An Analysis Of Judie Randall Put Her Daughter, Michele...

Judie Randall put her daughter, Michele Song, up for adoption in hopes of giving her a better life with another family. Michele Song s files were sealed by the law, and at the age of 31, after 13 years of petitioning, a social worker was allowed to give non-identifying information about her birth mother and father. Eventually the social worker allowed Song to write a letter in the hopes she could get it to her. Michele Song waited for her daughters birth to contact her birth mother in the hopes of meeting her (Carroll 355). This essay was successful because of her style, her use of figurative language, and her content. This letter was clearly an impulsive one. In fact, she did not include a salutation. One can only assume it was because she had no idea how her birth mother, Judie Randall, would react when she saw the letter or if she even wanted to speak to her. Song was most likely very nervous about Randall s reaction and didn t want to scare her away or to feel awful about giving her up. It was clear through Songs diction that all she knew when she started was that she wanted to meet her birth mother. Song had no idea what she was trying to say in fear of losing the chance of speaking to her birth mother and you can tell because of the dramatic difference between the first and the last paragraph. The first paragraph was full of rhetorical questions and scatter brained explanations for the letter, which made her seem nervous. The first paragraph most likely made