When children are involved in divorce is always a last solution. Matthiessen uses literature to express her views on divorce by Firstly expressing the effects it has on her children. Second, she uses Literature as a way to gain information and facts to help better understand what her children are going through. Lastly Matthiessen uses concepts from literature because of the reaction from her children during the reading of the harry potter books.
Children sense at a very early age the dark forces exist, that bad things happen, and people often do not live happily ever after. They know these things without fully understanding them, and efforts by adults to keep such knowledge from them only gives their fears more power. (Shrodes , 2012)
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