Annie Chen’s Reviews > Youthful Writings > Status Update

This introductory essay on poverty suddenly jogged a memory of me leaving my best friend behind without a second thought to chase after the fickle attention of a boy. The abandonment of an ailing grandmother for a chance at seeing the movies seems a temporary delusions against poverty that parallels my temporary delusions of love. Maybe real love and richness lie with the grandmother, as it did with my best friend.