her? Will she be able to pull through and become strong on her own? After all we only have ourselves to count on. "Nobody even stops to think about my side of it", she may have been raped but it doesn't matter because no one believes or even wants to hear her side. Overall the poem reflects on the struggles of teen pregnancy.
Great analysis! Good use of textual evidence to support your theory.
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